Regulation for Enforcement of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act

a staff member of any of the organizations or bodies listed in the following sub-items (a) through (e) (hereinafter referred to as the "receiving organization, etc." in item (iii), and in Article 59-4, paragraph (2), item (i), sub-item (a) and Article 61-364, paragraph (5), item (iii)) whom the director of the regional immigration services bureau finds appropriate (except in the cases listed in the following item or item (iii)):

The provisions of Article 61-364, paragraph (6) apply mutatis mutandis to the case where the report pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) or (8) is made using the electronic data processing system prescribed in the preceding paragraph.

with regard to an application pursuant to the provisions of Article 20, paragraph (2), Article 21, paragraph (2) or Article 22-2, paragraph (2) of the Act (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 22-3 of the Act, and excluding the case of applying for acquisition of the status of residence of "Permanent Resident"), if a foreign national in Japan has submitted the written application prescribed in Article 61-364, paragraph (1), items (ix) through (xi) using an electronic data processing system (meaning the electronic data processing system prescribed in Article 4, paragraph (1) of the Regulations on the Promotion of Administrative Affairs Using Information and Communications Technology Based on the Provisions of the Laws and Regulations under the Jurisdiction of the Ministry of Justice (Ministry of Justice Order No. 11 of 2003; hereinafter referred to as the "Ministry of Justice ICT Information and communications technology Utilization Regulation"); hereinafter the same applies in item (v) the following item and Article 61-364); and

with regard to the procedures pertaining to the receipt of a residence card (limited to a residence card other than a specified residence card) issued pursuant to the provisions of Article 20, paragraph (4), item (i) of the Act (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 21, paragraph (4) of the Act and Article 22-2, paragraph (3) of the Act (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 22-3 of the Act)), if the written application prescribed in Article 61-364, paragraph (1), items (ix) through (xi) has been submitted using an electronic data processing system.

(Statement of Payment Persons Specified by Ministry of Fees)Justice Order Prescribed in Article 25, Paragraph (2), Item (iv) of the Order

The payment of the fees pursuant to the provisions ofpersons specified by Ministry of Justice Order prescribed in Article 19-2325, paragraph (3) of the Act is to be submitted by pasting a revenue stamp corresponding to the amount of the fee to the statement of payment2), item (iv) of fees pursuant to the Appended Form No. 83-2.Order are as follows:

The payment of fees pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-15-2, paragraph (12) or Articles 67 through 68 of the Act is made by submitting a statement of payment of fees pursuant to the Appended Form No. 84 with a revenue stamp corresponding to the amount of the fee pasted; provided, however, that this does not apply in the event that a person who receives permission for an extension of the validity period of re-entry permission or permission for extension of the validity period of a refugee travel document pays the fee.

The authority delegated by the Minister of Justice to the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency pursuant to the provisions of Article 69-2, paragraph (1) of the Act as provided in the following items is delegated to the director of a regional immigration services bureau pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2) of the same Article; provided, however, that this does not preclude the Minister of Justice or the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency who has been delegated the authority of the Minister of Justice from exercising it themselves:

the authority prescribed in Article 5-2 of the Act;

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

the authority prescribed in Article 11, paragraph (1) through paragraph (3) of the Act;

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

the authority prescribed in Article 20, paragraph (2) through paragraph (4) of the Act;

the authority prescribed in Article 21, paragraph (2) and paragraph (3) and Article 20, paragraph (4) of the Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (4) of the same Article.

the authority prescribed in Article 22, paragraph (1) to paragraph (3) of the Act.

the authority prescribed in Article 22-2, paragraph (2), the main clause of Article 20, paragraph (3) and paragraph (4) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (3) of the same Article, and Article 22, paragraph (1) through to paragraph (3) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the provisions of Article 22-2, paragraph (4) of the Act.

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

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

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

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

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

the authority prescribed in Article 49, paragraph (1) through paragraph (3) of the Act;

the authority prescribed in Article 50, paragraphs (1), (2), (5), (6), (8) and (10) of the Act;

the authority prescribed in Article 52, paragraphs (5) and (6) of the Act;

the authority prescribed in Articles 61-2 of the Act;

the authority prescribed in Article 61-2-2, paragraph (1), paragraph (2) and paragraph (4) of the Act;

the authority prescribed in Article 61-2-3 of the Act;

the authority prescribed in Article 61-2-4, paragraph (1) through paragraph (3) and the first sentence of paragraph (4), and paragraph (2) of the same Article as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the second sentence of the same paragraph of the Act;

the authority prescribed in Article 61-2-5, paragraphs (1) and (2) of the Act and in Article 20, paragraph (4) of the Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (3) of that Article;

the authority prescribed in Article 61-2-6 of the Act;

the authority prescribed in Article 61-2-7, paragraph (2) through paragraph (4) of the Act;

the authority prescribed in Article 61-2-11, paragraph (1) and Article 22-4, paragraph (2), paragraph (3) and paragraph (5) through paragraph (9) (excluding the proviso to paragraph (7)) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (2) of the same Article of the Act;

the authority prescribed in Article 61-2-14 of the Act; and

the authority prescribed in Article 61-2-17, paragraph (1) of the Act.

