Supplementary Provisions

This Ministerial Order comes into effect as of the date on which the provisions listed in Article 1, item (iii) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act and the Special Act on the Immigration Control of, inter alia, those who have lost Japanese Nationality pursuant to the Treaty of Peace with Japan, and Other Matters (Act No. 79 of 2009; hereinafter referred to as the "Amending Act") come into effect (July 1, 2010); provided, however, that the provisions of the following Article come into effect as of the date on which the provisions listed in Article 1, item (ii) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Amending Act come into effect (January 1, 2010).

With respect to the issuance of a certificate of eligibility prescribed in Article 6 of the Supplementary Provisions of the Amending Act, the provisions listed in the entry for the activities listed in item (i), (a) of the right-hand column under "Technical Intern Training" of the Appended Table I (2) of the Act or the entry for the activities listed in item (i), (b) of the right-hand column under "Technical Intern Training" of the Appended Table I (2) of the Act in the table of the Ministerial Order to Provide for Criteria Pursuant to Article 7, Paragraph (1), Item (ii) of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act as amended by this Ministerial Order (hereinafter referred to as the "New Ministerial Order for Criteria") apply even before the date on which this Ministerial Order comes into effect (hereinafter referred to as the "Effective Date").

Of the criteria under Article 7, paragraph (1), item (ii) of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act (hereinafter referred to as the "Act") pertaining to a certificate of eligibility that is applied for before the Effective Date and is to be issued after the Effective Date, with respect to those pertaining to the status of residence of "Trainee" in Appended Table I (4) of the Act prior to the enforcement of the Amending Act (referred to as the "former status of residence of "Trainee"" in the following Article), notwithstanding the provisions of the New Ministerial Order for Criteria, the provisions then in force continue to govern in any of the following cases:

Of the criteria under Article 7, paragraph (1), item (ii) of the Act pertaining to persons who were issued a certificate of eligibility or received a visa before the Effective Date (limited to cases falling under any of the items of the preceding Article) and persons who were issued a certificate of eligibility after the Effective Date (limited to cases in which the provisions then in force are to continue to govern pursuant to the provisions of that Article), and who filed the application under Article 6, paragraph (2) of the Act after the Effective Date, with respect to those pertaining to the former status of residence of "Trainee", the provisions then in force continue to govern.

With respect to wrongful acts relating to the technical intern training or training of a foreign national committed before the Effective Date, notwithstanding the provisions of the New Ministerial Order for Criteria, the provisions then in force continue to govern.

A foreign national who is actually residing with the status of residence of "Trainee" in Appended Table I (4) of the Act at the time this Ministerial Order comes into effect (excluding the cases listed in Article 3, items (i) and (ii) of the Supplementary Provisions) is deemed to be a technical intern trainee residing in Japan with the status of residence of "Technical Intern Training" (limited to one pertaining to item (i), (a) or (b) of the right-hand column under "Technical Intern Training" of the Appended Table I (2) of the Act) for the purpose of applying, in the table of the New Ministerial Order for Criteria, item (xi) of the right-hand column of the entry for the activities listed in item (i), (a) of the right-hand column under "Technical Intern Training" of the Appended Table I (2) of the Act and items (xxiv) through (xxix) of the right-hand column of the entry for the activities listed in item (i), (b) of the right-hand column under "Technical Intern Training" of the Appended Table I (2) of the Act.

A foreign national who is actually residing with the status of residence of "Designated Activities" in Appended Table I (5) of the Act (limited to one for which activities for the purpose of technical intern training have been designated) at the time this Ministerial Order comes into effect is deemed to be a technical intern trainee residing in Japan with the status of residence of "Technical Intern Training" (limited to one pertaining to item (ii), (a) or (b) of the right-hand column under "Technical Intern Training" of the Appended Table I (2) of the Act) for the purpose of applying, in the table of the New Ministerial Order for Criteria, items (xi) and (xviii) of the right-hand column of the entry for the activities listed in item (i), (a) of the right-hand column under "Technical Intern Training" of the Appended Table I (2) of the Act; item (xvi) and items (xxiv) through (xxix) of the right-hand column of the entry for the activities listed in item (i), (b) of the right-hand column under "Technical Intern Training" of the Appended Table I (2) of the Act; and item (x) of the right-hand column of the entry for the activities listed in the right-hand column under "Trainee" of the Appended Table I (4) of the Act.