This Ministerial Order comes into effect as of the effective date of the amending Act (July 9, 2012); provided, however, that the provisions listed in the following items come into effect as of the dates specified in the respective items:

The provisions of Article 4-2, paragraph (1) of the Regulation for Enforcement of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act as amended by the provisions of Article 1 (hereinafter referred to as "the New Regulation for Enforcement of the Immigration Control Act") do not apply in cases where, before the Effective Date of this Ministerial Order (hereinafter referred to as "the Effective Date"), a foreign national has been granted special permission for landing pursuant to the provisions of Article 12, paragraph (1) of the Immigration Control Act, permission for a change of status of residence pursuant to the provisions of Article 20, paragraph (3) of the Immigration Control Act, permission for extension of the period of stay pursuant to the provisions of Article 21, paragraph (3) of the Immigration Control Act, permission for permanent residence pursuant to the provisions of Article 22, paragraph (2) of the Immigration Control Act, permission for acquisition of status of residence pursuant to the provisions of Article 20, paragraph (3) of the Immigration Control Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 22-2, paragraph (3) of the Immigration Control Act (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 22-3 of the Immigration Control Act), permission for acquisition of the status of residence of "Permanent Resident" pursuant to the provisions of Article 22, paragraph (2) of the Immigration Control Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 22-2, paragraph (4) of the Immigration Control Act (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 22-3 of the Immigration Control Act), special permission to stay pursuant to the provisions of Article 50, paragraph (1) of the Immigration Control Act, or special permission to stay pursuant to the provisions of Article 61-2-2, paragraph (2) of the Immigration Control Act.

①If the materials listed in the right-hand column of Appended Table III of the New Regulation for Enforcement of the Immigration Control Act that are to be 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 (5)) or Article 21-2, paragraph (3) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 21-3, paragraph (3) of the New Regulation for Enforcement of the Immigration Control Act pertain to a mid- to long-term resident who has received, pursuant to the provisions of Article 7, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the amending Act, a notation in their passport to the effect that a residence card will be issued at a later date (excluding a person who has been issued a residence card; hereinafter referred to as a "mid- to long-term resident to be issued a residence card later"), the phrase "residence card" in item (i), sub-item (b), item (ii), sub-item (b) and item (iii), sub-item (b) of the right-hand column of the row for "Investor/Business Manager" in that Table is deemed to be replaced with "passport".

②If the materials listed in the right-hand column of Appended Table III (5) of the New Regulation for Enforcement of the Immigration Control Act that are to be submitted pursuant to the provisions of Article 21, paragraph (2) or Article 21-2, paragraph (3) of the New Regulation for Enforcement of the Immigration Control Act pertain to a mid- to long-term resident to be issued a residence card later, the phrase "residence card" in item (ii) of the right-hand column of the row for "Investor/Business Manager" in that Table is deemed to be replaced with "passport".

①If the materials listed in the right-hand column of Appended Table III of the New Regulation for Enforcement of the Immigration Control Act that are to be 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 (5)) or Article 21-2, paragraph (3) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 21-3, paragraph (3) of the New Regulation for Enforcement of the Immigration Control Act pertain to a mid- to long-term resident who holds a registration certificate during the period specified in each item of Article 15, paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions of the amending Act (hereinafter referred to as a "mid- to long-term resident holding a registration certificate"), the phrase "residence card" in item (i), sub-item (b), item (ii), sub-item (b) and item (iii), sub-item (b) of the right-hand column of the row for "Investor/Business Manager", item (ii) of the right-hand column of the row for "Dependent", item (iii), sub-item (b) of the right-hand column of the row for "Designated Activities", and item (i), sub-item (b) and item (ii), sub-item (b) of the right-hand column of the row for "Spouse or Child of Permanent Resident" in that Table is deemed to be replaced with "alien registration certificate prescribed in the Alien Registration Act (Act No. 125 of 1952) prior to its repeal by the provisions of Article 4 of the Act Partially Amending the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act and the Special Act on the Immigration Control of, inter alia, those who have lost Japanese Nationality pursuant to the Treaty of Peace with Japan, and Other Matters (Act No. 79 of 2009)".

②If the materials listed in the right-hand column of Appended Table III (5) of the New Regulation for Enforcement of the Immigration Control Act that are to be submitted pursuant to the provisions of Article 21, paragraph (2) or Article 21-2, paragraph (3) of the New Regulation for Enforcement of the Immigration Control Act pertain to a mid- to long-term resident holding a registration certificate, the phrase "residence card" in item (ii) of the right-hand column of the row for "Investor/Business Manager", item (ii) of the right-hand column of the row for "Dependent", item (iii), sub-item (b) of the right-hand column of the row for "Designated Activities" and item (ii) of the right-hand column of the row for "Spouse or Child of Permanent Resident" in that Table is deemed to be replaced with "alien registration certificate prescribed in the Alien Registration Act (Act No. 125 of 1952) prior to its repeal by the provisions of Article 4 of the Act Partially Amending the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act and the Special Act on the Immigration Control of, inter alia, those who have lost Japanese Nationality pursuant to the Treaty of Peace with Japan, and Other Matters (Act No. 79 of 2009)".

