Respond if you got your PR while unmarried!

Okay the title is a little bit catchy but here is what I mean:

Some people manage to get a Permanent Visa without beeing married and I heard from several different sources that it's almost impossible to get one under these conditions if you're not a Highly Skilled person who can give proof of great contribution to Japan (inventions, patents, etc.).

If you got your PR while being unmarried I want to know how hard it was for you and if you were one of these Highly Skilled one.

I'm on a "Engineer / Specialist in Humanities / International Services" visa and I got it thanks to 10 years experience in my field. Never went to UNI. Fluent in Japanese.

Thanks!

Not HSP, not married, applied just after I hit 10 years and got PR in just over 4 months. I don�ft think I had any special contribution points, though I submitted 2 letters of reference from people I had volunteered at cultural exchange events with and a copy of my 1kyu certificate.

Hi!

I don't live in Japan, but I have a good friend who lives in Japan who just got her PR this Spring. My friend is unmarried, she moved to Japan in I believe 2002 as a JET. She's been working at the same company since around 2004 or 2005? She does have a college degree. She works in localization and is fluent in Japanese, she was super excited to get PR.

Good luck!

rkold, Vita,

Thank you very very much for giving me hope.

To the others, please share your experience if you got your PR while unmarried.

If you got rejected and you know the reason, then I would like to know about it.

Thanks again!