Regulation for Enforcement of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act

For the purpose of applying the provisions of Article 19-21, item (ii) of the New Regulation, for the time being, the phrase "who have completed, within the past three years, a course for persons responsible for implementing the support plan for specified skilled workers (i) specified by the Minister of Justice by public notice, and who are to supervise and manage the following particulars" in that item is deemed to be replaced with "who are to supervise and manage the following particulars".

With regard to an application for registration pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-24, paragraph (1) of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act (Cabinet Order No. 319 of 1951; hereinafter referred to as the "Immigration Control Act") filed before the date on which this Ministerial Order comes into effect (hereinafter referred to as "the Effective Date") (in the case of an application for extension of registration set forth in Article 19-23, paragraph (2) of the Immigration Control Act, limited to an application for which the period of registration expires on or before July 31, 2027), the provisions then in force continue to govern.

With regard to the registration set forth in Article 19-23, paragraph (1) of the Immigration Control Act (including the extension of registration set forth in paragraph (2) of the same Article) pertaining to an application for registration pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-24, paragraph (1) of the Immigration Control Act that was received before the Effective Date, or to an application for registration pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-24, paragraph (1) of the Immigration Control Act that is governed by the provisions then in force pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the provisions then in force continue to govern until the day on which the period of that registration expires.

Paper forms in accordance with the forms prior to the amendment by this Ministerial Order that actually exist at the time this Ministerial Order comes into effect may be used for the time being with corrections made to them.

With regard to the forms pertaining to an application for issuance of a certificate of eligibility that is governed by the provisions then in force pursuant to the provisions of Article 8, paragraph (2) through paragraph (4) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Amending Act, or to an application for a change of status of residence or for extension of the period of stay that is governed by the provisions then in force pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (5) of the same Article, the provisions then in force continue to govern, notwithstanding Appended Form No. 6-3, Appended Form No. 30 and Appended Form No. 30-2 of the New Regulation.