Status of Residence/Visa
If you are leaving Japan temporarily (e.g., deemed re-entry permission)
Temporary departure and re-entry permission
When international students go abroad for temporary return, research, travel, etc., please follow the procedures below.
- Consult your Academic Advisor.
- If you are receiving a scholarship, you will not be able to receive it for the month in which you do not sign.
- Please log in to your Acanthus Portal account, submit the overseas travel notification, and subscribe to overseas travel insurance.
https://www.kanazawa-u.ac.jp/global-network/studyabroad/risk-management/for-student-jp/ - If you live in Kanazawa University International dormitories, you need to submit the "Notification of Absence" form to the person in charge of each dormitory. (For absences of more than a week.）
- When you return to Japan, log in the Acanthus Portal account and submit a "Return Notification."
Special re-entry permit system
If you are going to leave Japan for less than 1 year with a valid passport and
a valid residence status in Japan, in principle, you will not be
required to apply
for a re-entry permit at the Immigration Bureau.（This is called the "special reentry
permit".）
Please note that that you will lose your resident status if you fail to re-enter
Japan within 1 year of your departure. Foreign residents who have
departed
from Japan on a special re-entry permit will not be able to extend that permit
while abroad.
https://www.moj.go.jp/isa/applications/guide/minashisainyukoku.html
<Important Reminder>
- You are able to use the special re-entry permit system if you are in a middle
of procedures to issue your Residence Card and have a stamp in
your passport that notes your Residence Card will be issued at a later date. - At departure from Japan, be sure to present your Residence Card, and do
not forget to complete procedure to check the box in the
"Embarkation Card for Re-Entrant" (ED Card.） If you forget this procedure, you cannot re-enter in Japan. There is no fee for this. - If the period of stay expires within one year, that day will be the expiration date.
- If you departed from Japan without the necessary procedures or did not go
back by the deadline, you will lose your Status of Residence in
Japan.
Checklist for Temporary Leaving Japan
Please use the checklist to ensure that no steps are missed.
Other Procedures
https://www.kanazawa-u.ac.jp/global-network/studyabroad/risk-management/for-student-jp/