| Status of Residence | Activities | Materials |
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| Engineer/Specialist in Humanities/International Services | Activities listed in the right-hand column corresponding to "Engineer/Specialist in Humanities/International Services" specified in the Appended Table I (2) of the Act | (i) Certificate of registered information and a copy of the profit and loss statement of the inviting organization;
(ii) materials demonstrating the content of business of the inviting organization;
(iii) certificate of graduation or a certificate for the period during which the foreign national majored in subjects pertaining to the activities, and a document proving the foreign national's work history;
(iv) document proving the content and period of the activities and the foreign national's position and remuneration;
(v) document concerning annual income;
(vi) documents concerning taxation and tax payment, and documents concerning the status of enrollment in social insurance and the status of payment of social insurance premiums. |
| Intra-Company Transferee | Activities listed in the right-hand column corresponding to "Intra-Company Transferee" specified in the Appended Table I (2) of the Act | (i) Document Cases in which the foreign national seeks to engage in the activities listed in item (i) of the right-hand column corresponding to "Intra-Company Transferee" specified in the Appended Table I (2) of the Act:
(a) document indicating the relationship between the business office in the foreign country and the business office in Japan;
(iib) a copy of the certificate of registered matters and the profit and loss statement, and materials demonstrating the content of business of the business office in Japan;
(iiic) document proving the content of the duties and years of service at the business office in the foreign country (in cases where the foreign national resided in Japan with the status of residence of "Intra-Company Transferee" (limited to those pertaining to item (i) of the right-hand column corresponding to "Intra-Company Transferee" specified in the Appended Table I (2) of the Act) within one year immediately prior to being transferred, including the business office in Japan where the foreign national engaged in business during the period);
(ivd) certificate of registered information of the business office in the foreign country and materials demonstrating the overview of the office;
(ve) document proving the content and period of the activities and the foreign national's position and remuneration;
(vif) certificate of graduation and a document proving the foreign national's personal history;
(viig) document concerning annual income;
(viiih) documents concerning taxation and tax payment, and documents concerning the status of enrollment in social insurance and the status of payment of social insurance premiums;
(ii) Cases in which the foreign national seeks to engage in the activities listed in item (ii) of the right-hand column corresponding to "Intra-Company Transferee" specified in the Appended Table I (2) of the Act:
(a) materials listed in the preceding item (excluding sub-items (c) and (f));
(b) document proving the content of the duties and years of service at the business office in the foreign country (in cases where the foreign national resided in Japan with the status of residence of "Intra-Company Transferee" (limited to those pertaining to item (ii) of the right-hand column corresponding to "Intra-Company Transferee" specified in the Appended Table I (2) of the Act) within one year immediately prior to being transferred, including the business office in Japan where the foreign national engaged in business during the period). |
| Nursing Care | Activities listed in the right-hand column corresponding to "Nursing Care" specified in the Appended Table I (2) of the Act | (i) Materials demonstrating the overview of the inviting organization;
(ii) document certifying the qualification of certified care worker;
(iii) materials demonstrating that the activities fall under item (i) of the right-hand column of the section of the activities listed in the right-hand column corresponding to "Nursing Care" specified in the Appended Table I (2) of the Act in the table of the Ministerial Order on Criteria;
(iv) document proving the content and period of the activities and the foreign national's position and remuneration;
(v) document concerning annual income;
(vi) documents concerning taxation and tax payment, and documents concerning the status of enrollment in social insurance and the status of payment of social insurance premiums. |
| Entertainer | Activities listed in the right-hand column corresponding to "Entertainer" specified in the Appended Table I (2) of the Act | (i) Cases in which the foreign national seeks to engage in performances related to acting, popular entertainment, singing, dancing, or playing a musical instrument (hereinafter referred to as "acting, etc.") (excluding cases that fall under the following item and item (iii)):
(a) resume and a document certifying the foreign national's personal history pertaining to the activities;
