• Gửi hồ sơ cho văn phòng luật sư gọn hơn: một màn, nút Gửi chỉ rõ chỗ còn thiếu. • Theo dõi được mốc «Văn phòng luật sư đã nhận hồ sơ». • Bản dịch giấy kết hôn theo mẫu chuẩn. • App báo ngay khi khai sai: địa chỉ, số pháp nhân, email, ngày nhập cảnh. • Gia hạn Kỹ sư: thêm bước chọn nhân viên chính thức / phái cử. • Mua VIP trên iPhone mở khoá ổn định hơn.

• New “Send to IIKANZI office” button on the final screen — send your whole document set in one tap. The lawyer card now shows prices. • Took photos on two devices? Tap “Send additional” on the other device and the photos join the set you already sent. • “Basic check” now catches more common mistakes — still free. • The “28-hour part-time work permission” option is now off by default. • Smoother progress bar and a clearer document count while sending.

• New message box: ask the IK Assistant, request a licensed immigration lawyer, and register your case right in the app. • See your case progress at the top of the message box. • Send photos of documents to your case handler directly in the chat. • Minor bug fixes and smoother performance.

在留カードの期限をお知らせする通知を追加。契約書など複数ページのPDFをそのまま保存できます。事務所へ送るZIPにオンライン申請用CSVを同封し、申請書のメールアドレス欄も入力できます。iOS 27に対応。 Nhắc hạn thẻ cư trú bằng thông báo trên máy. Giữ nguyên PDF nhiều trang (hợp đồng…). Gói ZIP gửi văn phòng có sẵn file CSV nộp online của Cục; thêm ô Email cho tờ khai. Chạy ổn trên iOS 27. Residence card expiry reminders. Multi-page PDFs (e.g. contracts) are kept whole. The ZIP for your office now includes the Immigration online-application CSV, plus an email field for the form. iOS 27 support.

「家族みんなの書類」画面を一新：1人1ブロックで見やすく、ブロックを押すと手続きをすぐ選べます。日本で生まれたお子さまの書類案内も修正しました。 Màn «Hồ sơ cho cả nhà» mới: mỗi người một khối, bấm vào là chọn thủ tục ngay. Sửa hướng dẫn giấy tờ cho bé sinh ở Nhật. New «Family documents» screen: one card per person, tap to choose a procedure. Fixed document guidance for children born in Japan.

• Màn chính mới: chọn thủ tục trong 2 lần chạm — Gia hạn, Đổi tư cách, Bảo lãnh gia đình, Thăm thân, Vĩnh trú. • Máy tính/iPad: chia 2 cột, bên trái chọn nhóm, bên phải hiện ngay danh sách thủ tục. • Rà lại giấy tờ nhiều lộ trình: COE, tiền án, người thân ở Nhật, sơ yếu lý lịch, mã bưu điện công ty, người bảo lãnh tự kinh doanh… • Bộ hồ sơ có thêm bảng tự kiểm danh mục giấy nộp (提出書類一覧) cho nhiều thủ tục. • Sửa nhiều lỗi nhỏ, chạy mượt hơn.

• Lịch trình thăm thân nay đo khoảng cách từ đúng ĐỊA CHỈ NHÀ người bảo lãnh, không phải từ tỉnh lỵ — gợi ý đi chơi gần/xa và "nên ngủ lại" mới đúng thực tế. • Bộ hồ sơ tải về đã được sắp xếp sẵn theo đúng thứ tự cơ quan xét duyệt đọc: giấy của người xin visa trước, giấy của người bảo lãnh sau. • Gửi hồ sơ cho văn phòng: tất cả giấy tờ gộp thành MỘT file PDF theo đúng thứ tự, mở ra in một lượt. • Tự giữ hồ sơ: mỗi giấy vẫn là một file riêng, nay đặt tên bằng tiếng của bạn cho dễ tìm.