The following authority of the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency is to be delegated to the director of the regional immigration services bureau pursuant to the provisions of Article 69-2, paragraph (2) of the Act; provided, however, that this does not preclude the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency themselves from exercising the authority listed in item (i) (limited to the authority prescribed in Article 9, paragraph (2) of the Act), item (iii), item (iv), item (vii), item (viii), item (xi) through item (xiv), item (xvii), item (xix), item (xxii) and item (xxiv):

the authority prescribed in Article 9, paragraph (2) and paragraph (8) of the Act;

the authority prescribed in Article 9-2, paragraph (1), paragraph (3), paragraph (5), paragraph (7) and paragraph (8) of the Act;

the authority of designation prescribed in Article 14-2, paragraph (1) of the Act;

the authority of designation prescribed in Article 17, paragraph (1) of the Act;

the authority prescribed in Article 19, paragraph (2) and paragraph (3) of the Act;

the authority prescribed in Article 19-2, paragraph (1) of the Act;

the authority prescribed in Article 19-6 of the Act;

the authority prescribed in Article 19-10, paragraph (2) of the Act;

the authority prescribed in Article 19-13, paragraph (2) of the Act;

the authority prescribed in Article 19-15 of the Act;

the authority prescribed in Article 19-19 of the Act;

the authority prescribed in Article 19-31 of the Act;

the authority prescribed in Article 19-34 of the Act;

the authority prescribed in Article 19-37, paragraph (1) of the Act;

the authority prescribed in Article 26, paragraph (1) through paragraph (4) and paragraph (7) of the Act;

the authority prescribed in Article 44-3, paragraph (8) of the Act;

the authority prescribed in Article 50, paragraph (7) of the Act;

the authority prescribed in Article 44-3, paragraph (8) of the Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 52-3, paragraph (6) of the Act;

the authority prescribed in Article 59-2, paragraph (1) of the Act;

the authority prescribed in Article 61-2-8 of the Act;

the authority prescribed in Article 61-2-10, paragraph (4) of the Act;

the authority prescribed in Article 61-2-15, paragraph (1) through (3), paragraph (5) and paragraph (6) of the Act;

the authority prescribed in Article 61-2-16 of the Act; and

the authority prescribed in Article 61-2-17, paragraphs (2) and (5) of the Act.

The applications, etc. pursuant to the Act and this Ministerial Order that may be filed using an electronic data processing system (meaning the applications, etc. prescribed in Article 3, item (viii) of the Act on the Advancement of Government Administration Processes That Utilize Information and Communications Technology (Act No. 151 of 2002; hereinafter referred to as the "Information and Communications Technology Utilization Act"); the same applies hereinafter) are to be as prescribed in the following items in addition to those provided for in other laws and regulations:

notification pursuant to the provisions of Articles 19-16 or 19-17 of the Act;

notification pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-18, paragraph (1) or (2) of the Act;

notification pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-27, paragraph (1), Article 19-29, paragraph (1) or Article 19-30, paragraph (2) of the Act;

report pursuant to the provisions of Article 57, paragraph (2) or (5) of the Act;

report pertaining to a person who received landing permission for crew members pursuant to the provisions of Article 57, paragraph (7) of the Act;

submission of a written application for user registration of the Automated Gates pursuant to the provisions of Article 7-2, paragraph (1) (limited to written applications in the case of a person seeking to be registered as a user of the Automated Gates that falls under Article 9, paragraph (8), item (i), sub-item (c) of the Act);

submission of a written application for landing permission for crew members pursuant to the provisions of Article 15, paragraph (1) or Article 15-2, paragraph (1);

submission of the written application for issuance of a certificate of eligibility under the provisions of Article 6-2, paragraph (1) (excluding that pertaining to a person who intends to engage in the activities listed in the right-hand column for "Diplomat" in the Appended Table I (1) of the Act);

submission of a written application for permission to engage in an activity other than that permitted under the status of residence previously granted pursuant to the provisions of Article 19, paragraph (1) (limited to cases in which submission is made at the same time as the written applications prescribed in items (ix) through (xi));

submission of the written application for issuance of a certificate of authorization for employment under the provisions of Article 19-4, paragraph (1) (excluding that pertaining to a person residing with the status of residence of "Diplomat" or "Temporary Visitor");

notification pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-23, paragraph (2);

report pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-24-2;

submission of the written application for a change of status of residence under the provisions of Article 20, paragraph (1) (excluding that pertaining to a person seeking a change to the status of residence of "Diplomat" or "Temporary Visitor");

