{"id":1165,"date":"2025-05-24T07:58:12","date_gmt":"2025-05-23T22:58:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.japan-workers.com\/?p=1165"},"modified":"2025-05-24T07:58:12","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T22:58:12","slug":"announcement-of-the-april-2025-residence-examination-processing-period-vs-our-office-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.japan-workers.com\/?p=1165","title":{"rendered":"Announcement of the April 2025 residence examination processing period (vs. our office performance)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Immigration Services Agency website<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Last Friday, the Immigration Services Agency of Japan announced\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.moj.go.jp\/isa\/content\/001439009.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"\">the period for processing residence examinations for April 2025<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The data is displayed in graphs on our office\u2019s website, and below we have excerpted the data for Engineer\/Specialist in Humanities\/International Services and Specified Skilled Worker No. 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&lt;Engineer\/Specialist in Humanities\/International Services&gt;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"812\" height=\"925\" src=\"https:\/\/www.japan-workers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1166\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.japan-workers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image.png 812w, https:\/\/www.japan-workers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-263x300.png 263w, https:\/\/www.japan-workers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-768x875.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 812px) 100vw, 812px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&lt;Specified Skilled Worker No. 1&gt;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"813\" height=\"931\" src=\"https:\/\/www.japan-workers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.japan-workers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-1.png 813w, https:\/\/www.japan-workers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-1-262x300.png 262w, https:\/\/www.japan-workers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-1-768x879.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 813px) 100vw, 813px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Our firm\u2019s track record<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The above announcement by the Immigration Services Agency is only a guideline. It varies greatly depending on the congestion of the regional immigration bureau in charge and the category of the host organization (based on the status of residence).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Below we will introduce the difference in the period required to process residence examinations and some of our office\u2019s track record.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"513\" src=\"https:\/\/www.japan-workers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-2-1024x513.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.japan-workers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-2-1024x513.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.japan-workers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-2-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/www.japan-workers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-2-768x385.png 768w, https:\/\/www.japan-workers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-2.png 1466w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Japan Immigration News<\/h2>\n\n\n<ul class=\"is-grid columns-2 has-dates has-authors wp-block-rss\"><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/www.sbs.com.au\/news\/article\/australias-student-visa-crackdown-hits-record-highs\/xi9s1oek9'>Australia&#039;s student visa crackdown hits record highs \u2014 what it means for who gets in<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-05-03T09:00:00+09:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">2026-05-03<\/time> <span class=\"wp-block-rss__item-author\">by SBS News<\/span><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/japannews.yomiuri.co.jp\/editorial\/insights-world\/20260501-325231\/'>Find a Long-Term Fix for the Issue of Immigration<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-05-01T09:00:00+09:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">2026-05-01<\/time> <span class=\"wp-block-rss__item-author\">by Japan News<\/span><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/www.newstalkzb.co.nz\/on-air\/mike-hosking-breakfast\/audio\/marcus-beveridge-queen-city-law-managing-director-on-visa-rejection-rates-falling-to-a-post-covid-low\/'>Immigration NZ praised for running a &#039;tight ship&#039; as visa rejection rate falls<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-05-01T09:00:00+09:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">2026-05-01<\/time> <span class=\"wp-block-rss__item-author\">by Newstalk ZB<\/span><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/www.azernews.az\/region\/257838.html'>Tokyo\u2019s labour crunch fuels fastest immigration shift in decades<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-05-01T09:00:00+09:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">2026-05-01<\/time> <span class=\"wp-block-rss__item-author\">by AZER NEWS<\/span><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/unseen-japan.com\/japan-visa-ethnic-restaurants-closing\/'>Japan\u2019s New Visa Rules Are Forcing Tokyo\u2019s Immigrant-Run Restaurants to Close<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-04-30T09:00:00+09:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">2026-04-30<\/time> <span class=\"wp-block-rss__item-author\">by Unseen Japan<\/span><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Immigration Services Agency website Last Friday, the Immigration Services Agency of Japan announced\u00a0the period for processing residence examinations for April 2025. The data is displayed in graphs on our office\u2019s website, and below we have excerpted the data for Engineer\/Specialist in Humanities\/International Services and Specified Skilled Worker No. 1. &lt;Engineer\/Specialist in Humanities\/International Services&gt; &lt;Specified Skilled &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.japan-workers.com\/?p=1165\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Announcement of the April 2025 residence examination processing period (vs. our office performance)&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":552,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-residence-application","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.japan-workers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1165","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.japan-workers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.japan-workers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.japan-workers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.japan-workers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1165"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.japan-workers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1165\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1169,"href":"https:\/\/www.japan-workers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1165\/revisions\/1169"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.japan-workers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/552"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.japan-workers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.japan-workers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.japan-workers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}