(b) certificate of registered matters, a copy of the profit and loss statement or other materials demonstrating the overview of the organization prescribed in item (i), sub-item (c) (2) of the right-hand column of the section of the activities listed in the right-hand column corresponding to "Entertainer" specified in the Appended Table I (2) of the Act in the table of the Ministerial Order on Criteria (hereinafter referred to as the "Entertainer" section in the Ministerial Order on Criteria) (that organization is hereinafter referred to as the "contracting organization of the entertainer");
(c) materials demonstrating the overview of the facilities where the performances are conducted;
(d) a copy of the contract pertaining to the performances;
(e) document proving the content and period of the activities and the foreign national's position and remuneration;
(f) in the case where the foreign national seeks to engage in activities related to acting, etc. based on a performance contract prescribed in item (i), sub-item (c) (2) of the right-hand column of the "Entertainer" section in the Ministerial Order on Criteria, the following materials:
(1) list of names of the proprietor and full-time staff members of the contracting organization of the entertainer;
(2) document with a statement by the contracting organization of the entertainer that its proprietor and full-time staff members do not fall under any of item (i), sub-item (c) (2) (iii) (a) to (e) of the right-hand column of the "Entertainer" section in the Ministerial Order on Criteria;
(3) document proving that the contracting organization of the entertainer has paid the total amount of remuneration that it is obliged to pay to the foreign nationals who have stayed in Japan with the status of residence of "Entertainer" based on the performance contracts signed by the organization in the past 3 years;
(g) the following materials of the organization that manages the facilities prescribed in item (i), sub-item (c) (3) of the right-hand column of the "Entertainer" section in the Ministerial Order on Criteria (hereinafter referred to as the "managing organization"):
(1) certificate of registered matters, a copy of the profit and loss statement or other materials demonstrating the overview of the managing organization;
(2) list of names of the proprietor of the managing organization and its full-time staff members engaged in businesses pertaining to the facilities;
(3) document with a statement by the managing organization that its proprietor and full-time staff members engaged in businesses pertaining to the facilities do not fall under any of item (i), sub-item (c) (3) (vi) (a) to (e) of the right-hand column of the "Entertainer" section in the Ministerial Order on Criteria;
(h) document concerning annual income;
(i) documents concerning taxation and tax payment, and documents concerning the status of enrollment in social insurance and the status of payment of social insurance premiums;
(ii) in the cases that fall under item (i), sub-item (a) of the right-hand column of the "Entertainer" section in the Ministerial Order on Criteria:
(a) materials listed in sub-items (a), (c) to (e), (h) and (i) of the preceding item;
(b) certificate of registered matters, a copy of the profit and loss statement or other materials demonstrating the overview of the organization prescribed in item (i), sub-item (a) of the right-hand column of the "Entertainer" section in the Ministerial Order on Criteria;
(c) list of names of the proprietor and full-time staff members of that organization;
(d) document with a statement by that organization that its proprietor and full-time staff members do not fall under any of item (i), sub-item (a) (2) (i) to (v) of the right-hand column of the "Entertainer" section in the Ministerial Order on Criteria;
(e) document proving that that organization has paid the total amount of remuneration that it is obliged to pay to the foreign nationals who have stayed in Japan with the status of residence of "Entertainer" based on the contracts signed by the organization in the past 3 years;
(iii) in the cases that fall under any of item (i), sub-item (b) (1) to (5) of the right-hand column of the "Entertainer" section in the Ministerial Order on Criteria:
(a) materials listed in item (i), sub-items (a), (c) to (e), (h) and (i);
(b) certificate of registered matters, a copy of the profit and loss statement, and other materials stating the overview of the inviting organization;
(iv) in the case where the foreign national seeks to engage in performances other than those related to acting, etc.:
(a) resume and a document proving the foreign national's personal history pertaining to the activities;
(b) certificate of registered matters, a copy of the profit and loss statement and a list of the employees of the inviting organization;
(c) materials demonstrating the overview of the facilities where the performances are conducted;
(d) a copy of the contract agreement when the inviting organization is the contractor of the performances;
(e) document proving the content and period of the activities and the foreign national's position and remuneration;
(f) materials listed in item (i), sub-items (h) and (i).
