Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act Enforcement Order

The amount of the fees that must be paid pursuant to the provisions of Article 67, paragraph (1) of the Act is the amount specified in each of the following items, according to the category of permission set forth in the respective item.

permission for change of status of residence or renewal of period of stay:the amount specified in the relevant one of (a) through (g) below in accordance with the classification of the period of stay pertaining to the permission as set out in (a) through (g) below;

three months or less:10,000 yen;

more than three months and six months or less:18,000 yen (15,000 yen if the application for the permission is made by electronic application (meaning an application made using the electronic data processing system prescribed in Article 6, paragraph (1) of the Act on the Advancement of Government Administration Processes That Utilize Information and Communications Technology (Act No. 151 of 2002); the same applies hereinafter in this paragraph and item (iii) of the following Article));

more than six months and less than one year:25,000 yen (21,000 yen if the application for the permission is made by electronic application);

one year:33,000 yen (27,000 yen if the application for the permission is made by electronic application);

more than one year and less than three years:48,000 yen (42,000 yen if the application for the permission is made by electronic application);

three years or more and less than five years:64,000 yen (56,000 yen if the application for the permission is made by electronic application); and

five years or more:75,000 yen (65,000 yen if the application for the permission is made by electronic application);

permission for permanent residence:200,000 yen;

permission for re-entry (excluding multiple re-entry):4,000 yen (3,500 yen if the application for the permission is made by electronic application); and

permission for multiple re-entry:7,000 yen (6,500 yen if the application for the permission is made by electronic application).

The persons specified by Cabinet Order as referred to in Article 67, paragraph (3) of the Act are the following persons:

a person who is found to be in such financial difficulty as to be comparable to a person requiring public assistance prescribed in Article 6, paragraph (2) of the Public Assistance Act (Act No. 144 of 1950), and who has received recognition of refugee status or recognition as a person eligible for complementary protection, or is otherwise in need of humanitarian consideration;

a person who is to receive a change to the status of residence of "Diplomat" or "Official";

a person who resides in Japan with the status of residence of "Official" and who is to receive a renewal of the period of stay; and

a person specified by Ministry of Justice Order as being equivalent to those set out in the preceding two items.

If a person who is to receive the permission set out in paragraph (1), item (i) (excluding the part pertaining to (a); the same applies in item (i) and paragraph (5)) or item (ii) (limited, for a person who is to receive the permission set out in that item, to a person falling under the cases prescribed in the proviso to Article 22, paragraph (2) or Article 61-2-14 of the Act; the same applies in item (ii)) falls under the persons set out in item (i) of the preceding paragraph, the Minister of Justice may reduce the fee under Article 67, paragraph (1) of the Act, down to the amount specified in the relevant item below in accordance with the classification of the persons set out in the following items:

a person who is to receive the permission set out in paragraph (1), item (i):10,000 yen; and

a person who is to receive the permission set out in paragraph (1), item (ii):20,000 yen.

If a person who is to receive the permission set out in paragraph (1), item (i) falls under the persons set out in paragraph (2), items (ii) through (iv), the Minister of Justice may exempt the fee under Article 67, paragraph (1) of the Act.

Notwithstanding paragraph (1) (limited to the parts pertaining to items (i) and (ii)), if a mid- to long-term resident recorded in the Basic Resident Register (excluding a person who has been issued a specified residence card) files an application pursuant to Article 19-15-2, paragraph (1) of the Act (limited to the part pertaining to item (ii)) and, based on that application, is issued a specified residence card pursuant to paragraph (5) of that Article, the amount of the fee for the permission set out in paragraph (1), item (i) or (ii) that pertains to the application set out in item (ii) of paragraph (1) of that Article pertaining to that application is to be the amount specified in the relevant item (or, where the fee is reduced pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (3), the amount after the reduction under that paragraph) plus the amount specified in Article 3-3, paragraph (1), except where the fee is exempted pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph.

The amount of fees that must be paid pursuant to the provisions of Article 67-2 and Article 68, paragraph (1) of the Act is to be the amount set out in the following items, in accordance with the classification of the issuance set out in the relevant items:

issuance of registered user card (excluding reissuance):4,000 yen;

reissuance of registered user card:2,000 yen;

issuance of certificate of authorization for employment:2,000 yen (1,600 yen if the application for the issuance is made by electronic application);

issuance of residence card:1,900 yen; and

issuance of refugee travel document:4,800 yen.

The following authorities of the Minister of Justice are delegated to the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency; provided, however, that this does not prevent the Minister of Justice from personally exercising these authorities:

authority specified in Article 5, paragraph (2) of the Act;

authority specified in Article 5-2 of the Act;

authority specified in Article 7-2, paragraph (1) of the Act;

authority specified in Article 11, paragraphs (1) through (3) of the Act;

authority specified in Article 12, paragraph (1) of the Act;

authority specified in Article 20, paragraphs (2) through (4) of the Act;

authority specified in Article 21, paragraph (2) and paragraph (3) of the Act, as well as in Article 20, paragraph (4) of the Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 21, paragraph (4) of the Act;

authority specified in Article 22, paragraphs (1) through (3) of the Act;

authority specified in Article 22-2, paragraph (2) of the Act, the main text of paragraph (3) and paragraph (4) of Article 20 of the Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (3) of the same Article of the Act, and paragraphs (1) through (3) of Article 22 of the Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 22-2, paragraph (4) of the Act;

authority specified in the following provisions as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 22-3 of the Act:

Article 22-2, paragraph (2) of the Act;

the main text of paragraph (3) and paragraph (4) of Article 20 of the Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 22-2, paragraph (3) of the Act;

Article 22, paragraphs (1) through (3) of the Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 22-2, paragraph (4) of the Act;

authority specified in Article 22-4, paragraphs (1) through (3), and paragraphs (5) through (9) of the Act;

The administrative affairs which are to be handled by the municipalities under the provisions of Article 3 and Article 3-2, paragraphs (3) and (4) are to be classified as Type 1 statutory entrusted functions provided in Article 2, paragraph (9), item (i) of the Local Autonomy Act.