submission of the written application for extension of the period of stay under the provisions of Article 21, paragraph (1) (excluding that pertaining to a person residing with the status of residence of "Diplomat" or "Temporary Visitor");

submission of the written application for acquisition of status of residence under the provisions of Article 24, paragraph (1) (excluding that pertaining to a person seeking to acquire the status of residence of "Diplomat" or "Temporary Visitor");

submission of the written application for re-entry permission under the provisions of Article 29, paragraph (1) (excluding that pertaining to a person residing with the status of residence of "Diplomat" or "Temporary Visitor") (limited to cases in which submission is made at the same time as the written applications prescribed in items (ix) through (xi));

notification pursuant to the provisions of Article 51 item (i); and

notification pursuant to the provisions of Article 51, item (ii) or (iii).

Any person who seeks to file an application, etc. set forth in item (i) through item (v), item (viii)-2, item (viii)-3, item (xiii) and item (xiv) of the preceding paragraph using an electronic data processing system must notify the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency in advance of the particulars provided for in each item and of other referential particulars, in accordance with the category listed in each of the following items:

persons seeking to file the application, etc. listed in item (i) through item (i)-3, item (iv), item (viii)-2 or item (viii)-3 of the preceding paragraph: name, date of birth, sex and nationality or region (in the case of an organization, its name and location); or

persons seeking to file the application, etc. listed in item (ii), item (iii), item (v), item (xiii) or item (xiv) of the preceding paragraph: name and address (in the case of a corporation, its name, the location of the office that seeks to handle the application procedures and the name of the person responsible).

The persons who may file the application set forth in paragraph (1), item (vi) on behalf of the foreign national using an electronic data processing system are the persons listed in the right-hand column of the Appended Table IV corresponding to the activities listed in the left-hand column of that Table that the foreign national intends to engage in in Japan (limited to staff members of the organization intending to accept the foreign national, or relatives of the foreign national (limited to the father or mother, spouse or child of the foreign national, or a person whom the director of the regional immigration services bureau finds appropriate as equivalent thereto; the same applies in paragraph (5), item (ii), (c)), who are in Japan), or the legal representative in Japan of the foreign national.

The person who may file the applications set forth in paragraph (1), items (vii) and (viii) and items (ix) through (xii) on behalf of the foreign national using an electronic data processing system is the legal representative in Japan of the foreign national.

The persons who may submit the written applications listed in paragraph (1), items (vi) through (viii) and items (ix) through (xii) using an electronic data processing system are, in addition to the foreign national in Japan, as listed in the following items:

an attorney at law or administrative scrivener in Japan who has been requested by an organization set forth in paragraph (3) or item (iii) and has notified the director of the regional immigration services bureau exercising jurisdiction over the locality where the bar association or administrative scriveners association to which the attorney or administrative scrivener belongs is located through that association, or a staff member in Japan of a public interest corporation or a staff member in Japan of a registered support organization who has been requested by an organization set forth in that paragraph or that item and whom the director of the regional immigration services bureau finds appropriate, who acts on behalf of the foreign national (with regard to the application listed in paragraph (1), item (xii), limited to a foreign national who is in Japan; the same applies in the following item) at the request of any of the following persons:

a foreign national listed below (limited to one who is in Japan) whom the director of the regional immigration services bureau finds appropriate:

a person who has been accepted or is to be accepted by that organization (in the case of submitting the written applications listed in paragraph (1), items (vi), (vii) and (ix) through (xii), limited to a person residing or seeking to reside with a status of residence other than "Diplomat" and "Temporary Visitor", and in the case of submitting the written application listed in paragraph (1), item (viii), limited to a person residing with a status of residence other than "Diplomat" and "Temporary Visitor");

among the persons listed in (1), persons engaging in activities as members of a family belonging to the same household as those residing or seeking to reside with the status of residence of "Official", who are residing or seeking to reside with the same status of residence;

persons residing or seeking to reside with the status of residence of "Dependent" engaging in daily activities supported by the person listed in (1), or persons residing or seeking to reside with the status of residence for "Designated Activities" whose activities are particularly specified as those activities; or

a spouse or child supported by the person listed in (1) who is residing or seeking to reside with a status of residence listed in the left-hand column of the Appended Table II of the Act.

the legal representative in Japan of a person listed in (a).

an attorney at law or administrative scrivener in Japan who has notified the director of the regional immigration services bureau exercising jurisdiction over the locality where the bar association or administrative scriveners association to which the attorney or administrative scrivener belongs is located through that association, and who acts on behalf of the foreign national at the request of any of the following persons (for the person listed in (c), limited to the submission of the written application listed in paragraph (1), item (vi)):

a foreign national concerned whom the director of the regional immigration services bureau finds appropriate;

the legal representative in Japan of a person listed in (a); or

a relative of the foreign national set forth in paragraph (3) who is in Japan.

