Regulation for Enforcement of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act

Pursuant to the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act (Cabinet Order No. 319 of 1951), and in order to implement that Act, the Ministerial Order Wholly Amending the Regulation for Enforcement of the Immigration Control Order is established as follows.

Ministerial Order Wholly Amending the Regulation for Enforcement of the Immigration Control Order

The Regulation for Enforcement of the Immigration Control Order (Ministry of Foreign Affairs Order No. 18 of 1951) is wholly amended as follows.

The ports of entry or departure prescribed in Article 2, item (viii) of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act (hereinafter referred to as the "Act") are as listed in the following items:

seaports or airports listed in Appended Table I; or

a seaport or airport other than the seaports and airports prescribed in the preceding item that is temporarily designated for a limited period of time by the director of a regional immigration services bureau for the entry into or departure from Japan of the crew members and passengers of a specific vessel or aircraft (hereinafter referred to as "vessel or aircraft").

Deleted

The period of stay prescribed in Article 2-2, paragraph (3) of the Act is as listed in the right-hand column of the Appended Table II corresponding to the status of residence listed in the left-hand column of the same Table.

Those persons provided for by Ministry of Justice Order to assist persons due to a mental disability, are unable to understand right from wrong or whose capacity for understanding is significantly lacking (hereinafter referred to as "person in need of an attendant") in engaging in activities or actions in Japan (hereinafter referred to as "activities, etc.") as prescribed in Article 5, paragraph (1), item (ii) of the Act are persons listed as follows:

a guardian, curator, spouse, person who exercises parental authority or supporter under duty of a person in need of an attendant, or an equivalent person, and who is a person that has the intention and capacity to assist in the activities, etc. of the person who is in need of an attendant and does not fall under any of the following persons:

a person who is bringing or has brought an action against the person in need of an attendant and a spouse or lineal relative by blood of this person;.

a legal representative, curator or assistant who has been replaced by the family court;.

a person who is subject to a decision on the commencement of bankruptcy proceedings and has not have their rights restored;

a minor.

in addition to those persons listed in the preceding item, a person who has reasonable grounds to assist in the activities, etc. of a person in need of an attendant and has the intention and capacity to assist in their activities, etc. (limited to cases where the person in need of an attendant has filed the application set forth in Article 6, paragraph (2) of the Act in order to stay in Japan for a short period and engage in sightseeing, recreation, participation in meetings, or other similar activities).

The cases provided for in Ministry of Justice Order as prescribed in Article 5-2 of the Act are the following cases:

a foreign national who falls under the following cases that is residing with a status of residence:

if special permission for landing was granted pursuant to the provisions of Article 12, paragraph (1) of the Act;

if a change of the status of residence was granted pursuant to the provisions of Article 20, paragraph (3) of the Act;

if an extension of the period of stay was granted pursuant to the provisions of Article 21, paragraph (3) of the Act;

if permission for permanent residence was granted pursuant to the provisions of Article 22, paragraph (2) of the Act;

if permission for acquisition of a status of residence was granted pursuant to the provisions of Article 20, paragraph (3), as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 22-2, paragraph (3) of the Act (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 22-3 of the Act);

if permission for acquisition of the status of residence of "permanent resident" was granted pursuant to the provisions of Article 22, paragraph (2) of the Act, as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 22-2, paragraph (4) of the Act (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 22-3 of the Act);

if re-entry permission was granted pursuant to the provisions of Article 26, paragraph (1) of the Act.

if special permission to stay was granted pursuant to the provisions of Article 50, paragraph (1) of the Act;

if permission for acquisition of a status of residence was granted pursuant to the provisions of Article 61-2-5, paragraph (1) of the Act;

if a refugee travel document was issued pursuant to the provisions of Article 61-2-15, paragraph (1) of the Act;

if it is found by the Minister of Justice (including the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency delegated the authority set forth in Article 5-2 of the Act, pursuant to the provisions of Article 69-2, paragraph (1) of the Act or the director of a regional immigration services bureau delegated the authority by the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency as set forth in Article 69-2, paragraph (2) of the Act; the same applies in the following item) to be cases equivalent to sub-items (a) through (j); and

if a certificate of eligibility was issued to a foreign national pursuant to the provisions of Article 7-2, paragraph (1) of the Act or cases where a foreign national received a visa from a Japanese consular officer, etc. (limited to cases where the Minister of Justice was consulted) in their passport, and a reasonable period of time has passed since falling under the reasonable grounds (hereinafter referred to as "specified grounds") prescribed Article 5, paragraph (1), item (iv), (v), (vii), (ix) or (ix)-2 of the Act and where otherwise the Minister of Justice finds that there are special grounds.

If it is found that landing is not to be denied to the foreign national solely due to the specified grounds pursuant to the provisions of Article 5-2 of the Act, a written notice pursuant to the Appended Form No. 1 is to be issued to the foreign national.

A foreign national (except for the foreign nationals prescribed in the following paragraph) who seeks to apply for landing pursuant to the provisions of Article 6, paragraph (2) of the Act must submit to an immigration inspector a document pursuant to Appended Form No. 6 (Appended Form No. 6-2 in the case of a person who has received re-entry permission pursuant to the provisions of Article 26, paragraph (1) of the Act (including persons who are deemed to have received re-entry permission pursuant to the provisions of Article 26-2, paragraph (1) or Article 26-3, paragraph (1) of the Act; the same applies hereinafter in this paragraph and in Article 7, paragraph (1)) or a person possessing a refugee travel document pursuant to the provisions of Article 61-2-15, paragraph (1) of the Act); provided, however, that this does not apply if the foreign national (except for a person who has received re-entry permission pursuant to the provisions of Article 26, paragraph (1) of the Act and a person possessing a refugee travel document pursuant to the provisions of Article 61-2-15, paragraph (1) of the Act) has provided information pertaining to the following particulars through the means of receipt by an electronic device designated by the immigration inspector:

name;

date of birth;

location of the place of residence;

purpose of landing;

name of the vessel, or registration code or flight number of the aircraft by which the foreign national arrived;

period of stay in Japan;

contact details while in Japan;

particulars required by the immigration inspector in the declaration relating to the conditions for landing listed in Article 7, paragraph (1), item (iv) of the Act.

A foreign national (limited to foreign nationals who are in possession of a registered user card, and who seek to have their information recorded pursuant to the provisions of Article 9, paragraph (4) of the Act) who seeks to apply for landing pursuant to the provisions of Article 6, paragraph (2) of the Act must submit information pertaining to the particulars listed in items (i) through (viii) of the preceding paragraph through the means of receipt by the computer prescribed in Article 7, paragraph (4).

When filing the application for landing pursuant to the provisions of Article 6, paragraph (2) of the Act, the foreign national must present their passport (the passport or registered user card for persons prescribed in the preceding paragraph).

In the case referred to in paragraph (1), when the foreign national is under 16 years of age or is unable to apply for landing due to disease or for other grounds, their father or mother, spouse, child, relative, or legal guardian accompanying the foreign national or any other person accompanying the foreign national may file the application on behalf of the foreign national.

In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, if there is no person accompanying the foreign national to file the application on behalf of the foreign national, the captain of the vessel or aircraft or the carrier who operates the vessel or aircraft by which the foreign national arrived is to fill out the document set forth in paragraph (1) and file the application on behalf of the foreign national.

The computer provided for in Ministry of Justice Order as prescribed in Article 6, paragraph (3) of the Act is to be a computer utilized for personal identification in order to provide for impartial control over the entry into or departure from Japan and to be installed in the immigration services offices designated by the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency.

The information for personal identification provided for in Ministry of Justice Order as prescribed in Article 6, paragraph (3) of the Act is to be fingerprints and photograph (in the case of persons deemed to have received re-entry permission pursuant to the provisions of Article 26-3, paragraph (1) of the Act, fingerprints or fingerprints and photograph).

A foreign national willing to provide their fingerprints pursuant to the provisions of Article 6, paragraph (3) of the Act (except for the foreign nationals prescribed in the next paragraph) must provide them by having the fingerprint imaging data of both of their first fingers be taken by a computer designated by the immigration inspector; provided, however, that in the event that the foreign national is unable to provide the fingerprints due to having lost their fingers or for other grounds, are to provide for each of their hands, the fingerprint of one of the other available fingers in the following order of priority:

the second finger;

the third finger;

the fourth finger; and

the thumb.

A foreign national willing to provide their fingerprints pursuant to the provisions of Article 6, paragraph (3) of the Act (limited to a foreign national who is registered pursuant to the provisions of Article 9, paragraph (8) of the Act and who seeks to have their information recorded pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (4) of the same Article) must provide them by having the fingerprint imaging data of both of their fingers be taken by a computer designated by the immigration inspector as provided pursuant to the provisions of Article 7-2, paragraph (6).

A foreign national willing to provide their photograph pursuant to the provisions of Article 6, paragraph (3) of the Act must provide it by having their facial imaging data be taken by a computer designated by the immigration inspector.

A person provided for in Ministry of Justice Order as prescribed in Article 6, paragraph (3), item (v) of the Act is as follows:

a person who seeks to engage in any activity as a member of the staff of the Japanese office of the Taiwan-Japan Relations Association or as a family member thereof who belongs to the same household;

a person who seeks to engage in any activity as a member of the staff of the Permanent General Mission of Palestine in Japan or as a family member thereof who belongs to the same household;

a person who is endorsed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs as a person who requires consideration in terms of diplomacy; or

a pupil or student of a senior high school, or in the second half of a course of study at a school for secondary education, in a senior high school course of a special needs school, special technical school, or in a higher course of an advanced vocational school (hereinafter referred to as "school"); who is to travel outside the territory of Japan as part of an educational course (an equivalent course in a specialized course or a special course in a senior high school, special- needs school or special technical school, or in a higher course of an advanced vocational school) as prescribed in Article 83 (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 108, paragraph (2)), Article 128, or Article 174 of the Order for Enforcement of the School Education Act (of the Ministry of Education Order No.11 of 1947), and who is an individual whom the person or board provided for in sub-items (a) through (g) in accordance with the classification of schools listed in sub-items (a) through (g) has notified the Minister of Justice of their status as a person endorsed by the principal:

a school founded by a national university corporation prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (1) of the National University Corporation Act (Act No. 112 of 2003): the president or the chairperson of the incorporated national university.

a national technical school prescribed in Article 3 of the Act on the Institute of National Technical Schools, Incorporated Administrative Agency (Act No.103 of 2003):the president of the National Institute of Technology, an independent administrative agency.

a school founded by prefectures:the board of education of the prefecture.

a school founded by municipalities (including special wards; the same applies hereinafter):the board of education of municipalities.

the technical college founded by a municipal university corporation prescribed in Article 68, paragraph (1) of the Local Independent Administrative Agency Act (Act No.108 of 2003):the president of the municipal university corporation.

a technical college founded by an incorporated educational institution prescribed in Article 3 of the Private Schools Act (Act No.270 of 1949):the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.

other schools:the prefectural governor.

In the event that a foreign national seeking to land in Japan without submitting the certificate of eligibility (including a copy thereof) seeks to prove that they conform to the conditions for landing provided for in Article 7, paragraph (1), item (ii) of the Act pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2) of the same Article themselves, the foreign national must submit a copy of each of the materials listed in the right-hand column of the Appended Table III, corresponding to the activity listed in the middle column of the same Table in which the foreign national seeks to engage in Japan, and a copy of each of any other materials to be used as a reference; provided, however, that this does not apply if the immigration inspector finds that there is no risk of causing hindrance if all or some of the materials to be submitted are omitted.

A person who seeks to apply for the issuance of a certificate of eligibility pursuant to the provisions of Article 7-2, paragraph (1) of the Act must appear at a regional immigration services bureau and submit a written application pursuant to the Appended Form No. 6-3.

When filing the application set forth in the preceding paragraph, the foreign national must submit a photograph (a photograph taken within six months prior to the date of the application which meets the requirements prescribed in the Appended Table III (2); the same applies in Article 7-2, paragraph (4), Article 7-4, paragraph (1), Article 19-9, paragraph (1), Article 19-10, paragraph (1), Article 19-11, paragraph (1), Article 19-12, paragraphs (1) and (2), Article 20, paragraph (2), Article 21, paragraph (2), Article 21-3, paragraph (3) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 21-4, paragraph (3)), Article 22, paragraph (1), Article 24, paragraph (2), Article 25, paragraph (1) and Article 55, paragraphs (1) and (2)), and a copy of each of the materials listed in the right-hand column of the Appended Table III corresponding to the activity listed in the middle column of the same Table in which the foreign national seeks to engage while in Japan, and a copy of each of any other materials to be used as a reference; provided, however, that this does not apply if the director of the regional immigration services bureau finds that there is no risk of causing hindrance if all or some of the materials to be submitted are omitted.

The agent prescribed in Article 7-2, paragraph (2) of the Act is a person listed in the right-hand column of the Appended Table IV that correspond to the activity listed in the left-hand column of the same Table in which the foreign national seeks to engage in Japan.

Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1), a foreign national in Japan or the agent prescribed in Article 7-2, paragraph (2) of the Act (hereinafter referred to as a "foreign national, etc.") is not required to appear at a regional immigration services bureau in the event that the director of the regional immigration services bureau finds that it is reasonable. In this case, any of the persons listed in the following items (with respect to items (i) and (ii), only those requested by the foreign national, etc.) are to submit the written application provided for in paragraph (1) and the photograph and materials provided for in paragraph (2) on behalf of the foreign national, etc.:

a staff member of a public interest incorporated association or foundation with the purpose of promoting smooth acceptance of foreign nationals (hereinafter referred to as a "staff member of a public interest corporation") or a staff member of a registered support organization entrusted by an organization of affiliation of the specified skilled worker based on the contract under Article 2-5, paragraph (5) of the Act to carry out implementation of all of the support plan for specified skilled workers (i) (hereinafter referred to as "staff member of the registered support organization") and whom the director of the regional immigration services bureau finds appropriate; and

an attorney at law or administrative scrivener who has notified the director of the regional immigration services bureau exercising jurisdiction over the area where the bar association or the administrative scrivener association to which the attorney or the administrative scrivener belongs is located through the association; or

a legal representative of the foreign national.

If the application set forth in paragraph (1) has been filed, the director of the regional immigration services bureau may issue a certificate of eligibility only in the case where the applicant has proved that the foreign national conforms to the conditions for landing listed in Article 7, paragraph (1), item (ii) of the Act; provided, however, that the director is not required to issue the certificate when it is clear that the foreign national does not conform to the condition listed in Article 7, paragraph (1), item (i), (iii) or (iv) of the Act.

The format of a certificate of eligibility is to follow that of the Appended Form No. 6-4; provided, however, that it may be pursuant to Appended Form No. 6-4-2, or Appended Forms No. 6-5 and No. 6-6, in the event that the director of the regional immigration services bureau finds it reasonable.

The format of the seal of verification for landing prescribed in Article 9, paragraph (1) of the Act is to follow that of the Appended Form No. 7 or No. 7-2 (Appended Form No. 7-3 in the case of a foreign national who has received re-entry permission pursuant to the provisions of Article 26, paragraph (1) of the Act or a foreign national in possession of a refugee travel document pursuant to the provisions of Article 61-2-15, paragraph (1) of the Act).

In the event that an immigration inspector decides the status of residence pursuant to the provisions of Article 9, paragraph (3) of the Act, when deciding the status of residence of "Highly Skilled Professional" (limited to those pertaining to item (i), sub-items (a) through (c) of the right-hand column under "Highly Skilled Professional" in the Appended Table I (2)), the inspector is to issue a certificate of designation pursuant to Appended Form No. 31-3 stating the public or private organization in Japan designated by the Minister of Justice and when deciding the status of residence of "Designated Activities," the inspector is to issue a certificate of designation pursuant to Appended Form No. 7-4 stating the activities specifically designated by the Minister of Justice with respect to the foreign national, if a determination is made on the status of residence of "Specified Skilled Worker", a certificate of designation is to be issued in the format of the Appended Form No. 31-4 which states the public and private organizations in Japan and the specified industrial fields designated by the Minister of Justice.

The particulars provided for in Ministry of Justice Order as prescribed in Article 9, paragraph (4) of the Act are as follows:

name;

country of nationality or the region provided for in Article 2, item (v), sub-item (b) of the Act (hereinafter referred to as "nationality or region");

date of birth;

sex;

date of landing; and

port of entry or departure at which the foreign national lands.

if a foreign national in possession of a registered user card, whose information is to be recorded pursuant to the provisions of Article 9, paragraph (4) of the Act, the status of residence and period of stay decided pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (5) of the same Article.

The computer provided for in Ministry of Justice Order as prescribed in Article 9, paragraph (4) of the Act is a computer used in order to provide for impartial control over the entry into or departure from Japan and installed in the immigration services offices designated by the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency.

The provisions of Article 5, paragraphs (9) and (10) apply mutatis mutandis to cases in which a person listed in any of the items of Article 6, paragraph (3) of the Act provides fingerprints and a photograph pursuant to the provisions of Article 9, paragraph (4), item (ii) of the Act.

In the event that a foreign national who wishes to have their information recorded pursuant to the provisions of Article 9, paragraph (4) of the Act at the port of entry or departure at which they seek to land, seeks to have their information registered pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (8) of the same Article (hereinafter referred to as "user registration of the Automated Gates"), the foreign national must apply to register as a user by submitting a written application pursuant to the Appended Form No. 7-5 in the case of a person who comes under item (i), sub-item (a) or (b) of the same paragraph and seeks to be registered as a user; or the Appended Form No. 7-6 in the case of a person who comes under item (i), sub-item (c) of the same paragraph and seeks to be registered as a user (in the case of a person specified by the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency in public notice, the format specified in the public notice), and must appear at the immigration services office designated by the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency and present the following documents:

a passport (including re-entry permit; the same applies in paragraph (8));

a residence card in the case of a mid- to long-term resident; and

a special permanent resident certificate (hereinafter simply referred to as "special permanent resident certificate") pursuant to the provisions of Article 7, paragraph (1) 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 (Act No. 71 of 1991; hereinafter referred to as "Special Act"), in the case of a special permanent resident prescribed in the Special Act.

The number of times prescribed in Ministry of Justice Order pursuant to the provisions of Article 9, paragraph (8), item (i), sub-item (c) (2) of the Act is to be as follows:

a person who falls under item (ii), sub-item (a), (b) or (d) of the following paragraph: one time within one year prior to the day of the appearance pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph;

a person specified by the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency in public notice as provided for in the preceding paragraph, or a person who falls under item (ii), sub-item (c) of the following paragraph: two times within one year prior to the day of the appearance pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph.

The requirements prescribed in Ministry of Justice Order pursuant to the provisions of Article 9, paragraph (8), item (i), sub-item (c)(4) of the Act are to meet all of the following requirements (excluding items (i) and (ii) in the case of the persons specified in the public notice provided for in paragraph (1)):

if a foreign national for whom a visa issued by a Japanese consular officer, etc. is considered unnecessary pursuant to laws or regulations, an international agreement or through notification to that effect from the Japanese Government to a foreign government, possession of a passport issued by a country, region (meaning the region provided for in Article 2, item (v), sub-item (b) of the Act; the same applies hereinafter in the following item (ii), sub-item (a)) or administrative district (meaning the administrative district granted authority to issue passports by a state; hereinafter the same applies in the following item (ii), sub-item (a)) specified by the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency in public notice.

the foreign national falls under any of the following sub-items:

a person who is in the position of an officer or full-time staff member of any of the following public or private organizations:

the Japanese government or a local government, or an organization in which either of them is the principal investor;

the government or a local government of the country, region or administrative district provided for in the preceding item, or an organization in which either of them is the principal investor;

an international organization;

a stock company that issues shares listed on a financial instruments exchange (meaning a financial instruments exchange prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (16) of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act (Act No. 25 of 1948); the same applies in (5)), or its subsidiary company (meaning a subsidiary company prescribed in Article 2, item (iii) of the Companies Act (Act No. 86 of 2005));

a stock company that issues shares listed on an exchange similar to a financial instruments exchange that is located in the country, region or administrative district provided for in the preceding item;

a corporation of Japan or of the country, region or administrative district provided for in the preceding item, whose amount of the stated capital or total amount of the contribution is 500 million yen or more.

a person who has a business relationship with the organization (including the Japanese government or local governments; hereinafter the same applies in this item) provided for in sub-item (a)(1) or the company provided for in sub-item (a)(4), and for whom a request has been received from that organization or company to have the person register as a user on the understanding that it is necessary for that person to repeatedly land in Japan for that business.

the foreign national possesses a credit card sufficient to find that they have sufficient financial resources and creditworthiness;

the foreign national is the spouse, or a minor and unmarried child, of a person who has received registration pursuant to the provisions of Article 9, paragraph (8) of the Act as a person falling under any of sub-items (a) through (c).

the foreign national has not been sentenced to a punishment of a fine or a greater punishment or an equivalent punishment (except for cases of a punishment imposed due to a political offense) for having violated the laws and regulations of Japan or a country other than Japan;

there are no circumstances considered to be particularly inappropriate in terms of impartial immigration control.

A person that falls under Article 9, paragraph (8), item (i), sub-item (c) of the Act who seeks to be registered as a user must attach a photograph and materials proving the fact of corresponding to item (ii) of the preceding paragraph (a photograph in the case of the persons prescribed by the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency in public notice who are provided for in paragraph (1)) and other materials to be used as reference to the written application set forth under paragraph (1).

The director of the regional immigration services bureau exercising jurisdiction over the area where the immigration services office provided for in paragraph (1) is located (hereinafter referred to as "director with jurisdiction") may register the foreign national set forth under paragraph (1) for user registration of the Automated Gates only if they find that the foreign national as set forth in the preceding paragraph wishes to depart from Japan with the intention of returning and falls under all of the items of Article 9, paragraph (8) of the Act (excluding item (iii) in the case of a special permanent resident).

The foreign national who seeks to provide their fingerprints pursuant to the provisions of Article 9, paragraph (8), item (ii) of the Act must provide them by having the fingerprint imaging data of both of their first fingers be taken by a computer designated by the director with jurisdiction; provided, however, that when they are unable to provide the fingerprints of the fingers due to having lost them or for other grounds, they must provide, for each of their hands, the fingerprint of one of the other fingers in the following order of priority:

the second finger;

the third finger;

the fourth finger; and

the thumb.

The foreign national who seeks to provide their photograph pursuant to the provisions of Article 9, paragraph (8), item (ii) of the Act must provide it by having their facial imaging data sent to a computer designated by the director with jurisdiction.

If a foreign national who has made a user registration of the Automated Gates falls under any of the following items, the director with jurisdiction must delete the user registration and erase the fingerprint imaging data and photograph provided by the foreign national pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (5) of the preceding Article, the two preceding paragraphs and Article 27, paragraph (6):

it becomes clear that the foreign national did not fall under one of the items of Article 9, paragraph (8) of the Act (excluding item (iii) in the case of a special permanent resident) at the time they have made a user registration of the Automated Gates;

the foreign national ceases to fall under Article 9, paragraph (8), item (i) or (iii) of the Act (item (i) in the case of a special permanent resident) after the user registration of the Automated Gates;

the passport presented pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) becomes invalid or has expired;

the validity period of the re-entry permission entered in the passport presented pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) and the validity period of the residence card or the special permanent resident certificate presented pursuant to the provisions of the same paragraph have expired;

the validity period of the registered user card has expired;

the foreign national has submitted a written request for deletion of the user registration of the Automated Gates; or

the director with jurisdiction finds that it is not appropriate to maintain the user registration of the Automated Gates due to the foreign national's death or for any other grounds.

The name provided for in Article 9-2, paragraph (2), item (i) of the Act is to written in Roman characters.

The nationality or region provided for in Article 9-2, paragraph (2), item (i) of the Act for a foreign national with two or more nationalities other than the nationality of Japan is to state the nationality of the country which issued the passport presented pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article or the region provided for in Article 2, item (v), sub-item (b) of the Act to which the organization belongs in the case of a registered user card issued pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of the same Article, or the country or region stated in the registered user card which is to lose its validity through the issuance in the case of a registered user card issued pursuant to the provisions of Article 9-2, paragraph (8) of the Act.

The number of the registered user card pursuant to the provisions of Article 9-2, paragraph (2), item (ii) of the Act is to be specified using a combination of four Roman characters and eight numbers.

The photograph to be displayed pursuant to the provisions of Article 9-2, paragraph (3) of the Act is to be either the photograph submitted pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (4) of the preceding Article or paragraph (1) of the following Article, or the photograph which may be used pursuant to the provisions of the second sentence of Article 9-2, paragraph (3) of the Act.

The format of the registered user card pursuant to the provisions of Article 9-2, paragraph (4) of the Act is to be pursuant to the Appended Form No. 7-7.

In addition to the particulars given in each of the items of Article 9-2, paragraph (2), the registered user card is to indicate the status of residence and period of stay decided pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (5) of the same Article, the expiration date of the period of stay, the date of the decision, and the name of the port of entry or departure at which the foreign national landed on the back of the card upon each occasion the information is recorded pursuant to the provisions of Article 9, paragraph (4) of the Act for persons possessing the registered user card.

In the case there is not enough blank space to state the information pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph on the back of the registered user card, the foreign national possessing the registered user card may have the information rewritten at the immigration services office provided for in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article.

The record of information pursuant to the provisions of Article 9-2, paragraph (5) of the Act is to be recorded on a semiconductor integrated circuit incorporated in the registered user card that includes the particulars listed in the items of paragraph (2) of the same Article and the photograph pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (3) of the same Article.

The application pursuant to the provisions of Article 9-2, paragraph (7) of the Act must be filed by appearing at the immigration services office provided for in Article 7-2, paragraph (1) and submitting the written application pursuant to the Appended Form No. 7-8, a photograph, and a set of materials proving the loss of the registered user card, or submitting the noticeably damaged or soiled registered user card or the registered user card whose record pursuant to the provisions of Article 9-2, paragraph (5) of the Act has been damaged.

