Supplementary Provisions, Article 7Transitional Measures Concerning the Issuance of Residence Cards upon New Landing, etc.
第七条(新規上陸に伴う在留カードの交付等に関する経過措置等)
For the time being, if the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency cannot immediately issue, to a mid- to long-term resident (meaning a mid- to long-term resident prescribed in Article 19-3 of the Immigration Control Act; the same applies hereinafter) who has been granted a seal of verification for landing or permission prescribed in Article 19-6 of the Immigration Control Act, at the port of entry or departure where that seal of verification for landing or permission was granted, a residence card (meaning a residence card prescribed in Article 19-3 of the Immigration Control Act; the same applies hereinafter) pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-6 of the Immigration Control Act, the Commissioner is to have an immigration inspector, pursuant to the provisions of Ministry of Justice Order, make a notation in the passport of that mid- to long-term resident to the effect that a residence card will be issued at a later date.
With regard to the application of the provisions of Article 19-7, paragraphs (1) and (3) and Article 19-9, paragraphs (1) and (3) of the Immigration Control Act to a mid- to long-term resident who has received in their passport a notation to the effect that a residence card will be issued at a later date pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph (excluding a person who has been issued a residence card), the phrase "upon submitting their residence card" in those provisions is replaced with "upon presenting their passport bearing the notation that a residence card will be issued at a later date".
With regard to the application of the provisions of Article 26-2 of the Immigration Control Act to a mid- to long-term resident prescribed in the preceding paragraph, the phrase "who possesses a residence card" in paragraph (1) of that Article is replaced with "who has received in that passport a notation to the effect that a residence card will be issued at a later date".