Joseph's Office of Administrative Scrivener

( Last Updated: May 18, 2025 )

Terms of Service

Please read these terms of service ("Terms of Service", "Agreement") carefully before using the [ https://josephlegalservices.gyosei.or.jp/ ] ("Website") and the quotation service ("Quotation Service") provided by the Joseph's Office of Administrative Scrivener ("we", "us", "our"). A user ("user","you") may use this Website and Quotation Service only by agreeing to these Terms of Service.

Changes to these Terms of Service

If any of the following occurs, we may change any content in these Terms of Service by publishing and notifying you via this Website or by any other method that we deem appropriate, and the changes shall take effect from the designated date of change onwards.

• When changes to these Terms of Service generally benefit you.
• When making changes to these Terms of Service does not conflict with the objective of these Terms of Service and is reasonable in light of necessity as well as appropriateness in terms of content and circumstances pertaining to such changes.

Minors and Persons with Limited Legal Capacity

In order to use this Quotation Service, you shall be at or above the legal age of your country AND at or above the age of eighteen. If you are a person of limited legal capacity, you may not use this Quotation Service without prior consent of your legal representative. We shall not be held liable for any damages incurred as a result of your misrepresentation of age or legal capacity.

Time at Which these Terms of Service Takes Effect for this Website and this Quotation Service

For this Website

By using this Website, you agree to be bound by these Terms of Service pertaining to the use of this Website. If you do not agree to any part of these Terms of Service, you shall not use this Website.

For This Quotation Service

1. If you wish to use this Quotation Service, you shall make a request to us in accordance to the method specified on this Website.
2. With regard to your request from the previous statement, these Terms of Service pertaining to this Quotation Service between you and us shall take effect when you have received a document of questionnaire with a "Request For Quote Number" (RFQ#) through email or other appropriate method.

Reasons for Denial of Your Request for this Quotation Service

We may deny your request for this Qutation Service if any of the following applies.

• If you have violated any of these Terms of Service.
• If you have a financial debt with us that is in default due to payment overdue, etc.
• If we deem your case is significantly unlikely to result in your desired outcome.
• If we have found that you fall under an Antisocial Forces, Etc.
• If we deem our business operations may be disrupted due to exceeding workload capacity of our office by accepting your request.
• If we deem there is a difficulty responding to your request without delay due to business trips, sick leave, etc.
• If we deem, due to other reasons, your use of this Quotation Service is inappropriate.

Disclaimer Regarding the Contents and Uses of this Website and this Quotation Service

Disclaimer Regarding the Contents of this Website and this Quotation Service

The purpose of this Website is to advertise our business and to provide useful information to you. This Quotation Service is to provide estimates on fees and actual expenses of your visa application procedure based on the information you have provided, unless we have determined that your case is significantly unlikely to result in a favorable outcome, in which case we decline your request for this Quotation Service and you will see no invoice from us. When we provide you with a quotation sheet, you shall receive an invoice for this Quotation Service and a contract form for your visa application procedure. Upon reception of your payment for this Quotation Service and your signature on our contract, we shall commence working on your visa application. The fee for this Quotation Service shall be posted on this Website. A payment method and a due date for this Quotation Service shall be written on an invoice. In principle, a due date shall be two weeks from the following date of a date quotation sheet is written and a payment method shall be through an online payment system provider, etc. You shall comply with a contract of an online payment system provider, etc., and in the event of any dispute, you shall be responsible for resolving such dispute. For technical problems regarding a payment, please contact us at the email address provided on this Website. Please provide your RFQ# when writing us an email.

Disclaimer Regarding the Uses of this Website and this Quotation Service

We make no representations or warranties for the following.