When filing the application set forth in the preceding paragraph, the foreign national must present their passport.

A request for the appearance of witnesses pursuant to the provisions of Article 10, paragraph (5) of the Act (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 48, paragraph (5) of the Act) is to be made by a written notice pursuant to the Appended Form No. 8.

The oath pursuant to the provisions of Article 10, paragraph (5) of the Act (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 48, paragraph (5) of the Act) is to be a written oath.

The written oath set forth in the preceding paragraph is to state that the witness will speak the truth, conceal nothing, and add nothing in accordance with their conscience.

The provisions of Article 5, paragraphs (8) and (10) apply mutatis mutandis to cases where fingerprints and a photograph are provided to a special inquiry officer pursuant to the proviso to Article 10, paragraph (7) of the Act.

The notice to a foreign national pursuant to the provisions of Article 10, paragraph (7) or (10) of the Act is to be provided in the form of a written notice of certification pursuant to the Appended Form No. 9.

A statement to the effect that the foreign national will not file an objection as prescribed in Article 10, paragraph (11) of the Act is to follow the format of the Appended Form No. 10.

The exclusion order pursuant to the provisions of Article 10, paragraph (7) or (11) or Article 11, paragraph (6) of the Act is to be given in the format of a written exclusion order pursuant to the Appended Form No. 11.

The notice to the captain of the vessel or aircraft or the carrier who operates the vessel or aircraft pursuant to the provision of Article 10, paragraph (7) or (11) or Article 11, paragraph (6) of the Act is to be provided in the format of a written notice of exclusion order pursuant to the Appended Form No. 12.

An objection pursuant to the provisions of Article 11, paragraph (1) of the Act must be filed by submitting a copy of written objection pursuant to the Appended Form No. 13.

The format of the provisional landing permit prescribed in Article 13, paragraph (2) of the Act is to follow that of the Appended Form No. 14.

Restrictions on residence and scope of activities, the obligation to obey summons and other conditions pursuant to the provisions of Article 13, paragraph (3) of the Act are to be pursuant to the following items:

the residence is designated within the area of the municipality where the port of entry or departure at which the foreign national arrived is located (for special wards in Tokyo, within the area of the ward at which the foreign national arrived; the same applies hereinafter); provided, however, that this does not apply when the supervising immigration inspector finds that there are special reasons;

the scope of activities is to be within the area of the municipality where the designated residence is located, except for cases where the supervising immigration inspector finds that there are special reasons and decides otherwise;

a request for appearance is made with a designation of the time, date and place of the appearance; and

beyond what is provided for in the preceding items, a supervising immigration inspector prohibits activities other than those necessary for the landing procedures and other conditions the inspector finds particularly necessary.

The supervising immigration inspector decides the amount of the deposit pursuant to the provisions of Article 13, paragraph (3) of the Act by taking into consideration the amount of money possessed by the foreign national, necessary expenses during their provisional landing, and other circumstances within 2 million yen; provided, however, that the amount of the deposit for a minor is to be an amount not exceeding 1 million yen.

If the deposit has been paid by a foreign national, the supervising immigration inspector has an accounting official with money in custody issue a certificate of receipt for money in custody pursuant to the Appended Form No. 15.

Except for cases where a foreign national granted permission for provisional landing has fled or failed to appear at summons without legitimate grounds, when a foreign national has violated other conditions imposed on their provisional landing, the supervising immigration inspector may confiscate part of the foreign national's deposit not exceeding half of its amount, depending on circumstances.

If the supervising immigration inspector has confiscated the deposit pursuant to the provisions of Article 13, paragraph (5) of the Act, the inspector is to issue a written notice of confiscation of deposit pursuant to the Appended Form No. 16.

The format of the detention order prescribed in Article 13, paragraph (6) of the Act is to follow that of the Appended Form No. 16-2.

The facilities provided for in Ministry of Justice Order as prescribed in Article 13-2, paragraph (1) of the Act are as follows:

the facilities listed in Appended Table V;

facilities established for the purpose of serving as places where a person who has been issued an exclusion order may stay (excluding the facilities listed in the preceding item); and

facilities other than the facilities listed in the preceding two items, in the case where the facilities listed in the preceding two items are not located in the vicinity of the port of entry or departure concerned, or in the case where there are reasonable grounds sufficient for the special inquiry officer or the supervising immigration inspector to find that it is not appropriate for the person who has been issued an exclusion order to stay at the facilities listed in the preceding two items.

The notice to a foreign national who has been issued an exclusion order and to the captain of the vessel or aircraft or the carrier who operates the vessel or aircraft as prescribed in Article 13-2, paragraph (2) of the Act are provided in the form of a written exclusion order pursuant to the Appended Form No. 11 and in the form of a written notice of exclusion order pursuant to the Appended Form No. 12, respectively.

The application for permission to land at a port of call pursuant to the provisions of Article 14, paragraph (1) of the Act must be filed by the foreign national wishing to land at a port of call by submitting a written application pursuant to the Appended Form No. 17 and a copy of the document pursuant to the Appended Form No. 6 to an immigration inspector.

A foreign national who wishes to land at a port of call as prescribed in Article 14, paragraph (1) of the Act must possess the ticket necessary for traveling after departing from Japan to their travel destination or a letter of guarantee in lieu of the ticket, and a valid passport by which they may enter their travel destination after departing from Japan.

The provisions of Article 5, paragraphs (8) and (10) apply mutatis mutandis to cases in which fingerprints and a photograph are to be provided pursuant to the provisions of Article 14, paragraph (2) of the Act.

The format of the seal of verification for landing at a port of call prescribed in Article 14, paragraph (3) of the Act is to follow that of the Appended Form No. 18 or No. 18-2.

Restrictions on the landing period, scope of activities and other restrictions under the provisions of Article 14, paragraph (4) of the Act are to be pursuant to the following items:

the landing period is established for a period of under 72 hours;

the scope of activities is to be within the area of the municipality where the port of entry or departure at which the foreign national arrived is located, except for cases in which the immigration inspector finds that there are special reasons and has decided otherwise; and

beyond what is provided for in the preceding items, an immigration inspector prohibits activities for which the foreign national receives a remuneration and imposes other restrictions the inspector finds particularly necessary.

The application for landing permission for cruise ship tourists pursuant to the provisions of Article 14-2, paragraph (1) or (2) of the Act must be filed by submitting to an immigration inspector a copy of the written application pursuant to the Appended Form No. 17-2.

The provisions of Article 5, paragraphs (8) and (10) apply mutatis mutandis to cases in which fingerprints and a photograph are to be provided pursuant to the provisions of Article 14-2, paragraph (3) or paragraph (7) of the same Article of the Act.

The format of the landing permit for cruise ship tourists prescribed in Article 14-2, paragraph (4) of the Act is to follow that of the Appended Form No. 17-3.

The restrictions on the landing period, scope of activities, and other restrictions pursuant to the provisions of Article 14-2, paragraph (5) of the Act are to be pursuant to the following items:

the landing period is to be established in accordance with the route listed in the following sub-item (a) or (b), within the period of time provided for in those items;

the number of ports of call in Japan is one:seven days;

the number of ports of call in Japan is two or more:30 days;

the scope of activities is to be specified by designating the prefecture or municipality; and

beyond what is provided for in the preceding items, the immigration inspector prohibits activities for which the foreign national receives a remuneration and imposes other restrictions the inspector finds particularly necessary.

If an immigration inspector has revoked the permission set forth in Article 14-2, paragraph (2) of the Act (hereinafter referred to as "multiple landing permission for cruise ship tourists") pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (8) or (9) of the same Article, the inspector is to notify the person who received the permission pursuant to the Appended Form No. 17-4 and the captain of the designated passenger ship or the carrier who applied for permission pursuant to the Appended Form No. 17-5 to that effect, respectively.

In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, the immigration inspector is to have the relevant person's landing permit for cruise ship tourists pertaining to the revoked multiple landing permission for cruise ship tourists returned.

The application for permission for landing in transit pursuant to the provisions of Article 15, paragraphs (1) or (2) of the Act must be filed by submitting to an immigration inspector a written application pursuant to the Appended Form No. 17 and a copy of the document pursuant to the Appended Form No. 6 written by the foreign national wishing to land in transit.

The provisions of Article 13, paragraph (2) apply mutatis mutandis to a foreign national who wishes to land in transit as prescribed in Article 15, paragraph (1) or (2) of the Act.

The provisions of Article 5, paragraphs (8) and (10) apply mutatis mutandis to cases in which fingerprints and a photograph are to be provided pursuant to the provisions of Article 15, paragraph (3) of the Act.

The format of the seal of verification for landing in transit prescribed in Article 15, paragraph (4) of the Act is to follow that of the Appended Form No. 19 or No. 19-2.

Restrictions on the landing period, route to be followed in transit, and other restrictions pursuant to the provisions of Article 15, paragraph (5) of the Act pertaining to the permission for landing in transit under the provisions of paragraph (1) of the same Article are to be pursuant to the following items:

a landing period not exceeding 15 days is to be established;

the route to be followed while in transit is established according to the route to the port of entry or departure where the vessel to which the foreign national intends to return is located, except for cases in which the immigration inspector finds that there are special reasons and has decided otherwise; and

beyond what is provided for in the preceding items, an immigration inspector prohibits activities for which the foreign national receives a remuneration and imposes other restrictions the inspector finds particularly necessary.

Restrictions on the landing period, route to be followed while in transit, and other restrictions pursuant to the provisions of Article 15, paragraph (5) of the Act pertaining to the permission for landing in transit pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2) of the same Article are to be pursuant to the following items:

a landing period not exceeding 3 days is to be established;

the route to be followed while in transit is established according to the route to the port of entry or departure where the vessel or aircraft which the foreign national seeks to board for departure from Japan is located, except for the cases in which the immigration inspector finds that there are special reasons and has decided otherwise; and

beyond what is provided for in the preceding items, an immigration inspector prohibits activities for which the foreign national receives a remuneration and imposes other restrictions the inspector finds particularly necessary.

The application for landing permission for crew members pursuant to the provisions of Article 16, paragraph (1) of the Act must be filed by submitting to an immigration inspector two copies of written applications pursuant to the Appended Form No. 20.

The format of the crew member's landing permit prescribed in Article 16, paragraph (4) of the Act pertaining to the permission pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of the same Article is to follow that of the Appended Form No. 21.

Restrictions on the period of landing and scope of activities and other restrictions pursuant to the provisions of Article 16, paragraph (5) of the Act are to be pursuant to the following items:

the landing period is established by the immigration inspector in accordance with the following categories;

where landing in the vicinity of one port of entry or departure is permitted (excluding the cases listed in sub-item (b)): within 7 days;

where landing in the vicinity of one port of entry or departure is permitted and the immigration inspector finds that there are special reasons:within 15 days;

where landing in the vicinity of 2 or more ports of entry or departure is permitted:within 15 days;

where landing is permitted for transferring to another vessel or aircraft located at the port of entry or departure at which the vessel or aircraft that the crew member boarded arrived:within 7 days;

where landing is permitted for transferring to another vessel or aircraft located at another port of entry or departure:within 15 days;

the scope of activities is within the area of the municipality where the port of entry or departure at which the crew member arrived is located, except for cases where the immigration inspector finds that there are special reasons and has decided otherwise; provided, however, that the route to be followed while in transit where landing is permitted for transferring to another vessel or aircraft located at another port of entry or departure is established according to the route to the port of entry or departure where the vessel or aircraft to which the foreign national intends to transfer is located; and

beyond what is provided for in the preceding items, an immigration inspector prohibits activities for which the foreign national receives a remuneration and imposes other restrictions the inspector finds particularly necessary.

The application for landing permission for crew members pursuant to the provisions of Article 16, paragraph (2) of the Act (hereinafter referred to as "multiple landing permission for crew members") must be filed by submitting to an immigration inspector two copies of written applications pursuant to the Appended Form No. 22-2 and a photograph.

The format of the crew members' landing permit prescribed in Article 16, paragraph (4) of the Act pertaining to multiple landing permission for crew members is to follow that of the Appended Form No. 22-3.

If an immigration inspector has revoked a multiple landing permission for crew members pursuant to the provisions of Article 16, paragraph (8) or (9) of the Act, the inspector is to notify the crew members concerned by the Appended Form No. 22-4 and the captain of the vessel or aircraft or the carrier who applied for the permission by the Appended Form No. 22-5 to that effect.

In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, the immigration inspector is to have the crew member's landing permit pertaining to the revoked multiple landing permission for crew members returned.

The provisions of Article 5, paragraphs (8) and (10) apply mutatis mutandis to cases where fingerprints and a photograph are provided pursuant to the provisions of Article 16, paragraph (3) or paragraph (7) of the same Article of the Act.

The application for permission for emergency landing pursuant to the provisions of Article 17, paragraph (1) of the Act must be filed by submitting to an immigration inspector two copies of written applications pursuant to the Appended Form No. 23.

