I just can't take this atmosphere. I'm sick to my stomach I'm going to get my visa revoked because I was mislead by my first company regarding pension. I didn't pay for first few years. They gave us a guidebook on taxes and omitted everything on pension. Our manager took us to city hall to sign up on for residence taxes and health insurance. I joined pension later when I switched company and was put on Shakaihoken. Paid ever since. Never got anything about backpaymwnts needing to pay, even during regular visits to city hall for visa renewal paperwork. I found out a few years after about the possibility of paying back and tried, but by then the statue of limitations has passed.
Nothing I do now can correct that mistake. I've paid 9 years straight with not a single missed or late payment, switching back onto Nenkin for just one month when between jobs after a company merger.
It just seems this error is going to ruin my life and I feel trapped and powerless to do anything.
Worse now is this fee increase. My visa is up for renewal this coming November so I wanted to apply for PR. Now I need a lawyer and 300,000 for that, but on top of that, I will need to hire a lawyer and pay 100,000 on top for my regular visa renewal because PR takes so long. I need the lawyer this time because of the threat of non renewal for the above mentioned reason.
And now the talk of scrapping or limiting the Humanities visa which I am on for my job.
Honestly, I just feel like ending it all. I can't bare to feel like this with the ever shifting goalposts and the feeling of impending dread of what's next.
Im looking at a bill of 625,000 (fees plus lawyers) just to get by and even then there's no certainty. And I feel like I'm in a huge race against time as it seems 2027 could be the year the door slams shut.
I hate how one mistake has utterly ruined 13 years of hard work. I'm in absolute despair.
by Other_Block_1795