{"id":711,"date":"2020-05-25T11:21:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-25T02:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oiea.jp\/en\/wp\/?p=711"},"modified":"2022-07-01T11:38:21","modified_gmt":"2022-07-01T02:38:21","slug":"visa-application-extensions-as-part-of-countermeasures-to-prevent-the-spread-of-the-novel-coronavirus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oiea.jp\/en\/visa-application-extensions-as-part-of-countermeasures-to-prevent-the-spread-of-the-novel-coronavirus\/","title":{"rendered":"Visa Application Extensions as Part of Countermeasures to Prevent the Spread of the Novel Coronavirus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In light of the continuing situation stemming from the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), new measures have been implemented at local Visa Offices to prevent congestion at application windows. Foreign residents whose visas expire in&nbsp;March, April, May, June, or July&nbsp;will be allowed to apply for permission to either change their visa status or renew their period of stay up to 3 months from the expiration date on their current visa. This policy excludes foreigners with either a Temporary Stay Visa [\u77ed\u671f\u6ede\u5728] or Designated Activities Visa [\u7279\u5b9a\u751f\u6d3b].<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please click on the link below to read the official statement from the Immigration Services Agency (available in Japanese, English, Chinese, Korean, Tagalog, Vietnamese, Portuguese Nepali) on the Ministry of Justice webpage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moj.go.jp\/EN\/nyuukokukanri\/kouhou\/m_nyuukokukanri01_00003.html\">http:\/\/www.moj.go.jp\/EN\/nyuukokukanri\/kouhou\/m_nyuukokukanri01_00003.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"769\" height=\"594\" src=\"https:\/\/oiea.jp\/en\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/travel_passport_visa.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-712\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oiea.jp\/en\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/travel_passport_visa.png 769w, https:\/\/oiea.jp\/en\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/travel_passport_visa-300x232.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 769px) 100vw, 769px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In light of the continuing situation stemming from the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), new measures have been im [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":712,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","ub_ctt_via":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[8],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/oiea.jp\/en\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/travel_passport_visa.png","author_info":{"display_name":"\u7ba1\u7406\u8005","author_link":"https:\/\/oiea.jp\/en\/author\/3505effca0db39ae8ce156d38ba6ab5747f3ec56\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oiea.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/711"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oiea.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oiea.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oiea.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oiea.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=711"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/oiea.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/711\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":713,"href":"https:\/\/oiea.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/711\/revisions\/713"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oiea.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oiea.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oiea.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oiea.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}