a staff member in Japan of the receiving organization, etc. (excluding a supervising-organization-type training implementing organization (meaning the supervising-organization-type training implementing organization prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (8) of the Technical Intern Training Act)) who acts on behalf of the foreign national at the request of any of the following persons; provided, however, that this is limited to the submission of the written applications listed in paragraph (1), item (vii), item (viii) or items (ix) through (xii):

a foreign national listed in item (i), (a), (1) through (4) (limited to one who is in Japan) whom the director of the regional immigration services bureau finds appropriate; or

the legal representative in Japan of a person listed in (a).

when a foreign national (limited to one who is in Japan) is under 16 years of age or is unable to carry out the act listed in the left-hand column of the Appended Table VII (2) themselves due to disease or other grounds, the father or mother, spouse or child in Japan of the foreign national, or a person whom the director of the regional immigration services bureau finds appropriate as equivalent thereto; provided, however, that this is limited to the submission of the written applications listed in paragraph (1), items (ix) through (xii).

The organizations set forth in paragraph (3) and the preceding paragraph are to be those that the director of the regional immigration services bureau finds capable of properly filing applications or submitting written applications using an electronic data processing system.

When a person listed in paragraphs (3) through (5) files the applications set forth in paragraph (1), items (vi) through (viii) and items (ix) through (xii) using an electronic data processing system, the person must submit the written application by the method set forth in the relevant item, in accordance with the categories listed in the following items:

a staff member of the organization intending to accept the foreign national or a person listed in paragraph (5), items (i) through (iii): the method of entering and transmitting the identification code assigned by the director of the regional immigration services bureau (meaning a code for distinguishing and identifying a person who files the applications set forth in paragraph (1), items (vi) through (viii) and items (ix) through (xii) using an electronic data processing system from other persons; the same applies hereinafter) and a password;

the foreign national, the father, mother, child or spouse of the foreign national or a person whom the director of the regional immigration services bureau finds appropriate as equivalent thereto, or a person listed in paragraph (4) or paragraph (5), item (iv): the method of entering and transmitting the electronic certificate for user verification (meaning the electronic certificate for user verification prescribed in Article 22, paragraph (1) of the Act on Certification Business of the Japan Agency for Local Authority Information Systems in Relation to Electronic Signatures, etc. (Act No. 153 of 2002)) recorded on the Individual Number Card (meaning the Individual Number Card prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (7) of the Act on the Use of Numbers to Identify a Specific Individual in Administrative Procedures (Act No. 27 of 2013)), as well as the identification code and password; and

the foreign national, the father, mother, child or spouse of the foreign national or a person whom the director of the regional immigration services bureau finds appropriate as equivalent thereto, a person listed in paragraph (4), or an attorney at law or administrative scrivener listed in paragraph (5), item (i) or (ii): the method of transmitting the electronic certificate for signature (meaning the electronic certificate for signature prescribed in Article 3, paragraph (1) of the Act on Certification Business of the Japan Agency for Local Authority Information Systems in Relation to Electronic Signatures, etc.) recorded on the Individual Number Card.

Any person who files an application, etc. set forth in any of the items of paragraph (1) using an electronic data processing system must do so by entering the information that should be stated in the written application and other documents pursuant to the provisions of the Act and this Ministerial Order or the information that should be reported, notified, or made a notification to an immigration inspector.

The provisions of Article 20, paragraph (5) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 21, paragraph (4)) do not apply to cases of submitting the written applications set forth in paragraph (1), items (ix) and (x) using an electronic data processing system.

The electronic data processing system specified by order of the competent ministry as prescribed in Article 7, paragraph (1) of the Information and Communications Technology Utilization Act is the electronic data processing system prescribed in Article 6, paragraph (1) of the Ministry of Justice ICT Utilization Regulation.

The notices of disposition, etc. that may be made by the method of using an electronic data processing system pursuant to the provisions of Article 7, paragraph (1) of the Information and Communications Technology Utilization Act are to be the issuance of a certificate of eligibility pursuant to the provisions of Article 6-2, paragraph (5) (excluding the issuance pertaining to a person who seeks to engage in the activities listed in the right-hand column corresponding to "Diplomat" in the table of Appended Table I of the Act).

When the director of the regional immigration services bureau makes the notice of disposition, etc. set forth in the preceding paragraph using an electronic data processing system, the director is to do so by entering, from a computer used by the Immigration Services Agency, the particulars that would have to be stated if that notice of disposition, etc. were made in writing, etc.

