The applications, etc. pursuant to the Act and this Ministerial Order that enable filing using an electronic data processing system (meaning the applications, etc. prescribed in Article 3, item (viii) of the Act on the Advancement of Government Administration Processes That Utilize Information and Communications Technology (Act No. 151 of 2002; hereinafter referred to as the "Information and Communications Technology Utilization Act"); the same applies hereinafter) are to be as prescribed in the following items in addition to those provided for in other laws and regulations:
notification pursuant to the provisions of Articles 19-16 or 19-17 of the Act;
notification pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-18, paragraph (1) or (2) of the Act;
法第十九条の十八第一項又は第二項の規定による届出
notification pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-27, paragraph (1), Article 19-29, paragraph (1) or Article 19-30, paragraph (2) of the Act;
法第十九条の二十七第一項、法第十九条の二十九第一項又は第十九条の三十第二項の規定による届出
report pursuant to the provisions of Article 57, paragraph (2) or (5) of the Act;
report pertaining to a person who received landing permission for crew members pursuant to the provisions of Article 57, paragraph (7) of the Act;
法第五十七条第七項の規定による乗員上陸の許可を受けた者に係る報告
submission of a written application for user registration of the Automated Gates pursuant to the provisions of Article 7-2, paragraph (1) (limited to written applications in the case of a person seeking to be registered as a user of the Automated Gates that falls under Article 9, paragraph (8), item (i), sub-item (c) of the Act);
第七条の二第一項の規定による希望者登録の申請書（法第九条第八項第一号ハに該当するものとして希望者登録を受けようとする場合の申請書に限る。）の提出
submission of a written application for landing permission for crew members pursuant to the provisions of Article 15, paragraph (1) or Article 15-2, paragraph (1);
submission of the written application for issuance of a certificate of eligibility under the provisions of Article 6-2, paragraph (1) (excluding that pertaining to a person who intends to engage in the activities listed in the right-hand column for "Diplomat" in the Appended Table I (1) of the Act);
submission of a written application for permission to engage in an activity other than that permitted under the status of residence previously granted pursuant to the provisions of Article 19, paragraph (1) (limited to cases in which submission is made at the same time as the written applications prescribed in items (ix) through (xi));
submission of the written application for issuance of a certificate of authorization for employment under the provisions of Article 19-4, paragraph (1) (excluding that pertaining to a person residing with the status of residence of "Diplomat" or "Temporary Visitor");
notification pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-23, paragraph (2);
第十九条の二十三第二項の規定による届出
report pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-24-2;
第十九条の二十四の二の規定による報告
submission of the written application for a change of status of residence under the provisions of Article 20, paragraph (1) (excluding that pertaining to a person seeking a change to the status of residence of "Diplomat" or "Temporary Visitor");
第二十条第一項の規定による在留資格の変更（外交及び短期滞在の在留資格への変更を受けようとする者に係るものを除く。）の申請書の提出
submission of the written application for extension of the period of stay under the provisions of Article 21, paragraph (1) (excluding that pertaining to a person residing with the status of residence of "Diplomat" or "Temporary Visitor");
第二十一条第一項の規定による在留期間の更新（外交及び短期滞在の在留資格をもつて在留する者に係るものを除く。）の申請書の提出
submission of the written application for acquisition of status of residence under the provisions of Article 24, paragraph (1) (excluding that pertaining to a person seeking to acquire the status of residence of "Diplomat" or "Temporary Visitor");
第二十四条第一項の規定による在留資格の取得（外交及び短期滞在の在留資格を取得しようとする者に係るものを除く。）の申請書の提出
submission of the written application for re-entry permission under the provisions of Article 29, paragraph (1) (excluding that pertaining to a person residing with the status of residence of "Diplomat" or "Temporary Visitor") (limited to cases in which submission is made at the same time as the written applications prescribed in items (ix) through (xi));
notification pursuant to the provisions of Article 51 item (i); and
第五十一条第一号の規定による通報
notification pursuant to the provisions of Article 51, item (ii) or (iii).
Any person who seeks to file an application, etc. set forth in items (i) through item (v), item (viii)-2, item (viii)-3, item (xiii), and item (xiv) of the preceding paragraph using an electronic data processing system must notify the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency in advance of the particulars provided for in each item and of other referential particulars that should serve as a reference, in accordance with the category listed the each of the following items:
persons seeking to file the application, etc. listed in item (i) through item (i)-3, item (iv), item (viii)-2 or item (viii)-3 of the preceding paragraph: name, date of birth, sex and nationality or region (in the case of an organization, its name and location); or
persons seeking to file the application, etc. listed in item (ii), item (iii), item (v), item (xiii) or item (xiv) of the preceding paragraph: name and address (in the case of a corporation, its name, the location of the office that seeks to handle the application procedures and the name of the person responsible).
The persons who may file the application set forth in paragraph (1), item (vi) on behalf of the foreign national using an electronic data processing system are the persons listed in the right-hand column of the Appended Table IV corresponding to the activities listed in the left-hand column of that Table that the foreign national intends to engage in in Japan (limited to staff members of the organization intending to accept the foreign national, or relatives of the foreign national (limited to the father or mother, spouse or child of the foreign national, or a person whom the director of the regional immigration services bureau finds appropriate as equivalent thereto; the same applies in paragraph (5), item (ii), (c)), who are in Japan), or the legal representative in Japan of the foreign national.
The person who may file the applications set forth in paragraph (1), items (vii) and (viii) and items (ix) through (xii) on behalf of the foreign national using an electronic data processing system is the legal representative in Japan of the foreign national.
電子情報処理組織を使用して第一項第七号及び第八号並びに第九号から第十二号までの申請を当該外国人に代わつて行うことができる者は、当該外国人の本邦にある法定代理人とする。
The persons who may submit the written applications listed in paragraph (1), items (vi) through (viii) and items (ix) through (xii) using an electronic data processing system are, in addition to the foreign national in Japan, as listed in the following items:
電子情報処理組織を使用して第一項第六号から第八号まで及び第九号から第十二号までに掲げる申請書の提出を行うことができる者は、本邦にある当該外国人のほか、次の各号に掲げるとおりとする。
an attorney at law or administrative scrivener in Japan who has been requested by an organization set forth in paragraph (3) or item (iii) and has notified the director of the regional immigration services bureau exercising jurisdiction over the area where the bar association or administrative scrivener association to which the attorney or administrative scrivener belongs is located through that association, or a staff member in Japan of a public interest corporation or a staff member in Japan of a registered support organization who has been requested by an organization set forth in that paragraph or that item and whom the director of the regional immigration services bureau finds appropriate, who acts on behalf of the foreign national (with regard to the application listed in paragraph (1), item (xii), limited to a foreign national who is in Japan; the same applies in the following item) at the request of any of the following persons:
a foreign national listed below (limited to one who is in Japan) whom the director of the regional immigration services bureau finds appropriate:
次に掲げる外国人（本邦にある者に限る。）のうち地方出入国在留管理局長が相当と認める者
a person who has been accepted or is to be accepted by that organization (in the case of submitting the written applications listed in paragraph (1), items (vi), (vii) and (ix) through (xii), limited to a person residing or seeking to reside with a status of residence other than "Diplomat" and "Temporary Visitor", and in the case of submitting the written application listed in paragraph (1), item (viii), limited to a person residing with a status of residence other than "Diplomat" and "Temporary Visitor");
当該機関に受け入れられている者又は受け入れられようとする者（第一項第六号、第七号及び第九号から第十二号までに掲げる申請書の提出を行う場合にあつては、外交及び短期滞在の在留資格以外の在留資格をもつて在留する者又は在留しようとする者に限り、第一項第八号に掲げる申請書の提出を行う場合にあつては、外交及び短期滞在の在留資格以外の在留資格をもつて在留する者に限る。）
among the persons listed in (1), persons residing or seeking to reside with the same status of residence for the purpose of engaging in activities as a family member who belongs to the same household as a person residing or seeking to reside with the status of residence of "Official";
（１）に掲げる者のうち公用の在留資格をもつて在留するもの又は在留しようとするものと同一の世帯に属する家族の構成員としての活動を行うとして、同在留資格をもつて在留する者又は在留しようとする者
persons residing or seeking to reside with the status of residence of "Dependent" engaging in daily activities supported by the person listed in (1) or a person residing or seeking to reside with the status of residence for "Designated Activities" whose activities are particularly specified; or
（１）に掲げる者の扶養を受ける日常的な活動を行うとして家族滞在の在留資格をもつて在留する者若しくは在留しようとする者又は同活動を特に指定されて特定活動の在留資格をもつて在留する者若しくは在留しようとする者
a spouse or child supported by the person listed in (1) who is residing or seeking to reside with a status of residence listed in the left-hand column of the Appended Table II of the Act.
