Gay couples in japan
Visa Status for Same-Sex Couples Residing in Japan
As the verb of the term “LGBT” is becoming more common, social acceptance and awareness of issues faced by same-sex couples is also gradually expanding.
However, a foreign person in a same-sex couple (either with another foreign partner or with a Japanese partner) often encounters problems with obtaining a visa status that permits residence in Japan. This article explores explains the ins and outs of visa status allowing residence in Japan for one or both partners in a same-sex couple.
International Same-Sex Couples
Let's consider the example of a same-sex couple involving 2 foreign nationals who are legally married under the laws of their house country and who want to approach to Japan, where one will be able to obtain a work-related visa status that allows residence in Japan, while the other is a dependent.
In the case of straight couples, dependent family members are granted a dependent visa for family members. A dependent visa for family members is a visa status granted to dependent family members who are living together, and,
LGBT couples celebrate as Tokyo recognizes partnerships
Gay couples hailed Tokyo’s unused partnership system as a victory for Japan’s LGBT community on Nov. 1, the day the metropolitan government began issuing certificates to officially recognize the relationships of same-sex couples.
Soyoka Yamamoto, 37, attended a news conference that time with other applicants at the metropolitan government building to express their happiness.
She said the partnership system sends a “message that all people have right to live safely with their loved one.”
Yamamoto had chaired a group calling for the recent system, collected signatures for a petition, submitted it to the metropolitan assembly and handed a request in person to Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike.
She only began the campaign for the system in January but said she is happy that the government got it right and that it “meets the requests from same-sex couples.”
“The system has quickly become free, within a year or so, since I started requesting it,” Yamamoto said.
Metropolitan officials said couples have applied for partnership recog
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EDITORIAL: Same-sex couples of Japanese and foreigners need equality in Japan
While same-sex couples of two foreigners can live together in Japan if one of them has residence visa status, a foreigner married to a Japanese same-sex partner can be denied a resident visa.
This inequality concerning the visa status of gay couples remains unaddressed. With a growing number of countries legalizing same-sex marriages, the government should prioritize tackling this problem.
In its Sept. 30 ruling on a case where a gay American man sought to obtain a visa to live with his Japanese partner, the Tokyo District Court said that the government’s shortcoming to grant him a long-term residency status was illegal since it violates the constitutional principle of equality.
The justice and immigration rule authorities should grab the court’s decision seriously.
The American human has cried foul because he has been denied the right given to gay couples of two foreign nationals who have gotten married overseas with one of them holding residential status.
In the case of such a foreign gay couple,