I just got here in Japan under Engineer/Humanities/International Services Visa (1 year validity) and I want to bring my wife and child here with me.
Previous attempt:
My wife tried to apply for the child of a Japanese National visa (and Spouse of a Child for me, Child of a Child for our son)
My wife is half-Japanese, half-Filipino but wasn't listed in her father's Koseki Tohon. He has 3 siblings that are in Japan (for a long time) that is/was under the Child of Japanese National visa.
We applied and after 7 months of waiting, the Immigration requested an additional document "Certificate of Live Birth" (in Katakana) or Birth certificate which we already provided on the initial application. We sent another one and after a week, they replied requesting the same document, but now the "Certificate of Live Birth" in english characters.
We were so confused but then we figured they seem to have issue with the headline of the document we are already providing. Her certificate is labeled as "Registry of Birth Record" but this is still the official birth certificate she has been using all this time. So we produced another one, along with the receipt from the statistics office of the government indicating "Birth Certificate" and even authenticated it from the Dept of Foreign Affairs stating that this is a legal, official document — Birth Certificate. We also included an explanation letter (in Japanese) that this is the only Birth Certificate document there is. After a week, they denied the application stating we didn't provide appropriate documents.
What I'm wondering now is, will this still be an issue when I apply for her and my child's Dependent Visa?
NOTE: Me and my son has "Certificate of Live Birth" but different format and layout. We all traveled to Japan two years ago on a tourist visa and they also asked for our birth certificate. No problems on that part.
by Aequanimus