Rules on Applications for the Issuance of Specified Residence Cards
特定在留カードの交付の申請に関する規則
In association with the enforcement of the Act Partially Amending the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act, etc. (Act No. 59 of 2024), and pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-15-2, paragraphs (1) and (2) of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act (Cabinet Order No. 319 of 1951), the Rules on Applications for the Issuance of Specified Residence Cards are established as follows.
出入国管理及び難民認定法等の一部を改正する法律（令和六年法律第五十九号）の施行に伴い、並びに出入国管理及び難民認定法（昭和二十六年政令第三百十九号）第十九条の十五の二第一項及び第二項の規定に基づき、特定在留カードの交付の申請に関する規則を次のように定める。
Article 1Application under Article 19-15-2, Paragraph (1) of the Act
第一条（法第十九条の十五の二第一項の規定による申請）
An application under Article 19-15-2, paragraph (1) of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act (hereinafter referred to as the "Act") must be made by appearing in person at a regional immigration services bureau and submitting one written application in accordance with the Appended Form No. 1.
出入国管理及び難民認定法（以下「法」という。）第十九条の十五の二第一項の規定による申請は、地方出入国在留管理局に自ら出頭し、別記第一号様式による申請書一通を提出して行わなければならない。
An application under the preceding paragraph (limited to one relating to the notification or application listed in Article 19-15-2, paragraph (1), item (i) of the Act) need not be made by the mid- to long-term resident by appearing in person, notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, in the following cases:
前項の申請（法第十九条の十五の二第一項第一号に掲げる届出又は申請に係るものに限る。）は、次に掲げる場合には、前項の規定にかかわらず、中長期在留者が自ら出頭してこれを行うことを要しない。
where the mid- to long-term resident is under 16 years of age, where the application under the preceding paragraph (limited to one relating to an application under Article 19-11, paragraph (1) of the Act) is made and the date of the application is the mid- to long-term resident's sixteenth birthday, or where the mid- to long-term resident is unable to make the application under the preceding paragraph (limited to one relating to the notification or application listed in Article 19-15-2, paragraph (1), item (i) of the Act; the same applies in the following item and item (iv)) in person due to illness or any other reason, and in any of those cases a relative of the mid- to long-term resident (excluding a person under 16 years of age; the same applies in the following item and item (iii)) who lives with the mid- to long-term resident makes that application on behalf of the mid- to long-term resident;
当該中長期在留者が十六歳に満たない場合、前項の申請（法第十九条の十一第一項の申請に係るものに限る。）をする場合であってその申請の日が十六歳の誕生日であるとき又は疾病その他の事由により自ら前項の申請（法第十九条の十五の二第一項第一号に掲げる届出又は申請に係るものに限る。次号及び第四号において同じ。）をすることができない場合において、当該中長期在留者の親族（十六歳に満たない者を除く。次号及び第三号において同じ。）であって当該中長期在留者と同居するものが当該中長期在留者に代わって当該申請をするとき。
where a relative of the mid- to long-term resident who lives with the mid- to long-term resident makes the application under the preceding paragraph on behalf of the mid- to long-term resident at the request of the mid- to long-term resident;
当該中長期在留者の親族であって当該中長期在留者と同居するものが当該中長期在留者の依頼により当該中長期在留者に代わって前項の申請をする場合
where a person listed in Article 59-4, paragraph (2), item (i), (a) through (c) of the Regulation for Enforcement of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act (Ministry of Justice Order No. 54 of 1981; hereinafter referred to as the "Regulation for Enforcement of the Immigration Control Act") carries out the procedures relating to the submission of the written application prescribed in the preceding paragraph on behalf of the mid- to long-term resident (in the case of a person listed in (a) and (b) of that item, limited to the case where they do so at the request of the mid- to long-term resident or at the request of a relative of the mid- to long-term resident who lives with the mid- to long-term resident (limited to the case that falls under the case prescribed in item (i)); in the case of a person listed in paragraph (2), item (i), (c) of that Article, excluding the case where they do so on behalf of the mid- to long-term resident pursuant to the provisions of item (i)), and the director of the regional immigration services bureau finds it appropriate;
where the mid- to long-term resident is under 16 years of age or is unable to make the application under the preceding paragraph in person due to illness or any other reason, and a relative of the mid- to long-term resident (excluding a person under 16 years of age and a person who lives with the mid- to long-term resident), a person who lives with the mid- to long-term resident (excluding a person under 16 years of age and a relative of the mid- to long-term resident), or a person equivalent thereto, whom the director of the regional immigration services bureau finds appropriate, carries out the procedures prescribed in the preceding item on behalf of the mid- to long-term resident.
