The validity period of the residence card is to last until the end of the last day prescribed in the respective item in accordance with the categories set forth in the following items pertaining to the mid- to long-term resident who is to be issued the residence card:
在留カードの有効期間は、その交付を受ける中長期在留者に係る次の各号に掲げる区分に応じ、当該各号に定める日が経過するまでの期間とする。
a person residing with the status of residence of "Permanent Resident" (excluding a person set forth in the following item) or "Highly Skilled Professional" (limited to that pertaining to item (ii) of the right-hand column under "Highly Skilled Professional" of Appended Table I (2)):the tenth birthday after the date of issuance of the residence card (if an application pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-11, paragraph (1) has been filed, the expiration date of the validity period of the residence card that the person who filed the application possessed at that time (referred to as the "old card" in the following item and Article 19-15-3)) (if the birthday of the foreign national is February 29, the birthday of the foreign national in a year other than a leap year is deemed to be February 28; the same applies hereinafter);
a permanent resident who is under 18 years of age on the date of issuance of the residence card (with regard to an application pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-11, paragraph (1), excluding a person for whom the expiration date of the validity period of the old card is their eighteenth birthday):the fifth birthday after the date of issuance of the residence card (if an application pursuant to the provisions of the same paragraph has been filed, the expiration date of the validity period of the old card); or
永住者であつて、在留カードの交付の日に十八歳に満たない者(第十九条の十一第一項の規定による申請については、旧カードの有効期間の満了の日が十八歳の誕生日である者を除く。) 在留カードの交付の日(同項の規定による申請があつた場合は、旧カードの有効期間の満了の日)後の五回目の誕生日
a person other than the foreign nationals set forth in the preceding two items:the expiration date of the period of stay.
If the validity period of the residence card lasts until the end of the last day of the person's period of stay pursuant to the provisions of item (iii) of the preceding paragraph, and if the mid- to long-term resident who was issued with the residence card is permitted to continue residing in Japan after the expiration of the period of stay pursuant to the provisions of Article 20, paragraph (6) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the provisions of Article 21, paragraph (4); the same applies hereinafter in this paragraph, Article 24, item (iv), sub-item (b) and Article 26, paragraph (4)), the validity period of the residence card is to last until the end of the period during which the foreign national is permitted to reside in Japan pursuant to the provisions of Article 20, paragraph (6).
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foreign national
「外国人」
Anyone who does not hold Japanese nationality.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (i)· applies throughout the law
period of staymachine translation
「在留期間」
How long a foreign national may stay in Japan under a status of residence; the lengths are set by Ministry of Justice Order and, for most statuses, cannot exceed five years.
Short name set inArticle 2-2, paragraph (3)
mid- to long-term residents
「中長期在留者」
A foreign national residing in Japan with a status of residence who is issued a residence card: everyone except those granted a stay of three months or less, Temporary Visitors, holders of Diplomat or Official status, and others specified by Ministry of Justice Order.
Short name set inArticle 19-3, paragraph (1)
old cardmachine translation
「旧カード」
The residence card (在留カード) a person was holding when they applied under Article 19-11, paragraph (1) to renew its validity period, from whose expiry date the validity period of the new card is counted.
Short name set inArticle 19-5, paragraph (1), item (i)· applies only in this provision and in Article 19-5, paragraph (1), item (ii); and Article 19-15-3