③If the materials listed in the right-hand column of Appended Table III of the New Regulation for Enforcement of the Immigration Control Act that are to be 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 (5)) or Article 21-2, paragraph (3) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 21-3, paragraph (3) of the New Regulation for Enforcement of the Immigration Control Act pertain to a special permanent resident (meaning a special permanent resident prescribed in the Special Act on the Immigration Control of, inter alia, those who have lost Japanese Nationality pursuant to the Treaty of Peace with Japan (Act No. 71 of 1991; hereinafter referred to as "the Special Act")) who holds a registration certificate during the period specified in each item of Article 28, paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions of the amending Act (hereinafter referred to as a "special permanent resident holding a registration certificate"), the phrase "special permanent resident certificate" in item (i), sub-item (b), item (ii), sub-item (b) and item (iii), sub-item (b) of the right-hand column of the row for "Investor/Business Manager" and item (i), sub-item (b) and item (ii), sub-item (b) of the right-hand column of the row for "Spouse or Child of Permanent Resident" in that Table is deemed to be replaced with "alien registration certificate prescribed in the Alien Registration Act (Act No. 125 of 1952) prior to its repeal by the provisions of Article 4 of the Act Partially Amending the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act and the Special Act on the Immigration Control of, inter alia, those who have lost Japanese Nationality pursuant to the Treaty of Peace with Japan, and Other Matters (Act No. 79 of 2009)".

④If the materials listed in the right-hand column of Appended Table III (5) of the New Regulation for Enforcement of the Immigration Control Act that are to be submitted pursuant to the provisions of Article 21, paragraph (2) or Article 21-2, paragraph (3) of the New Regulation for Enforcement of the Immigration Control Act pertain to a special permanent resident holding a registration certificate, the phrase "special permanent resident certificate" in item (ii) of the right-hand column of the row for "Investor/Business Manager" and item (ii) of the right-hand column of the row for "Spouse or Child of Permanent Resident" in that Table is deemed to be replaced with "alien registration certificate prescribed in the Alien Registration Act (Act No. 125 of 1952) prior to its repeal by the provisions of Article 4 of the Act Partially Amending the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act and the Special Act on the Immigration Control of, inter alia, those who have lost Japanese Nationality pursuant to the Treaty of Peace with Japan, and Other Matters (Act No. 79 of 2009)".

①With regard to the application of the provisions of Article 7-2, paragraph (1), item (ii) and paragraph (5), item (iv), Article 19, paragraph (2), item (i), Article 19-4, paragraph (2), item (i), Article 20, paragraph (4), item (i) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 21, paragraph (4) and Article 22, paragraph (3) of the New Regulation for Enforcement of the Immigration Control Act), Article 29, paragraph (2), item (iii), Article 55, paragraph (2), item (i) and Article 59, paragraph (2) of the New Regulation for Enforcement of the Immigration Control Act, a registration certificate held by a mid- to long-term resident is deemed to be a residence card.

②The period during which a registration certificate is deemed to be a residence card pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph is to be the period specified in each item of Article 15, paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions of the amending Act.

③With regard to the application of the provisions of Article 7-2, paragraph (1), item (ii) and paragraph (5), item (iv), Article 19-4, paragraph (2), item (ii), Article 29, paragraph (2), item (iv), Article 55, paragraph (2), item (ii) and Article 59, paragraph (2) of the New Regulation for Enforcement of the Immigration Control Act, a registration certificate held by a special permanent resident is deemed to be a special permanent resident certificate.

④The period during which a registration certificate is deemed to be a special permanent resident certificate pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph is to be the period specified in each item of Article 28, paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions of the amending Act.

The country of nationality prescribed in Article 19-4, paragraph (1), item (i) of the Immigration Control Act or the region prescribed in Article 2, item (v), sub-item (b) of the Immigration Control Act (hereinafter referred to as "nationality or region" in this Article) in the case of issuing a residence card pursuant to the provisions of Article 13, paragraph (6), Article 15, paragraph (4) or Article 16, paragraph (3) of the Supplementary Provisions of the amending Act is, for a mid- to long-term resident who holds two or more nationalities other than Japanese nationality, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 19-6, paragraph (2) of the New Regulation for Enforcement of the Immigration Control Act, to be stated as the nationality or region specified in each of the following items in accordance with the category listed in that item:

With regard to the application of Article 19-6, paragraph (6) of the New Regulation for Enforcement of the Immigration Control Act in the case of issuing a residence card pursuant to the provisions of Article 13, paragraph (6), Article 15, paragraph (4) or Article 16, paragraph (3) of the Supplementary Provisions of the amending Act, the phrase "the provisions of Article 19-9, paragraph (1), Article 19-10, paragraph (1), Article 19-11, paragraph (1), Article 19-12, paragraph (1) or (2), Article 20, paragraph (2), Article 21, paragraph (2), Article 21-2, paragraph (3) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 21-3, paragraph (3)), Article 22, paragraph (1), Article 24, paragraph (2), Article 25, paragraph (1) or Article 55, paragraph (1)" in that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "the provisions of Article 12, paragraph (1), Article 14, paragraph (1) or Article 15, paragraph (1) of the Ministerial Order on the Arrangement of Ministerial Orders Related to the Ministry of Justice and on Transitional Measures upon the Enforcement of the Act Partially Amending the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act and the Special Act on the Immigration Control of, inter alia, those who have lost Japanese Nationality pursuant to the Treaty of Peace with Japan, and Other Matters (Ministry of Justice Order No. 43 of 2011)".