The method specified by order of the competent ministry as prescribed in the proviso to Article 7, paragraph (1) of the Information and Communications Technology Utilization Act is to be a notification, made as specified by the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency, to the effect that the person wishes to receive notices of disposition, etc. by the method of using an electronic data processing system.

a person who receives a change of status of residence to that of "Designated Activities" and for whom either of the following activities is specifically designated:

activities as a staff member of the Japanese office of the Taiwan-Japan Relations Association or as a family member thereof who belongs to the same household; or

activities as a staff member of the Permanent General Mission of Palestine in Japan or as a family member thereof who belongs to the same household; and

a person residing with the status of residence of "Designated Activities" for whom the activities listed in sub-item (a) or (b) of the preceding item are specifically designated, who receives an extension of the period of stay.

(Miscellaneous Provisions)Method of Payment of Fees

If any material to be submittedThe payment of the fees pursuant to the Commissionerprovisions of the Immigration Services Agency, the directorArticle 19-23, paragraph (3) of a regional immigration services bureau, or an immigration inspector pursuant the Act is to be submitted by pasting a revenue stamp corresponding to the provisionsamount of the Act or this Ministerial Order is written in a foreign language, a translation thereof must be attached theretofee to the statement of payment of fees pursuant to the Appended Form No. 83-2.

The payment of fees pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-15-2, paragraph (12), Article 67, paragraph (1), Article 67-2 and Article 68, paragraph (1) of the Act (excluding fees pertaining to the entry of permission for an extension of the validity period of re-entry permission and the entry of an extension of the validity period of a refugee travel document) is made by submitting a statement of payment of fees pursuant to the Appended Form No. 84 with a revenue stamp corresponding to the amount of the fee pasted.

Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, if an application for any of the following permissions or issuances is filed by electronic application (meaning the electronic application prescribed in Article 25, paragraph (1), item (i), sub-item (b) of the Order), the payment of the fees pursuant to the provisions of Article 67, paragraph (1) and Article 67-2 of the Act (limited to those pertaining to that permission or issuance) is to be made by a method which the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency finds reasonable, being a method of paying the fees by using an electronic data processing system or by other means of using information and communications technology through a business operator that the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency finds appropriate. In this case, the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency may request the submission of materials proving that the payment is made through that business operator.

the permission listed in Article 25, paragraph (1), item (i), (iii) or (iv) of the Order; and

the issuance listed in Article 25-2, item (iii) of the Order.

In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, if the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency finds that payment by the method prescribed in the preceding paragraph cannot be made due to a failure of the electronic data processing system or for any other unavoidable reason, payment may be made by the method prescribed in paragraph (2).

The authority delegated by the Minister of Justice to the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency pursuant to the provisions of Article 69-2, paragraph (1) of the Act as provided in the following items is delegated to the director of a regional immigration services bureau pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2) of the same Article; provided, however, that this does not preclude the Minister of Justice or the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency who has been delegated the authority of the Minister of Justice from exercising it themselves:

the authority prescribed in Article 5-2 of the Act;

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

the authority prescribed in Article 11, paragraph (1) through paragraph (3) of the Act;

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

the authority prescribed in Article 20, paragraph (2) through paragraph (4) of the Act;

the authority prescribed in Article 21, paragraph (2) and paragraph (3) and Article 20, paragraph (4) of the Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (4) of the same Article.

the authority prescribed in Article 22, paragraph (1) to paragraph (3) of the Act.

the authority prescribed in Article 22-2, paragraph (2), the main clause of Article 20, paragraph (3) and paragraph (4) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (3) of the same Article, and Article 22, paragraph (1) through to paragraph (3) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the provisions of Article 22-2, paragraph (4) of the Act.

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

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

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

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

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

the authority prescribed in Article 49, paragraph (1) through paragraph (3) of the Act;

the authority prescribed in Article 50, paragraphs (1), (2), (5), (6), (8) and (10) of the Act;

the authority prescribed in Article 52, paragraphs (5) and (6) of the Act;

the authority prescribed in Articles 61-2 of the Act;

the authority prescribed in Article 61-2-2, paragraph (1), paragraph (2) and paragraph (4) of the Act;

the authority prescribed in Article 61-2-3 of the Act;

the authority prescribed in Article 61-2-4, paragraph (1) through paragraph (3) and the first sentence of paragraph (4), and paragraph (2) of the same Article as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the second sentence of the same paragraph of the Act;

the authority prescribed in Article 61-2-5, paragraphs (1) and (2) of the Act and in Article 20, paragraph (4) of the Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (3) of that Article;

the authority prescribed in Article 61-2-6 of the Act;

the authority prescribed in Article 61-2-7, paragraph (2) through paragraph (4) of the Act;

the authority prescribed in Article 61-2-11, paragraph (1) and Article 22-4, paragraph (2), paragraph (3) and paragraph (5) through paragraph (9) (excluding the proviso to paragraph (7)) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (2) of the same Article of the Act;

the authority prescribed in Article 61-2-14 of the Act;

the authority prescribed in Article 61-2-17, paragraph (1) of the Act; and

the authority prescribed in Article 67, paragraph (3) of the Act.