The provisions of Article 5, paragraphs (8) and (10) apply mutatis mutandis to cases in which fingerprints and a photograph are to be provided pursuant to the provisions of Article 17, paragraph (2) of the Act.

The format of the emergency landing permit prescribed in Article 17, paragraph (3) of the Act is to follow that of the Appended Form No. 24.

The application for landing permission due to distress pursuant to the provisions of Article 18, paragraph (1) of the Act must be filed by submitting to an immigration inspector two copies of written applications pursuant to the Appended Form No. 25.

The provisions of Article 5, paragraphs (8) and (10) apply mutatis mutandis to cases in which fingerprints and a photograph are provided pursuant to the provisions of Article 18, paragraph (3) of the Act.

The format of the landing permit due to distress prescribed in Article 18, paragraph (4) of the Act is to follow that of the Appended Form No. 26.

Restrictions on the period of landing and scope of activities and other restrictions pursuant to the provisions of Article 18, paragraph (5) of the Act are to be pursuant to the following items:

a landing period not exceeding 30 days is to be established;

the scope of activities is to be within the area of the municipality where the place at which the rescued and protected foreign national was rescued and protection is located, except for cases in which the immigration inspector finds that there are special reasons and has decided otherwise; and

beyond what is provided for in the preceding items, an immigration inspector prohibits activities for which the foreign national receives a remuneration and imposes other restrictions the inspector finds particularly necessary.

A foreign national who seeks to apply for landing permission for temporary refuge pursuant to the provisions of Article 18-2, paragraph (1) of the Act must submit to an immigration inspector a copy of the document pursuant to the Appended Forms No. 6 and No. 26-2.

The provisions of Article 5, paragraphs (4) and (5) apply mutatis mutandis to the application set forth in the preceding paragraph.

The provisions of Article 5, paragraphs (8) and (10) apply mutatis mutandis to cases in which fingerprints and a photograph are to be provided pursuant to the provisions of Article 18-2, paragraph (2) of the Act.

The format of the landing permit for temporary refuge prescribed in Article 18-2, paragraph (3) of the Act is to follow that of the Appended Form No. 27.

Restrictions on the landing period, residence, scope of activities, and other conditions pursuant to the provisions of Article 18-2, paragraph (4) of the Act are to be pursuant to the following items:

a landing period not exceeding 6 months is to be established;

a facility, etc. that the immigration inspector finds appropriate as a residence during the landing for temporary refuge is to be designated;

the scope of activities is to be within the area of the municipality where the designated residence is located, except for cases where the immigration inspector finds that there are special reasons and has decided otherwise; and

beyond what is provided for in the preceding items, an immigration inspector prohibits activities for which the foreign national receives a remuneration and imposes other restrictions the inspector finds particularly necessary.

A foreign national who seeks to apply for the permission set forth in Article 19, paragraph (2) of the Act (hereinafter referred to as "permission to engage in an activity other than that permitted under the status of residence previously granted") must appear at a regional immigration services bureau and submit a copy of the written application pursuant to the Appended Form No. 28, a copy of the document clarifying the specific activities pertaining to the application, and a copy of any other reference material.

When filing the application set forth in the preceding paragraph, the foreign national must present the documents listed in the following items. In this case, a person who is unable to present their passport or certificate of status of residence must submit a copy of the document stating the reason therefor:

passport and residence card in the case of a mid- to long-term resident; and

passport or certificate of status of residence in the case of a person other than mid-to long-term residents.

Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1), a foreign national is not required to appear at a regional immigration services bureau if the director of the regional immigration services bureau finds the nonappearance reasonable. In this case, a person listed in the following items who has been requested by the foreign national is to submit the written application, etc. provided for in paragraph (1) and carry out the procedures provided for in the preceding paragraph on behalf of the foreign national staying in Japan:

an organization that a foreign national manages or intends to manage;

an organization that employs or intends to employ a foreign national;

an organization at which a foreign national receives or intends to receive training or education;

a body that supervises activities conducted by a foreign national to acquire skills, technique or knowledge (hereinafter referred to as "skills, etc.") (meaning a supervising organization prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (10) of the Act on Proper Technical Intern Training and Protection of Technical Intern Trainees (Act No. 89 of 2016; hereinafter referred to as the "Technical Intern Training Act")), or a body that intends to do so;

an organization specified by the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency in public notice as being equivalent to those listed in sub-items (a) through (d).

a person who is the staff member of the organization of affiliation of specified skilled worker or staff member of the registered support organization and has been considered appropriate by the director of the regional immigration services bureau, if the foreign national prescribed in paragraph (1) is a person residing with the status of residence of "Specified Skilled Worker" intending to conduct the activities listed in item (i) of the right-hand column of "Specified Skilled Worker" in the Appended Table I-2 of the Act;

a person who is the staff member of the receiving organization, etc. or the staff member of an organization managed by a foreign national supporting the person or employed by the organization (including an organization that the foreign national intends to manage or an organization that intends to employ the foreign national) and who has been considered appropriate by the director of the regional immigration services bureau, if the foreign national prescribed in paragraph (1) is a person residing with the status of residence of "Dependent" intending to engage in daily activities supported by the foreign national who is residing in Japan or a person residing with the status of residence of "Designated Activities" whose activities are designated in particular;

a staff member of a public interest corporation found appropriate by the director of the regional immigration services bureau

an attorney at law or administrative scrivener who has notified the director of the regional immigration services bureau exercising jurisdiction over the area where the bar association or the administrative scrivener's association to which the attorney or the administrative scrivener belongs is located through the association; and

a legal representative of the foreign national.

Permission to engage in an activity other than that permitted under the status of residence previously granted is to be given by the issuance of a permit to engage in an activity other than that permitted under the status of residence previously granted pursuant to the Appended Form No. 29 or by affixing the seal of verification pursuant to the Appended Form No. 29-2 to the passport or certificate of status of residence. In this case, if the permission to engage in an activity other than that permitted under the status of residence previously granted is for a mid- to long-term resident, the particulars listed in Article 19-4, paragraph (1), item (vi) of the Act and Article 19-6, paragraph (5), item (i) are to be stated in the residence card and recorded pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (14) of the same Article.

The specific activities for which permission is to be newly granted with conditions imposed pursuant to the provisions of Article 19, paragraph (2) of the Act are to be pursuant to any of the following items.

activities to manage a business involving income or activities for which the foreign national receives a remuneration (excluding entertainment and amusement business provided for in Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Act on Control and Improvement of Amusement Businesses (Act No. 122 of 1948), the store-based business specializing in entertainment of a sexual nature provided for in paragraph (6) of the same Article, or the business that are conducted in specified entertainment restaurants provided for in paragraph (11) of the same Article, or non-store based business specializing in entertainment of a sexual nature provided for in paragraph (7) of the same Article, the video-based service specializing in entertainment of a sexual nature provided for in paragraph (8) of the same Article, the store-based dating services provided for in paragraph (9) of the same Article or the non-store based dating services provided for in paragraph (10) of the same Article; for those persons residing with the status of residence of "Student", limited to those carried out during the foreign national's enrollment at an educational institution) for less than 28 hours in one week (for a person residing with the status of residence of "Student", less than eight hours a day during the long-term vacation period specified in the school regulations of the educational institution which the foreign national is enrolled in); and

activities listed in the right-hand column of the "Instructor" section, the "Engineer/Specialist in Humanities/International Services" section and the "Skilled Labor" section of the Appended Table I (2) of the Act for less than 28 hours a week which the person residing with the status of residence of "Instructor", "Engineer/Specialist in Humanities/International Services" and "Skilled Labor" (limited to a person who has entered into a contract on employment with a local government in Japan or an equivalent entity (hereinafter referred to as "local government, etc." and in the case of a person residing with the status of residence of "Skilled Labor", limited to those engaged in work requiring the skills pertaining to instruction of sports) (excluding those engaged in activities with the current status of residence, limited to those engaged in work based on a contract on employment with the local government, etc. or those engaged in work based on a contract relating to employment with a local public entity, etc. other than the local government, etc. (limited to those permitted by the local government, etc. which is the other party to a contract pertaining to the status of residence currently held with regard to the content of the contract) and limited to work requiring skills pertaining to instruction of sports in the case of the activities listed in the right-hand column of the "Skilled Labor"section).

beyond what is provided for in the preceding items, the activities individually designated by the director of the regional immigration services bureau by specifying the name, location, business details and other particulars of the public or private organization in Japan where the activities pertaining to the permission to engage inan activity other than that permitted under the status of residence previously granted are to be carried out.

If the permission to engage in an activity other than that permitted under the status of residence previously granted has been revoked pursuant to the provisions of Article 19, paragraph (3) of the Act, the person is to be notified to that effect through the written notice of revocation of the permission to engage in an activity other than that permitted under the status of residence previously granted pursuant to the Appended Form No. 29-3, and the person is to return the permit to engage in an activity other than that permitted under the status of residence previously granted in their possession, or the seal of verification of the permission to engage in an activity other than that permitted under the status of residence previously granted affixed to the passport or certificate of status of residence is to be deleted. In this case, if the revocation of the permission to engage in an activity other than that permitted under the status of residence previously granted is for a mid- to long-term resident, the entry in the residence card pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (4) (including the record pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-6, paragraph (14)) is to be deleted.

If a foreign national who has filed the application set forth in Article 6, paragraph (1) of the Act and for whom decision has been made on the status of residence pursuant to the provisions of Article 9, paragraph (3) of the Act (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the provisions of Article 10, paragraph (9) and Article 11, paragraph (5) of the Act) and who is listed in the following items is to later file an application for permission to engage in an activity other than that permitted under the status of residence previously granted (except when filing an application after a period of stay of three months has been decided), the person is to file the application by submitting a copy of the written application specified in each item, notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article.

the person for whom a decision on the status of residence of "Student" has been made:a written application pursuant to the Appended Form No. 29-4.

the person for whom a decision on the status of residence of "Instructor", "Engineer/Specialist in Humanities/International Services" or "Skilled Labor" (limited to those who have entered into an employment contract with a local government, etc. and have been issued a certificate of eligibility, in the case of a person for whom a decision has been made for the status of residence of "Skilled Labor", limited to those engaged in work requiring the skills pertaining to the instruction of sports):a written application pursuant to the Appended Form No. 29-4-2.

If the director of a regional immigration services bureau who has received the application set forth in the preceding paragraph finds it necessary, the director may request the foreign national to submit materials that may be used as a reference for the application.

The provisions of paragraph (3) of the preceding Article do not apply to the application set forth in paragraph (1).

The specific activities for which permission is to be newly granted with conditions imposed pursuant to the provisions of Article 19, paragraph (2) of the Act for the application set forth in paragraph (1) are to be pursuant to paragraph (5), item (i) of the preceding Article in case the person falls under paragraph (1), item (i), and are to be pursuant to paragraph (5), item (ii) of the same Article in case the person falls under paragraph (1), item (ii).

Remuneration for lectures not conducted on a regular basis, temporary remuneration in daily life and other remuneration prescribed in Article 19, paragraph (1), item (i) of the Act is to be pursuant to the following items:

rewards, prize money and other remuneration for the following activities not conducted on a regular basis;

lectures, lessons, discussions and other similar activities;

advice, appraisal and other similar activities;

creation of novels, theses, paintings, photographs, programs and other works;

participation in events, appearance in movies or broadcast programs and other similar activities;

rewards and other remunerations for engaging in daily housework of a relative, friend, or acquaintance of the foreign national upon the request of those persons (except for those conducted on a regular basis); and

remunerations for activities to assist education or research carried out by a foreign national who is receiving education at a university or technical college (limited to the fourth year, fifth year and advanced course) (excluding a person who receives exclusively Japanese language education (meaning the Japanese language education prescribed in Article 1 of the Act on the Accreditation, etc. of Japanese Language Educational Institutions to Ensure the Proper and Reliable Provision of Japanese Language Education (Act No. 41 of 2023); the same applies hereinafter)) and is residing with the status of residence of "Student", based on a contract with the university or technical college.

A foreign national who seeks to apply for issuance of the certificate pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-2, paragraph (1) of the Act (hereinafter referred to as "certificate of authorization for employment") must appear at a regional immigration services bureau and submit a copy of written application pursuant to the Appended Form No. 29-5.

When filing the application set forth in the preceding paragraph, the person must present the following documents. In this case, a person who has been issued with a permit to engage in an activity other than that permitted under the status of residence previously granted pursuant to the provisions of Article 19, paragraph (4) must present that permit to engage in an activity other than that permitted under the status of residence previously granted:

passport and residence card in the case of a mid- to long-term resident;

special permanent resident certificate in the case of a special permanent resident; and

passport or certificate of status of residence in the case of a person other than mid- to long-term residents or special permanent residents.

The provisions of Article 19, paragraph (3) apply mutatis mutandis to the application set forth in paragraph (1). In this case, the term "paragraph (1)" in paragraph (3) of the same Article is deemed to be replaced with "Article 19-4, paragraph (1)" and the term "preceding paragraph" is deemed to be replaced with "Article 19-4, paragraph (2)," respectively.