（１）に掲げる者の扶養を受ける配偶者又は子であつて法別表第二の上欄の在留資格をもつて在留する者又は在留しようとする者
the legal representative in Japan of a person listed in (a).
イに掲げる者の本邦にある法定代理人
an attorney at law or administrative scrivener in Japan who has notified the director of the regional immigration services bureau exercising jurisdiction over the area where the bar association or administrative scrivener association to which the attorney or administrative scrivener belongs is located through that association, and who acts on behalf of the foreign national at the request of any of the following persons (for the person listed in (c), limited to the submission of the written application listed in paragraph (1), item (vi)):
本邦にある弁護士若しくは行政書士で所属する弁護士会若しくは行政書士会を経由してその所在地を管轄する地方出入国在留管理局長に届け出たものであつて、次に掲げるいずれかの者（ハに掲げる者については第一項第六号に掲げる申請書の提出に限る。）の依頼により当該外国人に代わつてするもの。
a foreign national concerned whom the director of the regional immigration services bureau finds appropriate;
当該外国人のうち地方出入国在留管理局長が相当と認める者
the legal representative in Japan of a person listed in (a); or
イに掲げる者の本邦にある法定代理人
a relative of the foreign national set forth in paragraph (3) who is in Japan.
第三項に掲げる当該外国人の親族で本邦にある者
a staff member in Japan of the receiving organization, etc. (excluding a supervising-organization-type training implementing organization (meaning the supervising-organization-type training implementing organization prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (8) of the Technical Intern Training Act)) who acts on behalf of the foreign national at the request of any of the following persons; provided, however, that this is limited to the submission of the written applications listed in paragraph (1), item (vii), item (viii) or items (ix) through (xii):
受入れ機関等（団体監理型実習実施者（技能実習法第二条第八項に規定する団体監理型実習実施者をいう。）を除く。）の本邦にある職員であつて、次に掲げるいずれかの者の依頼により当該外国人に代わつてするもの。ただし、第一項第七号、第八号又は第九号から第十二号までに掲げる申請書の提出に限る。
a foreign national listed in item (i), (a), (1) through (4) (limited to one who is in Japan) whom the director of the regional immigration services bureau finds appropriate; or
第一号イ（１）から（４）までに掲げる外国人（本邦にある者に限る。）のうち地方出入国在留管理局長が相当と認める者
the legal representative in Japan of a person listed in (a).
イに掲げる者の本邦にある法定代理人
when a foreign national (limited to one who is in Japan) is under 16 years of age or is unable to carry out the act listed in the left-hand column of the Appended Table VII (2) themselves due to disease or other grounds, the father or mother, spouse or child in Japan of the foreign national, or a person whom the director of the regional immigration services bureau finds appropriate as equivalent thereto; provided, however, that this is limited to the submission of the written applications listed in paragraph (1), items (ix) through (xii).
外国人（本邦にある者に限る。）が十六歳に満たない場合又は疾病その他の事由により自ら別表第七の二の表の上欄に掲げる行為をすることができない場合において、当該外国人の本邦にある父若しくは母、配偶者、子又はこれらに準ずるものとして地方出入国在留管理局長が適当と認める者。ただし、第一項第九号から第十二号までに掲げる申請書の提出に限る。
The organizations set forth in paragraph (3) and the preceding paragraph are to be those that the director of the regional immigration services bureau finds capable of properly filing applications or submitting written applications using an electronic data processing system.
When a person listed in paragraphs (3) through (5) files the applications set forth in paragraph (1), items (vi) through (viii) and items (ix) through (xii) using an electronic data processing system, the person must submit the written application by the method set forth in the relevant item, in accordance with the categories listed in the following items:
第三項から第五項までに掲げる者が電子情報処理組織を使用して第一項第六号から第八号まで及び第九号から第十二号までの申請を行うときは、次の各号に掲げる区分に応じ当該各号に掲げる方法により申請書の提出を行わなければならない。
a staff member of the organization intending to accept the foreign national or a person listed in paragraph (5), items (i) through (iii): the method of entering and transmitting the identification code assigned by the director of the regional immigration services bureau (meaning a code for distinguishing and identifying a person who files the applications set forth in paragraph (1), items (vi) through (viii) and items (ix) through (xii) using an electronic data processing system from other persons; the same applies hereinafter) and a password;
当該外国人を受け入れようとする機関の職員又は第五項第一号から第三号までに掲げる者 地方出入国在留管理局長の付与した識別符号（電子情報処理組織を使用して第一項第六号から第八号まで及び第九号から第十二号までの申請を行う者を他の者と区別して識別するための符号をいう。以下同じ。）及び暗証符号を入力して送信する方法
the foreign national, the father, mother, child or spouse of the foreign national or a person whom the director of the regional immigration services bureau finds appropriate as equivalent thereto, or a person listed in paragraph (4) or paragraph (5), item (iv): the method of entering and transmitting the electronic certificate for user verification (meaning the electronic certificate for user verification prescribed in Article 22, paragraph (1) of the Act on Certification Business of the Japan Agency for Local Authority Information Systems in Relation to Electronic Signatures, etc. (Act No. 153 of 2002)) recorded on the Individual Number Card (meaning the Individual Number Card prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (7) of the Act on the Use of Numbers to Identify a Specific Individual in Administrative Procedures (Act No. 27 of 2013)), as well as the identification code and password; and
当該外国人若しくは当該外国人の父、母、子、配偶者若しくはこれらに準ずるものとして地方出入国在留管理局長が適当と認める者又は第四項若しくは第五項第四号に掲げる者 個人番号カード（行政手続における特定の個人を識別するための番号の利用等に関する法律（平成二十五年法律第二十七号）第二条第七項に規定する個人番号カードをいう。）に記録された利用者証明用電子証明書（電子署名等に係る地方公共団体情報システム機構の認証業務に関する法律（平成十四年法律第百五十三号）第二十二条第一項に規定する利用者証明用電子証明書をいう。）並びに識別符号及び暗証符号を入力して送信する方法
the foreign national, the father, mother, child or spouse of the foreign national or a person whom the director of the regional immigration services bureau finds appropriate as equivalent thereto, a person listed in paragraph (4), or an attorney at law or administrative scrivener listed in paragraph (5), item (i) or (ii): the method of transmitting the electronic certificate for signature (meaning the electronic certificate for signature prescribed in Article 3, paragraph (1) of the Act on Certification Business of the Japan Agency for Local Authority Information Systems in Relation to Electronic Signatures, etc.) recorded on the Individual Number Card.
Any person who files an application, etc. set forth in any of the items of paragraph (1) using an electronic data processing system must do so by entering the information that should be stated in the written application and other documents pursuant to the provisions of the Act and this Ministerial Order or the information that should be reported, notified, or made a notification to an immigration inspector.
