Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act

With regard to an organization of affiliation of the specified skilled worker prescribed in Article 19-18, paragraph (1) of the Immigration Control Act that, at the time this Act comes into effect, has entrusted part of the implementation of support for specified skilled workers (i) (meaning the support for specified skilled workers (i) prescribed in Article 2-5, paragraph (6) of the Immigration Control Act; hereinafter the same applies in this Article) to a person other than a registered support organization prescribed in Article 19-27, paragraph (1) of the Immigration Control Act based on a contract, the provisions of Article 19-22, paragraph (2) of the New Immigration Control Act do not apply until the specified skilled worker pertaining to that support for specified skilled workers (i) (meaning a foreign national engaging in the activities set forth in item (i) of the right-hand column under "Specified Skilled Worker" of Appended Table I (2) of the Immigration Control Act) first receives permission for extension of the period of stay pursuant to the provisions of Article 21, paragraph (3) of the Immigration Control Act after this Act comes into effect.

A person who, at the time this Act comes into effect, is residing in Japan with the status of residence of "Intra-company Transferee" in Appended Table I (2) of the Immigration Control Act prior to the amendment by the provisions of Article 1 (hereinafter referred to as the "Former Immigration Control Act") is deemed to be a person residing in Japan with the status of residence of "Intra-company Transferee" (limited to that pertaining to item (i) of the right-hand column under "Intra-company Transferee" of that Table) in Appended Table I (2) of the New Immigration Control Act. In this case, the period of stay accompanying that status of residence is the period until the day corresponding to the day on which the period of stay accompanying the status of residence of "Intra-company Transferee" in Appended Table I (2) of the Former Immigration Control Act expires.

With regard to the status of residence and period of stay of a person who, at the time this Act comes into effect, is residing in Japan with the status of residence of "Technical Intern Training" in Appended Table I (2) of the Former Immigration Control Act, and of a person residing after receiving a seal of verification for landing or permission (limited to those accompanied by a decision on status of residence) pursuant to the provisions of Chapter III, Section 1 or Section 2 of the Former Immigration Control Act in cases where the provisions then in force continue to govern pursuant to the provisions of the following paragraph (limited to the part pertaining to item (iii)) and paragraph (4), the provisions then in force continue to govern.

With regard to dispositions on the following applications filed before this Act comes into effect, the provisions then in force continue to govern:

an application for a change of status of residence pursuant to the provisions of Article 20, paragraph (2) of the Former Immigration Control Act filed by a person residing in Japan with the status of residence of "Technical Intern Training" in Appended Table I (2) of the Former Immigration Control Act, for which, at the time this Act comes into effect, no disposition has been made as to whether to grant permission pursuant to the provisions of Article 20, paragraph (3) of the Immigration Control Act;

an application for extension of the period of stay pursuant to the provisions of Article 21, paragraph (2) of the Former Immigration Control Act filed by a person residing in Japan with the status of residence of "Technical Intern Training" in Appended Table I (2) of the Former Immigration Control Act, for which, at the time this Act comes into effect, no disposition has been made as to whether to grant permission pursuant to the provisions of Article 21, paragraph (3) of the Immigration Control Act;

an application for landing pursuant to the provisions of Article 6, paragraph (2) of the Former Immigration Control Act filed by a foreign national seeking to engage in the activities set forth in the right-hand column under "Technical Intern Training" in Appended Table I (2) of the Former Immigration Control Act, for which, at the time this Act comes into effect, no disposition has been made as to whether to affix a seal of verification for landing pursuant to the provisions of Chapter III, Section 1 or Section 2 of the Immigration Control Act;

an application for issuance of a certificate of eligibility pursuant to the provisions of Article 7-2, paragraph (1) of the Former Immigration Control Act filed by a foreign national seeking to engage in the activities set forth in the right-hand column under "Technical Intern Training" in Appended Table I (2) of the Former Immigration Control Act, for which, at the time this Act comes into effect, no disposition has been made as to whether to issue it.

With regard to the issuance of a certificate of eligibility for a foreign national seeking to engage in the activities set forth in the right-hand column under "Technical Intern Training" in Appended Table I (2) of the Former Immigration Control Act based on a technical intern training plan (meaning the technical intern training plan prescribed in Article 8, paragraph (1) of the Technical Intern Training Act; the same applies hereinafter) certified under that paragraph in relation to Technical Intern Training (meaning the Technical Intern Training prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Technical Intern Training Act; the same applies hereinafter) for which the provisions then in force continue to govern pursuant to the provisions of the following Article, the provisions then in force continue to govern.

