Tommy’s Legal Service / Immigration Support in Japan

Immigration Inquiry Form

Please use this dedicated form for inquiries about Japanese immigration procedures, including visa renewal, change of status, Certificate of Eligibility, permanent residence, naturalization, and related document review. We will review the information you submit and reply during business hours.

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This page is also available in Japanese

If you prefer to submit your inquiry in Japanese, please use the Japanese immigration inquiry form below.

Japanese Immigration Inquiry Form

After submitting the inquiry form, you may also contact us through LINE, WhatsApp, or WeChat. If your deadline is close, please use one of these buttons after sending the form.

Before submitting your inquiry

Please review our fee schedule first so that you can understand typical professional fees and government fees.
If your residence card expiry date or Immigration deadline is within 14 days, please submit this form and also contact us via LINE, WhatsApp, or WeChat.
This form is for a free initial check and quote request. Submitting it does not create a formal engagement or confirm a paid consultation appointment.
If your matter requires document review, assessment of application prospects, refusal analysis, comparison of multiple procedures, or other specialist review, we may recommend a paid consultation before giving a detailed opinion.
We cannot guarantee approval. Immigration decisions depend on facts, documents, and the examination by the Immigration Services Agency.

Immigration Service Fee

What you can ask us about

This form is for immigration and status of residence matters in Japan. Please provide enough details so that we can understand your current situation, deadline, and the type of procedure you may need.

For individuals

Extension of Period of Stay, Change of Status, COE, Permanent Residence, Naturalization, Dependent status, spouse-related status, and urgent residence issues.

For employers

Hiring foreign employees, status eligibility review, job description checks, company-side documents, renewal after job change, and immigration compliance issues.

For urgent cases

Near expiry dates, additional document requests from Immigration, possible overstay, refusal notices, and cases where the next step must be decided quickly.

Visa renewal Change of status COE Permanent residence Naturalization Foreign employment Specified Skilled Worker

Please prepare these details

To review your case efficiently, please include the following information where possible.

Your full name and nationality
Your current status of residence
Your residence card expiry date or Immigration deadline
The procedure you want to apply for, such as renewal, change of status, COE, PR, or naturalization
Your current job, employer, job duties, or planned job if employment is involved
Family relationship details if the case involves a spouse, child, or dependent
A short summary of your problem, background, and what you want to achieve
Whether you have received any notice or request from Immigration

Useful attachments

You may upload up to 3 optional PDF, JPG, JPEG or PNG files, with a maximum size of 5 MB per file. Useful attachments may include your residence card, passport, employment contract, Immigration notice or previous application result. Do not upload a My Number Card, Individual Number, passwords, PINs or unrelated financial information. Please mask unnecessary sensitive information before uploading.

How the process works

Submit the form

Send your basic information, deadline, and case summary through this page.

Initial review

We check whether the matter appears suitable for consultation, quotation, or application support.

Consultation or quote

If needed, we propose a paid consultation or provide a quotation for application support.

Engagement

If you formally request our service, we proceed after confirming the scope, fee, and required documents.

Paid consultation

Consultation Scope and Advance Review

The fixed fee is JPY 12,000 including tax for a standard 60-minute consultation, or JPY 24,000 including tax for a specialist / complex 60-minute consultation. No additional payment surcharge applies regardless of payment method.

Simple advance review of up to 5 A4-equivalent pages is included. Six or more pages, or documents requiring detailed research or cross-checking regardless of page count, may require a separately agreed additional fee or quotation.

A standard consultation covers eligibility, documents and next steps for one main matter, including ordinary immigration, family, permanent residence or naturalization questions. Specialist consultation covers preliminary analysis within the consultation time, such as points-based permanent residence without Highly Skilled Professional status, Business Manager, reapplication after refusal, tax or pension issues and comparison of application routes. Completed application forms or point calculation sheets, detailed point and evidence checks at multiple dates, full evidence review, detailed research and written opinions are separately quoted.

We confirm the category, scope and total before payment. Additional work begins only after you agree to its scope and fee. Consultation fees are payable after the scope and total have been confirmed and before the consultation, using an individual Stripe payment link sent by our office. No payment is required when submitting the inquiry form.

Consultation Fee Credit upon Formal Engagement

If you formally engage our office and we accept the same matter within 30 days of the consultation date, one paid consultation fee will be credited in full toward the application professional fee. The credit will be deducted from the initial retainer invoice and shown in the quotation and invoice.

Separately quoted detailed document review, written work, government fees and actual expenses are excluded. A fee for a consultation already provided is not refundable if you do not proceed with formal engagement.

