The criteria in item (ii) in the right-hand column of the entry for Highly Skilled Professional in the Appended Table I(2) of the Act is that the foreign national who engages in the activity listed in the same item, at the time the relevant permission is granted pursuant to the provisions of Article 12, paragraph (1) of the Act or Chapter IV, Section 2 of the Act (hereinafter referred to as "Type II Permission"), conforms to all of the following items:
that either of the following sub-items applies:
次のいずれかに該当すること。
if the foreign national was staying in Japan with the status of residence of Highly Skilled Professional, the foreign national is a special highly skilled professional;
高度専門職の在留資格をもって本邦に在留していた外国人であって、特別高度人材であること。
if the foreign national was staying in Japan with the status of residence of Highly Skilled Professional (limited to those pertaining to item (i), (a) in the right-hand column of the entry for Highly Skilled Professional in the Appended Table I(2) of the Act), the foreign national, in relation to the items shown in the left-hand column of the table in paragraph (1), item (i) of the preceding Article, and in accordance with the criteria shown in the middle column of the same table (with respect to annual income, if, at the relevant point in time, the foreign national is: aged under 30, the criteria in (a) through (g); aged 30 or over but under 35, the criteria in (a) through (f); aged 35 or over but less than 40, the criteria in (a) through (e); aged 40 or over, the criteria in (a) through (c)), scores 70 points or more when the points in the right-hand column of the same table are added up;
if the foreign national was staying in Japan with the status of residence of Highly Skilled Professional (limited to those pertaining to item (i), (b) in the right-hand column of the entry for Highly Skilled Professional in the Appended Table I(2) of the Act), the foreign national, in relation to the items shown in the left-hand column of the table in paragraph (1), item (ii) of the preceding Article, and in accordance with the criteria shown in the middle column of the same table (with respect to annual income, if, at the relevant point in time, the foreign national is: aged under 30, the criteria in (a) through (g); aged 30 or over but under 35, the criteria in (a) through (f); aged 35 or over but under 40, the criteria in (a) through (e); aged 40 or over, the criteria in (a) through (c)), scores 70 points or more when the points in the right-hand column of the same table are added up, and additionally, the total annual remuneration the foreign national receives from the contracting organization and the foreign affiliated organization is 3,000,000 yen or more:
if the foreign national was staying in Japan with the status of residence of Highly Skilled Professional (limited to those pertaining to item (i), (c) in the right-hand column of the entry for Highly Skilled Professional in the Appended Table I(2) of the Act), the foreign national, in relation to the items shown in the left-hand column of the table in paragraph (1), item (iii) of the preceding Article, and in accordance with the criteria shown in the middle column of the same table, scores 70 points or more when the points in the right-hand column of the same table are added up, and additionally, the total annual remuneration the foreign national receives from the organization for activities and the foreign affiliated organization is 3,000,000 yen or more;
that the foreign national was staying in Japan with the status of residence of Highly Skilled Professional (limited to those pertaining to items (i), (a) through (c) in the right-hand column of the entry for Highly Skilled Professional in the Appended Table I(2) of the Act) for 3 years (1 year, in the case of a special highly skilled professional) or more, and was engaged in the activity listed in the same item;
that the foreign national's behavior and conduct are good; and
素行が善良であること。
that the foreign national's residence in Japan is in the interests of Japan.
当該外国人の在留が日本国の利益に合すると認められること。
A person who conforms to all of the items in the preceding paragraph at the time the application pursuant to the provisions of Article 6, paragraph (2) of the Act, Article 20, paragraph (2) of the Act, or Article 22-2, paragraph (2) of the Act is made, is deemed to have conformed to all of the items in the preceding paragraph at the time the Type II Permission is granted in connection with the relevant application.