The format of the certificate of authorization for employment is to follow that of the Appended Form No. 29-6.

The persons prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-3, item (iv) of the Act are as follows:

a person who has received the decision of the status of residence of "Designated Activities" and whose activities have been specially designated 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; and

a person who has received the decision of the status of residence of "Designated Activities" and whose activities have been specially designated 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.

a person who has received the decision of the status of residence of "Designated Activities" and whose activities have been specially designated as activities, based on an employment contract with a corporation established in accordance with the laws and regulations of a foreign country or any other foreign organization, of engaging in Japan in work at a business office of the organization located in a foreign country by using information and communications technology, or activities of providing services for a fee or selling, etc. goods, etc. to a person located in a foreign country by using information and communications technology (excluding those that cannot be provided or sold, etc. without entering Japan); and

a person who has received the decision of the status of residence of "Designated Activities" and whose activities have been specially designated as daily activities as a spouse or child supported by a person prescribed in the preceding item.

The name provided for in Article 19-4, paragraph (1), item (i) of the Act is to be indicated in Roman characters.

A mid- to long-term resident with two or more nationalities other than Japanese is to state the nationality or region prescribed in each respective item in accordance with the following categories with regard to the nationality or region provided for in Article 19-4, paragraph (1), item (i) of the Act:

a person who has become a mid- to long-term resident having received a seal of verification for landing or permission pursuant to the provisions of Chapter III, Section 1 or 2 of the Act:the nationality of the country which issued the passport which has the seal of verification for landing pursuant to the provisions of Article 9, paragraph (1), Article 10, paragraph (8) or Article 11, paragraph (4) of the Act affixed or the region prescribed in the provisions of Article 2, item (v), sub-item (b) of the Act to which the organization belongs;

a mid- to long-term resident (except for the person listed in the following item) who is to be issued with a new residence card pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-10, paragraph (2) of the Act (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 19-11, paragraph (3), Article 19-12, paragraph (2) and Article 19-13, paragraph (4) of the Act):the nationality or region stated in the residence card which is to lose its validity through the issuance;

a mid- to long-term resident who has been issued with a new residence card pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-10, paragraph (2) based on the notification set forth in paragraph (1) of the same Article due to a change in the nationality or region:the nationality or region after the change;

a mid- to long-term resident who is to be issued with a new specified residence card pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-15-2, paragraph (6) or (7) of the Act: the nationality or region stated in the residence card which is to lose its validity through the issuance;

a mid- to long-term resident who is to be issued with a new residence card pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-15-3, paragraph (3) or Article 19-15-4, paragraph (3) of the Act: the nationality or region stated in the residence card which is to lose its validity through the issuance;

a person (limited to persons who have newly become a mid- to long-term resident) who has been issued with a residence card 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) and Article 22-2, paragraph (3) of the Act (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the provisions of Article 22-3 of the Act)) or Article 22, paragraph (3) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 22-2, paragraph (4) of the Act (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 22-3 of the Act)):the nationality of the country which issued the passport presented pursuant to the provisions of Article 20, paragraph (4) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 21, paragraph (4), Article 21-4, paragraph (3) and Article 22, paragraph (3); the same applies hereinafter in this item) or Article 24, paragraph (4) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 25, paragraph (3)) or the region prescribed in the provisions of Article 2, item (v), sub-item (b) of the Act to which the organization belongs (for a person who presented the certificate of status of residence pursuant to the provisions of Article 20, paragraph (4), the nationality or region stated in the certificate of status of residence), for the application pertaining to the issuance;

a mid- to long-term resident who is to be issued with a new residence card pursuant to the provisions of the preceding item:the nationality or region stated in the residence card which is to lose its validity through the issuance;

a person who is to be issued with a residence card pursuant to the provisions of Article 50, paragraph (7) of the Act through newly becoming a mid- to long-term resident having received permission pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of the same Article: the nationality or region stated in the written decision pertaining to the permission;

a person who is to be issued with a residence card pursuant to the provisions of Article 61-2-2, paragraph (2), item (i) of the Act through newly becoming a mid- to long-term resident having received permission for acquisition of the status of residence of "Long-Term Resident" pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of the same Article: the nationality or region stated in the certificate of refugee status or the certificate of recognition as a person eligible for complementary protection; or

a person who, through newly becoming a mid- to long-term resident having received permission for acquisition of a status of residence pursuant to the provisions of Article 61-2-5, paragraph (1) of the Act, is to be issued with a residence card pursuant to the provisions of Article 20, paragraph (4), item (i) of the Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 61-2-5, paragraph (3) of the Act: the nationality or region stated in the permit for provisional stay.

If West Bank or the Gaza Strip prescribed in Article 1 of the Order for Enforcement of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act (Cabinet Order No. 178 of 1998; hereinafter referred to as the "Order") is stated as the region set forth in Article 19-4, paragraph (1), item (i) of the Act, it is to be indicated as Palestine.

If there are restrictions on employment pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-4, paragraph (1), item (v) of the Act, the content of the restrictions are to be stated.

The particulars prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order as provided for in Article 19-4, paragraph (1), item (vii) of the Act are as follows:

if permission to engage in an activity other than that permitted under the status of residence previously granted has been granted, a summary of the activities newly permitted;

if the place of residence is to be stated in the residence card pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-7, paragraph (2) of the Act (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 19-8, paragraph (2) and Article 19-9, paragraph (2) of the Act), the date of the notification made by submitting the residence card.

The number of the residence card pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-4, paragraph (2) of the Act is to be specified using a combination of four Roman characters and eight numbers.

The age prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order as provided for in Article 19-4, paragraph (3) of the Act is one year of age.

The photograph of a mid- to long-term resident to be shown on the residence card pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-4, paragraph (3) of the Act is to be a photograph listed in any of the following items which meets the requirements prescribed in the Appended Table III (2) (excluding row 2 in the case of a photograph to be shown on a specified residence card):

a photograph submitted pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-9, paragraph (1), Article 19-10, paragraph (1), Article 19-11, paragraph (1), Article 19-12, paragraph (1) or (2), Article 19-14-5, paragraph (1), Article 20, paragraph (2), Article 21, paragraph (2), Article 21-3, paragraph (3) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 21-4, paragraph (3)), Article 22, paragraph (1), Article 24, paragraph (2), Article 25, paragraph (1) or Article 55, paragraph (1) or (2), or Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Regulation on Applications for the Issuance of Specified Residence Cards (Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications and Ministry of Justice Order No. 1 of 2026);

a photograph which may be used pursuant to the provisions of the second sentence of Article 19-4, paragraph (3) of the Act; or

a photograph which the mid- to long-term resident wishes to have shown on the residence card.

The provisions of the laws and regulations prescribed in Ministry of Justice Order pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-4, paragraph (3) of the Act are the provisions of Article 6-2, paragraph (2).

If the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency intends to use a photograph other than the photograph listed in paragraph (8), item (i) as the photograph of the mid- to long-term resident on the residence card, the Commissioner may have an immigration inspector take the photograph of the mid- to long-term resident. In this case, if the immigration inspector takes the photograph of the mid- to long-term resident, the photograph is to be shown on the residence card, notwithstanding the provisions of that paragraph.

The format of the residence card (limited to a residence card other than a specified residence card) pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-4, paragraph (4) of the Act is to follow that of the Appended Form No. 29-7.

If an application listed in any of the following items has been filed, the particulars specified in the respective items are to be indicated on the residence card in accordance with the categories of applications listed in those items:

an application pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-15-2, paragraph (1) of the Act (limited to an application pertaining to an application pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-11, paragraph (1) of the Act): the fact that an application pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-11, paragraph (1) of the Act has been filed;

an application pursuant to the provisions of Article 20, paragraph (2) of the Act: that fact; and

an application pursuant to the provisions of Article 21, paragraph (2) of the Act: that fact.

The particulars prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order as provided for in Article 19-4, paragraph (5), item (iv) of the Act are, if permission to engage in an activity other than that permitted under the status of residence previously granted has been granted, the time limit of that permission.

The record pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-4, paragraph (5) of the Act is to be made by recording the particulars prescribed in that paragraph on a semiconductor integrated circuit incorporated in the residence card.

If a mid- to long-term resident who uses Chinese characters in their name (including a person who wishes to newly become a mid- to long-term resident by receiving permission pursuant to the provisions of the main text of Article 20, paragraph (3) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 22-2, paragraph (3) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 22-3)), Article 21, paragraph (3), Article 22, paragraph (2) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 22-2, paragraph (4) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 22-3)), Article 50, paragraph (1) or Article 61-2-5, paragraph (1) of the Act, or permission pursuant to the provisions of Article 61-2-2, paragraph (1) of the Act through receiving recognition of refugee status or recognition as a person eligible for complementary protection; the same applies hereinafter in this Article) makes a proposal, the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency may indicate the mid- to long-term resident's name using Chinese characters or Chinese characters together with kana characters (meaning hiragana or katakana, if Chinese characters are not used in part of the name of the mid- to long-term resident, limited to the indication of that part; the same applies hereinafter in this Article) together with the name indicated in Roman characters, notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article.

A mid- to long-term resident who seeks to make the proposal set forth in the preceding paragraph must submit a copy of the materials authenticating the use of Chinese characters in their name.

The proposal set forth in paragraph (1) must be made together with the notification pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-10, paragraph (1) or the request pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-11, paragraph (1) or (2), Article 19-12, paragraph (1), Article 19-13, paragraph (1) or (3), Article 20, paragraph (2), Article 21, paragraph (2), Article 22, paragraph (1), Article 22-2, paragraph (2) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 22-3), Article 50, paragraph (2) or Article 61-2, paragraph (1) or (2) of the Act.

If the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency finds that there is the risk that a mid- to long-term resident who uses Chinese characters in their name will suffer considerable disadvantage if the resident's name is indicated in Roman characters, or that there are special circumstances, the Commissioner may indicate the name using Chinese characters or Chinese characters together with kana characters in lieu of the Roman characters, notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article.

The range, usage and other necessary particulars in indicating the name using Chinese characters for the indication in the case of paragraph (1) and the preceding paragraph is specified by the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency in public notice.

The name using Chinese characters or Chinese characters together with kana characters indicated pursuant to the provisions of paragraphs (1) and (4) may not be changed (including cases in which a decision not to indicate the name using Chinese characters or Chinese characters together with kana characters) except for cases through a notification pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-10, paragraph (1) of the Act; provided, however, that this does not apply in cases considered reasonable by the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency.

The notification pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-7, paragraph (1) (except for the notification deemed to be a notification pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of the same Article as prescribed in paragraph (3) of the same Article), the notification pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-8, paragraph (1) (except for the notification deemed to be a notification pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of the same Article as prescribed in paragraph (3) of the same Article), or the notification pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-9, paragraph (1) of the Act (except for the notification deemed to be a notification pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of the same Article as prescribed in paragraph (3) of the same Article) must be made by submitting a copy of the written notice pursuant to the Appended Form No. 29-8.

The notification pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-10, paragraph (1) must be made by submitting a copy of the written notice pursuant to the Appended Form No. 29-9, a photograph and a copy of the materials proving the occurrence of a change in the particulars listed in Article 19-4, paragraph (1), item (i) of the Act.

The passport and residence card must be presented when making the notification set forth in the preceding paragraph. In this case, a mid- to long-term resident who is unable to present their passport must submit a copy of the document stating the reason therefor:

If the notification set forth in paragraph (1) is to be made for a mid- to long-term resident who is under one year of age, the submission of a photograph is not required; provided, however, that this does not apply if the director of the regional immigration services bureau has determined that the submission is required.

The application pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-11, paragraph (1) or (2) of the Act must be filed by submitting a copy of the written application pursuant to the Appended Form No. 29-10 and a photograph.

The provisions of paragraph (2) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to cases of application made as set forth in the preceding paragraph.

The application pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-12, paragraph (1) of the Act must be filed by submitting a copy of the written application pursuant to the Appended Form No. 29-11, a photograph and a copy of the materials proving the loss of the residence card.

The following documents must be presented when filing the application set forth in the preceding paragraph. In this case, a mid- to long-term resident who is unable to present their passport must submit a copy of the document stating the reason therefor:

passport; and

the permit to engage in an activity other than that permitted under the status of residence previously granted in the case of a person who has been issued with a permit to engage in an activity other than that permitted under the status of residence previously granted pursuant to the provisions of Article 19, paragraph (4).

The provisions of Article 19-9, paragraph (3) apply mutatis mutandis to cases of application made as set forth in paragraph (1).

The application pursuant to the provisions of the first sentence of paragraph (1) or of Article 19-13, paragraph (3) of the Act must be filed by submitting a copy of the written application pursuant to the Appended Form No. 29-12 and a photograph.

The application pursuant to the provisions of the second sentence of Article 19-13, paragraph (1) of the Act must be filed by submitting a copy of the written application pursuant to the Appended Form No. 29-13 and a photograph.