The provisions of Article 20, paragraph (5) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 21, paragraph (4)) do not apply to cases of submitting the written applications set forth in paragraph (1), items (ix) and (x) using an electronic data processing system.
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(1) Status of Residence Authorized Activities in Japan Diplomat Activities on the part of constituent members of diplomatic missions or consular offices of foreign governments hosted by the Japanese Government; activities on the part of those who are provided with similar privileges or immunities as are granted to diplomatic missions pursuant to treaties or international customary practices; and activities on the part of their family members belonging to the same household. Official Activities on the part of those who engage in the official business of foreign governments or international organizations recognized by the Japanese Government, and activities on the part of their family members belonging to the same household (except for the activities listed in the right-hand column under this Table's "Diplomat" column). Professor Activities for research, research guidance, or education, at a university, an equivalent educational institution, or a technical college. Artist Artistic activities that involve income, such as activities on music, fine arts, literature, etc. (except for the activities listed in the right-hand column under the "Entertainer" column in Table (2)). Religious Activities Missionary and other religious activities conducted by foreign religious workers sent by a foreign religious organization. Journalist News coverage and other journalistic activities conducted based on a contract with foreign news media. (2) Status of Residence Authorized Activities in Japan Highly Skilled Professional (i) Activities that fall under any of the following items (a) through (c) to be carried out by a person meeting the requirements provided by Ministry of Justice Order as a professional with highly-skilled capabilities, and are expected to contribute to the development of academic research or economy of Japan: (a) activities of research, research instruction or education based on a contract signed with a public or private organization in Japan designated by the Minister of Justice, activities of personally operating a business related to the activities in conjunction with those activities, or activities of research, research instruction or education based on a contract signed with a public or private organization in Japan other than the organizations designated by the Minister of Justice; (b) activities to engage in duties requiring knowledge or skills in the field of natural sciences or humanities based on a contract signed with a public or private organization in Japan designated by the Minister of Justice or activities to personally manage the business related to the activities in conjunction with those activities; (c) activities to operate international trade or some other business, or to engage in the management of such business at a public or private organization in Japan designated by the Minister of Justice, or in conjunction with these activities, activities to personally manage the business related to such activities. (ii) The following activities carried out by a person who has engaged in the activities listed in the preceding item and who meets the requirements provided by Ministry of Justice Order as a person whose stay contributes to the interests of Japan: (a) activities of research, research instruction or education based on a contract signed with a public or private organization in Japan; (b) activities to engage in duties requiring knowledge or skills in the field of natural sciences or humanities based on a contract signed with a public or private organization in Japan; (c) activities to operate business of international trade or other businesses at a public or private organization in Japan, or to engage in the management of those businesses; (d) activities (except for the activities that fall under any of the items (a) through (c)) listed in the right-hand column of the "Professor" section to the "Journalist" section in Table (1) or the activities listed in the right-hand column in the "Legal/Accounting Services," "Medical Services," "Instructor," "Engineer/Specialist in Humanities/International Services," "Nursing Care," "Entertainer," or "Skilled Labor" sections, or in item (ii) of the right-hand column of the "Specified Skilled Worker" section in this Table, carried out in conjunction with any of the activities in items (a) through (c). Business Manager Activities to operate business of international trade or other businesses, or to engage in the management of those businesses, in Japan (except for activities to engage in the operation or management of business which is legally prohibited to conduct without the qualifications listed in the right-hand column of the "Legal/Accounting Services" section in this Table). Legal/Accounting Services Activities to engage in a legal or accounting business which are to be carried out only by registered foreign-qualified lawyers, registered foreign-qualified public accountants, or those with other legal qualifications. Medical Services Activities to engage in medical treatment services which are to be undertaken only by physicians, dentists, or those with other legal qualifications. Researcher Activities to engage in research based on a contract signed with a public or private organization in Japan (except for the activities listed in the right-hand column of the "Professor" section in Table (1)). Instructor Activities to engage in language teaching or other educational activities at an elementary school, junior high school, compulsory education school, senior high school, school for secondary education, special needs school, advanced vocational school, miscellaneous school, or other educational institutions equivalent to a miscellaneous school in facilities and organization in Japan. Engineer/Specialist in Humanities/International Services Activities to engage in duties which require skills or knowledge in the field of physical science, engineering, or other natural science fields, or in the field of jurisprudence, economics, sociology or other humanities fields, or to engage in duties which require the ways of thinking or sensitivity founded on foreign culture (except for the activities listed in the right-hand column of the "Professor," "Artist," and "Journalist" sections in Table (1), and the activities listed in the right-hand column of the "Business Manager" through "Instructor" sections and the "Intra-Company Transferee" through "Entertainer" sections in this Table), based on a contract entered into with a public or private organization in Japan. Intra-Company Transferee Activities which a staff member who is transferred to a business office in Japan for a limited period of time from a business office established in a foreign country of a public or private organization which has a head office, branch office or other business offices in Japan engages in, which are listed in the right-hand column of the "Engineer/Specialist in Humanities/International Services" section in this Table, at the business office. Nursing Care Activities in which persons with the qualification of certified care worker engage in the services of nursing care or nursing care instruction based on a contract with a public or private organization in Japan. Entertainer Activities to engage in performances of acting, popular entertainment, playing a musical instrument, sports activities or any other form of show business (except for activities listed in the right-hand column of the "Business Manager" section in this Table). Skilled Labor Activities to engage in duties which require expert skills that belong to special industrial fields based on a contract signed with a public or private organization in Japan. Specified Skilled Worker (i) Activities to engage in duties that require skills for which a considerable degree of knowledge or experience provided for in Ministry of Justice Order which belong to a specified industrial field (meaning the field specified in Ministry of Justice Order as an industrial field for which shortage of labor should be secured by employing foreign nationals due to difficulty in securing human resources; the same applies in the following item) designated by the Minister of Justice is necessary, based on a contract (limited to those conforming to the provisions of Article 2-5, paragraph (1) through paragraph (4); the same applies in the following item) concerning employment signed with a public or private organization in Japan designated by the Minister of Justice; (ii) activities to engage in duties that require expert skills specified in Ministry of Justice Order which belong to a specified industrial field designated by the Minister of Justice conducted based on a contract concerning employment signed with a public or private organization in Japan designated by the Minister of Justice. Technical Intern Training (i) Activities which fall under either of the following sub-item (a) or (b): (a) activities to attend lectures and engage in duties related to skills, technique or knowledge (hereinafter referred to as "skills, etc.") based on the technical intern training plan (limited to those pertaining to individual-enterprise-type technical intern training (i) prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (2), item (i) of the Technical Intern Training Act) provided for in Article 8, paragraph (1) of the Technical Intern Training Act, which received the accreditation (where a change has been approved