(v) in the case where the foreign national intends to engage in show business other than activities for performances:
(a) materials proving the foreign national's achievements in show business;
(b) document proving the content and period of the activities and the foreign national's remuneration;
(c) materials listed in item (i), sub-items (h) and (i). |
| Skilled Labor | Activities listed in the right-hand column corresponding to "Skilled Labor" specified in the Appended Table I (2) of the Act | (i) Certificate of registered matters and a copy of the profit and loss statement of the inviting organization;
(ii) materials demonstrating the content of business of the inviting organization;
(iii) resume, a document on the foreign national's personal history related to the activities, and a document issued by a public organization proving their qualifications pertaining to the activities;
(iv) document proving the content and period of the activities and the foreign national's position and remuneration;
(v) document concerning annual income;
(vi) documents concerning taxation and tax payment, and documents concerning the status of enrollment in social insurance and the status of payment of social insurance premiums. |
| Specified Skilled Worker | Activities listed in the right-hand column corresponding to "Specified Skilled Worker" specified in the Appended Table I (2) of the Act | (i) Cases in which the foreign national seeks to engage in the activities listed in item (i) of the right-hand column of "Specified Skilled Worker" of the Appended Table I (2) of the Act:
(a) materials demonstrating the overview of the organization of affiliation of the specified skilled worker;
(b) documents proving the content of the activities, period, position and remuneration;
(c) documents pertaining to support for the foreign national by the organization of affiliation of the specified skilled worker;
(d) documents proving Japanese language ability;
(e) documents proving skills on the duties which the applicant seeks to engage in;
(f) if there is a broker in signing an employment contract for a specified skilled worker, the overview of the broker;
(g) documents proving that the state of health is good;
(h) document concerning annual income;
(i) documents concerning taxation and tax payment, and documents concerning the status of enrollment in social insurance and the status of payment of social insurance premiums;
(ii) Cases in which the foreign national seeks to engage in the activities listed in item (ii) of the right-hand column of "Specified Skilled Worker" of the Appended Table I (2) of the Act: materials listed in sub-items (a), (b) and (e) to (i) of the preceding itemthe preceding item (excluding sub-item (c)). |
Technical Intern TrainingEmployment for Skill Development | Activities listed in the right-hand column corresponding to "Technical Intern TrainingEmployment for Skill Development" specified in the Appended Table I (2) of the Act. | (i) Cases in which the foreign national seeks to engage in the activities listed in item (i), sub-item (a) of the right-hand column corresponding to "Technical Intern Training" specified in Appended Table I (2) of the Act:
(a) aA copy of the written notification of accreditation of the technical intern training plan and the applicationemployment for the accreditation pertaining to the technical intern trainingskill development plan (limited to those pertaining to individual-enterprise-type technical intern training (i) providedthe employment for in Article 2, paragraph (2), item (i) ofskill development plan that has received the Technical Intern Training Act), which received accreditation (where a change has been approvedof employment for skill development prescribed in accordance with the provisions of Article 11, paragraph (1) of the Technical Intern Training Employment for Skill Development Act, the plan after the change; the same applies hereinafter) pursuant toand of the provisions of Article 8, paragraph (1)application for that accreditation of the Technical Intern Training Actemployment for skill development;
(bii) document concerning annual income;
(ciii) documents concerning taxation and tax payment, and documents concerning the status of enrollment in social insurance and the status of payment of social insurance premiums.
(ii) Cases in which the foreign national seeks to engage in the activities listed in item (i), sub-item (b) of the right-hand column corresponding to "Technical Intern Training" specified in the Appended Table I (2) of the Act:
(a) a copy of the written notification of accreditation of the technical intern training plan and application for accreditation pertaining to the technical intern training plan (limited to those pertaining to supervising-organization-type technical intern training (i) provided for in Article 2, paragraph (4), item (i) of the Technical Intern Training Act), which received accreditation pursuant to the provisions of Article 8, paragraph (1) of the Technical Intern Training Act;
(b) materials listed in sub-items (b) and (c) of the preceding item.
