You need a status of residence besides your visa.
There are 27 categories of status of residence as listed below.
It usually takes 2 to 3 weeks to get a certificate of eligibility to a status of residence.
Certificate of eligibility is not necesarily needed to get your visa,but it takes a lot of time to get visa without it usually it takes 3 months or more.
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| New acquitistion of satus of residence |
JPY200,000 |
| Extention of visa |
JPY100,000 |
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Status of residence
|
Activities authorized
to engage in
|
term of residence |
| Diplomat |
Activities on the part of constituent members of diplomatic missions or
consular offices of foreign governments hosted by the Government of Japan, and
activities on the part of their family members belonging to the same household.
Activities on the part of those
who are provided with similar privileges and/or immunities as are given to
diplomatic missions in accordance with treaties or international customary
practices (for example, heads of state, ministers, and parliamentary speakers of
foreign countries; the secretary general of the United Nations; the secretary
generals of specialized agencies of the United Nations; etc.), and activities on
the part of their family members belonging to the same
household.
|
during mission |
Official
|
Activities on the part
of those who engage in official business of foreign governments or international
organizations recognized by the Government of Japan, and activities on the part
of their family members belonging to the same household.
|
during mission |
| Professor |
Activities for research, research guidance, or education as professor,
assistant professor, or assistant, etc. at universities, equivalent educational
institutions, or technical colleges (kowtow senmon gakko). |
3
years or 1 year |
| Artist |
Activities for the arts that provide income, including those carried out
by composers, songwriters, artists, sculptors, craftspeople, photographers,
etc. |
3
years or 1 year |
Religious
Activities |
Missionary and other
religious activities conducted by members of foreign religious
organizations.
|
3
years or 1 year |
| Journalist |
News coverage and other
journalistic activities conducted on the basis of a contract with a foreign
journalistic organization, such as a foreign newspaper company, news agency,
broadcasting station, documentary movie company, etc. (Specifically, activities
carried out by newspaper journalists, magazine journalists, report writers,
editorial chiefs, editors, media photographers, television and radio announcers,
etc., including freelancers.)
|
3
years or 1 year |
Investor/
Business
Manager |
Activities to commence
the operation of international trade or other business, to invest in
international trade or other business and to operate or manage that business, or
to operate or manage international trade or other business on behalf of foreign
nationals (including foreign corporations) who have begun such an operation or
have invested in such a business. The business in question must meet certain
conditions of scale. Applicants who wish to engage in business management must
fulfill certain conditions concerning work status and personal history.
|
3 years or 1 year
|
Legal/
Accounting
Services |
Activities to engage in legal or accounting business. Applicants must be
attorneys or public accountants certified to perform their duties in Japan, or
those with other legal qualifications recognized by Japan. |
3 years or 1 year
|
Medical
Services |
Activities to engage in
medical treatment service. Applicants must be physicians, dentists, or those
with other medical qualifications, and must be qualified under Japanese law and
fulfill certain conditions concerning work status, etc.
|
3 years or 1 year
|
| Researcher |
Activities to engage in examinations, surveys, research, etc. on the
basis of a contract with a public or private organization in Japan. Applicants
must fulfill certain conditions concerning personal history and work
status. |
3 years or 1 year
|
| Instructor |
Activities to engage in language instruction and other education at
elementary schools, junior high schools, senior high schools, schools for the
blind, handicapped children's schools, miscellaneous schools (kakushu
gakko and senshu gakko), or other educational institutions equivalent
to kakushu gakko in facilities and curriculum. |
3 years or 1 year
|
| Engineer |
Activities to engage in service that requires technological skill and/or
knowledge pertinent to physical science, engineering, or other natural science
fields, on the basis of a contract with a public or private organization in
Japan. Applicants must fulfill certain conditions concerning personal history
and work status. |
3 years or 1 year
|
Specialist in
Humanities/
International Services |
Activities to engage in service that requires knowledge pertinent to
jurisprudence, economics, sociology, or other human science fields. Activities
to engage in service that requires specific ways of thought or sensitivity based
on experience with foreign culture, such as interpreting, translation,
copywriting, fashion design, interior design, sales, overseas business,
information processing, international finance, design, or public relations and
advertising based on a contract with a public or private organization in
Japan.
