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- Applications and Procedures
- Procedures related to the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act
- Application for issuance of a Certificate of Eligibility
- Materials to be submitted according to status of residence (application for Certificate of Eligibility)
Materials to be submitted according to status of residence (application for Certificate of Eligibility)
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 professors)
- Artist (e.g., composers, artists, writers)
- 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., transferees 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 student, cultural activity, and training-related statuses of residence (Appended Table 1-3 to 1-5 of the Immigration Control Act)
- Cultural Activities (e.g., researchers of Japanese culture)
- Student (e.g., students of universities, junior colleges, high schools, and vocational schools)
- Dependent (e.g., spouse or child dependents of a foreign resident)
- Trainee (e.g., trainees without practical work)
- Designated Activities (e.g., housekeepers 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)