The provisions of Article 19-9, paragraphs (2) and (3) apply mutatis mutandis to cases of application made as set forth in the preceding two paragraphs. In this case, the term "preceding paragraph" in paragraph (2) of the same Article and the term "paragraph (1)" in paragraph (3) of the same Article are deemed to be replaced with "Article 19-12, paragraph (1) or (2)."

The order pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-13, paragraph (2) of the Act is to be carried out by issuing the mid- to long-term resident with an order on application for reissuance of the residence card pursuant to the Appended Form No. 29-14.

The Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency may provide information on the number of the residence card which has expired using the internet or other means.

The persons prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order as provided for in Article 3-2, paragraph (1), item (ii) of the Order are as follows:

a person who has made a notification pursuant to the provisions of Article 30-46 or Article 30-47 of the Residential Basic Book Act (Act No. 81 of 1967) (limited to a person who has not been issued a specified residence card and an Individual Number Card (meaning an 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; hereinafter referred to as the "Number Use Act"); the same applies hereinafter) after the notification);

a person who possesses a specified residence card that no longer has blank space in which to state the particulars listed in the items of Article 19-4, paragraph (1) of the Act, or any other person whom the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency finds appropriate as being equivalent thereto; and

a person who was detained in a penal institution or juvenile training school for the execution of a sentence, a person who was detained in a workhouse, or a person who was committed to a juvenile training school for the execution of a protective measure (limited to a person who has not been issued a specified residence card and an Individual Number Card after release).

The methods prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order as provided for in Article 3-2, paragraph (6) of the Order are as follows:

the method of sending by mail to be received only by the addressee in person, which is handed or delivered only to the addressee in person as provided for in the domestic postal service terms and conditions of Japan Post Co., Ltd., or by a method equivalent thereto;

the method of sending, addressed to the place of residence of a person who has made a request pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-15-2, paragraph (3) of the Act together with an application pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2) of that Article (hereinafter referred to as the "person making the request" in this item and the following item), by registered mail or, among the services of correspondence delivery prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (2) of the Act on Correspondence Delivery by Private Business Operators (Act No. 99 of 2002) (hereinafter referred to as "correspondence delivery") provided by a general correspondence delivery business operator prescribed in paragraph (6) of that Article or a specified correspondence delivery business operator prescribed in paragraph (9) of that Article, a service equivalent to registered mail (referred to as "registered mail, etc." in the following item), as mail that is not to be forwarded in its handling or an item equivalent thereto (referred to as "non-forwardable mail, etc." in the following item) (limited to cases where the person making the request has informed the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency that the person making the request can reliably receive its issuance by that method); and

if it is found difficult to effect the issuance by the methods listed in the preceding two items due to hospitalization or any other unavoidable reason, the method of sending, addressed to the location of the person making the request, by registered mail, etc. as non-forwardable mail, etc. (limited to cases where the person making the request has informed the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency that the person making the request can reliably receive its issuance by that method).

The return of a residence card pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-15, paragraph (2) of the Act as applied with the terms replaced pursuant to Article 19-15-2, paragraph (11) of the Act is to be made by the method of sending it by mail or correspondence delivery.

A foreign national who seeks to return a specified residence card pursuant to the provisions of Article 17, paragraph (11) of the Act on the Use of Numbers to Identify a Specific Individual in Administrative Procedures as applied by deeming the card to be an Individual Number Card pursuant to the provisions of Article 18-5, paragraph (9) of the Act on the Use of Numbers to Identify a Specific Individual in Administrative Procedures, or pursuant to the provisions of a Cabinet Order based on the provisions of Article 47 of the Act on the Use of Numbers to Identify a Specific Individual in Administrative Procedures, must appear at a Regional Immigration Services Bureau and submit the specified residence card, together with a copy of the written notification of return pursuant to the Appended Form No. 29-14-2 and one photograph (which is to have been taken within six months prior to the date of the return and to meet the requirements prescribed in the Appended Table III (2)).

When returning the card as set forth in the preceding paragraph, the foreign national must present their passport. In this case, a foreign national who is unable to present their passport must submit a copy of the document stating the reasons therefor.

If the return set forth in paragraph (1) pertains to any of the following persons, the submission of a photograph is not required, notwithstanding the provisions of that paragraph:

a person who is under one year of age; and

a person who does not continue to fall under the category of mid- to long-term resident.

Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1), the foreign national is not required to personally appear to make the return set forth in that paragraph in the following cases:

if the foreign national is under 16 years of age or is unable to make the return set forth in paragraph (1) personally due to illness or any other reason, and a relative of the foreign national (excluding a person under 16 years of age; the same applies in the following item) who lives with the foreign national makes the return on behalf of the foreign national;

if a relative of the foreign national who lives with the foreign national makes the return set forth in paragraph (1) on behalf of the foreign national at the request of the foreign national; or

if the foreign national is under 16 years of age or is unable to make the return set forth in paragraph (1) personally due to illness or any other reason, and a legal representative of the foreign national carries out the procedures for the return (excluding cases where the legal representative of the foreign national does so on behalf of the foreign national pursuant to the provisions of item (i)).

The particulars provided for by Ministry of Justice Order as prescribed in Article 19-16 of the Act are to be the name, date of birth, sex, nationality or region, place of residence and number of the residence card of the mid- to long-term resident pertaining to the notification, and the particulars listed in the right-hand column of the Appended Table III (3) in accordance with the grounds listed in the left-hand column of the same Table.

A mid- to long-term resident who seeks to make the notification set forth in Article 19-16 of the Act must submit a document to the effect that the grounds prescribed in the items of the same Article has arisen and state the particulars provided for in the preceding paragraph to the regional immigration services bureau.

If the document provided for in the preceding paragraph is to be submitted by mail or correspondence delivery, it may also be submitted to the immigration services office designated by the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency.

The organizations prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order as prescribed in Article 19-17 of the Act are the organizations (except for the employers who are required to make a notification pursuant to the provisions of Article 28, paragraph (1) of the Act on Comprehensive Promotion of Labor Policies, Stability of Employment of Workers and Enhancement of Occupational Life (Act No. 132 of 1966) in accepting mid- to long-term residents) accepting mid- to long-term residents residing with the status of residence of "Professor," "Highly Skilled Professional," "Business Manager," "Legal/ Accounting Services," "Medical Services," "Researcher," "Instructor," "Engineer/ Specialist in Humanities/International Services," "Intra-Company Transferee," "Nursing Care," "Entertainer," "Skilled Labor," "Student," or "Trainee".

If the organization provided for in the preceding paragraph is to make the notification set forth in Article 19-17 of the Act, the organization is to submit a document to the regional immigration services bureau stating the particulars listed in the right-hand column of the Appended Table III (4) in accordance with the situation of acceptance, within 14 days from the day on which the situation of the acceptance listed in the left-hand column of the same Table occurred.

The provisions set forth in paragraph (3) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to cases of submitting the document provided for in the preceding paragraph.

The particulars provided for by Ministry of Justice Order as prescribed in Article 19-18, paragraph (1) of the Act are to be the name, date of birth, sex, nationality or region, and number of the residence card of the specified skilled worker pertaining to the notification, and the particulars listed in the right-hand column of the Appended Table III (5) in accordance with the categories of cases listed in the left-hand column of the same Table.

An organization of affiliation of the specified skilled worker that intends to make the notification pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-18, paragraph (1) of the Act must submit a document to the regional immigration services bureau, to the effect that it has come to fall under a case listed in any of the items of the same paragraph and stating the particulars provided for in the preceding paragraph, within 14 days from the date on which it came to fall under the case listed in any of the items of the same paragraph.

The minor changes prescribed in Article 19-18, paragraph (1), item (i) of the Act are changes other than the content of the work, the amount of remuneration, and other working conditions, and are changes that do not have a substantial impact on the employment contract for a specified skilled worker.

The minor changes prescribed in Article 19-18, paragraph (1), item (ii) of the Act are changes other than the content or the implementation method of the support, which do not have a substantial impact on the support plan for specified skilled workers (i).

The minor changes prescribed in Article 19-18, paragraph (1), item (iii) of the Act are changes in the content of the contract and are those that do not have a substantial impact on the contract set forth under Article 2-5, paragraph (5) of the Act.

The cases set forth under Ministry of Justice Order as prescribed in Article 19-18, paragraph (1), item (iv) of the Act are as follows:

if it becomes difficult to accept specified skilled workers.

if it has come to know that grounds have arisen that will result in nonconformity with any of the criteria listed in the items of Article 2, paragraph (1) or the items of paragraph (2) of the same Article of the Ministerial Order Providing for Criteria, etc. for Employment Contracts for Specified Skilled Workers and Support Plans for Specified Skilled Workers (i) (Ministry of Justice Order No. 5 of 2019; referred to as the "Ministerial Order on Criteria for Specified Skilled Workers" in paragraph (2), item (ii) of the following Article).

The provisions of Article 19-15, paragraph (3) apply mutatis mutandis to cases in which the document prescribed in paragraph (2) is submitted.

The particulars specified by Ministry of Justice Order as prescribed in Article 19-18, paragraph (2), item (i) of the Act are the following particulars.

total number of specified skilled workers accepted during the period covered by the notification;

name, date of birth, sex, nationality or region, and number of the residence card of the specified skilled worker pertaining to the notification; and

the period during which the specified skilled worker pertaining to the notification conducted the activities listed in the right-hand column corresponding to the section for "Specified Skilled Worker" in the Appended Table I (2) of the Act, the place of the activities, and the remuneration therefor.

The particulars specified by Ministry of Justice Order as provided for in Article 19-18, paragraph (2), item (iii) of the Act are as follows:

the average number of working days per month during the period covered by the notification prescribed in the following paragraph (hereinafter referred to as the "applicable period" in this item) per specified skilled worker accepted during the applicable period, the average amount of remuneration per month during the applicable period per specified skilled worker accepted during the applicable period, and any other status of acceptance of specified skilled workers; and

the name or company name and address of the organization of affiliation of the specified skilled worker and, in the case of a corporation, the name of its representative, as well as particulars necessary for determining whether the organization conforms to the criteria listed in the items of Article 2, paragraph (1) and the items of paragraph (2) of the same Article of the Ministerial Order on Criteria for Specified Skilled Workers, such as compliance with the provisions of laws and regulations concerning labor, social insurance and taxation.

The notification pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-18, paragraph (2) of the Act must be made by the organization of affiliation of the specified skilled worker that seeks to make the notification submitting to the regional immigration services bureau, by May 31 of each year, a document stating the particulars prescribed in the items of that paragraph for the period from April 1 of the previous year to March 31 of that year. In this case, the organization of affiliation of the specified skilled worker must submit, together with the document, materials clarifying the particulars listed in item (ii) of the preceding paragraph.

The provisions of Article 19-15, paragraph (3) apply mutatis mutandis to cases of submitting the documents prescribed in the preceding paragraph.

The application set forth in Article 19-24, paragraph (1) of the Act must be made by submitting the written application pursuant to the Appended Form No. 29-15 to the regional immigration services bureau.

The particulars specified by Ministry of Justice Order set forth in Article 19-24, paragraph (1), item (iii) of the Act are as follows:

scheduled date for commencing support operations; and

overview of the system for responding to consultations from specified skilled workers.

The documents specified by Ministry of Justice Order under Article 19-24, paragraph (2) of the Act (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-27, paragraph (3) of the Act) are to be the following documents; provided, however, that this does not apply if the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency finds that there is no inconvenience if attachment of some or all of these documents are omitted.

in the case where the applicant is a corporation, the applicant's certificate of registered matters and the articles of incorporation or document on the act of donation and a duplicate of the officer's certificate of residence (a duplicate of the certificate of residence of the officer and their legal representative (if the legal representative is a corporation, a certificate of registered matters of the corporation, and the articles of incorporation or document on the act of donation, and a duplicate of the residence certificate of the officer) for an officer who is a minor who does not have the same capacity to act as an adult in relation to business), and in the case where the applicant is not a corporation, a duplicate of the applicant's certificate of residence;

written summary of the applicant;

document pledging that the applicant does not fall under any of the items of Article 19-26, paragraph (1) of the Act;

resume of the manager in charge of implementing the support plan for specified skilled workers (i) (hereinafter referred to as "support manager"), duplicates of the letter of appointment acceptance and the written oath pertaining to the support operations;

resume of the person in charge of the support based on the support plan for specified skilled workers (i) (hereinafter referred to as "person in charge of support"), duplicates of the letter of appointment acceptance and the written oath pertaining to support operations; and

other necessary documents.

The person provided for by Ministry of Justice Order under Article 19-26, paragraph (1), item (v) of the Act is to be a person who is unable to adequately carry out the reasoning, decision making, and communication necessary to properly implement the support operations due to mental impairment.