Applicants must fulfill certain conditions concerning personal history
and work status. |
3 years or 1 year
|
| Intracompany Transferee |
Activities on the part of personnel who are transferred to business offices
in Japan for a limited period of time from business offices that are established
in foreign countries by public or private organizations with head offices,
branch offices, or other business offices in Japan and who engage at these
business offices in the activities described in the "Engineer"
or "Specialist in Humanities/International Services" sections
of this table. Applicants must fulfill certain conditions concerning personal
history and work status. |
3 years or 1 year
|
| Entertainer |
Activities to engage in theatrical performances, arts, song, dance,
musical performances, sports, or any other show business. Applicants must
fulfill certain conditions concerning personal history, work status, and form of
entertainment.
Activities such as the production of television programs or
movies, the photographing of models, etc. Applicants must fulfill certain
conditions concerning work status. |
1
year, 6 months, or 3 months |
| Skilled Labor |
Activities to engage in service that requires industrial techniques or
skills belonging to special fields on the basis of a contract with a public or
private organization in Japan. Applicants must fulfill certain conditions
concerning personal history and work status. |
3 years or 1 year
|
Cultural
Activities |
Academic or artistic activities that provide no income, activities for
the purpose of pursuing specific studies on Japanese culture or arts, or
activities for the purpose of learning and acquiring skills in Japanese culture
or arts under the guidance of experts (for example, ikebana, tea ceremony, judo,
etc.). |
1 year or
6
months
|
Temporary
Visitor |
Activities are limited to sightseeing, leisure, and rest. Applicants must
be foreigners traveling to a foreign country from another foreign country via
Japan who wish to stay in Japan for a short period (up to 15 days). |
90 days or
15
days
|
College
Student |
Activities to receive education at colleges or equivalent educational
institutions, specialized courses of study at miscellaneous schools (senshu
gakko), educational institutions designated for preparing persons who have
completed 12 years of education at schools in foreign countries to enter
college, or technical colleges (koto senmon gakko). Applicants must
fulfill certain conditions regarding ability to pay living expenses, etc. |
2
years or 1 year |
| Precollege Student |
Activities to receive education at high schools, high school courses of
schools for the blind or of handicapped children's schools, higher or general
courses of miscellaneous schools (kakushu gakko and senshu gakko),
or of other educational institutions that are equivalent to kakushu gakko
schools in facilities and curriculum. Applicants must fulfill certain conditions
regarding ability to pay living expenses, etc. |
1 year or 6 months
|
| Trainee |
Activities to learn and acquire technology, skills, or knowledge at
public or private organizations in Japan (including not only training in
industrial techniques and skills but also administrative training in local
governments and other public bodies and clerical training to acquire
knowledge). |
1
year or 6 months |
| Dependent |
Daily living activities on the part of the spouse or unmarried minor
child of those who stay in Japan with a status of residence mentioned in Table
(a) (excluding Diplomat and Official) or with a Cultural Activities or College
Student status of residence. |
3
years, 2 years,
1 year, 6 months
or 3 months
|
Designated
Activities |
Activities that are specifically designated by the Minister of Justice
for foreign individuals. (For example, activities on the part of foreigners who
wish to enter Japan as personal help privately employed by diplomats, consular
representatives, etc.; foreigners who wish to enter Japan under bilateral
working holiday agreements*; foreigners who are employed by companies, etc.
and are active as athletes in amateur sports and their dependent spouses and
children; foreign lawyers engaged in international arbitration affairs, etc.
university students engaged in internship activities.) |
3 years, 1 year,
6
months, or a
designated
period of less
than 1 year
|
|
Permanent
Resident
|
Those who are granted permanent residence by the Minister of Justice.
