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PR Application Stats

See how long permanent residency applications are taking at your regional immigration bureau, and estimate when you'll get a decision. Based on official monthly statistics.

Data throughJuly 2026
Pending nationwide88,344
Approval rate (12 mo)54%
Sourcee-Stat

Estimate Your Decision Date

Select where and when you applied. We count the applications ahead of you and check how many the bureau has decided since.

Select your bureau to see an estimate. “All of Japan” is only a nationwide total.

Compare Bureaus

Sorted by the estimated wait for someone applying today. Select a bureau to see its trends.

BureauEst. wait if applying todayPendingBacklog, 2 yrsPending vs. a year agoApproval rate (12 mo)

267

<1%

+70%66%

364

<1%

+63%56%

459

<1%

+134%68%

747

<1%

+63%56%

1,610

2%

+139%72%

2,016

2%

+121%74%

2,415

3%

+124%53%

8,303

9%

+126%70%

9,718

11%

+85%65%

10,150

11%

+107%66%

52,295

59%

+10%41%

About the Data

e-Stat 出入国管理統計 (永住)
ISA Immigration Statistics

This service uses API functions from e-Stat, however its contents are not guaranteed by government.

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