This Act comes into effect as of the date specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding 3 years from the date of promulgation; provided, however, that the provision in Article 1 amending Article 2-3 of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act (hereinafter referred to as the "Immigration Control Act"), the provision amending Article 2-4 of the Immigration Control Act and the provision amending the proviso to Article 69-2, paragraph (1) of the Immigration Control Act, and the provisions of the following Article through Article 5 of the Supplementary Provisions and Article 15, Article 23 and Article 24, paragraph (4) of the Supplementary Provisions come into effect as of the date of promulgation.

The provisions of Article 2-3, paragraph (4) and Article 2-4, paragraph (3) of the Immigration Control Act as amended by the provisions of Article 1 (hereinafter referred to as the "New Immigration Control Act") apply to the preparation and modification of the basic policy (meaning the basic policy prescribed in Article 2-3, paragraph (1) of the New Immigration Control Act) and the preparation and modification of field-specific operation policies (meaning the field-specific operation policy prescribed in Article 2-4, paragraph (1) of the New Immigration Control Act) carried out on or after the date on which the provisions prescribed in the proviso to the preceding Article come into effect.

If an application is filed in advance by a foreign national (meaning a foreign national prescribed in Article 2, item (i) of the Immigration Control Act; the same applies hereinafter) who seeks to land in Japan on or after the effective date of this Act (hereinafter referred to as the "Effective Date") and who seeks to engage in the activities set forth in item (ii) of the right-hand column corresponding to "Intra-company Transferee" in Appended Table I (2) of the New Immigration Control Act, the Minister of Justice may, pursuant to the provisions of Ministry of Justice Order, issue to that foreign national, before the Effective Date, a certificate of eligibility (meaning a certificate of eligibility prescribed in Article 7-2, paragraph (1) of the Immigration Control Act; the same applies in Article 8, paragraph (3) of the Supplementary Provisions) for the status of residence of "Intra-company Transferee" in the same Table (limited to the status pertaining to item (ii) of the right-hand column corresponding to "Intra-company Transferee" in the same Table).

Beyond what is provided for in Article 2 through the preceding Article of the Supplementary Provisions, transitional measures necessary for the enforcement of this Act (including transitional measures concerning penal provisions) are specified by Cabinet Order.

④The Government is to make known to foreign nationals residing in Japan and persons concerned the matters concerning social security systems and the payment of taxes and public dues pertaining to foreign nationals residing in Japan, and the purport and contents of the provisions of Article 22, paragraph (2) and Article 22-4, paragraph (1) of the New Immigration Control Act and other provisions of the New Immigration Control Act and the Employment for Skill Development Act.