A foreign national residing in Japan may, without changing their existing status of residence, have their period of stay extended.
A foreign national who seeks to have their period of stay extended pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph must file an application to the Minister of Justice for an extension of that period in accordance with the procedures provided for by Ministry of Justice Order.
If the application set forth in the preceding paragraph has been filed, the Minister of Justice may grant permission only if the Minister finds that there are reasonable grounds to grant the extension of the period of stay based on the documents submitted by the foreign national.
The provisions of Article 20, paragraph (4) and paragraph (5) apply mutatis mutandis to the permission granted pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, and the provisions of the same Article, paragraph (6) apply mutatis mutandis to an application filed pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2), respectively. In these cases, "new status of residence and period of stay" in items (ii) and (iii) is deemed to be replaced with "status of residence and new period of stay".
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(Change of Status of Residence)
If the Minister of Justice has decided to give permission pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the Minister is to have the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency notify the…
法務大臣は、前項の規定による許可をすることとしたときは、出入国在留管理庁長官に、当該外国人に対し、その旨を通知させるものとする。この場合において、その通知は、出入国在留管理庁長官が、入国審査官に、次の各号に掲げる区分に応じ、当該各号に定める措置をとらせることにより行うものとする。
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if the foreign national who has been granted permission possesses a passport in cases other than the cases set forth in the preceding item:to enter a new status of residence and period of stay in the…
前号に掲げる場合以外の場合において、当該許可に係る外国人が旅券を所持しているとき 当該旅券への新たな在留資格及び在留期間の記載
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if the foreign national who has been granted permission does not possess a passport in cases other than the cases set forth in item (i):to issue the foreign national a certificate of status of…
第一号に掲げる場合以外の場合において、当該許可に係る外国人が旅券を所持していないとき 当該外国人に対する新たな在留資格及び在留期間を記載した在留資格証明書の交付又は既に交付を受けている在留資格証明書への新たな在留資格及び在留期間の記載
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The permission of the Minister of Justice pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (3) becomes effective if the measures specified in each respective item of the preceding paragraph have been taken.
第三項の規定による法務大臣の許可は、それぞれ前項各号に定める措置があつた時に、その効力を生ずる。
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If an application pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2) is filed (excluding an application filed by a foreign national who was granted permission for a period of stay of not more than 30 days)…
第二項の規定による申請があつた場合（三十日以下の在留期間を決定されている者から申請があつた場合を除く。）において、その申請の時に当該外国人が有する在留資格に伴う在留期間の満了の日までにその申請に対する処分がされないときは、当該外国人は、その在留期間の満了後も…
Open this provision(Extension of the Period of Stay)
A foreign national residing in Japan may, without changing their existing status of residence, have their period of stay extended.
本邦に在留する外国人は、現に有する在留資格を変更することなく、在留期間の更新を受けることができる。
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A foreign national who seeks to have their period of stay extended pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph must file an application to the Minister of Justice for an extension of that…
前項の規定により在留期間の更新を受けようとする外国人は、法務省令で定める手続により、法務大臣に対し在留期間の更新を申請しなければならない。
Open this provision(Extension of the Period of Stay)
If the application set forth in the preceding paragraph has been filed, the Minister of Justice may grant permission only if the Minister finds that there are reasonable grounds to grant the…
前項の規定による申請があつた場合には、法務大臣は、当該外国人が提出した文書により在留期間の更新を適当と認めるに足りる相当の理由があるときに限り、これを許可することができる。
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「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)