①With regard to the application of the provisions of Article 19-15 of the New Regulation for Enforcement of the Immigration Control Act in the case where a mid- to long-term resident to be issued a residence card later whose passport has had stated in it, pursuant to the provisions of Article 11, paragraph (2), the number of the residence card scheduled to be issued to that mid- to long-term resident to be issued a residence card later (hereinafter referred to as a "mid- to long-term resident under Article 11, paragraph (2)") files the notification under Article 19-16 of the Immigration Control Act, the phrase "number of the residence card" in paragraph (1) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "number of the residence card scheduled to be issued to the mid- to long-term resident, as stated in the passport pursuant to the provisions of Article 11, paragraph (2) 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)".

②When the notification under Article 19-17 of the Immigration Control Act pertains to a mid- to long-term resident under Article 11, paragraph (2), with regard to the application of Appended Table III (4) of the New Regulation for Enforcement of the Immigration Control Act, the phrase "number of the residence card" in the row for "Commencement of acceptance" in Table (i) of that Table is deemed to be replaced with "number of the residence card scheduled to be issued to the mid- to long-term resident, as stated in the passport pursuant to the provisions of Article 11, paragraph (2) 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)".

①With regard to the application of the provisions of Article 19-15 of the New Regulation for Enforcement of the Immigration Control Act in the case where a mid- to long-term resident holding a registration certificate files the notification under Article 19-16 of the Immigration Control Act, the phrase "number of the residence card" in paragraph (1) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "registration number of the 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)".

②When the notification under Article 19-17 of the Immigration Control Act pertains to a mid- to long-term resident holding a registration certificate, with regard to the application of Appended Table III (4) of the New Regulation for Enforcement of the Immigration Control Act, the phrase "number of the residence card" in the row for "Commencement of acceptance" in Table (i) of that Table is deemed to be replaced with "registration number of the 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)".

With regard to the application of Article 29-2, paragraph (2) of the New Regulation for Enforcement of the Immigration Control Act to a mid- to long-term resident to be issued a residence card later, the phrase "residence card" in that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "passport that has received a notation to the effect that a residence card will be issued at a later date pursuant to the provisions of Article 7, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions 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)".

With regard to the application of the provisions of Article 29-2, paragraph (2) of the New Regulation for Enforcement of the Immigration Control Act to a mid- to long-term resident holding a registration certificate, the phrase "residence card" in that paragraph 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)".

The fields in which the number of the residence card or the number of the special permanent resident certificate is to be stated in the written applications pursuant to Appended Form No. 6-3, Appended Form No. 28, Appended Form No. 29-5, Appended Forms No. 29-10 through No. 29-12, Appended Form No. 30, Appended Form No. 30-2, Appended Form No. 34, Appended Form No. 40, Appended Form No. 43, Appended Form No. 74, Appended Form No. 80 or Appended Form No. 82 of the New Regulation for Enforcement of the Immigration Control Act, or in the written notification pursuant to Appended Form No. 29-9 of the New Regulation for Enforcement of the Immigration Control Act, are, if the mid- to long-term resident or special permanent resident to whom the statement pertains is a person listed in the left-hand column of the Appended Table of the Supplementary Provisions, to be fields in which the particulars listed in the right-hand column of that Table are stated, respectively.

The fields in which the number of the residence card or the number of the special permanent resident certificate is to be stated in the permit to engage in an activity other than that permitted under the status of residence previously granted pursuant to Appended Form No. 29, the seal of verification pursuant to Appended Form No. 29-2, the certificate of authorization for employment pursuant to Appended Form No. 29-6 and the re-entry permit pursuant to Appended Form No. 42 of the New Regulation for Enforcement of the Immigration Control Act are, if the mid- to long-term resident or special permanent resident to whom the statement pertains is a person listed in the left-hand column of the Appended Table of the Supplementary Provisions, to be fields in which the particulars listed in the right-hand column of that Table are stated, respectively.

The particulars specified by Ministry of Justice Order as a substitute for the number of the residence card to be submitted by a mid- to long-term resident who has filed the notification prescribed in Article 2, item (ii) of the Order for Enforcement of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act (Cabinet Order No. 178 of 1998), as applied with the replacement of terms pursuant to Article 4 of the Supplementary Provisions of that Order, are, for a mid- to long-term resident under Article 11, paragraph (2), the number of the residence card scheduled to be issued to that mid- to long-term resident under Article 11, paragraph (2) as stated in the passport of that mid- to long-term resident under Article 11, paragraph (2) pursuant to the provisions of Article 11, paragraph (2), and, for a mid- to long-term resident to be issued a residence card later (excluding a mid- to long-term resident under Article 11, paragraph (2)), the fact that the number of the residence card scheduled to be issued to that mid- to long-term resident to be issued a residence card later is not stated in the passport of that mid- to long-term resident to be issued a residence card later.