The revised fees apply to new consultations and new quotations after this update was published on September 5, 2026. Existing quotations, confirmed bookings and ongoing cases are not affected retroactively.

Consultations are generally handled in 60-minute sessions.

For immigration matters, a reliable opinion often requires checking the residence card, employment contract, job duties, tax and social insurance status, family situation, previous application history, and Immigration notices. Therefore, when detailed review is needed, we generally handle the matter through a paid 60-minute consultation.

Standard consultation — 60 minutes: JPY 12,000 including tax.
Specialist consultation / complex case — 60 minutes: JPY 24,000 including tax.
Fees are the same regardless of payment method. No additional payment surcharge applies. Stripe is our standard payment method; we send an individual payment link after reviewing the inquiry.
The specialist fee may apply to refusal or reapplication matters, Business Manager cases, detailed procedural research, multiple issues, or other specialist review. We will notify you before payment if it applies.
Available consultation methods include online, phone, in-person, or real-time chat where agreed.
If you formally request application support after the consultation, a separate quotation will be issued.

Book a Paid Consultation / 60 min

For RSO / Specified Skilled Worker support

Please use the dedicated RSO / SSW form for company-side support inquiries.

If your inquiry is mainly about accepting Specified Skilled Workers, Registered Support Organization services, support plans, life orientation, regular interviews, or outsourced support services, please use the dedicated RSO / SSW inquiry form.

RSO / Specified Skilled Worker Inquiry

Inquiry Form

Please fill in the form below.

Fields such as name, email address, nationality, country of residence, current status of residence, expiry date or deadline, urgency, case summary, preferred language and preferred contact method help us respond efficiently. The form allows up to 3 optional PDF, JPG, JPEG or PNG files, with a maximum size of 5 MB per file.

Free Initial Check / Quote Request

This form is used for an initial review of whether Tommy's Legal Service can handle your matter and what procedure or fee category may apply.
Submitting this form does not create a formal engagement or confirm a paid consultation booking.

The free initial check covers a basic review of your inquiry, whether the matter is within our service scope, and the information required to prepare a quotation.
Detailed document analysis, assessment of application prospects, refusal analysis, comparison of multiple procedures, or other specialist review may require a paid consultation.

1. Inquiry Type

Inquiry type (Required)

2. Applicant / Client Information

Full name (Required)

Email address (Required)

Phone number (Optional)

WhatsApp / WeChat / LINE account (Optional)

Nationality (Required)

Current country or region of residence (Required)

Current status of residence (Required)

Expiry date of status of residence (Optional)

If you live outside Japan, are requesting a COE, are making a company inquiry, or do not currently hold a Japanese status of residence, you may leave the expiry date blank.

3. Case Details

Brief summary (Required)

Application or consultation deadline (Optional)

Previous applications, refusals or additional document requests (Optional)

Employer, accepting organization, school or related organization (Optional)

Preferred contact method (Required)
EmailPhoneWhatsAppWeChatLINE

Preferred language (Required)

4. Attachments (Optional)

You may attach a residence card, passport, Immigration notice, additional document request, employment contract or other relevant document.
You may upload up to 3 files, with a maximum size of 5 MB per file. Accepted formats are PDF, JPG, JPEG and PNG.

Please check the following before uploading.

Do not upload a My Number Card or any document showing your Individual Number.
Please mask My Number, passwords, PINs and unrelated financial information.
Please combine multi-page documents into one PDF where possible.
Upload only documents necessary for this inquiry.
Do not upload large-volume materials, spreadsheets, video or audio files through this form.

Attachment 1 (Optional)

Attachment 2 (Optional)

Attachment 3 (Optional)

5. Urgency and Agreements

Urgency (Optional)

I understand that the free initial check is limited to confirming whether Tommy's Legal Service may handle the matter, the general direction of the procedure, and the information required for a quotation. It does not provide a final assessment of application eligibility or prospects of approval.

If I upload documents, I confirm that I am authorized to provide them, that I have removed or masked My Number and unnecessary sensitive information, and that Tommy's Legal Service may handle them to review this inquiry and determine whether the matter can be accepted.

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Need help soon?

If your residence card expiry date or Immigration deadline is near, please submit the form above and contact us through LINE, WhatsApp, or WeChat. For urgent cases, early review of the facts and documents is important.

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Tommy’s Legal Service
Daisuke Tominaga, Gyoseishoshi
Gyoseishoshi Registration No.: 21080644
Immigration Application Agent No.: 行-132021200250
Registered Support Organization No.: 26登-013083
102, THE HUB Yokohama Motomachi,
1-13-2 Ishikawacho, Naka-ku, Yokohama, 231-0868 Japan
TEL: 045-550-5135