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- Applications and Procedures
- Procedures related to the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act
- Application for extension of period of stay
- Materials to be submitted according to status of residence (application for extension of period of stay)
Materials to be submitted according to status of residence (application for extension of period of stay)
Work-related statuses of residence (Appended Table 1-1 and 1-2 of the Immigration Control Act)
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- Professor (e.g., university professor)
- Artist (e.g., composer, artist, writer)
- Religious Activities (e.g., missionaries sent by a foreign religious organization)
- Journalist (e.g., reporters or cameramen from a foreign news organization)
- Business Manager (e.g., executives and managers of companies)
- Legal/Accounting Services (e.g., lawyers, CPAs)
- Medical Services (e.g., doctors, dentists, nurse practitioners)
- Researcher (e.g., researchers in government agencies and private companies)
- Instructor (e.g., language teachers at junior high schools and high schools)
- Engineer/Specialist in Humanities/International Services (e.g., mechanical engineers, interpreters, designers, language teachers in private companies)
- Intra-Company Transferee (e.g., transferee from a foreign office of a company)
- Nursing Care (e.g., care workers)
- Entertainer (e.g., actors, singers, dancers, professional athletes)
- Skilled Labor (e.g., foreign cuisine chefs, sport instructors, aircraft pilots, metalsmiths)
- Specified Skilled Worker (both type (i) and type (ii))
- Technical Intern Training (e.g., technical interns; *Technical Intern Training (i) (ii) (iii), (a) and (b))
International students, cultural activities, and training-related statuses of residence (Appended Table 1-3 to 1-5 of the Immigration Control Act)
- Cultural Activities (e.g., researcher of Japanese culture)
- Temporary Visitor (e.g., unavoidable humanitarian reasons such as illness)
- Student (e.g., students of universities, junior colleges, high schools, vocational schools)
- Dependent (e.g., spouse or child dependent of a foreign resident)
- Trainee (e.g., trainees without practical work)
- Designated Activities (e.g., house staff of diplomats, amateur athletes and their families, internships, specific research activities, information processing activities, medical stay, long-term sightseeing, graduates of Japanese universities and their families)