Japanese PhD Student Faces US Deportation Over Minor Infractions

This is an old article, here's the follow up: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/visa-reinstated-byu-student-japan-fishing-citation-speeding-tickets-rcna202216
TLDR; he got is visa back and is still in the US.
- my friend, what is up with your name and instance domain? it's looks like a Polish computer tried to name their kid
  
  Haha, I like the suggestion of a connection to Polish. kbin and kbin.social were created by a Polish dev, after all, and that was my introduction into the fediverse.
  Basically my instance started out as an experiment - I was trying to set up a single-user instance for free. I was successful (well, more or less - my always-on internet connection is paid as a perk by my employer, and I set it up on an old laptop that I had lying around).
  One of the consequences though of going fully free is that I don't get much choice in the name of my instance. (It's actually a hash of the SSH key I use to authenticate into the service provider at srv.us I believe.) Likewise, my username is derived as a hash of my posts from spez's website before I moved on to kbin.social

To preface this comment, I in no way support this action and think he should stay. It's important to also know that Japan is very restrictive with their visas. I knew someone who lived and worked in Japan for 7 years until she fell into depression and was hospitalized briefly. That mental health diagnosis was enough for the Japanese government to cancel her visa. She lost her job and had to leave her boyfriend of 4 years who she lived with.
- I doubt they would have cancelled the visa. Immigration doesn't have access to your medical records. It is more likely that they may not have renewed her working visa if she was currently unemployed. Unfortunate but you have to follow the rules of the visa.
  
  I'm not sure how easy for Japan's Immigration to have seen those medical records.
  But from sources ( https://www.bn.emb-japan.go.jp/consular/criteria/_of/_visa/_issuance.htm and https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4235/en ) it seems like the following applies:
  Article 5. Any alien who falls within any one of the following items shall be denied permission for landing in Japan :
  (2) Any person who is mentally defective as prescribed by the Law Concerning Mental Health and Welfare For the Mental Disabled
  And from that law,
  Article 5 The term "person with a mental disorder or disability" as used in this Act means an individual with schizophrenia, acute addiction to, or dependency on, a psychoactive substance, intellectual disability, psychopathy or any other form of psychiatric disorder
  (Dealing with different English translations of the Japanese originals likely explains the slight discrepancies in wording here.)
  Finally, Google's AI overview confirms,
  Depression, also known as major depressive disorder, is a psychiatric disorder characterized by persistent feelings of sadness, loss of interest, and a range of other symptoms that can significantly affect daily functioning. It's a complex condition influenced by genetic, biological, environmental, and psychological factors.
  Also, there's a forum thread over at https://www.japan-guide.com/forum/quereadisplay.html?0%20174499 which states,
  Their main concern is that you aren't going to move to Japan and be hospitalised immediately (or drop dead).
  But perhaps since a hospitalisation occurred in this case, that's why it was treated so strictly.
  There's also https://www.japan-guide.com/forum/quereadisplay.html?0%20173504 which says,
  If you work in Japan you’ll need to undergo a quite complete medical exam before starting your work (results are provided to your employer) and then do an other exam organized by your company or school on a yearly basis.
  So while I'm still unsure about the exact mechanism of enforcement, it seems that Japan Immigration is supposed to know or be informed about these kinds of situations specifically because their laws require it to establish and maintain visa eligibility.
  In other words, the tale that protist shared is at least plausible and I believe likely to be completely truthful.

That’s very sad. Even though speeding tickets and not having a fishing license can get you in serious trouble depending on the level you break them it’s wild that this can hurt your visa.
This reminds me of how PRs couldn’t return to Japan during COVID. US visa holders are in just a scary position.
I questioned why he would go to BYU then read this:
He is married with five children, two of whom were born in the States.
- Yeah, game wardens can take your boat if you don't have a license. It's not often done, but don't fuck with game wardens. It's still poaching.

While I'm generally supposed to this administration's policies, I have to say fuck this guy. He's attending BYU, a white supremacist institution. Furthermore, he's violated wildlife protection laws, one of the few things our government has done right, historically. Deadass, fuck this piece of shit
Edit: please don't just downvote, leave a comment so I can block more white supremacist pieces of shit, thank you!
- Where are you seeing that he violated wildlife laws? All that's mentioned is a catch-and-release fishing violation that was dismissed - which can happen if the officer makes a mistake and it's found that no laws or rules were actually broken.
  Edit: Not that it matters, but would also like to point out the following: I'm a person of colour and a supporter of Black Lives Matters. Finally, I didn't downvote you - though by all rights I probably should. Just remember - a person who is willing to call a black man a white supremacist has been been exposed here.
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