Article 59-4Cases Not Requiring Appearance

二beyond what is provided for in the preceding item, when the foreign national is under 16 years of age or is unable to carry out the act listed in the left-hand column of the Appended Table VII (1) due to disease or other grounds, a relative of the foreign national (excluding persons under 16 years of age and persons living together with the foreign national) or a person living together with the foreign national (excluding persons under 16 years of age and relatives of the foreign national) or an equivalent person whom the director of the regional immigration services bureau finds appropriate carries out the act listed in the right-hand column of the same Table in accordance with the category of the act on behalf of the foreign national;

三if, with regard to the receipt of a residence card issued pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-10, paragraph (2) of the Act (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-11, paragraph (3), Article 19-12, paragraph (2) and Article 19-13, paragraph (4); hereinafter the same applies in this item) (limited to a residence card other than a specified residence card; hereinafter the same applies in this item), a residence card is not to be issued pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-10, paragraph (2) to a foreign national who has filed a notification or an application on the day when the notification was filed pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-10, paragraph (1) of the Act or the application was filed pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-11, paragraph (1) or (2), Article 19-12, paragraph (1) or Article 19-13, paragraph (1) or (3), and which the director of the regional immigration services bureau finds to be appropriate; and

四with regard to the receipt of a residence card issued pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-15-4, paragraph (3) of the Act, when the foreign national is under 16 years of age or is unable to carry out that receipt themselves due to disease or other grounds, the legal representative of the foreign national carries out the procedures pertaining to that receipt.

一if the legal representative of a foreign national carries out, on behalf of the foreign national, the procedures pertaining to the receipt of a specified residence card issued pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-15-2, paragraph (6) of the Act (excluding cases where the legal representative of the foreign national does so on behalf of the foreign national pursuant to the provisions of Article 61-8-3, paragraph (2) of the Act); and

二beyond what is provided for in the preceding item, when the foreign national is under 16 years of age or is found to have difficulty appearing due to illness, physical disability or other unavoidable reasons, a relative of the foreign national (excluding persons under 16 years of age and persons living together with the foreign national) or a person living together with the foreign national (excluding persons under 16 years of age and relatives of the foreign national) or an equivalent person whom the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency finds appropriate carries out, on behalf of the foreign national, the procedures pertaining to the receipt of a specified residence card issued pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-15-2, paragraph (6) of the Act.

一if a person listed in paragraph (2), item (i), sub-item (a) or (b) carries out an act listed in the right-hand column of the Appended Table VII (2) in accordance with the category of the act listed in the left-hand column of the same Table on behalf of the foreign national at the request of a foreign national in Japan or legal representative, and which the director of the regional immigration services bureau finds to be appropriate;

二if a staff member, whom the director of the regional immigration services bureau finds appropriate, of an organization that is managed by, that employs, or that provides education to a foreign national residing in Japan (limited to a foreign national who is accompanied by a person listed in (a) (hereinafter referred to as an "accompanying person" in this item) or who supports a person listed in (b) through (d) (hereinafter referred to as a "Dependent" in this item)) (including an organization that the foreign national intends to manage, an organization that intends to employ the foreign national, or an organization at which the foreign national intends to receive education) carries out an act listed in the right-hand column of the Appended Table VII (2) in accordance with the category of the act listed in the left-hand column of the same Table on behalf of an accompanying person or Dependent in Japan at the request of that person or their legal representative, and which the director of the regional immigration services bureau finds to be appropriate;

イa person residing or seeking to reside with the status of residence of "Official" as one who engages in activities as a member of the family belonging to the same household as the foreign national who resides or seeks to reside with that status of residence;

ロa person residing or seeking to reside with the status of residence of "Dependent";

ハa person residing or seeking to reside with the status of residence of "Designated Activities" who has been designated to engage in daily activities as a person supported by the foreign national;

ニa person who is the spouse or child supported by the foreign national and who resides or seeks to reside with a status of residence listed in the Appended Table II of the Act;

三beyond what is provided for in the preceding two items, when the foreign national is under 16 years of age or is unable to carry out the act listed in the left-hand column of the Appended Table VII (2) due to disease or other grounds themselves, a relative of the foreign national (excluding persons under 16 years of age) or a person living together with the foreign national (excluding persons under 16 years of age and relatives of the foreign national) or an equivalent person whom the director of the regional immigration services bureau finds appropriate carries out the act listed in the right-hand column of the same Table in accordance with the category of the act on behalf of the foreign national in Japan (excluding cases in which a legal representative carries out the act on behalf of the foreign national);

四with regard to an application pursuant to the provisions of Article 20, paragraph (2), Article 21, paragraph (2) or Article 22-2, paragraph (2) of the Act (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 22-3 of the Act, and excluding the case of applying for acquisition of the status of residence of "Permanent Resident"), if a foreign national in Japan has submitted the written application prescribed in Article 64, paragraph (1), items (ix) through (xi) using an electronic data processing system (meaning the electronic data processing system prescribed in Article 4, paragraph (1) of the Regulations on the Promotion of Administrative Affairs Using Information and Communications Technology Based on the Provisions of the Laws and Regulations under the Jurisdiction of the Ministry of Justice (Ministry of Justice Order No. 11 of 2003; hereinafter referred to as the "Ministry of Justice ICT Utilization Regulation"); the same applies in the following item and Article 64); and

五with regard to the procedures pertaining to the receipt of a residence card (limited to a residence card other than a specified residence card) issued pursuant to the provisions of Article 20, paragraph (4), item (i) of the Act (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 21, paragraph (4) of the Act and Article 22-2, paragraph (3) of the Act (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 22-3 of the Act)), if the written application prescribed in Article 64, paragraph (1), items (ix) through (xi) has been submitted using an electronic data processing system.