Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act Enforcement Order

The ranks of immigration control officers specified by Cabinet Order pursuant to Article 61-3-2, paragraph (5) of the Act are to be the Director General of Immigration Security, Director of Immigration Security, Chief Immigration Security Officer, Immigration Security Officer, Assistant Immigration Security Officer, Chief Security Guard, and Security Guard.

The grounds specified by Cabinet Order pursuant to Article 61-7-2 of the Act are to be the grounds specified in Article 11 and Article 12, paragraphs (1) and (3) of the Order for the Enforcement of the Residential Basic Book Act (Cabinet Order No. 292 of 1967), and in Article 12, paragraph (2) of that Order as applied following the deemed replacement of terms pursuant to the provisions of Article 30-21 of that Order (excluding where notices filed pursuant to the provisions of Article 30-50 of the Residential Basic Book Act are received, and with respect to grounds for correction of the entry, limited to those that relate to correction of matters listed in items (i) through (iv) of the following paragraph).

The mayor of a municipality is to, when notifying the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency pursuant to the provisions of Article 61-7-2 of the Act, with respect to the certificate of residence relating to a foreign resident specified in Article 30-45 of the Residential Basic Book Act (hereinafter referred to as "foreign resident"), of any addition, deletion, or correction made to the entry (hereinafter referred to as "entry, etc."), notify the details of the relevant foreign resident listed in items (i) through (iv), as well as the details of the relevant entry, etc. listed in items (v) through (viii).

the name, date of birth, sex, country of nationality or the region referred to in Article 2, item (v), (b) of the Act, and the domicile of the foreign resident;

distinction as to whether the foreign resident is a mid- to long-term resident; a special permanent resident (a special permanent resident as defined by the Special Act on the Immigration Control of, inter alia, those who have lost Japanese Nationality pursuant to the Treaty of Peace with Japan (Act No. 71 of 1991; hereinafter referred to as the "Special Act"); the same applies hereinafter); a person granted landing permission for temporary refuge (a person who has been granted permission under Article 18-2, paragraph (1) of the Act; the same applies in Article 7, item (ii), (a) of the Supplementary Provisions); a person granted permission for provisional stay (a person who has been granted permission under Article 61-2-4, paragraph (1) of the Act; the same applies in Article 7, item (ii), (b) of the Supplementary Provisions); or a transitional stayer (a person who was born in Japan who does not possess Japanese nationality or a person who has lost Japanese nationality, who is permitted to remain pursuant to the provisions of Article 22-2, paragraph (1) of the Act; the same applies in Article 7, item (ii), (a) of the Supplementary Provisions);

if the foreign resident is a mid- to long-term resident, the number of the residence card of the mid- to long-term resident;

if the foreign resident is a special permanent resident, the number of that resident's special permanent resident certificate provided for in Article 7, paragraph (1) of the Special Act;

distinction as to whether it is an addition, deletion, or correction made to an entry;

if any of the matters set out in items (i) through (iv) is corrected, distinction as to which of those matters the correction of the relevant entry relates to, and if correction is made in relation to the domicile recorded in the entry, the domicile recorded immediately prior to the correction of the relevant entry;

if, pursuant to the provisions of Article 11 of the Order for the Enforcement of the Residential Basic Book Act, entry, etc. is made to the certificate of residence pursuant to any of the provisions of Articles 22 through 24, Article 30-46, or Article 30-47 of the Residential Basic Book Act, distinction as to on which of those provisions the relevant entry, etc. is based, and if deletion is made based on the notice filed pursuant to the provisions of Article 24 of the same Act, the planned date of departure;

if the entry, etc. is made pursuant to the provisions of Article 12, paragraph (1) or (3) of the Order for the Enforcement of the Residential Basic Book Act, or Article 12, paragraph (2) of that Order as applied following the deemed replacement of terms pursuant to the provisions of Article 30-21 of that Order, the fact that the relevant entry, etc. is based on those provisions, as well as the date on which the relevant entry, etc. is made; provided, however, that in the cases set forth in the following sub-items (a) through (d), in lieu of the date on which the relevant entry, etc. is made, the relevant date specified in the sub-items (a) through (d):

if addition is made due to birth (except where Japanese nationality is acquired by birth) or loss of Japanese nationality, or deletion is made due to death or acquisition of Japanese nationality: the date of occurrence of the relevant event;

if deletion is made due to confirmation of a court ruling for the declaration of disappearance specified in Article 30, paragraph (1) of the Civil Code (Act No. 89 of 1896): the date on which the period specified in the same paragraph expires;

if deletion is made due to confirmation of a court ruling for the declaration of disappearance specified in Article 30, paragraph (2) of the Civil Code: the date on which the danger specified in the same paragraph has passed; and

if addition is made due to confirmation of a court ruling for the rescission of declaration of disappearance: the date on which the notification pursuant to the provisions of Article 63, paragraph (1) of the Family Register Act (Act No. 224 of 1947) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 94 of that Act is submitted.

The notification to be made pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph is to be made from the computer (including any input or output device) which the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency makes available for use to the mayor of the municipality, via telecommunication line using a method for transmission to the computer used by the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency or other methods specified by an Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications and a Ministry of Justice Order.