The person provided for by Ministry of Justice Order under Article 19-26, paragraph (1), item (xiv) of the Act is to be a person that falls under any of the following items:

a person seeking to become a registered support organization that has caused a foreign national to go missing through a ground attributable to that person in the past year;

a person seeking to become a registered support organization for which a support manager and one or more persons in charge of support (who may also act as support manager) have not been appointed for each office that carries out support operations from among its officers or employees;

a person that does not correspond to any of the following sub-items:

if the person that seeks to become a registered support organization is a person who has a track record of properly accepting or managing mid- to long-term residents with a status of residence in the left-hand column of the Appended Table I (1), (2), (5) of the Act in the past two years (limited to the status of residence that is possible to conduct activities of operating a business involving income or activities that receive remuneration; the same applies in (c));

if the person that seeks to become a registered support organization is a person that has experience of engaging in various consultation services for foreign nationals residing in Japan with the purpose of receiving remuneration on a regular basis in the past two years;

if the support manager and the person in charge of the support appointed by the person that seeks to become a registered support organization is a person with a certain level of experience in engaging in services of providing advice on daily life to mid- to long-term residents who have a status of residence in the left-hand column of the Appended Table I (1), (2), (5) of the Act for at least two years in the past five years;

beyond what is provided for in sub-items (a) to (c), if the person that seeks to become a registered support organization has been recognized by the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency as a person that is able to properly carry out support operations to the same extent as those persons.

a person that falls under any of the following sub-items regarding provision of information and consultations:

a person that does not have a system to appropriately provide information in a language that the specified skilled workers are able to fully understand with regard to the particulars whose information should be provided based on the support plan for specified skilled workers (i);

a person who does not have a system to secure staff members in charge of dealing with consultations from specified skilled workers and to appropriately address in a language that the specified skilled workers are able to fully understand;

a person who does not have a system in which the support manager or the person in charge of support is able to hold regular interviews with specified skilled workers and persons in a position to supervise them;

a person who has not prepared a document on the implementation status of support operations and preserved the document at the office where the support operations are conducted for one year or more from the date of the termination of the employment contract for a specified skilled worker entered into by the specified skilled worker who is the subject of support related to the support operations;

the support manager or the person in charge of the support falls under any of the following sub-items (limited to (a) for the person in charge of support):

a person who falls under any of Article 19-26, paragraph (1), item (i) through to item (xi) of the Act;

although a person is the spouse or a relative in the second degree of kinship of an officer of an organization of affiliation of the specified skilled worker, or a person with a close relationship in terms of social life with an officer of an organization of affiliation of the specified skilled worker, the person seeks to become a support manager for support work commissioned by the organization of affiliation of the specified skilled worker;

a person who despite having been an officer or a staff member of an organization of affiliation of the specified skilled worker in the past five years, seeks to become a support manager for support operations commissioned by the organization of affiliation of the specified skilled worker.

a person who intends to have the foreign national directly or indirectly pay for the costs required for supporting specified skilled workers (i); and

a person who in concluding the contract set forth in Article 2-5, paragraph (5) of the Act, does not indicate to the organization of affiliation of the specified skilled worker the amount of expenses required for support operations and its breakdown.

The notification set forth in Article 19-27, paragraph (1) of the Act is to be filed by submitting the written notification pursuant to the Appended Form No. 29-16 within 14 days from the date the change was made to the regional immigration services bureau.

The notification set forth in Article 19-29, paragraph (1) of the Act is to be made by submitting a document stating the fact to the regional immigration services bureau within 14 days from the date the operations were suspended or abolished.

A person who has suspended the support operations after submitting the notification set forth in the preceding paragraph must notify the regional immigration services bureau in advance with a document describing to that effect when resuming the suspended support operations.

The notification pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-30, paragraph (2) of the Act is to be made by the registered support organization that seeks to make the notification (limited to one that has been entrusted by an organization of affiliation of the specified skilled worker, by contract, with the implementation of the entire support plan for specified skilled workers (i); the same applies hereinafter in this paragraph and in the following Article) submitting to the regional immigration services bureau, by May 31 of each year, a document stating the particulars prescribed in that paragraph for the period from April 1 of the previous year to March 31 of that year, via the organization of affiliation of the specified skilled worker that has entrusted the registered support organization with the implementation of the entire support plan for specified skilled workers (i) pertaining to the notification.

The particulars specified by Ministry of Justice Order under Article 19-30, paragraph (2) of the Act are as follows:

the name, date of birth, sex, nationality or region, and residence card number of the specified skilled worker;

the name and address of the organization of affiliation of the specified skilled worker;

The provisions of Article 19-15, paragraph (3) apply mutatis mutandis to cases of submitting the documents prescribed in paragraph (1).

A registered support organization is to report to the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency the particulars listed in the right-hand column of the Appended Table III (6), in accordance with the categories of cases listed in the left-hand column of that Table, within 14 days from the date on which it came to fall under a case listed in the left-hand column of that Table.

The report pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph is to be made by the registered support organization that seeks to make the report submitting to the regional immigration services bureau a document stating the name, date of birth, sex, nationality or region, and residence card number of the specified skilled worker pertaining to the report, and the particulars prescribed in that paragraph.

The provisions of Article 19-15, paragraph (3) apply mutatis mutandis to cases of submitting the documents prescribed in the preceding paragraph.

If an immigration inspector or immigration control officer has required persons concerned to appear and answer questions pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-37, paragraph (2) of the Act, they may prepare a written evidence that recorded the statement of the person concerned.

If an immigration inspector or immigration control officer has prepared the written evidence set forth in the preceding paragraph, they must have the person concerned inspect the written evidence or reading it aloud to the person to have the person confirm that the recorded content is correct and have the person sign it, and affix their own signature thereto. In this case, if the person concerned is unable to sign or has refused to sign the written evidence, the immigration inspector or immigration control officer must make an additional entry to that effect in the written evidence.

A foreign national who seeks to file an application for the change of status of residence pursuant to the provisions of Article 20, paragraph (2) of the Act must submit a copy of the written application pursuant to the Appended Form No. 30.

In filing the application set forth in the preceding paragraph, the foreign national must submit a photograph, a copy of each of the materials listed in the right-hand column of the Appended Table III in accordance with the status of residence listed in the left-hand column of the same Table, and a copy of each of any other materials to be used as a reference; provided, however, that this does not apply if the director of the regional immigration services bureau finds that there is no risk of causing hindrance if submission of all or some of the materials are omitted.

The submission of a photograph is not required if the application set forth in paragraph (1) pertains to the following persons, notwithstanding the provisions of the main clause of the preceding paragraph; provided however that this does not apply to cases where the director of a regional immigration services bureau requires its submission:

a person who is under one year of age;

a person who wishes to be subject to a decision for a period of stay of three months or less;

a person who wishes to change their status of residence to that of "Temporary Visitor";

a person who wishes to change their status of residence to that of "Diplomat" or "Official"; or

a person who wishes to change their status of residence to that of "Designated Activities" and wishes the designation of any of the following activities as activities that are specifically designated by the Minister of Justice for individual foreign nationals:

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.

activities, based on an employment contract with a corporation established in accordance with the laws and regulations of a foreign country or any other foreign organization, of engaging in Japan in work at a business office of the organization located in a foreign country by using information and communications technology, or activities of providing services for a fee or selling, etc. goods, etc. to a person located in a foreign country by using information and communications technology (excluding those that cannot be provided or sold, etc. without entering Japan); or

daily activities as a spouse or child supported by a person residing with the activities listed in sub-item (c) designated.

The foreign national must present the documents listed in the following items when filing the application set forth in paragraph (1). In this case, a foreign national who is unable to present their passport or certificate of status of residence must submit a copy of the document stating the reason therefor:

the passport and residence card in the case of a mid- to long-term resident;

the passport or certificate of status of residence in the case of persons other than mid- to long-term residents; and

the permit to engage in an activity other than that permitted under the status of residence previously granted in the case of persons who have been issued with a permit to engage in an activity other than that permitted under the status of residence previously granted pursuant to the provisions of Article 19, paragraph (4).

If a mid- to long-term resident has filed the application set forth in paragraph (1), an indication is to be made to the effect that an application has been filed pursuant to the provisions of Article 20, paragraph (2) of the Act on the residence card which the mid- to long-term resident possesses.

The entry of a new status of residence and period of stay in the passport or the certificate of status of residence as prescribed in Article 20, paragraph (4), items (ii) and (iii) of the Act is to be made by affixing the seal of verification pursuant to the Appended Form No. 31 or No. 31-2.

In permitting a change of the status of residence pursuant to the provisions of Article 20, paragraph (3) of the Act, if permission is granted for a change to the status of residence of "Highly Skilled Professional" (limited to those pertaining to item (i), sub-items (a) through (c) of the right-hand column under "Highly Skilled Professional" of the Appended Table I (2)), a certificate of designation pursuant to the Appended Form No. 31-3 stating the public or private organization in Japan designated by the Minister of Justice is to be delivered, if permission is granted for a change to the status of residence of "Specified Skilled Worker", a certification of designation pursuant to the Appended Form No. 31-4 which states the public and private organizations and the specified industrial fields in Japan designated by the Minister of Justice is to be delivered, and if permission is granted for a change to the status of residence for "Designated Activities," a certificate of designation pursuant to the Appended Form No. 7-4 stating the activities specifically designated by the Minister of Justice for individual foreign nationals is to be delivered.

The format of the certificate of status of residence prescribed in Article 20, paragraph (4) of the Act is to follow that of the Appended Form No. 32.

If a disposition is rendered not to grant permission for the application set forth in paragraph (1) filed by a mid- to long-term resident or the application is withdrawn, the indication made on the residence card pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (5) is to be deleted.

In the case of applying for a change to the status of residence of "Specified Skilled Worker" pursuant to the provisions of Article 20, paragraph (2) of the Act (limited to those pertaining to item (i) of the right-hand column corresponding to "Specified Skilled Worker" of Appended Table I (2) of the Act; the same applies in this Article and Article 21-2), in which the applicant has previously resided in Japan with the same status of residence, if the period of stay with the status of residence (excluding any period during which the applicant was unable to engage in work due to pregnancy, childbirth, childcare or any other unavoidable circumstances) has reached a cumulative total of five years (six years if there are reasonable grounds for staying for more than five years with the status of residence), the reasonable grounds under Article 20, paragraph (3) of the Act is considered not to exist.

A foreign national who seeks to apply for an extension of the period of stay pursuant to the provisions of Article 21, paragraph (2) of the Act must submit a copy of the written application pursuant to the Appended Form No. 30-2 by the date of expiration of the period of stay.

When filing the application set forth in the preceding paragraph, the foreign national must submit a photograph and a copy of each of the materials listed in the right-hand column of Appended Table III (7) in accordance with the status of residence pertaining to the application listed in the left-hand column of the same Table, and a copy of each of any other materials to be used as reference; provided, however, that this does not apply if the director of the regional immigration services bureau finds that there is no risk of causing hindrance if submission of all or some of the materials is omitted.

The submission of a photograph is not required if the application set forth in paragraph (1) is an application pertaining to the following persons, notwithstanding the provisions of the main clause of the preceding paragraph; provided however that this does not apply to cases in which the director of the regional immigration services bureau requires its submission:

a person who is under one year of age;

a person who is not a mid- to long-term resident; and

a person who wishes to be subject to a decision for a period of stay of three months or less.

The provisions of paragraphs (4), (5) and (9) of Article 20 apply mutatis mutandis to the application set forth in paragraph (1). In this case, the term "paragraph (5)" in paragraph (9) of the same Article is deemed to be replaced with "Article 20, paragraph (5), as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 21, paragraph (4)."

The entry of a new period of stay in the passport or the certificate of status of residence as prescribed in Article 20, paragraph (4), items (ii) and (iii), as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 21, paragraph (4) of the Act is to be made by affixing the seal of verification pursuant to the Appended Form No. 33 or No. 33-2.

The format of the certificate of status of residence prescribed in Article 20, paragraph (4), as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 21, paragraph (4) of the Act is to follow that of the Appended Form No. 32.

In the case an application filed for extension of the period of stay pursuant to the provisions of Article 21, paragraph (2) of the Act, if the period of stay of the applicant residing in Japan with the status of residence of "Specified Skilled Worker" (excluding any period during which the applicant was unable to engage in work due to pregnancy, childbirth, childcare or any other unavoidable circumstances) has reached a cumulative total of five years (six years if there are reasonable grounds for staying for more than five years with the status of residence), the reasonable grounds under paragraph (3) of the same Article is considered not to exist.

If a foreign national who has filed the application set forth in Article 20, paragraph (1) seeks to propose changing the application to an application for the extension of period of stay, they must appear at a regional immigration services bureau and submit a copy of the written proposal pursuant to the Appended Form No. 30-3.

If the proposal set forth in the preceding paragraph is made, the application set forth in Article 21, paragraph (1) is deemed to have been filed on the day on which the application set forth in Article 20, paragraph (1) pertaining to the proposal was filed.

If the director of the regional immigration services bureau who has received the proposal set forth in paragraph (1) finds it necessary, the director may request the foreign national to submit a photograph and a copy of each of the materials listed in the right-hand column of Appended Table III (7) in accordance with the status of residence pertaining to the application listed in the left-hand column of the same Table, and a copy of each of any other materials to be used as reference.

