Cabinet Order on the Arrangement, etc. of Related Cabinet Orders and on Transitional Measures upon the Enforcement of the Act Partially Amending the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act, etc.
出入国管理及び難民認定法等の一部を改正する法律の施行に伴う関係政令の整備等及び経過措置に関する政令
The transitional measures (経過措置) of the Cabinet Order made for the 2024 amending Act (Act No. 59 of 2024) that brought in the specified residence card (特定在留カード) and the specified special permanent resident certificate (特定特別永住者証明書): they spare people who held a card, or had applied, before the change the fee for the new card in some cases, and are the only part of the Order's text held here.
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What this law does
- Under Article 11 of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act amending the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act and other Acts (Act No. 59 of 2024), a separate Act, and under other Acts, the Cabinet () made this Order. The text held here is its Chapter 2, Transitional Measures (第二章 経過措置), with Articles 5 and 6, which came into force with the amending Act on 14 June 2026.(Enacting Stmt. 1, Chapter 2, Suppl. Prov. Art. 1(1)) (the provisions it rests on)
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- A mid- to long-term resident who holds a residence card issued before the amending Act came into force pays no fee when issued a specified residence card they applied for together with a notification of changed particulars or an application to renew or reissue the card, or together with an address notification at the municipal office. The Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act otherwise charges a fee for it.(Art. 5(1), Art. 5(1)(i), Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act Art. 19-15-2(1)(i), Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act Art. 19-15-2(2), Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act Art. 19-15-2(12)) (the provisions it rests on)
- Such a resident whose specified residence card was refused, and who received an ordinary residence card instead, also pays no fee for a specified residence card applied for on the day that residence card is issued, by asking to exchange it.(Art. 5(1)(ii), Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act Art. 19-15-2(8), Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act Art. 19-13(1)) (the provisions it rests on)
- A mid- to long-term resident who, before the amending Act came into force, filed a notification of changed particulars or applied to renew or reissue the residence card, to change status of residence while remaining a mid- to long-term resident, to extend the period of stay or for permanent residence, and who receives the resulting residence card after that day, pays no fee for a specified residence card applied for on the day that card is issued, by asking to exchange it.(Art. 5(1)(iii), Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act Art. 19-13(1)) (the provisions it rests on)
- Article 6 does the same for special permanent residents and the specified special permanent resident certificate, a special permanent resident certificate that also works as an Individual Number Card (個人番号カード). It covers those holding a certificate issued before the amending Act came into force — a certificate of alien registration (外国人登録証明書) that Act No. 79 of 2009, a separate Act, treats as one included — those with a notification or application pending that day, and those who had applied for permission for special permanent residence before it.(Art. 6(1), Art. 6(1)(i), Art. 6(1)(ii), Art. 6(1)(iii), Art. 6(1)(iv), Special Act on the Immigration Control of, inter alia, those who have lost Japanese Nationality pursuant to the Treaty of Peace with Japan Art. 16-2(1), Special Act on the Immigration Control of, inter alia, those who have lost Japanese Nationality pursuant to the Treaty of Peace with Japan Art. 16-2(16)) (the provisions it rests on)
Fee for a specified residence cardFee for a specified special permanent resident certificateResidence cards issued before the amendmentTransitional measures
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Amendments
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Who it applies to
It applies to
- Mid- to long-term residents who hold a residence card issued before the amending Act came into force, or who filed a residence card notification or application before that day, and who ask for a specified residence card.(Art. 5(1)(i), Art. 5(1)(ii), Art. 5(1)(iii)) (the provisions it rests on)
- Special permanent residents in the same position, and those who had applied for permission for special permanent residence before that day, who ask for a specified special permanent resident certificate.(Art. 6(1)(i), Art. 6(1)(ii), Art. 6(1)(iii), Art. 6(1)(iv), Special Act on the Immigration Control of, inter alia, those who have lost Japanese Nationality pursuant to the Treaty of Peace with Japan Art. 5(1)) (the provisions it rests on)
How it is enforced (2)
- Article 19-15-2, paragraph (12) of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act, and Article 16-2, paragraph (16) of the Special Act on the Immigration Control of, Inter Alia, Those Who Have Lost Japanese Nationality Pursuant to the Treaty of Peace with Japan, charge a fee for the new card in an amount a Cabinet Order sets, except in cases a Cabinet Order sets; Articles 5 and 6 waive that fee, notwithstanding those paragraphs, in the cases they list.(Art. 5(1), Art. 6(1), Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act Art. 19-15-2(12), Special Act on the Immigration Control of, inter alia, those who have lost Japanese Nationality pursuant to the Treaty of Peace with Japan Art. 16-2(16)) (the provisions it rests on)
- Articles 5 and 6 set no penalties and impose no duty: they only remove a fee.(Art. 5(1), Art. 6(1)) (the provisions it rests on)
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- e-Gov (Digital Agency)出入国管理及び難民認定法等の一部を改正する法律の施行に伴う関係政令の整備等及び経過措置に関する政令 — the text in force from 2026-06-14Original
- e-Gov (Digital Agency)出入国管理及び難民認定法等の一部を改正する法律の施行に伴う関係政令の整備等及び経過措置に関する政令 — revision historyOriginal
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