Related laws and materials
Statuses of residence & related activities (excerpt from the Immigration Control Act Appendix) - PDF (in Japanese)- Landing permission criteria (excerpt from the Ministry of Justice ordinance) - PDF (in Japanese)
- Evaluation criteria & scoring (Ministry of Justice ordinance) - PDF (in Japanese)
- Preferential treatment (Ministry of Justice public notice) - PDF (in Japanese)
- Criteria for changing to "Highly Skilled Professional (ii)" (excerpt from the Ministry of Justice ordinance) - PDF (in Japanese)
- Statuses of residence for spouses, parents, and housekeepers (excerpt from the Designated Activities public notice) - PDF (in Japanese)
- Spouses, children, parents, and housekeepers of highly skilled professionals with a "Designated Activities" status of residence should please refer to the following:
Public notice regarding the landing of highly skilled professionals - PDF (in Japanese) - Highly skilled professionals, spouses, children, parents, and housekeepers with a "Designated Activities" status of residence should please refer to the following:
Residence guidelines for highly skilled professionals - PDF (in Japanese) - Review of the point-based system for highly skilled professionals - PDF (in Japanese) - December, 2013
- Review of the point-based system for highly skilled professionals (shortening the period of stay required to apply for permanent residency and methods to boost points) - PDF (in Japanese) - April, 2017
- Expansion of universities eligible for bonus points in the point-based system for highly skilled professionals - PDF (in Japanese) - March, 2019
- For information regarding the point-based system for highly skilled professionals in Chinese and Vietnamese (as of August 2019), please refer to the following:
所谓高级人才积分制? - PDF (in Simplified Chinese)
Chế độ Tích điểm Nhân lực Chất lượng cao là gì? - PDF (in Vietnamese) - Acceptance status of Highly Skilled Professionals
- JETRO Open for Professionals portal site