The following authority of the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency is to be delegated to the director of the regional immigration services bureau pursuant to the provisions of Article 69-2, paragraph (2) of the Act; provided, however, that this does not preclude the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency themselves from exercising the authority listed in item (i) (limited to the authority prescribed in Article 9, paragraph (2) of the Act), item (iii), item (iv), item (vii), item (viii), item (xi) through item (xiv), item (xvii), item (xix), item (xxii) and item (xxiv):

the authority prescribed in Article 9, paragraph (2) and paragraph (8) of the Act;

the authority prescribed in Article 9-2, paragraph (1), paragraph (3), paragraph (5), paragraph (7) and paragraph (8) of the Act;

the authority of designation prescribed in Article 14-2, paragraph (1) of the Act;

the authority of designation prescribed in Article 17, paragraph (1) of the Act;

the authority prescribed in Article 19, paragraph (2) and paragraph (3) of the Act;

the authority prescribed in Article 19-2, paragraph (1) of the Act;

the authority prescribed in Article 19-6 of the Act;

the authority prescribed in Article 19-10, paragraph (2) of the Act;

the authority prescribed in Article 19-13, paragraph (2) of the Act;

the authority prescribed in Article 19-15 of the Act;

the authority prescribed in Article 19-19 of the Act;

the authority prescribed in Article 19-31 of the Act;

the authority prescribed in Article 19-34 of the Act;

the authority prescribed in Article 19-37, paragraph (1) of the Act;

the authority prescribed in Article 26, paragraph (1) through paragraph (4) and paragraph (7) of the Act;

the authority prescribed in Article 44-3, paragraph (8) of the Act;

the authority prescribed in Article 50, paragraph (7) of the Act;

the authority prescribed in Article 44-3, paragraph (8) of the Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 52-3, paragraph (6) of the Act;

the authority prescribed in Article 59-2, paragraph (1) of the Act;

the authority prescribed in Article 61-2-8 of the Act;

the authority prescribed in Article 61-2-10, paragraph (4) of the Act;

the authority prescribed in Article 61-2-15, paragraph (1) through (3), paragraph (5) and paragraph (6) of the Act;

the authority prescribed in Article 61-2-16 of the Act; and

the authority prescribed in Article 61-2-17, paragraphs (2) and (5) of the Act.

The applications, etc. pursuant to the Act and this Ministerial Order that may be filed using an electronic data processing system (meaning the applications, etc. prescribed in Article 3, item (viii) of the Act on the Advancement of Government Administration Processes That Utilize Information and Communications Technology (Act No. 151 of 2002; hereinafter referred to as the "Information and Communications Technology Utilization Act"); the same applies hereinafter) are to be as prescribed in the following items in addition to those provided for in other laws and regulations:

notification pursuant to the provisions of Articles 19-16 or 19-17 of the Act;

notification pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-18, paragraph (1) or (2) of the Act;

notification pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-27, paragraph (1), Article 19-29, paragraph (1) or Article 19-30, paragraph (2) of the Act;

report pursuant to the provisions of Article 57, paragraph (2) or (5) of the Act;

report pertaining to a person who received landing permission for crew members pursuant to the provisions of Article 57, paragraph (7) of the Act;

submission of a written application for user registration of the Automated Gates pursuant to the provisions of Article 7-2, paragraph (1) (limited to written applications in the case of a person seeking to be registered as a user of the Automated Gates that falls under Article 9, paragraph (8), item (i), sub-item (c) of the Act);

submission of a written application for landing permission for crew members pursuant to the provisions of Article 15, paragraph (1) or Article 15-2, paragraph (1);

submission of the written application for issuance of a certificate of eligibility under the provisions of Article 6-2, paragraph (1) (excluding that pertaining to a person who intends to engage in the activities listed in the right-hand column for "Diplomat" in the Appended Table I (1) of the Act);

submission of a written application for permission to engage in an activity other than that permitted under the status of residence previously granted pursuant to the provisions of Article 19, paragraph (1) (limited to cases in which submission is made at the same time as the written applications prescribed in items (ix) through (xi));

submission of the written application for issuance of a certificate of authorization for employment under the provisions of Article 19-4, paragraph (1) (excluding that pertaining to a person residing with the status of residence of "Diplomat" or "Temporary Visitor");

notification pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-23, paragraph (2);

report pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-24-2;

submission of the written application for a change of status of residence under the provisions of Article 20, paragraph (1) (excluding that pertaining to a person seeking a change to the status of residence of "Diplomat" or "Temporary Visitor");

submission of the written application for extension of the period of stay under the provisions of Article 21, paragraph (1) (excluding that pertaining to a person residing with the status of residence of "Diplomat" or "Temporary Visitor");

submission of the written application for acquisition of status of residence under the provisions of Article 24, paragraph (1) (excluding that pertaining to a person seeking to acquire the status of residence of "Diplomat" or "Temporary Visitor");

submission of the written application for re-entry permission under the provisions of Article 29, paragraph (1) (excluding that pertaining to a person residing with the status of residence of "Diplomat" or "Temporary Visitor") (limited to cases in which submission is made at the same time as the written applications prescribed in items (ix) through (xi));

notification pursuant to the provisions of Article 51 item (i); and

notification pursuant to the provisions of Article 51, item (ii) or (iii).