①A prospective mid- to long-term resident who seeks to make the proposal set forth in Article 19-7, paragraph (1) of the New Regulation for Enforcement of the Immigration Control Act may make that proposal even before the Effective Date.

②The proposal set forth in the preceding paragraph must be made together with an application pursuant to the provisions of Article 13, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the amending Act (including an application deemed to be an application pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of that Article pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (5) of that Article) or an application pursuant to the provisions of Article 3, paragraph (1) or Article 7, paragraph (1) of the Former Alien Registration Act that is deemed, on the effective date of the amending Act, to be an application pursuant to the provisions of Article 16, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the amending Act pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2) of that Article.

A mid- to long-term resident who seeks to file an application pursuant to the provisions of Article 15, paragraph (3) of the Supplementary Provisions of the amending Act or an application pursuant to the provisions of Article 16, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the amending Act may, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 19-7, paragraph (3) of the New Regulation for Enforcement of the Immigration Control Act, make the proposal set forth in paragraph (1) of that Article together with those applications.

①Applications for issuance of a certificate of eligibility, applications for landing, applications for permission for landing at a port of call, applications for permission for landing in transit, applications for landing permission for crew members, applications for permission for emergency landing, applications for landing permission due to distress, applications for landing permission for temporary refuge, applications for permission to engage in an activity other than that permitted under the status of residence previously granted, applications for issuance of a certificate of authorization for employment, applications for a change of status of residence, applications for extension of the period of stay, applications for permission for permanent residence, applications for acquisition of status of residence, proposals for permission for participation of a stakeholder, proposals for a change of the date or venue of the hearing of opinions, proposals for appearance of a representative, proposals for inspection of materials, applications for re-entry permission, applications for extension of the validity period of re-entry permission, applications for provisional release, proposals for extension of the deadline for departure, applications for recognition of refugee status, applications for extension of the period of provisional stay, applications for issuance of a refugee travel document or applications for extension of the validity period of a refugee travel document that are being made, at the time this Ministerial Order comes into effect, using the forms prescribed in the Regulation for Enforcement of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act prior to its amendment by the provisions of Article 1 (hereinafter referred to as "the Former Regulation for Enforcement of the Immigration Control Act") are deemed to be, respectively, applications for issuance of a certificate of eligibility, applications for landing, applications for permission for landing at a port of call, applications for permission for landing in transit, applications for landing permission for crew members, applications for permission for emergency landing, applications for landing permission due to distress, applications for landing permission for temporary refuge, applications for permission to engage in an activity other than that permitted under the status of residence previously granted, applications for issuance of a certificate of authorization for employment, applications for a change of status of residence, applications for extension of the period of stay, applications for permission for permanent residence, applications for acquisition of status of residence, proposals for permission for participation of a stakeholder, proposals for a change of the date or venue of the hearing of opinions, proposals for appearance of a representative, proposals for inspection of materials, applications for re-entry permission, applications for extension of the validity period of re-entry permission, applications for provisional release, proposals for extension of the deadline for departure, applications for recognition of refugee status, applications for extension of the period of provisional stay, applications for issuance of a refugee travel document or applications for extension of the validity period of a refugee travel document made using the forms prescribed in the New Regulation for Enforcement of the Immigration Control Act.

②An objection prescribed in Article 11, paragraph (1) of the Immigration Control Act, a request for a hearing prescribed in Article 48, paragraph (1), an objection prescribed in Article 49, paragraph (1) or an appeal by way of objection pursuant to the provisions of Article 61-2-9, paragraph (1), made using the forms prescribed in the Former Regulation for Enforcement of the Immigration Control Act, is deemed to be, respectively, an objection prescribed in Article 11, paragraph (1) of the Immigration Control Act, a request for a hearing prescribed in Article 48, paragraph (1), an objection prescribed in Article 49, paragraph (1) or an appeal by way of objection pursuant to the provisions of Article 61-2-9, paragraph (1), made using the forms prescribed in the New Regulation for Enforcement of the Immigration Control Act.

③A signature to the effect that the person will not file an objection as prescribed in Article 10, paragraph (11) of the Immigration Control Act, a signature to the effect that the person will not request a hearing as prescribed in Article 47, paragraph (5), and a signature to the effect that the person will not file an objection as prescribed in Article 48, paragraph (9), made on documents in the forms prescribed in the Former Regulation for Enforcement of the Immigration Control Act, are deemed to be, respectively, a signature to the effect that the person will not file an objection as prescribed in Article 10, paragraph (11) of the Immigration Control Act, a signature to the effect that the person will not request a hearing as prescribed in Article 47, paragraph (5), and a signature to the effect that the person will not file an objection as prescribed in Article 48, paragraph (9), made on documents in the forms prescribed in the New Regulation for Enforcement of the Immigration Control Act.