in accordance with the provisions of Article 11, paragraph (1) of the Technical Intern Training Act, the plan after the change; hereinafter the same applies) under Article 8, paragraph (1) of the Technical Intern Training Act; (b) activities to attend lectures and engage in duties related to skills, etc. based on the technical intern training plan (limited to those pertaining to supervising-organization-type technical intern training (i) prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (4), item (i) of the Technical Intern Training Act) provided for in Article 8, paragraph (1) of the Technical Intern Training Act, which received the accreditation set forth under the same paragraph. (ii) Activities which fall under either of the following sub-item (a) or (b): (a) activities to engage in duties that require skills, etc. based on the technical intern training plan (limited to those pertaining to individual-enterprise-type technical intern training (ii) prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (2), item (ii) of the Technical Intern Training Act) provided for in Article 8, paragraph (1) of the Technical Intern Training Act, which received the accreditation set forth under the same paragraph; (b) activities to engage in duties that require skills, etc. based on the technical intern training plan (limited to those pertaining to supervising-organization-type technical intern training (ii) prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (4), item (ii) of the Technical Intern Training Act) provided for in Article 8, paragraph (1) of the Technical Intern Training Act, which received the accreditation set forth under the same paragraph. (iii) Activities which fall under either of the following sub-item (a) or (b): (a) activities to engage in duties that require skills, etc. based on the technical intern training plan (limited to those pertaining to individual-enterprise-type technical intern training (iii) prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (2), item (iii) of the Technical Intern Training Act) provided for in Article 8, paragraph (1) of the Technical Intern Training Act, which received the accreditation set forth under the same paragraph; (b) activities to engage in duties that require skills, etc. based on the technical intern training plan (limited to those pertaining to supervising-organization-type technical intern training (iii) prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (4), item (iii) of the Technical Intern Training Act) provided for in Article 8, paragraph (1) of the Technical Intern Training Act, which received the accreditation set forth under the same paragraph. Remarks: If the Minister of Justice seeks to establish the Ministry of Justice Order in the right-hand column corresponding to "Specified Skilled Worker," the Minister is to consult with the heads of the relevant administrative organs in advance. (3) Status of Residence Authorized Activities in Japan Cultural Activities Academic or artistic activities that do not involve any income, or activities conducted to acquire culture or arts and crafts peculiar to Japan by conducting specialized research or through the guidance of experts (except for activities listed in the right-hand column of the "Student" through "Trainee" sections in Table (4)). Temporary Visitor Activities for sightseeing, recreation, sports, visiting relatives, tour of facilities, participating in lectures or meetings, business liaison or other similar activities during a short stay in Japan. (4) Status of Residence Authorized Activities in Japan Student Activities to receive an education at a university, technical college, senior high school (including the second semester course at a school for secondary education) or a senior high school course of a special needs school, junior high school (including the second semester course at a compulsory education school and the first semester course at a school for secondary education) or a junior high school course of a special needs school, elementary school (including the first semester course at a compulsory education school) or an elementary school course of a special needs school, advanced vocational school or miscellaneous school, or an equivalent educational institution in terms of facilities and organization in Japan. Trainee Activities to acquire skills, etc. by being accepted at a public or a private organization in Japan (except for the activities listed in item (i) of the right-hand column of "Technical Intern Training" in Table (2) and the right-hand column of the "Student" section in this Table). Dependent Daily activities of a spouse or child supported by the foreign national staying in Japan with the status of residence referred to in the left-hand column of Tables (1), (2) or (3) (excluding "Diplomat," "Official," "Specified Skilled Worker" (limited to those pertaining to item (i) of the right-hand column corresponding to "Specified Skilled Worker" of Table (2)), "Technical Intern Training," and "Temporary Visitor") or staying with the status of residence of "Student" in this Table. (5) Status of Residence Authorized Activities in Japan Designated Activities Activities which are specifically designated by the Minister of Justice for individual foreign nationals.
(1) Status of Residence Authorized Activities in Japan Diplomat Activities on the part of constituent members of diplomatic missions or consular offices of foreign governments hosted by the Japanese…
一 在留資格 本邦において行うことができる活動 外交 日本国政府が接受する外国政府の外交使節団若しくは領事機関の構成員、条約若しくは国際慣行により外交使節と同様の特権及び免除を受ける者又はこれらの者と同一の世帯に属する家族の構成員としての活動 公用 日本国政府の承認した外国政府若しくは国際機関の公務に従事する者又はそ…
Open this provisionStatus of Residence Personal status or position held in Japan Permanent Resident Those who are permitted permanent residency by the Minister of Justice Spouse or Child of Japanese National The spouse or a specially adopted child of a Japanese national, or a person born as the child of a Japanese national Spouse or Child of Permanent Resident The spouse of a Permanent Resident, etc., or a person born in Japan as the child of a Permanent Resident, etc. who has continued to reside in Japan since birth Long-Term Resident Those who are authorized to reside in Japan with a period of stay designated by the Minister of Justice in consideration of special reasons
Status of Residence Personal status or position held in Japan Permanent Resident Those who are permitted permanent residency by the Minister of Justice Spouse or Child of Japanese National The spouse…
在留資格 本邦において有する身分又は地位 永住者 法務大臣が永住を認める者 日本人の配偶者等 日本人の配偶者若しくは特別養子又は日本人の子として出生した者 永住者の配偶者等 永住者等の配偶者又は永住者等の子として本邦で出生しその後引き続き本邦に在留している者 定住者 法務大臣が特別な理由を考慮し一定の在留期間を指定し…
Open this provision(Notification Relating to the Organization of Affiliation)
If any ground provided for in the following items occurs in accordance with the category of the status of residence set forth therein, a mid- to long resident who is residing in Japan with a status…
中長期在留者であつて、次の各号に掲げる在留資格をもつて本邦に在留する者は、当該各号に掲げる在留資格の区分に応じ、当該各号に定める事由が生じたときは、当該事由が生じた日から十四日以内に、法務省令で定める手続により、出入国在留管理庁長官に対し、その旨及び法務省令で定める事項を届け出なければならない。
Open this provision(Notification by the Organization of Affiliation)
A public or private organization in Japan which has accepted the mid- to long-term resident residing with a status of residence under the Appended Table I or any other organization as prescribed in…
別表第一の在留資格をもつて在留する中長期在留者が受け入れられている本邦の公私の機関その他の法務省令で定める機関（次条第一項に規定する特定技能所属機関及び労働施策の総合的な推進並びに労働者の雇用の安定及び職業生活の充実等に関する法律（昭和四十一年法律第百三十二号）第二十八条第一項の規定による届出をしなければならない事業…
Open this provision(Notifications by an Organization of Affiliation of the Specified Skilled Worker)
If a public or private organization in Japan (hereinafter referred to as "organization of affiliation of the specified skilled worker" in this Subsection and Chapter VIII)…
特定技能雇用契約の相手方である本邦の公私の機関（以下この款及び第八章において「特定技能所属機関」という。）は、次の各号のいずれかに該当するときは、法務省令で定めるところにより、出入国在留管理庁長官に対し、その旨及び法務省令で定める事項を届け出なければならない。
Open this provision(Notifications by an Organization of Affiliation of the Specified Skilled Worker)
The organization of affiliation of the specified skilled worker must notify the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency of the following particulars in accordance with the provisions of…
特定技能所属機関は、前項の規定により届出をする場合を除くほか、法務省令で定めるところにより、出入国在留管理庁長官に対し、次に掲げる事項を届け出なければならない。
Open this provision(Notification of Changes)
If there has been a change in the particulars set forth in any of the items of Article 19-24, paragraph (1), the person who has obtained the registration set forth under Article 19-23…
第十九条の二十三第一項の登録を受けた者（以下「登録支援機関」という。）は、第十九条の二十四第一項各号に掲げる事項に変更があつたときは、法務省令で定めるところにより、その旨を出入国在留管理庁長官に届け出なければならない。
Open this provision(Notification of Abolishment or Suspension of Support Work)
If a registered support organization suspends or abolishes its support services, it must make a notification to the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency to that effect pursuant to the…
登録支援機関は、支援業務を休止し、又は廃止したときは、法務省令で定めるところにより、その旨を出入国在留管理庁長官に届け出なければならない。
Open this provision(Implementation of Support Services)
The registered support organization must make a notification to the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency of the implementation status of the support services and other particulars…
登録支援機関は、法務省令で定めるところにより、支援業務の実施状況その他法務省令で定める事項を出入国在留管理庁長官に届け出なければならない。
Open this provision(Duty to Report)
Upon the request of an immigration inspector at the port of entry or departure from which the vessel or aircraft departs, the captain of a vessel or aircraft departing from Japan must report…
本邦から出る船舶等の長は、その船舶等が出発する出入国港の入国審査官の要求があつたときは、その乗員及び乗客に係る前項に規定する事項を報告しなければならない。
Open this provision(Duty to Report)