Application for Permanent Resident status is not possible at overseas Japanese
diplomatic establishments. |
indefinite
|
Spouse or Child
of Japanese
National
|
Spouses of Japanese
nationals, children adopted by Japanese nationals in accordance with the
provisions of Article 817-2 of the Civil Code (Law No. 89 of 1896), or those
born as children of Japanese nationals.
|
3 years or 1 year
|
Spouse or Child
of Permanent
Resident
|
Spouses of those who stay with Permanent Resident status or those who are
Special Permanent Residents as described in the Special Law on Immigration
Control, which covers those who have lost Japanese nationality through a peace
treaty between Japan and another nation, or those born as children of Permanent
or Special Permanent Residents. |
3 years or 1 year
|
Long-term
Resident |
Refugees as stipulated
by the convention relating to the Status of Refugees, Indochinese refugee
settlers, second- and third-generation Japanese settlers, etc.
|
3 years, 1 year,
6
months, or a designated
period of less
than 3 years
|
Criteria for the each status of residence
Investor/
Business
Manager |
1. In cases where the applicant is to commence the operation of
international trade or other business, the following conditions are to be
fulfilled.
The facilities to be used as an office for the business concerned
are located in Japan.
The business concerned is maintained in such a scale as
to employ at least 2 full-time employees in Japan (excluding foreign nationals
residing under the status of residence enlisted in Annexed Table 1 of the
Immigration Control Act), in addition to those who operate and/or manage the
business.
2. In cases where the applicant is to invest in international trade
or other business and to operate or manage that business, or in cases where the
applicant is to operate or manage international trade or other business on
behalf of the foreign nationals (including foreign corporations; hereinafter in
this section "foreign nationals" is to include "foreign corporations") or who
has begun such an operation or has invested in such a business, the following
conditions are to be fulfilled.
The office for the business concerned is
located in Japan.
The business concerned is maintained with the scale of
employing at least 2 full-time employees in Japan (excluding foreign nationals
residing under the status of residence enlisted in Annexed Table 1 of the
Immigration Control Act), in addition to those who operate and/or manage the
business.
3. In case an applicant is to engage in the management of
international trade or other business in Japan, he or she should have at least 3
years' experience in the operation and/or management of business (including the
period during which the applicant studied business operation and management at
Graduate School) and receive no less salary than a Japanese national would
receive for comparable work. |
Legal/
Accounting
Services |
The applicant must engage in professions such as attorney
("Bengoshi"), judicial scrivener ("Shihoshoshi"), certified real estate assessor
("Tochikaokuchosashi"), attorney recognized as a foreign law specialist under
the foreign lawyers' law ("Gaikokuhojimubengoshi"), certified public accountant
("Koninkaikeishi"), certified public accountant recognized as an accountant
practicing foreign accounting under the Accountant Law
("Gaikokukoninkaikeishi"), certified tax specialist ("Zeirishi"), certified
social insurance and labor specialist ("Shakaihoken romushi"), certified patent
specialist ("Benrishi"), maritime procedure agent ("Kaijidairishi") and
certified administrative procedures specialist
("Gyoseishoshi"). |
Medical
Services |
1. The applicant who will engage in professions such as medical
doctor, dentist, pharmacist, public health nurse, midwife, registered nurse,
assistant nurse, dental hygienist ("Shikaeiseishi"), X ray technician for
medical examinations, physical therapist ("Rigakuryohoshi"), occupational
therapist ("Sagyoryohoshi"), eye specialist ("Shinokunrenshi"), clinical
technician ("Rinshokogakugishi") or artificial limb technician ("Gishisogushi")
should receive no less salary than a Japanese national would receive for
comparable work.
2. In cases where the applicant is to practice as a medical
doctor or dentist, he or she must fall under one of the following categories.
A person who has graduated after completing a course of medical science or
dentistry at a college in Japan, and who is to practice as a trainee, at a
hospital attached to a college, a college faculty of medical science, a college
faculty of dentistry or a research institutute of a faculty of medical science
or dentistry, a hospital designated by the Minister of Health and Welfare in
accordance with the provisions of Article 16-2, Paragraph 1 of the Doctors' Law
(Law No. 201 of 1948) or Article 16-2, Paragraph 1 of the Dentist's Law (Law No.
