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Chapter IV Residence and Departure (Articles 19-10 to 19-15)
The law as Act Partially Amending the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act and the Act on Special Provisions for Applications for Landing by Foreign Nationals Holding Passports Referred to in Article 2, Item (v), (b) of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act (Act No. 32 of 2026) leaves it, with the words it changes marked.
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The mid- to long-term resident must notify the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency of the change in accordance with the procedures provided for in Ministry of Justice Order if a change has occurred in the particulars set forth in Article 19-4, paragraph (1), item (i), within 14 days of the date of the occurrence of the change.
中長期在留者は、第十九条の四第一項第一号に掲げる事項に変更を生じたときは、その変更を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、変更の届出をしなければならない。
Where the notification set forth in the preceding paragraph has been filed, the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency is to have an immigration inspector issue a new residence card to the mid- to long-term resident.
出入国在留管理庁長官は、前項の届出があつた場合には、入国審査官に、当該中長期在留者に対し、新たな在留カードを交付させるものとする。
A mid- to long-term resident who has been issued with a residence card must file an application to the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency for a renewal of the validity period of the residence card in accordance with the procedures provided for in Ministry of Justice Order during the period from three months prior to the expiration date of the validity period until the date on which the validity period expires (referred to in the following paragraph as "extension period") except when the validity period is stated as the expiration date of the period of stay in the residence card of the mid- to long-term resident.
在留カードの交付を受けた中長期在留者は、当該在留カードの有効期間が当該中長期在留者の在留期間の満了の日までとされている場合を除き、当該在留カードの有効期間の満了の日の三月前から有効期間が満了する日までの間（次項において「更新期間」という。）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、在留カードの有効期間の更新を申請しなければならない。
A person who is expected to have difficulty in filing the application pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph within the extension period due to compelling reasons may file an application to the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency for an extension of the validity period of the residence card prior to the extension period in accordance with the procedures provided for in Ministry of Justice Order.
やむを得ない理由のため更新期間内に前項の規定による申請をすることが困難であると予想される者は、法務省令で定める手続により、更新期間前においても、出入国在留管理庁長官に対し、在留カードの有効期間の更新を申請することができる。
The provisions of paragraph (2) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to cases in which the application is filed pursuant to the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs.
前条第二項の規定は、前二項の規定による申請があつた場合に準用する。
Where a mid- to long-term resident who has been issued with a residence card no longer has the residence card in their possession due to loss, theft, destruction or any other cause, they must file an application to the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency for the reissuance of the residence card in accordance with the procedures provided for in Ministry of Justice Order within 14 days of the date of becoming aware of that fact (in case the mid-to long-term resident was out of Japan when they became aware of that fact, the first day they entered Japan upon return).
在留カードの交付を受けた中長期在留者は、紛失、盗難、滅失その他の事由により在留カードの所持を失つたときは、その事実を知つた日（本邦から出国している間に当該事実を知つた場合にあつては、その後最初に入国した日）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、在留カードの再交付を申請しなければならない。
The provisions of Article 19-10, paragraph (2) apply mutatis mutandis to cases in which the application was filed pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph.
第十九条の十第二項の規定は、前項の規定による申請があつた場合に準用する。
In case a residence card has been noticeably damaged or soiled or the record pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-4, paragraph (5) (hereinafter referred to as the "residence card electronic or magnetic record") has been damaged (hereinafter referred to in this paragraph as "cases of damage, etc."), the mid- to long-term resident, who was issued with the residence card, may apply to the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency for the reissuance of the residence card in accordance with the procedures provided for in Ministry of Justice Order. The same applies to cases in which the mid- to long-term resident wishes to exchange the residence card in cases other than cases of damage, etc. (excluding cases in which no justifiable grounds are found).
在留カードの交付を受けた中長期在留者は、当該在留カードが著しく毀損し、若しくは汚損し、又は第十九条の四第五項の規定による記録（以下「在留カード電磁的記録」という。）が毀損したとき（以下この項において「毀損等の場合」という。）は、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、在留カードの再交付を申請することができる。在留カードの交付を受けた中長期在留者が、毀損等の場合以外の場合であつて在留カードの交換を希望するとき（正当な理由がないと認められるときを除く。）も、同様とする。
The Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency may order the mid- to long-term resident in possession of a residence card that has been noticeably damaged or soiled, or whose residence card electronic or magnetic record has been damaged, to apply for the reissuance of the residence card.