If a crew member who has been granted permission pursuant to the provisions of Article 16, paragraph (2) is on board the vessel or aircraft entering Japan…
本邦に入る船舶等の長は、当該船舶等に第十六条第二項の規定による許可を受けている乗員が乗り組んでいるときは、当該船舶等が出入国港に到着する都度、直ちに、当該乗員の氏名その他法務省令で定める事項をその出入国港の入国審査官に報告しなければならない。
Open this provision(Duty to Report)
At the request of an immigration inspector at the port of entry or departure from which the vessel or aircraft departs, the captain of the vessel or aircraft departing from Japan must report whether…
本邦から出る船舶等の長は、その船舶等の出発する出入国港の入国審査官の要求があつたときは、第十五条第一項の規定による通過上陸の許可を受けた者がその船舶に帰船しているかどうか、乗員上陸の許可を受けた者で当該船舶等に乗り組むべきものが乗り組んでいるかどうか及び第二十五条第二項又は第六十条第二項の規定に違反して出国しようとす…
Open this provision(Seal of Verification for Landing)
a person who falls under any of the following sub-items (a) to (c):
次のイからハまでのいずれかに該当する者であること。
Open this provisionActivities in which a person who seeks to land in Japan (hereinafter referred to as "the person themselves") seeks to engage in Japan Agent Activities listed in the right-hand column corresponding to "Diplomat" specified in the Appended Table I (1) of the Act (Diplomat) (i) Official of the diplomatic mission, consular office, etc. to which the person themselves or their family member who is to belong to the same household is to become a member; (ii) Family member who is to belong to the same household as the person themselves. Activities listed in the right-hand column corresponding to "Official" specified in the Appended Table I (1) of the Act (Official) (i) Official of the resident office in Japan of the foreign government or international organization at which the person themselves or their family member who is to belong to the same household is to engage in public service; (ii) The family member who is to belong to the same household as the person themselves Activities listed in the right-hand column corresponding to "Professor" specified in the Appended Table I (1) of the Act (Professor) Staff member of the institution in Japan which the person themselves is to belong to and engage in education Activities listed in the right-hand column corresponding to "Artist" specified in the Appended Table I (1) of the Act (Artist) Staff member of the organization in Japan which signed a contract with the person themselves or of the organization which the person themselves is to belong to and engage in artistic activities Activities listed in the right-hand column corresponding to "Religious Activities" specified in the Appended Table I (1) of the Act (Religious Activities) Staff member of the Japanese branch of the foreign religious organization that sends the person themselves or of other affiliated religious organizations in Japan Activities listed in the right-hand column corresponding to "Journalist" specified in the Appended Table I (1) of the Act (Journalist) Staff member of the resident office in Japan of the foreign news media which signed a contract with the person themselves or the organization in Japan which the person themselves is to belong to and engage in journalistic activities Activities listed in the right-hand column corresponding to "Highly Skilled Professional" specified in the Appended Table I (2) of the Act (Highly Skilled Professional) (i) Cases in which the person themselves seeks to engage in the activities listed in item (i), sub-item (a) or (b) of the right-hand column corresponding to "Highly Skilled Professional" specified in the Appended Table I (2) of the Act: staff member of the organization in Japan which signed a contract with the person themselves (ii) Cases in which the person themselves seeks to engage in the activities listed in item (i), sub-item (c) of the right-hand column corresponding to "Highly Skilled Professional" specified in the Appended Table I (2) of the Act: staff member of the business office in Japan which the person themselves is operating or managing. Activities listed in the right-hand column corresponding to "Business Manager" specified in the Appended Table I (2) of the Act (Business Manager) (i) Staff member of the business office in Japan whose business the person themselves is to operate or manage; (ii) In cases of newly establishing a business office in Japan whose business the person themselves is to operate or manage, the person entrusted with the establishment of that business office in Japan (in cases of a corporation, its staff member) Activities listed in the right-hand column corresponding to "Legal/Accounting Services" specified in the Appended Table I (2) of the Act (Legal/Accounting Services) Staff member of the organization in Japan which signed a contract with the person themselves or which the person themselves is to belong to and engage in legal/accounting services Activities listed in the right-hand column corresponding to "Medical Services" specified in the Appended Table I (2) of the Act (Medical Services) Staff member of the medical organization in Japan which signed a contract with the person themselves or which the person themselves is to belong to and engage in medical services Activities listed in the right-hand column corresponding to "Researcher" specified in the Appended Table I (2) of the Act (Researcher) (i) Staff member of the organization in Japan which signed a contract with the person themselves (ii) Staff member of the business office in Japan which the person themselves is to transfer to Activities listed in the right-hand column corresponding to "Instructor" specified in the Appended Table I (2) of the Act (Instructor) Staff member of the institution in Japan which the person themselves is to belong to and engage in education 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 (Engineer/Specialist in Humanities/International Services) Staff member of the organization in Japan which signed a contract with the person themselves Activities listed in the right-hand column corresponding to "Intra-Company Transferee" specified in the Appended Table I (2) of the Act (Intra-Company Transferee) Staff member of the business office in Japan which the person themselves is to transfer to Activities listed in the right-hand column corresponding to "Nursing Care" specified in the Appended Table I (2) of the Act (Nursing Care) Staff member of the organization in Japan which signed a contract with the person themselves Activities listed in the right-hand column corresponding to "Entertainer" specified in the Appended Table I (2) of the Act (Entertainer) Staff member of the contracting organization of the entertainer (when there is no contracting organization of the entertainer, the organization in Japan that invites the person themselves) or of an organization which the person themselves is to belong to and engage in show business Activities listed in the right-hand column corresponding to "Skilled Labor" specified in the Appended Table I (2) of the Act (Skilled Labor) Staff member of the organization in Japan which signed a contract with the person themselves Activities listed in the right-hand column corresponding to "Specified Skilled Worker" specified in the Appended Table I (2) of the Act (Specified Skilled Worker) Staff member of the organization in Japan which signed an employment contract for a specified skilled worker with the person themselves Activities listed in the right-hand column corresponding to "Technical Intern Training" specified in the Appended Table I (2) of the Act (Technical Intern Training) (i) Cases in which the person themselves seeks to engage in the activities listed in item (i) (a), item (ii) (a) or item (iii) (a) of the right-hand column of "Technical Intern Training" specified in the Appended Table I (2) of the Act: staff member of the individual-enterprise type technical intern training implementing organization; (ii) Cases in which the person themselves seeks to engage in the activities listed in item (i) (b), item (ii) (b) or item (iii) (b) of the right-hand column corresponding to "Technical Intern Training" specified in the Appended Table I (2) of the Act: staff member of the supervising organization Activities listed in the right-hand column corresponding to "Cultural Activities" specified in the Appended Table I (3) of the Act (Cultural Activities) (i) Staff member of the organization in Japan which the person themselves is to belong to and engage in academic or artistic activities; (ii) Expert who is to instruct the person themselves; (iii) Relative of the person themselves residing in Japan Activities listed in the right-hand column corresponding to "Student" specified in the Appended Table I (4) of the Act (Student) (i) Staff member of the institution in Japan where the person themselves is to receive education; (ii) The following persons in cases where the person themselves is to engage in the activities that fall under item (i), sub-item (a) or (b) of the right-hand column of the "Student" section in the Ministerial Order on Criteria: a. Staff member of the organization granting a scholarship to the person themselves or of other organizations that is to pay their school expenses or living expenses; b. A person who is to pay the school expenses or living expenses for the person themselves; c. Relative of the person themselves residing in Japan (iii) The following persons in cases where the person themselves is to engage in the activities that fall under item (i), sub-item (c) of the right-hand column of the "Student" section in the Ministerial Order on Criteria: a. Staff member of the organization that formulated the student exchange plan when the person themselves is an exchange student; b. Relative of the person themselves who resides in Japan when the person themselves seeks to receive education at a senior high school (including the second half of the course at a school for