Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act Enforcement Order

The amount of fees that must be paid pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-15-2, paragraph (12) of the Act is to be 1,900 yen (2,600 yen in the case of receiving the issuance of a specified residence card pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (7) of that Article).

The cases specified by Cabinet Order in Article 19-15-2, paragraph (12) of the Act are the following cases:

when a mid- to long-term resident who has received the issuance of a specified residence card receives the issuance of a specified residence card based on an application pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-15-2, paragraph (1) of the Act (limited to the part pertaining to item (i) (limited to the part pertaining to a notification pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-10, paragraph (1) of the Act or an application pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-11, paragraph (1) of the Act)), an application pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-15-2, paragraph (2) of the Act (limited to the part pertaining to the notification set forth in Article 19-9, paragraph (3) of the Act that is deemed, pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (3) of that Article, to be a notification pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of that Article), or a request pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-15-2, paragraph (3) of the Act made together with that application, pursuant to the provisions of paragraphs (5) through (7) of that Article;

when a mid- to long-term resident who has received the issuance of a specified residence card receives the issuance of a specified residence card pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-15-2, paragraph (5) of the Act, based on an application pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-15-2, paragraph (1) of the Act (limited to the part pertaining to item (i) (limited to the part pertaining to an application pursuant to the provisions of the first sentence of Article 19-13, paragraph (1) of the Act or paragraph (3) of that Article)), in the case where the specified residence card has been seriously damaged or soiled, or the record pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-4, paragraph (5) of the Act has been damaged, due to a natural disaster or other cause not attributable to the mid- to long-term resident;

when a mid- to long-term resident who has received the issuance of a specified residence card and who has lost possession of the specified residence card due to a natural disaster or other cause not attributable to the mid- to long-term resident receives the issuance of a specified residence card pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-15-2, paragraph (5) of the Act, based on an application pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-15-2, paragraph (1) of the Act (limited to the part pertaining to item (i) (limited to the part pertaining to an application pursuant to the provisions of the second sentence of Article 19-13, paragraph (1) of the Act)) (limited to an application made on the date of issuance of the residence card), in the case where the mid- to long-term resident has received the issuance of a residence card pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-10, paragraph (2) of the Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 19-12, paragraph (2) of the Act, based on an application pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-12, paragraph (1) of the Act;

when a mid- to long-term resident who has received the issuance of a specified residence card and who has filed an application under Article 19-15-2, paragraph (1) of the Act (excluding the part pertaining to item (i) (limited to the part pertaining to an application pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-13, paragraph (1) or (3) of the Act)) receives the issuance of a specified residence card pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-15-2, paragraph (5) of the Act, based on an application pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of that Article (limited to the part pertaining to item (i) (limited to the part pertaining to an application pursuant to the provisions of the second sentence of Article 19-13, paragraph (1) of the Act)) (limited to an application made on the date of issuance of the residence card), in the case where the mid- to long-term resident was not issued a specified residence card pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-15-2, paragraph (8) of the Act and has received the issuance of a residence card pertaining to the notification or application set forth in paragraph (1), item (i) or (ii) of that Article pertaining to that application;

when a mid- to long-term resident who has received the issuance of a specified residence card, and who is a person who has received permission for re-entry pursuant to the provisions of Article 26, paragraph (1) of the Act (including a person deemed to have received permission for re-entry pursuant to the provisions of Article 26-2, paragraph (1) of the Act), departs from Japan and, in the case where the effect of the Individual Number Card has been lost with respect to that specified residence card pursuant to the provisions of Article 17, paragraph (10) of the Number Use Act as applied by deeming the specified residence card to be an Individual Number Card pursuant to the provisions of Article 18-5, paragraph (9) of the Number Use Act (limited to a case falling under Article 14, item (i) of the Order for Enforcement of the Act on the Use of Numbers to Identify a Specific Individual in Administrative Procedures (Cabinet Order No. 155 of 2014; referred to as the "Number Use Act Enforcement Order" in the following item)), that mid- to long-term resident, after re-entering Japan within the validity period of the re-entry permission, receives the issuance of a specified residence card pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-15-2, paragraph (5) of the Act, based on an application pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-15-2, paragraph (1) of the Act (limited to the part pertaining to item (i) (limited to the part pertaining to an application pursuant to the provisions of the second sentence of Article 19-13, paragraph (1) of the Act));

when a mid- to long-term resident who has received the issuance of a specified residence card receives the issuance of a specified residence card pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-15-2, paragraph (5) of the Act, based on an application pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-15-2, paragraph (1) of the Act (limited to the part pertaining to item (i) (limited to the part pertaining to an application pursuant to the provisions of the second sentence of Article 19-13, paragraph (1) of the Act)), in the case where the effect of the Individual Number Card has been lost with respect to that specified residence card pursuant to the provisions of Article 17, paragraph (10) of the Number Use Act as applied by deeming the specified residence card to be an Individual Number Card pursuant to the provisions of Article 18-5, paragraph (9) of the Number Use Act (limited to a case falling under Article 14, item (v) or (vi) of the Number Use Act Enforcement Order);

when a mid- to long-term resident who has received the issuance of a specified residence card receives the issuance of a specified residence card pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-15-2, paragraph (5) of the Act, based on an application pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-15-2, paragraph (1) of the Act (limited to the part pertaining to item (i) (limited to the part pertaining to an application pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-13, paragraph (1) or (3) of the Act)), in the case where there is no longer any space left on the specified residence card in which to enter the matters set forth in each item of Article 19-4, paragraph (1) of the Act.