With regard to dispositions on an application for landing pursuant to the provisions of Article 6, paragraph (2) of the Immigration Control Act filed on or after the Effective Date by a person who, before the Effective Date, received the issuance of a certificate of eligibility pursuant to the provisions of Article 7-2, paragraph (1) of the Former Immigration Control Act seeking to engage in the activities set forth in the right-hand column under "Technical Intern Training" in Appended Table I (2) of the Former Immigration Control Act in Japan, or by a person who received the issuance of a certificate of eligibility pursuant to the provisions of Article 7-2, paragraph (1) of the Former Immigration Control Act in cases where the provisions then in force continue to govern pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2) (limited to the part pertaining to item (iv)) or the preceding paragraph, the provisions then in force continue to govern until the day on which three months have elapsed counting from the Effective Date (or, for a person who received the issuance of a certificate of eligibility pursuant to the provisions of Article 7-2, paragraph (1) of the Former Immigration Control Act in cases where the provisions then in force continue to govern pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2) (limited to the part pertaining to that item), from the date of that issuance).

With regard to dispositions on an application for a change of status of residence (limited to a change pertaining to item (ii), sub-item (a) or (b) or item (iii), sub-item (a) or (b) of the right-hand column under "Technical Intern Training" in Appended Table I (2) of the Former Immigration Control Act) or for extension of the period of stay filed by a person residing in Japan with the status of residence and period of stay for which the provisions then in force continue to govern pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1), the provisions then in force continue to govern.

With regard to the application of penal provisions to acts committed before the Effective Date and to acts committed after this Act comes into effect in the cases where the provisions then in force continue to govern pursuant to the provisions of Articles 8 through 10 and Article 13 of the Supplementary Provisions, the provisions then in force continue to govern.

In operating the system pertaining to the status of residence of Employment for Skill Development in Appended Table I (2) of the New Immigration Control Act (referred to as the "Employment for Skill Development System" in Article 26, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions), the Government is to take the measures necessary to ensure that foreign nationals in employment for skill development (meaning the foreign nationals in employment for skill development set forth in Article 2, item (iv) of the Employment for Skill Development Act; the same applies in the following paragraph) do not come to work in a manner excessively concentrated in major metropolitan areas or other specific regions as a result of outflow from rural areas to major metropolitan areas or other causes, so that the human resources needed in regions experiencing a shortage of human resources are secured, thereby contributing to the revitalization of regional economies.

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The Government is to take measures for strengthening coordination among supervising and supporting organizations, implementing organizations of employment for skill development, the Organization for Employment for Skill Development for Foreign Nationals, Public Employment Security Offices, and others, and other necessary measures, so that supervising and supporting organizations (meaning the supervising and supporting organizations set forth in Article 2, item (xi) of the Employment for Skill Development Act; hereinafter the same applies in this Article and Article 26, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions) and implementing organizations of employment for skill development (meaning the implementing organizations of employment for skill development set forth in Article 2, item (vii) of the Employment for Skill Development Act; hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph) are able to carry out appropriately and smoothly the affairs concerning changes of the implementing organization of employment for skill development for foreign nationals in employment for skill development and concerning supervised-type employment for skill development involving worker dispatch, etc. (meaning the supervised-type employment for skill development involving worker dispatch, etc. prescribed in Article 8, paragraph (2) of the Employment for Skill Development Act), while giving sufficient consideration to the human rights and working environment of foreign nationals in employment for skill development.

The Government is to take the measures necessary to confirm that a system is sufficiently secured under which supervising and supporting organizations are able to carry out supervision and support business from a neutral position independent of implementing organizations of supervised-type employment for skill development (meaning the implementing organizations of supervised-type employment for skill development set forth in Article 2, item (ix) of the Employment for Skill Development Act).

In applying the provisions of Article 22-4, paragraph (1) of the New Immigration Control Act (limited to the part pertaining to item (viii)), sufficient consideration is to be given, from the viewpoint of ensuring the proper residence of foreign nationals residing with the status of residence of Permanent Resident in Appended Table II of the New Immigration Control Act, to the past status of payment of taxes and public dues and the current living conditions of a foreign national considered to fall under that item, and to the other circumstances in which that foreign national is placed.

In addition to the matters provided for in the preceding paragraph, when approximately five years have passed after this Act comes into effect, the Government is to take into account the status of enforcement of each of the Acts as amended by this Act and, if it finds it necessary, review the provisions of each of the Acts as amended by this Act and take the necessary measures based on the results.