secondary education), a junior high school (including the second half of the course at a compulsory education school and the first half of the course at a school for secondary education) or a junior high school course of a special needs school, or an elementary school (including the first half of the course at a compulsory education school) or an elementary school course of a special needs school; Activities listed in the right-hand column corresponding to "Trainee" specified in the Appended Table I (4) of the Act (Trainee) Staff member of the receiving organization Activities listed in the right-hand column corresponding to "Dependent" specified in the Appended Table I (4) of the Act (Dependent) (i) A person who is to support the person themselves in Japan or a relative of the person themselves residing in Japan; (ii) Person acting as agent in applying for issuance of the certificate of eligibility of a person who is to support the person themselves Activities listed in the right-hand column corresponding to "Designated Activities" specified in the Appended Table I (5) of the Act (Designated Activities) Staff member of the organization which the person themselves is to belong to and engage in the activities designated by the Minister of Justice, a person who is to employ the person themselves, or a person specified in public notice by the Minister of Justice in accordance with the activities designated by the Minister of Justice Activities as a person with a status listed in the right-hand column corresponding to "Spouse or Child of Japanese National" specified in the Appended Table II of the Act (Spouse or Child of Japanese National) Relative of the person themselves residing in Japan Activities as a person with a status or position listed in the right-hand column corresponding to "Spouse or Child of Permanent Resident" specified in the Appended Table II of the Act (Spouse or Child of Permanent Resident) Relative of the person themselves residing in Japan Activities as a person with a position listed in the right-hand column corresponding to "Long-Term Resident" specified in the Appended Table II of the Act (Long-Term Resident) Relative of the person themselves residing in Japan
Activities in which a person who seeks to land in Japan (hereinafter referred to as "the person themselves") seeks to engage in Japan Agent Activities listed in the right-hand column corresponding to…
本邦に上陸しようとする者（以下「本人」という。）が本邦において行おうとする活動 代理人 法別表第一の一の表の外交の項の下欄に掲げる活動（外交） 一 本人又は本人と同一の世帯に属することとなる家族の構成員が構成員となる外交使節団…
Open this provision1 Acts which the foreign national is to Perform by Appearing in Person Acts to be Performed on Behalf of the foreign national Notification pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-10, paragraph (1) of the Act Submission of the written notice, etc. pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-9, paragraph (1) and taking the procedures pertaining to the presentation, etc. of the passport, etc. pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2) of the same Article Application pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-11, paragraphs (1) or (2) of the Act Submission of the written application, etc. pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-10, paragraph (1) and taking the procedures pertaining to the presentation, etc. of the passport, etc. pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-9, paragraph (2), as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 19-10, paragraph (2) Application pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-12, paragraph (1) of the Act Submission of the written application, etc. pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-11, paragraph (1) and taking the procedures pertaining to the presentation, etc. of the passport, etc. pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2) of the same Article Application pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-13, paragraph (1) or (3) of the Act Submission of the written application, etc. pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-12, paragraph (1) or (2) and taking the procedures pertaining to the presentation, etc. of the passport, etc. pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-9, paragraph (2), as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 19-12, paragraph (3) Receiving the residence card issued 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) Taking procedures pertaining to the receipt of the residence card issued pursuant to the provisions of the left-hand column of this section 2 Acts which the foreign national is to Perform by Appearing in Person Acts to be Performed on Behalf of the foreign national Application for a change of the status of residence pursuant to the provisions of Article 20, paragraph (2) of the Act Submission of the written application, etc. pursuant to the provisions of Article 20, paragraphs (1) and (2) and taking the procedures pertaining to the presentation, etc. of the passport, etc. pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (4) of the same Article Application for renewal of the period of stay pursuant to the provisions of Article 21, paragraph (2) of the Act Submission of the written application, etc. pursuant to the provisions of Article 21, paragraphs (1) and (2) and taking the procedures pertaining to the presentation, etc. of the passport, etc. pursuant to the provisions of Article 20, paragraph (4), as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 21, paragraph (4) Application for permission for permanent residence pursuant to the provisions of Article 22, paragraph (1) of the Act Submission of the written application, etc. pursuant to the provisions of Article 22, paragraph (1) and taking the procedures pertaining to the presentation, etc. of the passport, etc. pursuant to the provisions of Article 20, paragraph (4), as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 22, paragraph (3) Application for 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) Submission of the written application, etc. pursuant to the provisions of Article 24, paragraphs (1) and (2) and taking the procedures pertaining to the presentation, etc. of the passport, etc. pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (4) of the same Article Application (limited to those for acquisition of the status of residence of "Permanent Resident") for 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) Submission of the written application, etc. pursuant to the provisions of Article 25, paragraph (1) and taking the procedures pertaining to the presentation, etc. of the passport pursuant to the provisions of Article 24, paragraph (4), as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 25, paragraph (3) Receiving the 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), Article 22-2, paragraph (3) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 22-3 of the Act) and Article 61-2-5, paragraph (3) of the Act), 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)), Article 50, paragraph (7) or Article 61-2-2, paragraph (2), item (i) of the Act Taking the procedures pertaining to the receipt of the residence card issued pursuant to the provisions of the left-hand column of this section
1 Acts which the foreign national is to Perform by Appearing in Person Acts to be Performed on Behalf of the foreign national Notification pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-10…
一 外国人が自ら出頭して行うこととされている行為 当該外国人に代わつてする行為 法第十九条の十第一項の規定による届出 第十九条の九第一項に定める届出書等の提出及び同条第二項に定める旅券等の提示等に係る手続 法第十九条の十一第一項又は第二項の規定による申請 第十九条の十第一項に定める申請書等の提出及び同条第二項において…
Open this provision(Multiple Landing Permission for Crew Members)
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")…
法第十六条第二項の規定による乗員上陸の許可（以下「数次乗員上陸許可」という。）の申請は、別記第二十二号の二様式による申請書二通及び写真一葉を入国審査官に提出して行わなければならない。
Open this provision(Landing Permission for Crew Members)
The application for permission for landing 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…
法第十六条第一項の規定による乗員上陸の許可の申請は、別記第二十号様式による申請書二通を入国審査官に提出して行わなければならない。
Open this provision(Notification of Abolition or Suspension of Support Operations)
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…
前項の届出をして支援業務を休止した者は、休止した支援業務を再開しようとするときは、あらかじめ、その旨を記載した書面をもつて地方出入国在留管理局に届け出なければならない。
Open this provisionReports by Registered Support Organizations
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)…
登録支援機関は、別表第三の六の上欄に掲げる場合に該当することとなつた日から十四日以内に、同表の上欄に掲げる場合の区分に応じ、同表の下欄に掲げる事項を出入国在留管理庁長官に報告するものとする。
Open this provision(Certificate of Authorization for Employment)
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…
法第十九条の二第一項の規定による証明書（以下「就労資格証明書」という。）の交付を申請しようとする外国人は、別記第二十九号の五様式による申請書一通を地方出入国在留管理局に出頭して提出しなければならない。
Open this provision(Permission to Engage in an Activity Other Than That Permitted under the Status of Residence Previously Granted)
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…
法第十九条第二項の許可（以下「資格外活動許可」という。）を申請しようとする外国人は、別記第二十八号様式による申請書一通並びに当該申請に係る活動の内容を明らかにする書類及びその他参考となるべき資料各一通を地方出入国在留管理局に出頭して提出しなければならない。
Open this provision(Change of Status of Residence)
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…
法第二十条第二項の規定により在留資格の変更を申請しようとする外国人は、別記第三十号様式による申請書一通を提出しなければならない。
Open this provision(Change of Status of Residence)
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…
中長期在留者から第一項の申請があつたときは、当該中長期在留者が所持する在留カードに、法第二十条第二項の規定による申請があつた旨の表示をするものとする。
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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…
法第二十一条第二項の規定により在留期間の更新を申請しようとする外国人は、在留期間の満了する日までに、別記第三十号の二様式による申請書一通を提出しなければならない。
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The provisions of paragraphs (4), (5) and (9) of Article 20 apply mutatis mutandis to the application set forth in paragraph (1).