202 of 1948), or at a hospital designated by the Minister of Justice in the
Official Gazette as equivalent thereto, for a period not exceeding 6 years from
the date of graduation.
A person who has graduated after completing a course
of medical science or dentistry at a college in Japan, who falls under Article
41 or 42 of the Doctors' Law (Law No. 201 of 1948), or who falls under Article
42 or 43 of the Dentist Law (Law No. 202 of 1948), or who has a license valid in
Japan as medical doctor or as dentist as of June 1, 1990, and who is to practice
at a medical office, designated by the Minister of Justice in the Official
Gazette, in an area where it is difficult to secure a medical doctor or
dentist.
3. In cases where the applicant is to practice as public health
nurse, midwife, nurse or assistant nurse, he or she may practice as trainee for
a period not exceeding 4 years from the date of graduation and/or completion of
the school or training institution provided for by the provisions of Article 1,
Paragraph 1 of the Regulation designating the School and Training Institution
for Public Health Nurses, Midwives, Registered Nurses or Assistant Nurses
(Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health and Welfare Ordinance No. 1 of
1951).
4. In cases where the applicant is to practice as a pharmacist, dental
hygienist, X ray technician for medical examinations, physical therapist
("Rigakuryohoshi"), occupational therapist ("Sagyoryohoshi"), eye specialist
("Shinokunrenshi"), clinical technician ("Rinshokogakugishi"), or artificial
limb technician ("Gishisogushi"), he or she must be invited by a medical
institution or pharmacy. |
| Researcher |
The following conditions are to be fulfilled, unless the
applicant is to engage in research under a contract with the Government of
Japan, a local government, a corporation established by law or a corporation
designated by the Minister of Justice in the Official Gazette, which is managed
by a fund allotted by the Government of Japan or a local government.
1. An
applicant should have a master's degree or at least 3 years' research experience
in the related research field (including experience at graduate school) after
graduation from college (excluding graduation from community or junior college)
or an equivalent institution or at least 10 years' research experience in the
related research field (including research performed at college).
2. He or
she should receive no less salary than a Japanese national would receive for
comparable work. |
| Instructor |
1. In cases where the applicant is to engage in instruction at
a vocational school ("Kakushugakko") or an educational institution equivalent to
it in facilities and curriculum or in cases where the applicant is to engage in
instruction at other school with a capacity other than a "teacher", the
following conditions are to be fulfilled.
However (a) is to be fulfilled in
cases where the applicant is to engage in instruction at a vocational school or
an educational institution equivalent to it in facilities and curriculum which
is established to give the children with the status of residence "Diplomat" or
"Official" mentioned in Annexed Table 1 (1) or "Dependent" mentioned in Annexed
Table 1 (4) education of primary, junior and senior high school in foreign
language.
The applicant must have graduated from or completed a college or
acquired equivalent education, or must hold a license to teach the subject that
he or she intends to teach in Japan.
When the applicant is planning on
teaching a foreign language, he or she must have acquired education in that
language for at least 12 years. When the applicant is going to teach other
subjects, he or she must have at least 5 years' teaching experience in that
subject.
2. The applicant should receive no less salary than a Japanese
national would receive for comparable work. |
| Engineer |
The following conditions are to be fulfilled.
1. The
applicant must have graduated from or completed a college or acquired equivalent
education majoring in the subject relevant to the skills and/or knowledge
necessary for performing the job concerned, or the applicant must have at least
10 years' experience (including the period of time spent studying the relevant
skills and knowledge at college, "Kotosenmongakko", senior high school, the
latter half of unified secondary school, or during specialized course of study
at an advanced vocational school ("Senshugakko")).
2. The applicant should
receive no less salary than a Japanese national would receive for comparable
work. |
Specialist in
Humanities/
International
Services |
The applicant must fulfill the following conditions. However,
these conditions shall not apply in cases where the applicant plans to engage in
work involving proxy duties in procedures relating to international arbitration
cases as designated in Article 58-2 of the Foreign Lawyer's Law (Law No. 66 of
1986).