• That this Website and this Quotation Service meet your specific purpose or have the functionality, usefulness, quality, standard or value expected by you.
• That this Website and this Quotation Service do not infringe intellectual property rights of a third party.
• That this Website and this Quotation Service comply with the laws and regulations applicable to you.
• That this Website and this Quotation Service are free from errors, bugs or other defects.
• That this Website and this Quotation Service are free from security flaws.
• That information posted on this Website and this Quotation Service are truthful, accurate, complete and up-to-date.

Prohibited Uses

You are prohibited from engaging in the following acts. In the event of a violation, we may take measures such as giving a warning, temporarily suspending your use of this Website and this Quotation Service, or terminating this Agreement with you for your use of this Quotation Service. If this Agreement has been terminated with you for your use of this Quotation Service due to your violation, any fees that have been paid shall not be refunded.

• Any acts that violate the laws and regulations or these Terms of Service.
• Any acts that infringe or may infringe the rights and interests of, or that damage or may damage the reputations or credibilities of, our office or third parties.
• Any acts that are discriminatory and harassing on the basis of race, religion, etc., or that go against public order and morality.
• Any acts that interfere with the operations of this Website and this Quotation Service.
• Providing false or inaccurate information when using this Quotation Service.
• Acting as a proxy, unless you are a legal representative of the person who is seeking to obtain a visa, etc., when using this Quotation Service.
• Impersonating the person or his/her legal representative who is seeking to obtain a visa, etc.
• Using this Website or this Quotation Service for profit or for commercial purposes.
• Sending computer viruses, malicious programs or scripts to our office or third parties.
• Gaining access to this Website or obtaining information about this Website through web crawling, scraping, etc.
• Overloading our server using unauthorized programs, scripts, etc.
• Any other acts that we would reasonably deem to be inappropriate.

Intellectual Property

All rights to the contents of this Website and this Quotation Service provided by our office belong to our office and your use of this Website and this Quotation Service does not constitute transfer of such rights or permission to use the contents, and you do not acquire any rights to the contents.

Suspension of this Website and this Quotation Service

We may temporarily suspend all or a part of this Website or this Quotation Service without prior notice when any of the following occurs.

• When providing this Website and this Quotation Service becomes difficult due to earthquake, fire, flood, tsunami, other natural disasters, warfare, civil unrest, terrorism, riots, unrest, etc.
• When the servers, telecommunication lines, or other equipments used to provide this Website and this Quotation Service are rendered unavailable due to breakdown, failure, power outage, etc.
• When the systems used to provide this Website and this Quotation Service are under routine or emergency maintenance, inspection, repair, or modification.
• When requested under laws and regulations or by judicial or administrative agencies.
• When we reasonably deem it necessary due to any other operational and technical reasons of this Website and this Quotation Service.

Suspension of Your Use of this Quotation Service and the Termination of this Agreement

Termination of this Agreement for this Quotation Service by You

You may terminate this Agreement for this Quotation Service at any time before we send you a quotation sheet, by sending us an email or other means. In such a case, no fees shall be charged.

Suspension of Your Use of this Quotation Service and Termination of this Agreement for this Quotation Service by Us

If any of the following occurs to you, we may suspend your use of this Quotation Service and terminate this Agreement for this Quotation Service.

• If you violated any of these Terms of Service.
• If you do not cooperate with us in providing necessary information, etc., in fulfilling this Agreement for this Quotation Service.
• If we deem that your visa application case, etc. is highly unlikely to result in your favaorable outcome.
• If you have an outstanding debt that is unsettled and in default with our office.
• If you fall under Antisocial Forces, Etc.
• Any other cases in which we can reasonably determine that your use of this Quotation Service is inappropriate.

Termination of this Website and this Quotation Service

We may, at any time, terminate all or a part of this Website or this Quotation Service.

