入 管(にゅうかん)

にゅうかん

noun

immigration control; the immigration agency

1. immigration control; the immigration agency or its offices

Short for 出入国管理(しゅつにゅうこくかんり), immigration control, and for the government body that handles it, today the 出入国在留管理庁(しゅつにゅうこくざいりゅうかんりちょう) (Immigration Services Agency).

入管(にゅうかん)で手続(てつづ)きをした。

I went through the procedures at the immigration office.

ビザの更新(こうしん)に入管(にゅうかん)へ行(い)く。

I'm going to the immigration office to renew my visa.

入管(にゅうかん)の窓口(まどぐち)はいつも混(こ)んでいて、半日(はんにち)待(ま)つこともある。

The immigration counters are always crowded, and you sometimes wait half a day.

The everyday and news abbreviation. Foreign residents use it for the regional immigration bureau where visas and residence cards are handled; in the news it also stands for immigration policy and detention.

Common collocations

入管(にゅうかん)法(ほう): the Immigration Control Act
入管(にゅうかん)の窓口(まどぐち): the immigration counter
入管(にゅうかん)施設(しせつ): an immigration detention facility
東京(とうきょう)入管(にゅうかん): the Tokyo regional immigration bureau

Similar words

入国(にゅうこく)審査(しんさ): immigration inspection at the airport
入館(にゅうかん): entering a building (same reading)

Related Words

Compare: 入国審査(にゅうこくしんさ) (immigration inspection at the airport)

Homophone: 入館(にゅうかん) (entering a building)

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Added 2026.10.14 21:20 · Revised 2026.10.14 21:25

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