A rejected visa application and a frantic, 30-day scramble to pack up and leave the country.
That＊s the harsh reality for scores of foreign business owners, some of whom have spent the majority of their lives in Japan, under stricter rules for the business manager visa.
Japan has been cracking down on misuse of the business manager visa by significantly tightening criteria for the status. The Immigration Services Agency (ISA) has said that some visa holders have been creating shell companies in order to obtain the visa.
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