Counsulation Concerning Legal Problems Reservations are necessary. Only three applicants are accepted for one counselling day. A counselor from the Kitakyushu Branch of the Fukuoka Bar Association will be available to address issues such as human rights in the workplace, housing, marriage, divorce, and naturalization, etc. English interpreters are available and confidentiality is assured. Consultation Concerning Immigration Procedures Administation procedure specialists from the department of immigration will counsel people who want to know about changing their visa status, extension of stay, getting a re-entry permit, changing residence status, naturalization, registration, international marriage, nationality, etc.
English interpreters are available and confidentiality is assured.
A legal functionary who drafts, on behalf of the public, documents that are to be submitted to government and other public offices and documents that evidence rights and duties of facts. Administrative scriveners are often utilized in drafting documents of incorporation, building permit applications, informal dispute settlements, and contracts. Some people may take it for granted that there are free legal consultations for foreigners in Kitakyushu. But when the service was started only three years ago, it came as a big change and a big relief. As the number of foreign workers began increasing in the late 1980's, the special needs of foreign workers in Japan and in Kitakyushu demanded recognition.