1. When planning to engage in work requiring knowledge in the
humanities, the applicant must have acquired the relevant knowledge by
graduating from college majoring in a subject relevant to the knowledge required
for performing the work concerned, or by receiving an equivalent or higher level
of education, or by accumulating at least 10 years of practical experience in
the planned work (including the period of time spent majoring in a subject
related to the required knowledge at college, "Koto senmongakko", senior high
school, the latter half of unified secondary school, or during specialized
course of study at an advanced vocational school ("Senshugakko")).
2. When
planning to engage in work requiring specific ways of thought or sensitivity
based on experience with foreign culture, the applicant must fulfill the
following conditions:
The applicant is to engage in translation,
interpretation, language instruction, public relations, advertising, overseas
transactions, fashion or interior design, product development, or other similar
work.
The applicant must have at least 3 years of experience in work relating
to the relevant job. However, this does not apply if the applicant has graduated
from college and is planning to engage in work involving translation,
interpreting, or language instruction.
3. The applicant should receive no
less salary than a Japanese national would receive for comparable
work. |
Intra-
company
Transferee |
The following conditions are to be fulfilled.
1. The
applicant must have been employed at the main office, or branch office or other
office abroad for at least 1 year immediately prior to the transfer to Japan
while engaging in a job which falls under the "Engineer" or "Specialists in
Humanities/International Services" categories.
2. The applicant should
receive no less salary than a Japanese national would receive for comparable
work. |
| Entertainer |
1. In cases where the applicant is to engage in theatrical
performances or musical performances, the following conditions are to be
fulfilled, excluding cases in 2. of this category.
The applicant must fall
under any one of the following three criteria, except in cases where the total
receipts of the applicant's performance is 5 million yen or more a day (If the
performance is done in a group, then the group's receipts must exceed this
amount.).
(1) The applicant meets the standards as set by a foreign national
or local government agency or an equivalent public or private
organization.
(2) The applicant has spent a minimum of 2 years at a foreign
educational institution studying subjects relevant to the type of performance in
which he or she will engage.
(3) The applicant must have a minimum of 2
years' experience outside Japan in the type of performance in which he or she
will engage.
The applicant must be invited by an organization which fulfills
the following requirements, except in cases where the applicant is invited for
the purpose of providing singing, dancing or performance of ethnic music at
ethnic restaurants other than those classified as places for the entertainment
of customers under items 1 or 2 of Paragraph 1 of Article 2 of the Law on
Control and Improvement of Amusement and Entertainment Businesses (Fueiho, Law
No. 122 of 1948).
(1) The operator or the manager of the inviting
organization should have at least 3 years' experience in the show business
involving foreign nationals.
(2) The organization must employ at least 5
full-time employees in Japan.
(3) The organization is inviting foreign
entertainers at a ratio of 10 or less foreign entertainers, including the
applicant, to each full-time employee who has been continually employed by the
organization for a minimum of 6 months (including managers, operators and other
full-time employees), except in cases where the show is to take place at a
facility provided for by the provisions of Article 1, Paragraph 2 of the Show
Business Site Act (Kogyojoho, Law No. 137 of 1948).
(4) The operator and all
full-time employees of the organization must not have been found guilty of
committing "any crime" as specified under Article 73, Paragraph 2 of the
Immigration Control Act or Article 6 or 12 of the Antiprostitution Law (Law No.
118 of 1956). However, this does not apply when 5 years have passed from the
termination of the sentence or termination of the suspension of execution of the
sentence period.
(5) The operator, manager or other full-time employees must
not have committed any collective or customary violent offence provided for by
Article 5 of the Enforcement Regulations of the Law on Control and Improvement
of Amusement and Entertainment Businesses ("Fueiho-Shikokisoku," National Public
Safety Commission Rule no.1 of 1985) in the past 3 years.
The facility at
which the applicant's entertainment is to take place is to meet all of the
following requirements. However, (6) and (7) are to be fulfilled in cases where
the performance is given by one entertainer.
(1) Attendance of the
performance must not be limited to any specific groups or individuals.
