Order for Enforcement of the Act on Special Measures concerning the Application for Landing by Foreign National in Possession of Passport Specified in Article 2, Item (v), (b) of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act
出入国管理及び難民認定法第二条第五号ロの旅券を所持する外国人の上陸申請の特例に関する法律施行令
A Cabinet Order (政令) that names who benefits from the visa waiver of Act No. 96 of 2005: residents of Taiwan who hold a passport issued by Taiwan's competent authority and intend to do the activities of a Temporary Visitor (短期滞在) in Japan.
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What this law does
- The people the Act covers are residents of Taiwan who hold a passport issued by Taiwan's competent authority of the kind Article 2(v)(b) of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act describes — a document equivalent to a passport, issued by the authority of a region a Cabinet Order names — and who intend to do in Japan the activities of the status Temporary Visitor.((1), Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act Art. 2(1)(v)(b)) (the provisions it rests on)
Read the full overview
- Under the Act, such a visitor needs no visa from a Japanese consular officer (日本国領事官等) to land. The regions whose passports the Act can reach are Taiwan and the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, as the Order for Enforcement of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act names them, but this Order names only residents of Taiwan.((1), Act on Special Measures concerning the Application for Landing by Foreign National in Possession of Passport specified in Article 2, Item (v), (b) of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act (1), Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act Enforcement Order Art. 1(1)) (the provisions it rests on)
- The activities of a Temporary Visitor are sightseeing, recreation, sports, visiting relatives, tours, attending lectures or meetings, business liaison and similar activities during a short stay in Japan.((1), Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act Appended Table 1) (the provisions it rests on)
Amendments
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e-Gov's record of amendments also lists the day this law as first made came into force, 26 September 2005. That is not an amendment.
Who it applies to
It applies to
- Residents of Taiwan holding a passport issued by Taiwan's competent authority who come to Japan for a Temporary Visitor's short stay.((1)) (the provisions it rests on)
How it is enforced (2)
- The Order sets no penalties and no procedure: only the visa is waived, and the landing is still examined by the immigration inspector under the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act.((1), Act on Special Measures concerning the Application for Landing by Foreign National in Possession of Passport specified in Article 2, Item (v), (b) of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act (1), Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act Art. 7(1)) (the provisions it rests on)
- The Cabinet made this Order under Act No. 96 of 2005, which leaves to a Cabinet Order which holders of such passports it covers.(Enacting Stmt. 1, Act on Special Measures concerning the Application for Landing by Foreign National in Possession of Passport specified in Article 2, Item (v), (b) of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act (1)) (the provisions it rests on)
How it connects to other laws
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- e-Gov (Digital Agency)出入国管理及び難民認定法第二条第五号ロの旅券を所持する外国人の上陸申請の特例に関する法律施行令 — the text in force from 2005-09-26Original
- e-Gov (Digital Agency)出入国管理及び難民認定法第二条第五号ロの旅券を所持する外国人の上陸申請の特例に関する法律施行令 — revision historyOriginal
- Japanese Law Translation, Ministry of JusticeOrder for Enforcement of the Act on Special Measures concerning the Application for Landing by Foreign National in Possession of Passport Specified in Article 2, Item (v), (b) of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act — Ministry of Justice translationOriginal
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