The amount of fees that must be paid pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-23, paragraph (3) of the Act is to be, in accordance with the classification of the person set out in the items below, the amount set out in the relevant item.

a person who seeks to receive the registration under Article 19-23, paragraph (1) of the Act:28,400 yen; and

a person who seeks to renew the registration received under Article 19-23, paragraph (1) of the Act:11,100 yen.

The provisions of laws relating to immigration or labor referred to in Article 19-26, paragraph (1), item (ii) of the Act which are specified in Cabinet Order are as follows:

the provisions of the Labor Standards Act (Act No. 49 of 1947) Article 117 (including as applied pursuant to the provisions of Article 89, paragraph (1) of the Mariners' Employment Security Act (Act No. 130 of 1948) or Article 44, paragraph (1) of the Act on Securing the Proper Operation of Worker Dispatching Businesses and Protecting Dispatched Workers (Act No. 88 of 1985; hereinafter referred to as the "Worker Dispatch Act")); Article 118, paragraph (1) (limited to the parts relating to the provisions of Article 6 and Article 56 of the Labor Standards Act); Article 119 (limited to the parts relating to item (i) (limited to the parts relating to Article 16, Article 17, Article 18, paragraph (1), and Article 37 of the same Act)); Article 120 (limited to the parts relating to item (i) (limited to the parts relating to Article 18, paragraph (7), and Articles 23 through 27 of the same Act)), and the provisions of Article 121 of the same Act relating to those provisions;

the provisions of the Mariners Act (Act No. 100 of 1947) Article 129 (limited to the parts relating to Article 85, paragraph (1) of the same Act); Article 130 (limited to the parts relating to Article 33, paragraph (1) of Article 34, Article 35, Article 45, and Article 66 (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the provisions of Article 88-2-2, paragraph (4) and paragraph (5), and Article 88-3, paragraph (4) of the same Act)); Article 131 (limited to the parts relating to item (i) (limited to the parts relating to Article 53, paragraph (1) and paragraph (2), Article 54, Article 56, and Article 58, paragraph (1) of the same Act) and to item (iii)); and the provisions of Article 135, paragraph (1) of the same Act relating to those provisions (including as applied pursuant to the provisions of Article 92, paragraph (1) of the Mariners' Employment Security Act);

the provisions of the Employment Security Act (Act No. 141 of 1947) Article 63, Article 64, Article 65 (excluding item (i)); Article 66; and the provisions of Article 67 of the same Act relating to those provisions;

the provisions of the Mariners' Employment Security Act Articles 111 through 115;

the provisions of the Minimum Wage Act (Act No. 137 of 1959) Article 40, as well as the provisions of Article 42 of the same Act relating to those provisions;

the provisions of the Act on Comprehensively Advancing Labor Measures, and Stabilizing the Employment of Workers, and Enriching Workers' Vocational Lives (Act No. 132 of 1966) Article 50, paragraph (1) (limited to the parts relating to item (ii)), and the provisions of paragraph (2) of the same Article relating to those provisions;

the provisions of the Act on the Improvement of Employment of Construction Workers (Act No. 33 of 1976) Article 49; Article 50; and Article 51 (excluding item (ii) and item (iii)); and the provisions of Article 52 of the same Act relating to those provisions;

the provisions of the Act on Ensuring Wage Payment (Act No. 34 of 1976) Article 18, as well as the provisions of Article 20 of the same Act relating to those provisions;

the provisions of the Worker Dispatch Act Articles 58 through 62;

the provisions of the Port Labor Act (Act No. 40 of 1988) Article 48, Article 49 (excluding item (i)), and Article 51 (limited to the parts relating to item (ii) and item (iii)), as well as the provisions of Article 52 of the same Act relating to those provisions;

the provisions of the Act on the Promotion of Improvement of Employment Management in Small and Medium-sized Enterprises for Securing Manpower and Creating Quality Jobs (Act No. 57 of 1991) Article 19, Article 20, and Article 21 (excluding item (iii)), as well as the provisions of Article 22 of the same Act relating to those provisions;

the provisions of the Act on Childcare Leave, Caregiver Leave, and Other Measures for the Welfare of Workers Caring for Children or Other Family Members (Act No. 76 of 1991) Articles 62 through 65;

the provisions of the Act Concerning the Securing of Forestry Work Force (Act No. 45 of 1996) Article 32; Article 33; Article 34 (excluding item (iii)); and the provisions of Article 35 of the same Act relating to those provisions; and

the provisions of Article 118, Article 119, and Article 121 of the Labor Standards Act which are applied pursuant to the provisions of Article 44, paragraph (4) of the Worker Dispatch Act; the provisions of Articles 129 through 131 of the Mariners Act which are applied pursuant to the provisions of Article 89, paragraph (8) of the Mariners' Employment Security Act; and the provisions of Article 119 and Article 122 of the Industrial Safety and Health Act (Act No. 57 of 1972) which are applied pursuant to the provisions of Article 45, paragraph (7) of the Worker Dispatch Act.