Brokers and other firms in the ※immigration business§ 〞 many of them Chinese 〞 have long been suspected of being behind some foreign nationals obtaining business manager visas through questionable means, which prompted the government to tighten restrictions on the visa＊s criteria last October.
The measures vary from establishing shell companies in Japan and using rental-property investments as the basis for visa applications, to naming the applicants＊?children studying in Japan as company executives in order to establish a business.
Shady visa applications using shell companies can often be identified from the paperwork, with unusually small offices and addresses shared by multiple firms among the red flags.
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