Supplementary Provisions
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This Ministerial Order comes into effect as of the date (November 24, 2006) on which the provisions listed in Article 1, item (i) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act come into effect.
この省令は、出入国管理及び難民認定法の一部を改正する法律附則第一条第一号に掲げる規定の施行の日（平成十八年十一月二十四日）から施行する。
Materials that, at the time this Ministerial Order comes into effect, have been submitted pursuant to the provisions of Article 6, Article 6-2, paragraph (2), Article 20, paragraph (2) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 24, paragraph (3)), Article 21, paragraph (2), and Article 21-2, paragraphs (3) and (7) of the Regulation for Enforcement of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act prior to its amendment by this Ministerial Order (hereinafter referred to as "the former Regulation") are deemed to be, respectively, materials submitted pursuant to the provisions of Article 6, Article 6-2, paragraph (2), Article 20, paragraph (2) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 24, paragraph (3)), Article 21, paragraph (2), and Article 21-2, paragraphs (3) and (7) of the Regulation for Enforcement of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act as amended by this Ministerial Order (hereinafter referred to as "the new Regulation").
Applications for issuance of a certificate of eligibility, applications for permission for a change of status of residence and applications for permission for extension of the period of stay that are being made, at the time this Ministerial Order comes into effect, using the forms prescribed in the former Regulation are deemed to be, respectively, applications for issuance of a certificate of eligibility, applications for permission for a change of status of residence and applications for permission for extension of the period of stay made using the forms prescribed in the new Regulation.
The written application for issuance of a certificate of eligibility pursuant to Appended Form No. 6-3, the written application for permission for a change of status of residence pursuant to Appended Form No. 30 and the written application for permission for extension of the period of stay pursuant to Appended Form No. 30-2 under the provisions of the former Regulation are, for the time being even after this Ministerial Order comes into effect, deemed to be, respectively, the written application for issuance of a certificate of eligibility pursuant to Appended Form No. 6-3, the written application for permission for a change of status of residence pursuant to Appended Form No. 30 and the written application for permission for extension of the period of stay pursuant to Appended Form No. 30-2 under the provisions of the new Regulation.
旧規則の規定による別記第六号の三様式の在留資格認定証明書交付申請書、別記第三十号様式の在留資格変更許可申請書及び別記第三十号の二様式の在留期間更新許可申請書は、この省令の施行後においても当分の間、それぞれ新規則の規定による別記第六号の三様式の在留資格認定証明書交付申請書、別記第三十号様式の在留資格変更許可申請書及び別記第三十号の二様式の在留期間更新許可申請書とみなす。