(iii) Cases where the foreign national seeks to engage in the activities listed in item (ii), sub-item (a) of the right-hand column corresponding to "Technical Intern Training" specified in the Appended Table I (2) of the Act:
(a) a copy of the written notification of accreditation of the technical intern training plan and application for accreditation pertaining to the technical intern training plan (limited to those pertaining to individual-enterprise-type technical intern training (ii) provided for in Article 2, paragraph (2), item (ii) of the Technical Intern Training Act), which received accreditation pursuant to the provisions of Article 8, paragraph (1) of the Technical Intern Training Act;
(b) materials listed in item (i), sub-items (b) and (c).
(iv) Cases in which the foreign national seeks to engage in the activities listed in item (ii), sub-item (b) of the right-hand column corresponding to "Technical Intern Training" specified in Appended Table I (2) of the Act:
(a) a copy of the written notification of accreditation of the technical intern training plan and application for accreditation pertaining to the technical intern training plan (limited to those pertaining to the supervising-organization-type technical intern training (ii) provided for in Article 2, paragraph (4), item (ii) of the Technical Intern Training Act), which received accreditation pursuant to the provisions of Article 8, paragraph (1) of the Technical Intern Training Act;
(b) materials listed in item (i), sub-items (b) and (c).
(v) Cases in which the foreign national seeks to engage in the activities listed in item (iii), sub-item (a) of the right-hand column corresponding to "Technical Intern Training" specified in the Appended Table I (2) of the Act:
(a) a copy of the written notification of accreditation of the technical intern training plan and application for accreditation pertaining to the technical intern training plan (limited to those pertaining to individual-enterprise-type technical intern training (iii) provided for in Article 2, paragraph (2), item (iii) of the Technical Intern Training Act), which received accreditation pursuant to the provisions of Article 8, paragraph (1) of the Technical Intern Training Act;
(b) materials listed in item (i), sub-items (b) and (c).
(vi) Cases in which the foreign national seeks to engage in the activities listed in item (iii), sub-item (b) of the right-hand column corresponding to "Technical Intern Training" specified in the Appended Table I (2) of the Act:
(a) a copy of the written notification of accreditation of the technical intern training plan and application for accreditation pertaining to the technical intern training plan (limited to those pertaining to supervising-organization-type technical intern training (iii) provided for in Article 2, paragraph (4), item (iii) of the Technical Intern Training Act), which received accreditation pursuant to the provisions of Article 8, paragraph (1) of the Technical Intern Training Act;
(b) materials listed in item (i), sub-items (b) and (c). |
| Cultural Activities | Activities listed in the right-hand column corresponding to "Cultural Activities" specified in the Appended Table I (3) of the Act | (i) Cases in which the foreign national seeks to engage in academic or artistic activities or to pursue exclusive studies on culture or crafts and arts peculiar to Japan:
a. materials demonstrating the content and period of the activities and the overview of the organization in which the foreign national seeks to engage in the activities;
b. document proving the foreign national's educational background, work history, and personal history pertaining to the activities;
c. document proving the foreign national's ability to pay all the expenses during their stay in Japan (including a document concerning annual income);
d. documents concerning taxation and tax payment, and documents concerning the status of enrollment in social insurance and the status of payment of social insurance premiums;
e. in cases where a person other than the foreign national pays the expenses, the following materials pertaining to that person:
(1) document concerning annual income;
(2) documents concerning taxation and tax payment, and documents concerning the status of enrollment in social insurance and the status of payment of social insurance premiums;
(ii) in cases where the foreign national seeks to learn and acquire culture or craft and arts peculiar to Japan under the guidance of experts:
a. materials listed in the preceding item;
b. materials demonstrating the personal history and achievements of the experts. |
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