(2) If
the facility falls under items 1 and 2 of Paragraph 1 of Article 2 of the Law on
Control and Improvement of Amusement and Entertainment Businesses, both of the
following criteria must be met.
i) There must be at least 5 employees at the
facility whose duties are primarily the "serving of customers".
ii) It is
evident that the foreign performers holding the "entertainer" visa will not be
required to take part in "serving the customers".
(3) There must be a stage
of at least 13 square meters.
(4) There must be a waiting room for the
entertainers of at least 9 square meters (if the number of entertainers is
greater than 5, there must be an additional 1.6 square meters for every extra
entertainer).
(5) There must be at least 5 employees at the facility.
(6)
The operator or other full-time employees of the facility must not have been
found guilty of committing any crime under Article 73, Paragraph 2 of the
Immigration Control Act or Article 6 or 12 of the Antiprostitution Law. However,
this does not apply when 5 years have passed from the termination of the
sentence or termination of the suspension of execution of the sentence
period.
(7) The operator, manager, or other full-time employees must not have
committed any collective or customary violent offense provided for by Article 5
of the Enforcement Regulations of the Law on Control and Improvement of
Amusement and Entertainment Businesses.
The applicant should receive at least
200,000 yen per month.
2. In cases where the applicant is to engage in
theatrical performances or musical performances, and
(1) when the applicant
is invited by a national or local government agency, a corporation having a
special status, or an educational institution, only the remuneration criteria
must be met.
(2) when the applicant is invited by a cultural exchange
organization established with funds from national or local government agencies
or by a theme park with a boundary area of over 100,000 square meters for the
purpose of performing in that theme park, only criteria (6) and (7) of the
facility criteria and the remuneration criteria must be met.
3. In cases
where the applicant is to engage in public entertainment other than theatrical
or musical performances, he or she should receive no less salary than a Japanese
national would receive for comparable work.
4. In cases where the applicant
is to engage in show business other than public entertainment, he or she should
engage in one of the following activities and should receive no less salary than
a Japanese national would receive for comparable work.
Activities relating
to advertisement of goods or business
Activities relating to production of
broadcast programs (including cable broadcast programs) or movies
Activities
relating to taking of commercial-use photographs
Activities relating to
recording of commercial-use records |
Skilled
Labor |
The applicant should fall under one of the following categories
and should receive no less salary than a Japanese national would receive for
comparable work.
1. A person with at least 10 years' experience in foreign
cooking or special food preparation originating abroad (including the period of
time spent studying at educational institutions in a foreign country while
majoring in the skills concerned) who is to engage in a job requiring such
skills.
2. A person with at least 10 years' experience in architecture or
civil engineering characteristic to foreign countries (including the period of
time spent studying at educational institutions in a foreign country while
majoring in the skills concerned) who is to engage in a job requiring such
skills. (If the person concerned is to engage in a job under the guidance of a
person who has at least 10 years' experience, his or her experience of 5 years
would be accepted in lieu of 10 years.)
3. A person with at least 10 years'
experience in manufacture or repair of products special to foreign countries
(including the period of time spent studying at educational institutions in a
foreign country while majoring in the skills concerned) who is to engage in a
job requiring such skills.
4. A person with at least 10 years' experience in
processing of gems, precious stones or fur (including the period of time spent
studying at educational institutions in a foreign country while majoring in the
skills concerned) who is to engage in a job requiring such skills.
5. A
person with at least 10 years' experience in training animals (including the
period of time spent in studying at educational institutions in a foreign
country while majoring in the skills concerned) who is to engage in a job
requiring such skills.
6. A person with at least 10 years' experience in
seabed digging for oil exploration or development of terrestrial heat or the
study of the seabed for minerals exploration (including the period of time spent
in studying at educational institutions in a foreign country while majoring in
the skills concerned) who is to engage in a job requiring such skills.
7. A
person with at least 2,500 hours' experience in piloting an aircraft who is to
engage in a job as a pilot of an aircraft used for air transport provided for by
Article 2, Paragraph 16 of Aviation Act (Law No. 231 of 1952) which a person
cannot pilot as a captain without the qualification of pilot in air transport of
an airline provided for by Article 24 of the Act.
