[Nyororin]

Originally Posted by AKIRA

Thanks for the response.

I noticed you got married. and that sealed the deal for you to stay in Japan.

Do I also have to marry if I wanted to live there permanently? Is that the only way?

No, there are quite a few different ways you can live here permanently. Marriage is just one of those ways.

I definitely wouldn`t recommend trying to get married *just* to stay in Japan. While it certainly made things easy for me, I married for love not a visa.