• Điền hồ sơ nhanh hơn hẳn: hơn 30 ô trước đây phải gõ lại nay tự lấy từ giấy tờ bạn đã chụp — trải khắp 21 loại thủ tục. • Ứng dụng tự tìm Cục Xuất nhập cảnh theo địa chỉ của bạn, không bắt chọn giữa 8 Cục nữa. • Ô nghề nghiệp nay là danh sách chọn sẵn — tờ khai in ra bằng tiếng Nhật, không còn lẫn tiếng Việt. • Nhắc ngay khi ô «Nơi ở tại quê» còn bỏ trống, để tờ khai không bị in thiếu mục. • Thăm thân: lộ trình gọn hơn, thêm trạm hộ chiếu cho hồ sơ gia hạn, ảnh visa về đúng khổ 3,5 × 4,5 cm.

• Ứng dụng tự soi ảnh giấy tờ bạn vừa chụp: nhắc ngay khi ảnh bị nghiêng, thiếu sáng, có ngón tay che hoặc mất góc — khỏi phải chờ mấy ngày rồi mới biết phải chụp lại. • Bảng "Cách chụp đúng" 5 thứ tiếng, kèm mẹo bật 2× cho ảnh thẳng và nét. • Lịch trình thăm thân dựng sẵn hợp lý hơn (không còn khối "nghỉ 13 ngày"). • Thẻ Thăm thân và Gia hạn thăm thân nay hiện cho mọi người thân trong hồ sơ.

Sample images for documents, and missing papers added • Dozens of documents now show a SAMPLE image (見本) right at the step where you need them, so you know what to ask for before going to the office. • Fixed an illustration that showed the wrong kind of document at the "reason letter for a missing tax certificate" step. • If you are a company officer (役員), the app now guides you through the articles of incorporation and the shareholders' meeting minutes. • The route for changing to an Engineer / Specialist in Humanities visa now lists all company documents, even if you have not changed jobs; a 専門士 step was added. • Added an optional "Referrer name" field to record who recommended the app to you. VIP (¥5,500/year, same price): message IIKANZI advisors, up to 30 AI questions a day, more document-photo reads.

Create and download your documents for free • Creating and downloading documents is now FREE in every procedure: filled-in application PDF, full ZIP set, explanatory letter (理由書), supporting papers and translations. • A basic error check runs right before you download and points out missing or mismatched entries so you can fix them. The check only assists you; you still decide whether to download. Easier to ask a law office • Message partner administrative-scrivener / law offices without VIP: 3 free messages per office. If you want the office to prepare your application or give a detailed answer, the office sends its own quote. • Family-visit procedures: choose an office in Vietnam — North (Hanoi), Central (Da Nang), South (Ho Chi Minh City) — and see each office's price list before contacting it. VIP (¥5,500/year, same price) now covers: messaging IIKANZI advisors, unlimited AI questions and more document-photo reads.

• Đón vợ/con sang Nhật: trạm đích chỉ luôn văn phòng nhận nộp hộ ở Hà Nội và TP.HCM. • Thăm thân: bảng giá và cách gửi hồ sơ qua bưu điện hiện ngay ở trạm đích. • Sửa vài lỗi nhỏ khi tải ảnh giấy tờ.

No more dead ends • When the document check misread your photo, you used to be blocked with no way to build your document set. There is now always an "I have checked — continue" button: the check only assists you, the final call is yours. • Fixed a bug where Reiwa era years were misread, marking valid documents as expired. • Company-issued document stations now have an "I could not get this yet" option with a reason, so you can move on while waiting for your employer instead of having the whole set locked. • Saving the document file on iPhone is now reliable, including sets with many photos. Choosing a law office is clearer • The three office buttons now show a service tier — Economy, VIP 1-on-1, VIP PRO — with a line explaining which cases each tier accepts. • Each tier has its own price list. VIP PRO also takes on difficult cases: past refusals, overstay, cases needing an explanation to Immigration. • Service fees now clearly state that revenue stamps, Immigration fees and translation costs are not included. • Prices shown are for reference. The lawyer gives a firm quote after reviewing your case; if you do not accept it, you stop at no cost. Fewer fields to fill • Removed duplicated questions at the income-document stations and an unnecessary payment-method field in engineer renewals. • Gender is now filled in automatically from the documents you already scanned.

