{"id":649,"date":"2021-02-03T15:45:12","date_gmt":"2021-02-03T06:45:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kccfr.jp\/en\/?p=649"},"modified":"2021-02-03T15:45:12","modified_gmt":"2021-02-03T06:45:12","slug":"legal-consultation-for-foreign-residents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kccfr.jp\/en\/legal-consultation-for-foreign-residents\/","title":{"rendered":"Legal Consultation for Foreign Residents"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><strong>On Saturday 13 March 2021, we will be holding a `Legal Consultation for Foreign Residents` event in Kochi City.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Foreign residents will be able to ask experienced lawyers any questions or concerns they have regarding Japanese law for <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">free<\/span>.<\/strong> Japanese citizens will also be able to ask if they have any legal questions regarding foreigners (e.g. a member of their family or friend\/acquaintance is a foreigner etc.) <span style=\"color: #ff0000\">Consultations require a booking and last 50 minutes.<\/span> Interpreters will be available for consultations is English, Chinese, Korean, and Bahasa Indonesian. For other languages, a free telephone interpreting service will be used for the consultation. If you require interpreting services, please request this when making a booking.<\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse;width: 100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 20%;border-style: solid;border-color: #a19a9a;background-color: #21d930;text-align: center\" colspan=\"2\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff\">Legal Consultation for Foreign Residents<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 20%;text-align: center;border-style: solid;background-color: #b2f781;border-color: #bfbbbb\">Date and time<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;border-style: solid;border-color: #8f8c8c\">13 March 2021 (Sat) 9:30-16:30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 20%;text-align: center;border-style: solid;background-color: #b2f781;border-color: #bfbbbb\">Venue<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;border-style: solid;border-color: #8f8c8c\">Kochi Prefectural Culture Hall (Level 4, Multipurpose room 10)<br \/>\n(Address\uff1a4-3-30 Honmachi, Kochi City, Kochi Prefecture)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 20%;text-align: center;border-style: solid;background-color: #b2f781;border-color: #bfbbbb\">Advisors<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;border-style: solid;border-color: #8f8c8c\">Lawyers located in Kochi<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 20%;text-align: center;border-style: solid;background-color: #b2f781;border-color: #bfbbbb\">Recommended for<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;border-style: solid;border-color: #8f8c8c\">Foreign residents, foreigners who have become Japanese citizens, Japanese citizens who interact with foreigners<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 20%;border-color: #a19a9a;text-align: center;border-style: solid;background-color: #b2f781\">Consultation topics (examples)<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;border-style: solid;border-color: #8f8c8c\">\u25a0Family issues\uff08Divorce, Custody, Consolation money, Domestic violence, Inheritance and partition of the estate, Adoption)<br \/>\n\u25a0Work issues (Dismissal, Salary, Occupational accidents\/injury, Power harassment)<br \/>\n\u25a0Other issues (Status of Residence, Consumer issues, Traffic accidents and compensation, Neighborhood relations)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 20%;border-color: #a19a9a;text-align: center;border-style: solid;background-color: #b2f781\">Consultation languages<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;border-style: solid;border-color: #8f8c8c\">\u30fbJapanese<br \/>\n\u30fbFor English, Chinese, Korean and Bahasa Indonesian free interpreting will be provided<br \/>\n\u30fbFor other languages, a free telephone interpreting service will be used<br \/>\n\u3014For interpreting, reservation is required in advance\u3015<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 20%;border-color: #a19a9a;text-align: center;border-style: solid;background-color: #b2f781\">Consultation fee<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;border-style: solid;border-color: #8f8c8c\">Free (Interpreting service also free)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 20%;border-color: #a19a9a;text-align: center;border-style: solid;background-color: #b2f781\">Application process<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;border-style: solid;border-color: #8f8c8c\">Please download and fill in the application form below before returning it to the Kochi Consultation Center for Foreign Residents by email, fax or post before Saturday 6 March 2021. Consultations are assigned based on the order of arrival of application forms.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 20%;border-style: solid;border-color: #a19a9a;text-align: center;background-color: #b2f781\">Hosted by<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;border-style: solid;border-color: #8f8c8c\">Kochi Consultation Center for Foreign Residents<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 20%;border-style: solid;border-color: #a19a9a;text-align: center;background-color: #b2f781\">Cooperation from<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;border-style: solid;border-color: #8f8c8c\">Kochi Lawyers Association, The Japan Legal Support Center (Kochi Branch)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><a class=\"q_button bt_blue\" href=\"https:\/\/kccfr.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/02\/34902f1d8ded76e47db2d0cdd03dd0b2.pptx\">Application form(ppt)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u25c7\u2193Flyer\u3010PDF\u3011<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/kccfr.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/02\/b740b40497f4c383d1a5ed48a71eb36e.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-656\" src=\"https:\/\/kccfr.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/02\/3fcf6b0a0f1a83a18ea76c517f65a7e9-207x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"207\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kccfr.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/02\/3fcf6b0a0f1a83a18ea76c517f65a7e9-207x300.jpg 207w, https:\/\/kccfr.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/02\/3fcf6b0a0f1a83a18ea76c517f65a7e9-705x1024.jpg 705w, https:\/\/kccfr.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/02\/3fcf6b0a0f1a83a18ea76c517f65a7e9-768x1115.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kccfr.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/02\/3fcf6b0a0f1a83a18ea76c517f65a7e9.jpg 1007w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 207px) 100vw, 207px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u25c7Application\/Inquiries\u25c7<br \/>\nKochi Consultation Center for Foreign Residents<br \/>\n4-1-37 Marunouchi Building, 1st Floor<br \/>\nHonmachi, Kochi City, JAPAN 780-0870<br \/>\nTel: 088-821-6440\u3000Fax: 088-821-6441<br \/>\nE-mail :consultation@kccfr.jp<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On Saturday 13 March 2021, we will be holding a `Legal Consultation for Foreign Residents` event in Kochi City. 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