Article 9Seal of Verification for Landing

①If, as a result of the examination, an immigration inspector finds that a foreign national conforms to the conditions for landing prescribed in Article 7, paragraph (1), the inspector must affix a seal of verification for landing permission to the passport of the foreign national..

②In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, the determination of whether the foreign national falls under Article 5, paragraph (1), item (i) or (ii) must be made subject to a medical examination by a physician designated by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare or by the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency.

③The immigration inspector, when affixing the seal set forth in paragraph (1), must decide the status of residence and period of stay of the foreign national and clearly state that fact in their passport; provided, however, that this does not apply in cases of a person who has been granted re-entry permission pursuant to the provisions of Article 26, paragraph (1), or a person who possesses a refugee travel document issued pursuant to the provisions of Article 61-2-15, paragraph (1).

④If an immigration inspector has found that a foreign national who falls under all of the following items conforms to the conditions for landing prescribed in Article 7, paragraph (1), the inspector may record the foreign national's name, date of landing, the port of entry or departure at which the foreign national lands and other information as provided by Ministry of Justice Order in a file kept on a computer as provided for by Ministry of Justice Order to be used as a record and in lieu of the seal of verification for landing. In this case, notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1) of this Article, the immigration inspector does not have to affix the seal of verification set forth in the same paragraph:

⑤If the immigration inspector records the prescribed data pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph for a foreign national possessing a registered user card issued pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) or paragraph (8) of the following Article, the immigration inspector must clearly state that fact in the registered user card.

⑥Except for cases in which a seal of verification for landing is affixed pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) or in which the prescribed information is recorded pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (4), the immigration inspector must transfer the foreign national to a special inquiry officer for conducting a hearing pursuant to the provisions of Article 10.

⑦Except for cases in which there are special provisions in Section 4, a foreign national must not land unless they have had a seal of verification for landing affixed to their passport pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of this Article, Article 10, paragraph (8), or Article 11, paragraph (4), or in which they have had their prescribed information recorded pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (4) of this Article.