第二十条第四項、第五項及び第九項の規定は、第一項の申請について準用する。この場合において、同条第九項中「第五項」とあるのは「第二十一条第四項において準用する第二十条第五項」と読み替えるものとする。
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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…
法第二十二条の二第二項（法第二十二条の三において準用する場合を含む。）の規定により在留資格の取得を申請しようとする外国人は、別記第三十六号様式による申請書一通を提出しなければならない。
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A foreign national who seeks to apply for re-entry permission pursuant to the provisions of Article 26, paragraph (1) of the Act must appear at a regional immigration services bureau and submit a…
法第二十六条第一項の規定により再入国の許可を申請しようとする外国人は、別記第四十号様式による申請書一通を地方出入国在留管理局に出頭して提出しなければならない。
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notifying the immigration inspector at the port of entry or departure where the vessel or aircraft is scheduled to arrive the expected time of arrival of the vessel or aircraft…
船舶にあつては到着する二十四時間前までに、航空機にあつては到着する九十分前までに、適当な方法で、到着を予定している出入国港の入国審査官に対し、当該船舶等の到着時刻、外国人の乗客及び乗員の数、停泊予定時間その他必要と認められる事項を通報すること。
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notifying the immigration inspector of the port of entry or departure where the vessel or aircraft has arrived the time of arrival of the vessel or aircraft and other necessary particulars within 24…
船舶にあつては到着の時から二十四時間以内に、航空機にあつては到着後直ちに、到着した出入国港の入国審査官に対し、当該船舶等の到着時刻その他必要と認められる事項を届け出ること。
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when a vessel or aircraft is to depart from the port of entry or departure, to notify the immigration inspector at the port of entry or departure the scheduled time of departure of the vessel or…
船舶等が出入国港から出発しようとするときは、あらかじめその出入国港の入国審査官に対し、当該船舶等の出発時刻その他必要と認められる事項を届け出ること。
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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…
法第七条の二第一項の規定により在留資格認定証明書の交付を申請しようとする者は、別記第六号の三様式による申請書一通を地方出入国在留管理局に出頭して提出しなければならない。
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The applications, etc. pursuant to the Act and this Ministerial Order that enable filing using an electronic data processing system…
電子情報処理組織を使用して行うことができる法及びこの省令に基づく申請等（情報通信技術を活用した行政の推進等に関する法律（平成十四年法律第百五十一号。以下「情報通信技術活用法」という。）第三条第八号に規定する申請等をいう。以下同じ。）は他の法令に定めのあるもののほか、次の各号に掲げるものとする。
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notification pursuant to the provisions of Articles 19-16 or 19-17 of the Act;
法第十九条の十六又は第十九条の十七の規定による届出
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notification pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-18, paragraph (1) or (2) of the Act;
法第十九条の十八第一項又は第二項の規定による届出
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notification pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-27, paragraph (1), Article 19-29, paragraph (1) or Article 19-30, paragraph (2) of the Act;
法第十九条の二十七第一項、法第十九条の二十九第一項又は第十九条の三十第二項の規定による届出
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submission of the written application for extension of the period of stay under the provisions of Article 21, paragraph (1)…
第二十一条第一項の規定による在留期間の更新（外交及び短期滞在の在留資格をもつて在留する者に係るものを除く。）の申請書の提出
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submission of the written application for acquisition of status of residence under the provisions of Article 24, paragraph (1)…
第二十四条第一項の規定による在留資格の取得（外交及び短期滞在の在留資格を取得しようとする者に係るものを除く。）の申請書の提出
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submission of the written application for re-entry permission under the provisions of Article 29, paragraph (1)…
第二十九条第一項の規定による再入国の許可（外交及び短期滞在の在留資格をもつて在留する者に係るものを除く。）の申請書の提出（第九号から第十一号に規定する申請書の提出と同時にする場合に限る。）
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notification pursuant to the provisions of Article 51 item (i); and
第五十一条第一号の規定による通報
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notification pursuant to the provisions of Article 51, item (ii) or (iii).
第五十一条第二号又は第三号の規定による届出
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report pursuant to the provisions of Article 57, paragraph (2) or (5) of the Act;
法第五十七条第二項又は第五項の規定による報告
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report pertaining to a person who received landing permission for crew members pursuant to the provisions of Article 57, paragraph (7) of the Act;
法第五十七条第七項の規定による乗員上陸の許可を受けた者に係る報告
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submission of a written application for user registration of the Automated Gates pursuant to the provisions of Article 7-2, paragraph (1)…
第七条の二第一項の規定による希望者登録の申請書（法第九条第八項第一号ハに該当するものとして希望者登録を受けようとする場合の申請書に限る。）の提出
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submission of a written application for landing permission for crew members pursuant to the provisions of Article 15, paragraph (1) or Article 15-2, paragraph (1);
第十五条第一項又は第十五条の二第一項の規定による乗員上陸の許可の申請書の提出
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submission of the written application for issuance of a certificate of eligibility under the provisions of Article 6-2, paragraph (1)…
第六条の二第一項の規定による在留資格認定証明書の交付（法別表第一の一の表の外交の項の下欄に掲げる活動を行おうとする者に係るものを除く。）の申請書の提出
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submission of a written application for permission to engage in an activity other than that permitted under the status of residence previously granted pursuant to the provisions of Article 19…
第十九条第一項の規定による資格外活動許可の申請書の提出（第九号から第十一号に規定する申請書の提出と同時にする場合に限る。）
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submission of the written application for issuance of a certificate of authorization for employment under the provisions of Article 19-4, paragraph (1)…
第十九条の四第一項の規定による就労資格証明書の交付（外交及び短期滞在の在留資格をもつて在留する者に係るものを除く。）の申請書の提出
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notification pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-23, paragraph (2);
第十九条の二十三第二項の規定による届出
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report pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-24-2;
第十九条の二十四の二の規定による報告
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submission of the written application for a change of status of residence under the provisions of Article 20, paragraph (1)…
第二十条第一項の規定による在留資格の変更（外交及び短期滞在の在留資格への変更を受けようとする者に係るものを除く。）の申請書の提出
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The persons who may file the application set forth in paragraph (1), item (vi) on behalf of the foreign national using an electronic data processing system are the persons listed in the right-hand…
電子情報処理組織を使用して第一項第六号の申請を当該外国人に代わつて行うことができる者は、当該外国人が本邦において行おうとする別表第四の上欄に掲げる活動に応じ、それぞれ同表の下欄に掲げる者（当該外国人を受け入れようとする機関の職員又は当該外国人の親族（当該外国人の父若しくは母、配偶者、子又はこれらに準ずるものとして地方…
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The person who may file the applications set forth in paragraph (1), items (vii) and (viii) and items (ix) through (xii) on behalf of the foreign national using an electronic data processing system…
電子情報処理組織を使用して第一項第七号及び第八号並びに第九号から第十二号までの申請を当該外国人に代わつて行うことができる者は、当該外国人の本邦にある法定代理人とする。
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The persons who may submit the written applications listed in paragraph (1), items (vi) through (viii) and items (ix) through (xii) using an electronic data processing system are…
電子情報処理組織を使用して第一項第六号から第八号まで及び第九号から第十二号までに掲げる申請書の提出を行うことができる者は、本邦にある当該外国人のほか、次の各号に掲げるとおりとする。
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an attorney at law or administrative scrivener in Japan who has been requested by an organization set forth in paragraph (3) or item (iii) and has notified the director of the regional immigration…