Scope and Limitation of Indemnity

1. Except in the cases of our mens rea or negligence, we shall not be liable for damages caused by and in relation to suspension or termination of this Website or this Quotation Service, changes to this Website, changes to these Terms of Service, suspension of the use of and termination of this Agreement for this Quotation Service by us, denial of your request to this Quotation Service, or anything relevant to this Website and this Quotation Service.
2. If a user incurs damages due to our default of obligations or tort in relation to this Website or this Quotation Service, except in the cases of our mens rea or gross negligence, we shall be liable only to the extent of general damages and shall not be liable to special damages including lost profits, regardless of whether such damages are foreseeable or not.
3. Except in the cases of mens rea or gross negligence by us, the amount of compensation to damages shall be limited to the amount of fees actually paid.

Governing Law

These Terms of Service shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of Japan.

Dispute Resolution

The Osaka District Court, located at 2-1-10 Nishi Tenma Kitaku, Osaka, Japan 530-8522, shall be the court of first instance with exclusive jusrisdiction over any disputes arising in relation to this Website and this Quotation Service, or these Terms of Service.

Severability

Even if any part of these Terms of Service is invalid or unenforceable by law, the other parts shall remain valid.

Negotiation in Good Faith

For any matter not specified in these Terms of Service, or for any doubts or disputes that arise regarding the interpretation of these Terms of Service, our office and you shall negotiate in good faith and reach an amicable resolution in accordance with the spirit of these Terms of Service.

Privacy Policy

We may handle your information in accordance with our designated privacy policy.

Notice

In order to notify or communicate to you in regard to this Website or this Quotation Service, we may do so by posting on our Website or other methods we deem appropriate. In order to notify or communicate to you individually, we may reply to your email you have sent us via our email address posted on our Website or send an email to any other email address you have designated, or mail to the physical address or make a call to the phone number you have designated.

Non-Disclosure

1. Regarding business information or any other information (hereinafter referred to as "Confidential Information") we have provided you in writing, oral, or any other methods in relation to this Quotation Service, you shall not use outside of intended purposes, or share, disclose, or leak to a third party without our written consent.
2. Notwithstanding the previous statement, if you have been requested by law or a judicial or administrative agency, you may share Confidential Information to the extent necessary to comply with such requests provided that you notify us promptly afterward.

Our Contact

For any inquiry, notification, or communication regarding this Website or this Quotation Service, please contact us through our email address, etc. posted on this Website. Our website is locatd at [https://josephlegalservices.gyosei.or.jp].

Regulations Regarding the Exclusion of Antisocial Forces Etc.

1. You shall confirm and commit each of the following to us.
   • That you are NOT of an organized criminal group, a company having relationship with an organized criminal group, a member or an associate of an organized criminal group, a corporate racketeer group etc., a group engaging in criminal activities under the pretext of social activism, a group engaging in specialized intellectual crimes, having been a member of an organized criminal group within the past 5 years, or of any other entity similar to these (hereinafter referred to as "Antisocial Forces Etc."), and will NOT be in the future.
   • That you DO NOT have a relationship with Antisocial Forces Etc. that are dominating management, substantially involved in management, involving you as a client, being provided with funds or convenience from you, and that your directors etc. (operational executives, executives, board of directors, auditor, or any other titles similar to these) or any other persons substantially involved in management have NO socially condemnable relationship with Antisocial Forces Etc., and will NOT have in the future.
   • That you, whether by yourself or through a third party, DO NOT make unreasonable demands such as to commit violence or to go beyond legal responsibility, use threatening language or violence, damage our credibility or disrupt our business operations by spreading rumors, hoaxing or applying forces including positions of power, or engage in any other similar acts.
   • That you, your employer or your organization is NOT on the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List (hereinafter "SDN List") or is NOT subjected to other sanctions published on the website of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control. The website is at [ https://ofac.treasury.gov/ ]. Since we do not control the website, we are not responsible for any problems there.
2. If you violated any of the statements in 1. of this clause, without any notice or warning, we may terminate these Terms of Service for this Website and this Quotation Service, and/or take any other measures we deem necessary.
3. If you violated any of the statements in 1. of this clause, you shall compensate for any damages caused by, or in relation to, this violation.