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在留・国籍
Japan's immigration law in English: residence status, entry, the residence card, technical intern training, nationality and resident registration.
28 laws on this topic
出入国管理及び難民認定法
The rules for entering and leaving Japan, for how foreign nationals live here under a status of residence (在留資格), for deporting them, and for recognising refugees.
Text in force since
316 articles237 defined terms
4 amendments on the wayOrders that go with this Act
出入国管理及び難民認定法第五十五条の十七第一項の規定による医師等職員の兼業等に関する規則
出入国管理及び難民認定法及び日本国との平和条約に基づき日本の国籍を離脱した者等の出入国管理に関する特例法の一部を改正する等の法律の施行に伴う関係政令の整備及び経過措置に関する政令
出入国管理及び難民認定法及び日本国との平和条約に基づき日本の国籍を離脱した者等の出入国管理に関する特例法の一部を改正する等の法律の施行に伴う法務省関係省令の整備及び経過措置に関する省令
出入国管理及び難民認定法及び外国人の技能実習の適正な実施及び技能実習生の保護に関する法律の一部を改正する法律の施行に伴う関係政令の整備及び経過措置に関する政令
Who is a Japanese citizen: how Japanese citizenship is acquired — by birth, through a parent's acknowledgment (認知) of a child, or by naturalization (帰化) — and when a Japanese citizen who also holds another nationality must choose between them, or loses Japanese citizenship.
旅券法
The rules on passports: how one is applied for and issued, how long it is valid, when it can be refused, called back or stop being valid, and the penalties for misusing one.
Text in force since
33 articles47 defined terms
1 amendment on the way日本国との平和条約に基づき日本の国籍を離脱した者等の出入国管理に関する特例法
Special rules, set apart from the Immigration Control Act, for people who lost Japanese nationality under the Treaty of Peace with Japan while living in Japan, and their descendants born and living in Japan: their status as special permanent residents (特別永住者), the special permanent resident certificate (特別永住者証明書) they hold, and the narrower grounds on which they can be deported.
Text in force since
37 articles38 defined terms
AmendmentsOrders that go with this Act
外国人の技能実習の適正な実施及び技能実習生の保護に関する法律
The rules under which a person or company in Japan takes on foreign nationals to acquire skills by working for it under a plan the government accredits, the licensed non-profit bodies that arrange and oversee that work, and the protections those foreign nationals have.
Text in force since
115 articles86 defined terms
1 amendment on the way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
An Act (法律) that lets visitors holding a passport issued by the authorities of a region, rather than of a government Japan recognises, land in Japan without a visa for a short stay such as tourism, where they belong to the class a Cabinet Order (政令) sets.
Text in force since
Not divided into articles0 defined terms
1 amendment on the wayThe order that goes with this Act
特定在留カードの交付の申請に関する規則
How a mid- to long-term resident applies for a specified residence card (特定在留カード), a residence card to which the functions of an Individual Number Card (個人番号カード) have been added, either at a regional immigration services bureau or through the municipal office.
特定在留カードの様式その他特定在留カードに関し必要な事項を定める命令
The form of the specified residence card (特定在留カード), a residence card that also works as an Individual Number Card (個人番号カード), together with its PIN, the documents a person collecting it for someone else must show, and how long it is valid as an Individual Number Card.
How the regional immigration services bureaus are organised inside: their divisions, the officials who handle immigration inspection and enforcement work and how that work is divided, and their district offices (支局) and branch offices (出張所).
住民基本台帳法
Sets up the Basic Resident Register (住民基本台帳) that each municipality keeps of the people living in it, the notifications residents must make when they move, and who may see the records or get copies of them.
The order that goes with this Act
住民基本台帳法施行令第三十条の二十及び出入国管理及び難民認定法施行令第二十四条第三項に規定する通知の方法を定める省令
行政手続における特定の個人を識別するための番号の利用等に関する法律
The individual number (個人番号) given to each person on a municipal resident register, the Individual Number Card (個人番号カード) that proves it, and the limits on who may use, ask for, share and keep the number, which public bodies use in social security, tax, disaster response and other areas of administration.
Text in force since
87 articles138 defined terms
6 amendments on the waySets up the family register (戸籍) — the record, kept by each municipality's mayor, of each person's name, date of birth, parents, marriage and other family relationships, from which anyone who loses Japanese nationality is removed — and the notifications (届出) that keep it up to date.
Text in force since
171 articles47 defined terms
4 amendments on the way