Important fix: the "download full document set" button at the Final stop • For some users who had completed every station, tapping the button did nothing. This is now fixed. • The button is now called "Create document file (ZIP)" — the file is built on your own device, not downloaded from a server. • A new note explains that your document photos stay on this device only and we keep no copy, so you should package them on the device you took the photos with. Signing in with the same account on another device will not bring the photos over. • Other download buttons in the app (filled-in form, document photo, blank form template) did nothing when tapped on iPhone — they now save to your device too. • After packaging, the app points you to "Save to Files". If saving fails, it now tells you instead of claiming success. Easier ID photos: • A head-and-shoulders guide frame, plus arrow buttons for fine adjustment. • Thinner cut lines placed outside the photo so they no longer cover the face; the cut marks keep the exact size. • You can now type a custom size in addition to the presets. Languages: • Burmese is now complete across the whole route and all document names, translated by hand rather than machine. • Japanese is complete, with furigana on the explanations. • English and Indonesian reviewed again.

New: print ID photos at a convenience store from just ¥30 • The ID-photo station can now lay 2–4 correctly sized photos onto one L-size sheet. Print it as an ordinary photo at a konbini (from ¥30) and cut along the dashed lines, instead of paying ¥800–1000 at a photo booth. • Three sizes: 3×4 cm (Immigration application form), 3.5×4.5 cm (passport), 4×6 cm (Vietnamese documents). • Guide lines show where the top of the head and the chin must sit under the Immigration standard, with two sliders to position the face. • The sheet includes a 10 mm scale so you can check the printed size yourself, plus an 8-step guide to using PrintSmash in the store. Application improvements: • The app now drafts the explanatory letter (理由書) for you when you cannot obtain a tax certificate — a Japanese draft in the standard layout for you to review and sign. • Family applications: tax certificates are now requested for the correct fiscal years based on your residence registration date. • Permanent residence: the app now states exactly which five fiscal years are required. • Full review of the English wording, and a clearer privacy policy about document photos.

• The document route is now colour-coded by group: what you can do yourself, papers you must collect from an office, and papers your sponsor has to provide. Sections you haven't done stay faded and turn solid once complete, so a glance tells you where you are. • The "Your application form" station now covers only the form. Downloading the full document set and asking a lawyer moved to the Final stop at the end of the route, where they actually help. • Reopening a case takes you straight back to the station you left off at, instead of the top of the route. • Photograph your passport once and reuse it across that person's other cases — the app now also reads sex and place of birth, so there is less to type. • Permanent residence for a child: choose whether the child was born in Japan or already holds a Dependent visa. The app drops the stations you don't need and warns you about the 30-day filing deadline from the date of birth. • Added a "the child has not been issued a residence card yet" option, and corrected the guidance on the Start screen to match the current route.

• The Specified Skilled Worker (Tokutei Ginou) journeys now follow Immigration's official document tables: pick your field and the app shows only the certificates that field requires — 17 fields for level 1, 11 for level 2. • New Employment Contract station (photograph it, or mark "the company holds it") plus a "Who prepares which paper" guide station. • Removed documents that are not on Immigration's tables, so you don't collect papers you never needed. • Checkbox marks on generated forms now sit exactly inside their boxes. • The name-entry dialog no longer runs into the top of the screen and sits closer to the keyboard.

Important bug fixes: • Signing in inside the app: your cases and VIP plan now sync correctly. Previously the app showed you as signed in, but your account data was not loaded and a purchased or activated VIP plan did not appear. • Right after you sign in, the app now shows your VIP expiry date. • Improved stability on slow connections. Thank you to everyone who reported this.

• Added BURMESE (Myanmar) for all Specified Skilled Worker (Tokutei) routes. • Engineer / Specialist in Humanities route: split into direct-hire and dispatch branches, full 4-page form. • Tokutei 1 and Tokutei 2 renewal applications now export as complete PDF forms. • New document stations per Immigration's latest checklist: health check-up, bilateral agreement (MOC), trade certificates. • "Related notifications" card: the app pre-fills the notification form when you change employer. • Chat: try 3 free AI questions per day, plus a button to contact the law office. • Fixed labels that displayed in the wrong language.