出入国在留管理庁長官は、著しく毀損し、若しくは汚損し、又は在留カード電磁的記録が毀損した在留カードを所持する中長期在留者に対し、在留カードの再交付を申請することを命ずることができる。
A mid- to long-term resident who has received an order pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph must file an application to the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency for reissuance of the residence card in accordance with the procedures provided for in Ministry of Justice Order within 14 days of the date of receiving the order.
前項の規定による命令を受けた中長期在留者は、当該命令を受け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、在留カードの再交付を申請しなければならない。
The provisions of Article 19-10, paragraph (2) apply mutatis mutandis to cases in which the application is filed pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) or the preceding paragraph.
第十九条の十第二項の規定は、第一項又は前項の規定による申請があつた場合に準用する。
The residence card ceases to be effective in cases that fall under any of the following items:
在留カードは、次の各号のいずれかに該当する場合には、その効力を失う。
when the mid- to long-term resident who was issued with a residence card is no longer a mid- to long-term resident;
在留カードの交付を受けた中長期在留者が中長期在留者でなくなつたとき。
when the validity period of the residence card has expired;
在留カードの有効期間が満了したとき。
when the mid- to long-term resident who was issued with a residence card (except for persons who have been granted re-entry permission pursuant to the provisions of Article 26, paragraph (1)) has received confirmation of departure from an immigration inspector at the port of entry or departure from which they are to depart pursuant to the provisions of Article 25, paragraph (1);
在留カードの交付を受けた中長期在留者（第二十六条第一項の規定により再入国の許可を受けている者を除く。）が、第二十五条第一項の規定により、出国する出入国港において、入国審査官から出国の確認を受けたとき。
when the mid- to long-term resident who was issued with a residence card and has been granted re-entry permission pursuant to the provisions of Article 26, paragraph (1) departed from Japan, and did not re-enter Japan within the validity period of the re-entry permission;
在留カードの交付を受けた中長期在留者であつて、第二十六条第一項の規定により再入国の許可を受けている者が出国し、再入国の許可の有効期間内に再入国をしなかつたとき。
when the mid- to long-term resident who was issued with a residence card has been issued with a new residence card; or
在留カードの交付を受けた中長期在留者が新たな在留カードの交付を受けたとき。
when the mid- to long-term resident who was issued with a residence card has died.
在留カードの交付を受けた中長期在留者が死亡したとき。
If a residence card in the possession of a mid- to long-term resident who was issued with the residence card has ceased to be effective due to falling under item (i), item (ii) or item (iv) of the preceding Article, the mid- to long-term resident must return the residence card to the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency within 14 days from the day when the grounds arose.
在留カードの交付を受けた中長期在留者は、その所持する在留カードが前条第一号、第二号又は第四号に該当して効力を失つたときは、その事由が生じた日から十四日以内に、出入国在留管理庁長官に対し、当該在留カードを返納しなければならない。
The mid- to long-term resident who was issued a residence card must immediately return the residence card to the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency, if the residence card in their possession has ceased to be effective due to falling under item (iii) or item (v) of the preceding Article.
在留カードの交付を受けた中長期在留者は、その所持する在留カードが前条第三号又は第五号に該当して効力を失つたときは、直ちに、出入国在留管理庁長官に対し、当該在留カードを返納しなければならない。
If the mid- to long-term resident who was issued with a residence card comes to find their residence card after the residence card has ceased to be effective pursuant to the provisions of the preceding Article (excluding item (vi)), they must return the residence card to the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency within 14 days of the date of finding it.
在留カードの交付を受けた中長期在留者は、在留カードの所持を失つた場合において、前条（第六号を除く。）の規定により当該在留カードが効力を失つた後、当該在留カードを発見するに至つたときは、その発見の日から十四日以内に、出入国在留管理庁長官に対し、当該在留カードを返納しなければならない。
If the residence card has ceased to be effective pursuant to the provisions of item (vi) of the preceding Article, a relative or person living with the deceased mid- to long-term resident must return the residence card to the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency within 14 days of the date the mid- to long-term resident died (if the relevant person came to find the residence card after the death of the foreign national, the date of finding it).
在留カードが前条第六号の規定により効力を失つたときは、死亡した中長期在留者の親族又は同居者は、その死亡の日（死亡後に在留カードを発見するに至つたときは、その発見の日）から十四日以内に、出入国在留管理庁長官に対し、当該在留カードを返納しなければならない。