Any person who seeks to file an application, etc. set forth in item (i) through item (v), item (viii)-2, item (viii)-3, item (xiii) and item (xiv) of the preceding paragraph using an electronic data processing system must notify the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency in advance of the particulars provided for in each item and of other referential particulars, in accordance with the category listed in each of the following items:

persons seeking to file the application, etc. listed in item (i) through item (i)-3, item (iv), item (viii)-2 or item (viii)-3 of the preceding paragraph: name, date of birth, sex and nationality or region (in the case of an organization, its name and location); or

persons seeking to file the application, etc. listed in item (ii), item (iii), item (v), item (xiii) or item (xiv) of the preceding paragraph: name and address (in the case of a corporation, its name, the location of the office that seeks to handle the application procedures and the name of the person responsible).

The persons who may file the application set forth in paragraph (1), item (vi) on behalf of the foreign national using an electronic data processing system are the persons listed in the right-hand column of the Appended Table IV corresponding to the activities listed in the left-hand column of that Table that the foreign national intends to engage in in Japan (limited to staff members of the organization intending to accept the foreign national, or relatives of the foreign national (limited to the father or mother, spouse or child of the foreign national, or a person whom the director of the regional immigration services bureau finds appropriate as equivalent thereto; the same applies in paragraph (5), item (ii), (c)), who are in Japan), or the legal representative in Japan of the foreign national.

The person who may file the applications set forth in paragraph (1), items (vii) and (viii) and items (ix) through (xii) on behalf of the foreign national using an electronic data processing system is the legal representative in Japan of the foreign national.

The persons who may submit the written applications listed in paragraph (1), items (vi) through (viii) and items (ix) through (xii) using an electronic data processing system are, in addition to the foreign national in Japan, as listed in the following items:

an attorney at law or administrative scrivener in Japan who has been requested by an organization set forth in paragraph (3) or item (iii) and has notified the director of the regional immigration services bureau exercising jurisdiction over the locality where the bar association or administrative scriveners association to which the attorney or administrative scrivener belongs is located through that association, or a staff member in Japan of a public interest corporation or a staff member in Japan of a registered support organization who has been requested by an organization set forth in that paragraph or that item and whom the director of the regional immigration services bureau finds appropriate, who acts on behalf of the foreign national (with regard to the application listed in paragraph (1), item (xii), limited to a foreign national who is in Japan; the same applies in the following item) at the request of any of the following persons:

a foreign national listed below (limited to one who is in Japan) whom the director of the regional immigration services bureau finds appropriate:

a person who has been accepted or is to be accepted by that organization (in the case of submitting the written applications listed in paragraph (1), items (vi), (vii) and (ix) through (xii), limited to a person residing or seeking to reside with a status of residence other than "Diplomat" and "Temporary Visitor", and in the case of submitting the written application listed in paragraph (1), item (viii), limited to a person residing with a status of residence other than "Diplomat" and "Temporary Visitor");

among the persons listed in (1), persons engaging in activities as members of a family belonging to the same household as those residing or seeking to reside with the status of residence of "Official", who are residing or seeking to reside with the same status of residence;

persons residing or seeking to reside with the status of residence of "Dependent" engaging in daily activities supported by the person listed in (1), or persons residing or seeking to reside with the status of residence for "Designated Activities" whose activities are particularly specified as those activities; or

a spouse or child supported by the person listed in (1) who is residing or seeking to reside with a status of residence listed in the left-hand column of the Appended Table II of the Act.

the legal representative in Japan of a person listed in (a).

an attorney at law or administrative scrivener in Japan who has notified the director of the regional immigration services bureau exercising jurisdiction over the locality where the bar association or administrative scriveners association to which the attorney or administrative scrivener belongs is located through that association, and who acts on behalf of the foreign national at the request of any of the following persons (for the person listed in (c), limited to the submission of the written application listed in paragraph (1), item (vi)):

a foreign national concerned whom the director of the regional immigration services bureau finds appropriate;

the legal representative in Japan of a person listed in (a); or

a relative of the foreign national set forth in paragraph (3) who is in Japan.