The provisions of Article 19, paragraph (3), Article 20, paragraph (4) and the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to the proposal set forth in paragraph (1). In this case, the term "paragraph (1)" in Article 19, paragraph (3) is deemed to be replaced with "Article 21-3, paragraph (1)" and the term "and carry out the procedures provided for in the preceding paragraph" is deemed to be replaced with "submit the materials provided for in Article 21-3, paragraph (3) and the procedures provided for in Article 20, paragraph (4), as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 21-3, paragraph (4)," respectively.

Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1), when the foreign national is unable to appear in person due to disease or for other grounds, the foreign national is not required to appear at the regional immigration services bureau. In this case, a relative of the foreign national, a person living with the foreign national, or an equivalent person whom the director of the regional immigration services bureau finds appropriate may submit the written proposal provided for in paragraph (1) and the materials provided for in paragraph (3), and carry out the procedures provided for in Article 20, paragraph (4), as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (4) of this Article on behalf of the foreign national staying in Japan.

If a mid- to long-term resident has made the proposal set forth in paragraph (1), the indication made on the residence card pursuant to the provisions of Article 20, paragraph (5) is to be deleted, and an indication is to be made on the residence card to the effect that the application pursuant to the provisions of Article 21, paragraph (2) of the Act has been filed.

If a foreign national who has filed the application set forth in Article 21, paragraph (1) seeks to propose changing the application to an application for a change of the status of residence, the foreign national must appear at the regional immigration services bureau and submit a copy of the written request pursuant to the Appended Form No. 30-3.

In the event that the proposal set forth in the preceding paragraph is made, the application set forth in Article 20, paragraph (1) is deemed to have been filed on the day on which the application set forth in Article 21, paragraph (1) pertaining to the proposal was filed.

The provisions of Article 19, paragraph (3), Article 20, paragraph (4), Article 20-2 and paragraphs (3) and (5) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to the proposal set forth in paragraph (1). In this case, the term "paragraph (1)" in Article 19, paragraph (3) is deemed to be replaced with "Article 21-4, paragraph (1)", the term "and carry out the procedures provided for in the preceding paragraph" is deemed to be replaced with "and the procedures provided for in Article 20, paragraph (4), as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 21-4, paragraph (3) and submit the materials provided for in Article 21-3, paragraph (3)", the term "Appended Table III (7)" in paragraph (3) of the preceding Article is deemed to be replaced with "Appended Table III", the term "paragraph (1)" in paragraph (5) of the preceding Article is deemed to be replaced with "Article 21-4, paragraph (1)", the term "and the materials provided for in paragraph (3) and carry out the procedures provided for in Article 20, paragraph (4), as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (4)" is deemed to be replaced with "and submit the materials provided for in Article 21-3, paragraph (3), as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 21-4, paragraph (3) and the procedures provided for in Article 20, paragraph (4)," respectively.

If a mid- to long-term resident has made the proposal set forth in paragraph (1), the indication made on the residence card pursuant to the provisions of Article 20, paragraph (5), as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 21, paragraph (4) is to be deleted, and an indication is to be made on the residence card to the effect that the application pursuant to the provisions of Article 20, paragraph (2) of the Act has been filed.

A foreign national who seeks to apply for permission for permanent residence pursuant to the provisions of Article 22, paragraph (1) of the Act must submit a copy of the written application pursuant to the Appended Form No. 34, a photograph and a copy of each of the documents listed in the following items (excluding the documents listed in items (i) and (ii) for the spouse or child of a Japanese national, of a person who has received permission for permanent residence or of a special permanent resident, and excluding the document listed in item (ii) for a person whose need for protection has been recognized by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees or any other international organization and who meets the requirements of paragraph (4), or for a person who has received recognition of refugee status pursuant to the provisions of Article 61-2, paragraph (1) of the Act or recognition as a person eligible for complementary protection pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2) or (3) of the same Article), and a copy of each of any other materials to be used as reference; provided, however, that this does not apply if the director of the regional immigration services bureau finds that there is no risk of causing hindrance if submission of all or some of the materials is omitted.

document proving that the foreign national's behavior and conduct are good;

document proving that the foreign national has sufficient assets or skills to earn an independent living; and

letter of guarantee by the foreign national's personal guarantor residing in Japan.

In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, if the application set forth in the preceding paragraph is an application for a person under one year of age, the submission of a photograph is not required; provided however, that this does not apply to cases in which the director of a regional immigration services bureau requires its submission.

The provisions of Article 20, paragraph (4) apply mutatis mutandis to the application set forth in paragraph (1).

The requirements prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order as provided for in the proviso to Article 22, paragraph (2) of the Act are that the person falls under any of the following items:

the person has received permission for landing as a person who falls under both of the following sub-items (a) and (b), and has continued to reside in Japan thereafter; or

a person who is temporarily staying in India, Indonesia, Cambodia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, the Republic of Korea, the People's Republic of China, Nepal, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Timor-Leste, the Philippines, Bhutan, Brunei, Viet Nam, Malaysia, Myanmar, Maldives, Mongolia or Laos, and whose protection has been recommended to Japan by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees; and

a person who falls under any of the following:

a person who has the ability to adapt to Japanese society and is expected to obtain employment sufficient to make a living;

the spouse of a person who falls under (1); or

a child, father or mother, or unmarried sibling of a person who falls under (1) or (2).

the person has received permission for landing as a person who falls under all of the following sub-items (a) through (c), and has continued to reside in Japan thereafter.

a relative of a person who falls under the preceding item;

a person who falls under sub-item (a) of the preceding item; and

a person who is capable of mutual support among relatives.

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A foreign national who seeks to apply for the acquisition of status of residence pursuant to the provisions of Article 22-2, paragraph (2) of the Act (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 22-3 of the Act) must submit a copy of the written application pursuant to the Appended Form No. 36.

When filing the application set forth in the preceding paragraph, the foreign national must submit a photograph and a copy of the document provided for in the following items in accordance with the category of the persons corresponding to each item:

a person who has renounced Japanese nationality:a document certifying their nationality;

a person who was recently born:a document certifying their birth; and

a person other than those listed in the two preceding items who needs to acquire a status of residence:a document certifying the grounds therefor.

In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, the submission of a photograph is not required if the application set forth in paragraph (1) is an application pertaining to the following persons; provided, however, that this does not apply to cases where the director of a regional immigration services bureau requires its submission:

a person who is under one year of age;

a person who wishes to be subject to a decision for a period of stay of three months or less;

a person who wishes to acquire the status of residence of "Temporary Visitor";

a person who wishes to acquire the status of residence of "Diplomat" or "Official"; or

a person who wishes to acquire the status of residence for "Designated Activities" and wishes to be designated any of the following activities as activities designated by the Minister of Justice for individual foreign nationals in particular:

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.

activities, based on an employment contract with a corporation established in accordance with the laws and regulations of a foreign country or any other foreign organization, of engaging in Japan in work at a business office of the organization located in a foreign country by using information and communications technology, or activities of providing services for a fee or selling, etc. goods, etc. to a person located in a foreign country by using information and communications technology (excluding those that cannot be provided or sold, etc. without entering Japan); or

daily activities as a spouse or child supported by a person residing with the activities listed in sub-item (c) designated.

When filing the application set forth in paragraph (1), the foreign national must present their passport. In this case, a foreign national who is unable to present their passport must submit a copy of the document stating the reason therefor.

The provisions of Article 20, paragraphs (2) and (7) apply mutatis mutandis to the application set forth in paragraph (1). In this case, the terms "change of the status of residence" and "change to the status of residence" in Article 20, paragraph (7) are deemed to be replaced with "acquisition of a status of residence."

The entry of a new status of residence and period of stay in the passport or the certificate of status of residence as prescribed in Article 20, paragraph (4), items (ii) and (iii) of the Act, which is applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 22-2, paragraph (3) of the Act (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 22-3 of the Act), is to be made by affixing the seal of verification pursuant to the Appended Form No. 37 or No. 37-2.

The format of the certificate of the status of residence prescribed in Article 20, paragraph (4) of the Act, which is applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 22-2, paragraph (3) of the Act (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 22-3 of the Act), is to follow the format of the Appended Form No. 32.

Among foreign nationals who seek to apply for the acquisition of status of residence pursuant to the provisions of Article 22-2, paragraph (2) of the Act (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 22-3 of the Act), a foreign national who seeks to apply for acquisition of the status of residence of "Permanent Resident" as prescribed in Article 22-2, paragraph (4) of the Act must submit a a copy of the written application pursuant to the Appended Form No. 34, a photograph, the documents listed in Article 22, paragraph (1) and paragraph (2) of the preceding Article, and a copy of each of any other materials to be used as reference. In this case, the provisions of the proviso to Article 22, paragraph (1) are applied mutatis mutandis.

In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, if the application set forth in the preceding paragraph is an application for a person under one year of age, the submission of a photograph is not required; provided, however, that this does not apply to cases in which the director of the regional immigration services bureau requires its submission.

The provisions of paragraph (4) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to the application set forth in paragraph (1).

The Minister of Justice (including the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency delegated the authority relating to revocation of status of residence prescribed in Article 22-4 of the Act pursuant to Article 69-2, paragraph (1) of the Act and the director of the regional immigration services bureau delegated the authority delegated to the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency pursuant to the provisions of Article 69-2, paragraph (2) of the Act; hereinafter the same applies to this Article through Article 25-14) designates an immigration inspector to hear opinions pursuant to the provisions of Article 22-4, paragraph (2) of the Act (hereinafter referred to as "immigration inspector in charge of hearing of opinions") from among the immigration inspectors whom the Minister finds to have knowledge and experience necessary for hearing opinions.

The format of the written notice of hearing of opinions provided for in Article 22-4, paragraph (3) of the Act is to follow the format of the Appended Form No. 37-3.

If the Minister of Justice is to serve a written notice of hearing of opinions or give its notice pursuant to the provisions of Article 22-4, paragraph (3) of the Act, the Minister is to set a reasonable period of time before the date of the hearing of opinions; provided, however, that this does not apply if, after the foreign national has received a seal of verification for landing or permission (limited to those entailing a decision on the status of residence; hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph), it turns out that there was a specific fact sufficient to suspect that the foreign national falls under Article 22-4, paragraph (1), item (i) of the Act during the time that the foreign national stays at the place of inspection (limited to inspections that continues to be conducted after the person received the seal of verification for landing or permission) regarding the importation of freight prescribed in Article 67 of the Customs Act (Act No. 61 of 1954) and when the notice is served or notice is given on the spot.

If a foreign national who has been served with a written notice of hearing of opinions or received its notice pursuant to the provisions of Article 22-4, paragraph (3) of the Act (hereinafter referred to as "party to the hearing") seeks to have their representative appear at the hearing, the foreign national must submit to the regional immigration services bureau a certificate of qualification of the representative pursuant to the Appended Form No. 37-4.

If a representative loses their qualification, the party to the hearing who has appointed the representative must promptly submit to the regional immigration services bureau a written notice of loss of qualification of the representative pursuant to the Appended Form No. 37-5.

If an immigration inspector in charge of hearing of opinions finds it necessary, the inspector may request or permit a person other than the party to the hearing who is considered to have an interest in the disposition of the revocation of the status of residence (hereinafter referred to as "stakeholder" in this Article) to participate in the procedures relating to the hearing.

The proposal for permission pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph is to be made by the stakeholder or their representative by submitting to the regional immigration services bureau a copy of the written request pursuant to the Appended Form No. 37-6.

When permitting the participation of a stakeholder pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1), the immigration inspector in charge of hearing of opinions must notify the person who made the proposal by a written notice of permission for participation of a stakeholder pursuant to the Appended Form No. 37-7.

The provisions of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to the stakeholder permitted to participate pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) (hereinafter referred to as "intervener"). In this case, the terms "a foreign national who has been served with a written notice of hearing of opinions or received its notice pursuant to the provisions of Article 22-4, paragraph (3) of the Act (hereinafter referred to as "party to the hearing")" in paragraph (1) of the same Article and "the party to the hearing" in paragraph (2) of the same Article are deemed to be replaced with "the intervener," respectively.

If there are compelling reasons, a party to the hearing or their representative may make a proposal to the Minister of Justice for a change of the date or venue of the hearing of opinions.

The proposal set forth in the preceding paragraph is to be made by submitting to the regional immigration services bureau a copy of the written proposal pursuant to the Appended Form No. 37-8.

The Minister of Justice may, upon the proposal set forth in paragraph (1) or ex officio, change the date or venue of the hearing of opinions.

If changing the date or venue of the hearing of opinions pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the Minister of Justice must serve the party to the hearing or their representative and the intervener or their representative (hereinafter referred to as "party to the hearing, etc.") with a written notice of change of the date, etc. of hearing of opinions pursuant to the Appended Form No. 37-9 stating that fact; provided, however, that in cases of urgency, the Minister may have an immigration inspector or immigration control officer orally give notice of the particulars to be stated in the written notice.

If the immigration inspector in charge of the hearing of opinions finds it necessary, the inspector may consolidate the related cases and hear opinions.