8. A person with at least 3
years' experience in instructing sport (including the period of time spent
studying at educational institutions in a foreign country while majoring in the
skills concerned and engaging in the sport with remuneration) who is to engage
in a job requiring such skills or a person who has ever taken part in Olympic
games alike world championships or such international games as a representative
player and is to engage in a job requiring such skills concerning the
instruction in the sport. |
College
Student |
1. College student applicants are to study at a college or an
equivalent educational institution, a specialized course of study at an advanced
vocational school ("Senshugakko"), an educational institution designated for
preparing persons who have completed 12 years of education at schools in foreign
countries to enter college or "Kotosenmongakko", excluding cases where he or she
is planning to study solely at night school or through correspondence
courses.
2. The applicant must have sufficient assets, scholarship, or other
means of support to meet his or her expenses while in Japan, unless someone else
will pay the applicant's expenses.
3. In cases where the applicant is to
attend courses as an auditor or research student planning to study solely by
auditing, he or she should be enrolled as such through some examination by the
authorities of the educational institution concerned and should attend at least
10 hours a week.
4. In cases where the applicant is to enroll in a
specialized course of study at an advanced vocational school ("Senshgakko")
(excluding solely Japanese language study), the following conditions are to be
fulfilled.
The applicant must have studied the Japanese language for at least
6 months at one of the Japanese language institutions designated by the Minister
of Justice in the Official Gazette and also found appropriate by the Minister of
Education, have proved through some examination that he or she has the ability
to understand the Japanese language for the purpose of studying at an advanced
vocational school, or have studied for at least 1 year at one of the schools
(excluding kindergartens) provided for by the provisions of Article 1 of School
Act (Law No. 26 of 1947).
The advanced vocational school concerned should
have a full-time foreign student adviser assisting foreign students with living
in Japan.
5. In cases where the applicant is to study only the Japanese
language in a specialized course of study at an advanced vocational school, the
school concerned should be one of the Japanese language institutions designated
by the Minister of Justice in the Official Gazette and also found appropriate by
the Minister of Education.
6. In cases where the applicant is to study at an
educational institution designated for preparing persons who have completed 12
years of education at schools in foreign countries to enter college, the
educational institution concerned should be designated as such by the Minister
of Justice in the Official Gazette. |
Pre-college
Student |
1. Pre-college student applicants are to study at a high school
(here and below taken to include the latter half of unified secondary school),
its equivalent for the blind or other handicapped persons, a higher or general
course of study at an advanced vocational school ("Senshugakko") or a vocational
school ("Kakushugakko") or another educational institution equivalent to a
vocational school in its facilities and curriculum, excluding cases where he or
she studies only at night school or through correspondence courses.
2. The
applicant should have sufficient assets, scholarship money, or other means of
support to meet his or her expenses while in Japan, unless someone else will pay
the applicant's expenses.
3. In cases where the applicant is to study at a
high school, he or she should be at the age of 20 years or less and should have
studied the Japanese language for at least 1 year at an educational institution,
unless he or she is accepted for study through a student exchange program or
other equivalent international exchange program of the national government, a
local government, an educational foundation or a non-profit foundation.
4. In
cases where the applicant is to study at a higher or general course of study at
an advanced vocational school, or at a vocational school (excluding the study of
solely the Japanese language), the following conditions are to be
fulfilled.
The applicant must have studied the Japanese language for at least
6 months at one of the Japanese language institutions designated by the Minister
of Justice in the Official Gazette and also found appropriate by the Minister of
Education, have proved through some examination that he or she has the ability
to understand the Japanese language for the purpose of studying at an advanced
vocational school or other vocational school or have studied for at least 1 year
at one of the schools (excluding kindergartens) provided for by the provisions
of Article 1 of the School Act (Law No. 26 of 1947).
The advanced vocational
school or other vocational school concerned should have a full-time adviser
assisting foreign students with living in Japan.