a staff member in Japan of the receiving organization, etc. (excluding a supervising-organization-type training implementing organization (meaning the supervising-organization-type training implementing organization prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (8) of the Technical Intern Training Act)) who acts on behalf of the foreign national at the request of any of the following persons; provided, however, that this is limited to the submission of the written applications listed in paragraph (1), item (vii), item (viii) or items (ix) through (xii):

a foreign national listed in item (i), (a), (1) through (4) (limited to one who is in Japan) whom the director of the regional immigration services bureau finds appropriate; or

the legal representative in Japan of a person listed in (a).

when a foreign national (limited to one who is in Japan) is under 16 years of age or is unable to carry out the act listed in the left-hand column of the Appended Table VII (2) themselves due to disease or other grounds, the father or mother, spouse or child in Japan of the foreign national, or a person whom the director of the regional immigration services bureau finds appropriate as equivalent thereto; provided, however, that this is limited to the submission of the written applications listed in paragraph (1), items (ix) through (xii).

The organizations set forth in paragraph (3) and the preceding paragraph are to be those that the director of the regional immigration services bureau finds capable of properly filing applications or submitting written applications using an electronic data processing system.

When a person listed in paragraphs (3) through (5) files the applications set forth in paragraph (1), items (vi) through (viii) and items (ix) through (xii) using an electronic data processing system, the person must submit the written application by the method set forth in the relevant item, in accordance with the categories listed in the following items:

a staff member of the organization intending to accept the foreign national or a person listed in paragraph (5), items (i) through (iii): the method of entering and transmitting the identification code assigned by the director of the regional immigration services bureau (meaning a code for distinguishing and identifying a person who files the applications set forth in paragraph (1), items (vi) through (viii) and items (ix) through (xii) using an electronic data processing system from other persons; the same applies hereinafter) and a password;

the foreign national, the father, mother, child or spouse of the foreign national or a person whom the director of the regional immigration services bureau finds appropriate as equivalent thereto, or a person listed in paragraph (4) or paragraph (5), item (iv): the method of entering and transmitting the electronic certificate for user verification (meaning the electronic certificate for user verification prescribed in Article 22, paragraph (1) of the Act on Certification Business of the Japan Agency for Local Authority Information Systems in Relation to Electronic Signatures, etc. (Act No. 153 of 2002)) recorded on the Individual Number Card (meaning the Individual Number Card prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (7) of the Act on the Use of Numbers to Identify a Specific Individual in Administrative Procedures (Act No. 27 of 2013)), as well as the identification code and password; and

the foreign national, the father, mother, child or spouse of the foreign national or a person whom the director of the regional immigration services bureau finds appropriate as equivalent thereto, a person listed in paragraph (4), or an attorney at law or administrative scrivener listed in paragraph (5), item (i) or (ii): the method of transmitting the electronic certificate for signature (meaning the electronic certificate for signature prescribed in Article 3, paragraph (1) of the Act on Certification Business of the Japan Agency for Local Authority Information Systems in Relation to Electronic Signatures, etc.) recorded on the Individual Number Card.

Any person who files an application, etc. set forth in any of the items of paragraph (1) using an electronic data processing system must do so by entering the information that should be stated in the written application and other documents pursuant to the provisions of the Act and this Ministerial Order or the information that should be reported, notified, or made a notification to an immigration inspector.

The provisions of Article 20, paragraph (5) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 21, paragraph (4)) do not apply to cases of submitting the written applications set forth in paragraph (1), items (ix) and (x) using an electronic data processing system.

The electronic data processing system specified by order of the competent ministry as prescribed in Article 7, paragraph (1) of the Information and Communications Technology Utilization Act is the electronic data processing system prescribed in Article 6, paragraph (1) of the Ministry of Justice ICT Utilization Regulation.

The notices of disposition, etc. that may be made by the method of using an electronic data processing system pursuant to the provisions of Article 7, paragraph (1) of the Information and Communications Technology Utilization Act are to be the issuance of a certificate of eligibility pursuant to the provisions of Article 6-2, paragraph (5) (excluding the issuance pertaining to a person who seeks to engage in the activities listed in the right-hand column corresponding to "Diplomat" in the table of Appended Table I of the Act).

When the director of the regional immigration services bureau makes the notice of disposition, etc. set forth in the preceding paragraph using an electronic data processing system, the director is to do so by entering, from a computer used by the Immigration Services Agency, the particulars that would have to be stated if that notice of disposition, etc. were made in writing, etc.

The method specified by order of the competent ministry as prescribed in the proviso to Article 7, paragraph (1) of the Information and Communications Technology Utilization Act is to be a notification, made as specified by the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency, to the effect that the person wishes to receive notices of disposition, etc. by the method of using an electronic data processing system.

If any material to be submitted to the Minister of Justice, the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency, the director of a regional immigration services bureau, or an immigration inspector pursuant to the provisions of the Act or this Ministerial Order is written in a foreign language, a translation thereof must be attached thereto.

No English for the amended wording yet.

No English for the amended wording yet.