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Information Related to Status of Residence
Permission for change of status of residence and permission for extension of period of stay
- Guidelines
- Denied cases
- Examples of cases where those who wished to change from a "Spouse or Child of Japanese National" or a "Spouse or Child of Permanent Resident" to a "Long-Term Resident" status of residence were granted/not granted permission
- Guidelines for changes of status of residence and extensions of period of stay for foreign nationals who are starting a business in a National Strategic Special Zone (PDF, in Japanese)
Employment
All employment-based statuses
Engineer/Specialist in Humanities/International Services
- Clarifications for the Engineer/Specialist in Humanities/International Services status of residence
- Regarding the Highly Skilled Professional point system and status of residence for foreign national IT engineers
- Regarding the issuance of a Certificate of Eligibility for Engineer/Specialist in Humanities/International Services statuses of residence for those seeking employment with a Japanese company
Business Manager (including start-up activities)
- Clarifications on status of residence standards for foreign national managers
- Clarifications on standards for the Business Manager status of residence (for cases where two or more foreign nationals are jointly managing a business)
- Regarding the Business Manager status of residence as it pertains to entrepreneurial activities backed by local government agencies
- Steps for foreign exchange students who have graduated from a Japanese university and wish to start their own business
Other
- “Designated Activities” internship guidelines (Public Notice No. 9)
- To university students who received an employment offer while in school or after graduation and wish to stay in Japan until they are formally hired
- Handling of students who have passed the Certified Care Worker National Examination and will be/are engaged in nursing care activities
- Handling of students who have graduated from a certified care worker training facility and will be/are engaged in nursing care activities
- Management requirements for employers of house staff
- For employees who work for companies that fall under either Category 1 or 2 and their family members (spouses and dependents): Click here to see the application procedures for a Certificate of Eligibility.
Work permission as a student
Information about work permission as a student can be found here.
Students
- Essential information and other important reminders
- The implementation status of policies for accepting students
- Regarding educational institutions' efforts to support exchange students after graduation
- Advice for establishing a Japanese language institution
- For students seeking to pay their tuition and expenses using loan-based scholarships and the educational institutions who will be accepting those students
- Those who wish to find an internship
- Those who wish to remain in Japan after graduating university etc. to search for a job
- For those considering enrolling at a Japanese language institution
- Information pertaining to accepting organizations
- Regarding changes to the handling of Japanese language institutions
- About each type of standard report for Japanese language institutions
- Japanese language ability needed to enroll at a specialized training college or school with special classification
- Selecting an educational institution
Technical Intern Training
Trainees
Other
- Emergency evacuation measures for Myanmar residents in light of the situation in Myanmar
- Accommodations for those affected by the situation in Afghanistan
- Response to requests for regulatory reform
- Periodic and ad-hoc notifications for nurses from either the Republic of Indonesia or the Republic of the Philippines accepted through an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA)
- For those with the "Dependent" status of residence who have completed their compulsory education in Japan and would like to find employment here after graduating high school
- About recent initiatives for the acceptance of and coexistence with foreign nationals (after amendment of the Immigration Control Act)
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