5. In cases where the
applicant is to study at an educational institution equivalent to a vocational
school in its facilities and curriculum (excluding the study of solely the
Japanese language), the institution concerned should be designated as such by
the Minister of Justice in the Official Gazette.
6. In cases where the
applicant is to study only Japanese language in a higher or general course of
study at an advanced vocational school, at a vocational school, or at an
educational institution equivalent to a vocational school in its facilities and
curriculum, the educational institution concerned should be one of the Japanese
language institutions designated by the Minister of Justice in the Official
Gazette and also found appropriate by the Minister of
Education. |
| Trainee |
1. The technology, skills and/or knowledge that an applicant is
to obtain in Japan must not be technology, skills and/or knowledge that could be
obtained mostly through the repetition of simple work.
2. The applicant must
be at least 18 years of age and is expected to engage in a job requiring the
technology, skills and/or knowledge obtained in Japan after returning to his or
her country of nationality or habitual residence.
3. It must be impossible
or difficult for the applicant to obtain the desired technology, skills and/or
knowledge in the country where he or she resides.
4. The proposed training
should be done under the guidance of a person who is a full-time employee of the
public or private organization accepting the trainee concerned (hereinafter
referred to as the "accepting organization") and who has at least 5 years'
experience in the technology, skills and/or knowledge concerned.
5. In cases
where the training program scheduled by the accepting organization includes
on-the-job training (training intended to impart the technology, skills and/or
knowledge through actual performance of goods production or services provision
with remuneration), the following conditions are to be fulfilled. However, these
conditions are not applied in cases where the applicant is invited by the
national government or a local government or in cases where he or she falls
under the cases designated by the Minister of Justice in the Official Gazette.
Housing for trainees must be secured (including cases where a mediating
organization concerned in the proposed training is securing the housing).
The training facility must be insured.
The accepting organization is
inviting trainees at a ratio of 1/20 trainees or less, including the applicant,
to each full-time employee.
The accepting organization should have an
adviser to assist trainees with living in Japan.
Measures to cope with the
death, accident or sickness of trainees during the training such as private
insurance or other means (excluding the Workmen's Accident Compensation
Insurance) must be provided (including cases where a mediating organization
concerned in the proposed training is taking such measures).
The safety and
sanitation measures in respect to the training facilities should be secured in
accordance with the provisions of Labor Safety and Sanitation Act (Law No. 57 of
1972).
6. In cases where the training program scheduled by the accepting
organization includes on-the-job training, the applicant should be a full-time
employee of one of the following organizations and be dispatched from it.
However, this requirement is not applied in cases where the applicant is
accepted for training of the overseas staff who will be working at that
organization's foreign joint venture or local subsidiary, subject to the
condition that the establishment of joint venture or subsidiary has been
recognized by the competent authorities, or in cases where the applicant is
invited by the national government or a local government or in cases where the
applicant falls under the cases designated by the Minister of Justice in the
Official Gazette.
The national government, a local government or a public
corporation.
Joint ventures or affiliated companies of the accepting
organization.
Organizations which have business transactions with the
accepting organization for at least 1 year or for at least 1 billion yen within
1 year.
7. In cases where the applicant is to take on-the-job training, the
period for that on-the-job training should be two thirds of the total training
program, or less (in cases where there are two or more accepting organizations,
the time spent in each training program separately should be added together).
8. The operator, the manager, the person guiding the training and the
adviser of the accepting organization must not have committed misconduct in the
training of foreign nationals in the past 3 years (including cases where the
trainee invited under a training program that does not include on-the-job
training has been made to engage in on-the-job training).
9. In cases where
an organization, other than the Government of Japan or a local government, is
mediating the training, the organization concerned must not be a profit-making
organization. Furthermore, the concerned organization, the operator or the
full-time employees must not have committed misconduct relating to the training
of foreign nationals in the past 3 years. |
| Dependent |
The applicant must be a dependent of a person residing in Japan
with the status of residence mentioned in Annexed Table 1 (1) or (2) of the
Immigration Control Act or with the status of residence of "Cultural Activities"
or "College Student". |
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