第三項若しくは第三号に掲げる機関から依頼を受けた本邦にある弁護士若しくは行政書士で所属する弁護士会若しくは行政書士会を経由してその所在地を管轄する地方出入国在留管理局長に届け出たもの又は同項若しくは同号に掲げる機関から依頼を受けた公益法人の本邦にある職員若しくは登録支援機関の本邦にある職員で地方出入国在留管理局長が適…
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an attorney at law or administrative scrivener in Japan who has notified the director of the regional immigration services bureau exercising jurisdiction over the area where the bar association or…
本邦にある弁護士若しくは行政書士で所属する弁護士会若しくは行政書士会を経由してその所在地を管轄する地方出入国在留管理局長に届け出たものであつて、次に掲げるいずれかの者（ハに掲げる者については第一項第六号に掲げる申請書の提出に限る。）の依頼により当該外国人に代わつてするもの。
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a staff member in Japan of the receiving organization, etc. (excluding a supervising-organization-type training implementing organization (meaning the supervising-organization-type training…
受入れ機関等（団体監理型実習実施者（技能実習法第二条第八項に規定する団体監理型実習実施者をいう。）を除く。）の本邦にある職員であつて、次に掲げるいずれかの者の依頼により当該外国人に代わつてするもの。ただし、第一項第七号、第八号又は第九号から第十二号までに掲げる申請書の提出に限る。
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when a foreign national (limited to one who is in Japan) is under 16 years of age or is unable to carry out the act listed in the left-hand column of the Appended Table VII (2) themselves due to…
外国人（本邦にある者に限る。）が十六歳に満たない場合又は疾病その他の事由により自ら別表第七の二の表の上欄に掲げる行為をすることができない場合において、当該外国人の本邦にある父若しくは母、配偶者、子又はこれらに準ずるものとして地方出入国在留管理局長が適当と認める者。
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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…
その上陸しようとする出入国港において法第九条第四項の規定による記録を受けることを希望する外国人が、同条第八項の規定による登録（以下「希望者登録」という。）を受けようとする場合には、同項第一号イ又はロに該当するものとして希望者登録を受けようとする者にあつては別記第七号の五様式…
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The term "Individual Number Card" as used in this Act means the cards on which the information listed below (for a foreign resident (meaning a foreign resident as set forth in Article 30-45 of the…
この法律において「個人番号カード」とは、次に掲げる事項（外国人住民（住民基本台帳法第三十条の四十五に規定する外国人住民をいう。次項において同じ。）にあっては、第二号に掲げる事項を除く。）が記載され、第十六条の二第一項の申請の日において本人の年齢が主務省令で定める年齢に満たない場合を除き本人の写真が表示され、かつ…
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The term "organization implementing supervising-organization-type technical intern training" as used in this Act means an organization which conducts supervising-organization-type technical intern…
この法律において「団体監理型実習実施者」とは、実習認定を受けた第八条第一項に規定する技能実習計画に基づき、団体監理型技能実習を行わせる者をいう。
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「国籍・地域」
The country of a person's nationality, or a region referred to in Article 2, item (v)(b) of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act: a region specified by Cabinet Order (政令) whose competent authority issues documents equivalent to passports.
Short name set inArticle 7, paragraph (3), item (ii)
user registration of the Automated Gates
「希望者登録」
Registration under Article 9, paragraph (8) of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act of a foreign national residing in Japan who is leaving with the intention of coming back and who wishes, on landing again, to have the landing recorded in an electronic file instead of receiving a landing permission seal (証印).
Short name set inArticle 7-2, paragraph (1)
permission to engage in an activity other than that permitted under the status of residence previously grantedmachine translation
「資格外活動許可」
Permission under Article 19, paragraph (2) of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act for a person residing with a status of residence in Appended Table I to run an income-earning business or do paid work outside the activities of that status, to the extent it does not hinder them.
Short name set inArticle 19, paragraph (1)
receiving organization, etc.machine translation
「受入れ機関等」
An organization that a foreign national runs or plans to run, that employs or plans to employ a foreign national, or where a foreign national receives or plans to receive training or education; a body that supervises, or plans to supervise, foreign nationals' activities to learn skills (a supervising organization (監理団体) for technical intern training); or a similar organization the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency (出入国在留管理庁長官) designates by public notice (告示).
Short name set inArticle 19, paragraph (3), item (i)· applies only in this provision and in Article 19, paragraph (3), item (iii); Article 64, paragraph (5), item (iii); and Article 59-4, paragraph (2), item (i), (a)
Technical Intern Training Actmachine translation
「技能実習法」
Short name for the Act on Proper Technical Intern Training and Protection of Technical Intern Trainees (Act No. 89 of 2016).
Short name set inArticle 19, paragraph (3), item (i), (d)
certificate of authorization for employment
「就労資格証明書」
A certificate that the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency may issue, on application by a foreign national residing in Japan, stating the income-earning business or paid activities that person may engage in (Article 19-2, paragraph (1) of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act).
Short name set inArticle 19-4, paragraph (1)
Individual Number Cardmachine translation
「個人番号カード」
An Individual Number Card as defined in Article 2, paragraph (7) of the Act on the Use of Numbers to Identify a Specific Individual in Administrative Procedures: a card showing, among other things, the holder's name, address, date of birth, sex and Individual Number (個人番号), with a photograph unless the holder is below an age set by Ministerial Order, and with that information also recorded electronically.
Defined inArticle 19-14-2, paragraph (1), item (i)
electronic data processing systemmachine translation
「電子情報処理組織」
The electronic data processing system defined in Article 4, paragraph (1) of Ministry of Justice Order No. 11 of 2003 (法務省情報通信技術活用規則): computers used by the administrative body linked through telecommunications lines with the computers of those making applications that meet the body's technical standards.
Defined inArticle 59-4, paragraph (4), item (iv)· applies only in this provision and in Article 59-4, paragraph (4), item (v); and Article 64
Information and Communications Technology Utilization Actmachine translation
「情報通信技術活用法」
Short name for the Act on the Advancement of Government Administration Processes That Utilize Information and Communications Technology (Act No. 151 of 2002).
Short name set inArticle 64, paragraph (1)
application, etc.machine translation
「申請等」
An application, notification or other notice made to an administrative body under a provision of law or regulation, other than in court proceedings, criminal cases and certain offence cases a Cabinet Order (政令) names, as Article 3, item (viii) of the Act on the Advancement of Government Administration Processes That Utilize Information and Communications Technology defines it; Article 64, paragraph (1) lists those under the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act and this Regulation that may be made through the electronic data processing system (電子情報処理組織).
Defined inArticle 64, paragraph (1)
identification codemachine translation
「識別符号」
A code, issued by the director of a regional immigration services bureau (地方出入国在留管理局長), that tells apart from others a person making through the electronic data processing system (電子情報処理組織) the applications in Article 64, paragraph (1), items (vi) to (viii) and (ix) to (xii), such as for a certificate of eligibility (在留資格認定証明書) or an extension of the period of stay (在留期間).
Defined inArticle 64, paragraph (7), item (i)