An application under paragraph (1) (limited to one relating to the application listed in Article 19-15-2, paragraph (1), item (ii) of the Act; the same applies hereinafter in this paragraph) need not be made by the mid- to long-term resident by appearing in person, notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1), in the following cases:
第一項の申請（法第十九条の十五の二第一項第二号に掲げる申請に係るものに限る。以下この項において同じ。）は、次に掲げる場合には、第一項の規定にかかわらず、中長期在留者が自ら出頭してこれを行うことを要しない。
where the legal representative of the mid- to long-term resident makes the application under paragraph (1) on behalf of the mid- to long-term resident;
当該中長期在留者の法定代理人が当該中長期在留者に代わって第一項の申請をする場合
where any of the following persons, at the request of a mid- to long-term resident who is in Japan or of the legal representative of that mid- to long-term resident, carries out the procedures prescribed in item (iii) of the preceding paragraph on behalf of that mid- to long-term resident, and the director of the regional immigration services bureau finds it appropriate:
次に掲げる者が、本邦にある中長期在留者又はその法定代理人の依頼により当該中長期在留者に代わって前項第三号に規定する手続をする場合であって、地方出入国在留管理局長において相当と認めるとき。
a person listed in Article 59-4, paragraph (2), item (i), (a) or (b) of the Regulation for Enforcement of the Immigration Control Act;
入管法施行規則第五十九条の四第二項第一号イ又はロに掲げる者
an employee prescribed in Article 59-4, paragraph (4), item (ii) of the Regulation for Enforcement of the Immigration Control Act whom the director of the regional immigration services bureau finds appropriate;
入管法施行規則第五十九条の四第四項第二号に規定する職員で地方出入国在留管理局長が適当と認めるもの
where the mid- to long-term resident is under 16 years of age or is unable to make the application under paragraph (1) in person due to illness or any other reason, and a relative of the mid- to long-term resident (excluding a person under 16 years of age), a person who lives with the mid- to long-term resident (excluding a person under 16 years of age and a relative of the mid- to long-term resident), or a person equivalent thereto, whom the director of the regional immigration services bureau finds appropriate, carries out the procedures prescribed in item (iii) of the preceding paragraph on behalf of the mid- to long-term resident.
Where the application under paragraph (1) is one relating to an application under Article 19-11, paragraph (1) of the Act, an indication that an application under Article 19-11, paragraph (1) of the Act has been made is to be put on the residence card presented pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-9, paragraph (2) of the Regulation for Enforcement of the Immigration Control Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 19-10, paragraph (2) of the Regulation for Enforcement of the Immigration Control Act.
第一項の申請が法第十九条の十一第一項の規定による申請に係るものである場合には、入管法施行規則第十九条の十第二項において準用する入管法施行規則第十九条の九第二項の規定により提示された在留カードに、法第十九条の十一第一項の規定による申請があった旨の表示をするものとする。
In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, when the application under paragraph (1) is withdrawn, the indication put on the residence card pursuant to the preceding paragraph is to be erased.
Article 2Application under Article 19-15-2, Paragraph (2) of the Act
第二条（法第十九条の十五の二第二項の規定による申請）
An application under Article 19-15-2, paragraph (2) of the Act must be made by appearing in person at the office of the municipality (including special wards, and, in a designated city prescribed in Article 252-19, paragraph (1) of the Local Autonomy Act (Act No. 67 of 1947), wards or administratively consolidated wards; the same applies hereinafter) relating to the notification prescribed in that paragraph and submitting one written application in accordance with the Appended Form No. 2 and one photograph (limited to a photograph that satisfies all of the following items):
法第十九条の十五の二第二項の規定による申請は、同項に規定する届出に係る市町村（特別区を含むものとし、地方自治法（昭和二十二年法律第六十七号）第二百五十二条の十九第一項の指定都市にあっては、区又は総合区。以下同じ。）の事務所に自ら出頭し、別記第二号様式による申請書一通及び写真（次の各号のいずれにも該当するものに限る。）一葉を提出して行わなければならない。
a photograph in which only the person themselves is photographed;
本人のみが撮影されたもの
a photograph in which the person is not wearing a hat and is facing the front;
無帽で正面を向いたもの
a photograph with no background (including shadows);
背景（影を含む。）がないもの
a photograph that is clear;
鮮明であるもの
a photograph that was taken within six months before the date of application.
申請の日前六月以内に撮影されたもの
In making the application under the preceding paragraph, the person must present the passport. In this case, a mid- to long-term resident who is unable to present the passport must submit a document stating the reason therefor.
前項の申請に当たっては、旅券を提示しなければならない。この場合において、旅券を提示することができない中長期在留者にあっては、その理由を記載した書面一通を提出しなければならない。
When the application under paragraph (1) concerns a person less than one year of age, submission of a photograph is not required, notwithstanding the provisions of that paragraph. However, this does not apply when the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency has determined that submission is required.
An application under paragraph (1) need not be made by the mid- to long-term resident by appearing in person, notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1), where the mid- to long-term resident is under 16 years of age or finds it difficult to appear in person due to illness, physical disability or any other unavoidable reason, and any of the following persons carries out, on behalf of the mid- to long-term resident, the procedures relating to the submission of the written application, etc. prescribed in that paragraph and the presentation of the passport prescribed in paragraph (2). However, this does not apply when a request under Article 19-15-2, paragraph (3) of the Act is made together with that application.
第一項の申請は、中長期在留者が十六歳に満たない場合又は病気、身体の障害その他のやむを得ない理由により出頭することが困難である場合において、次に掲げる者が当該中長期在留者に代わって同項に定める申請書等の提出及び第二項に定める旅券の提示に係る手続をするときは、第一項の規定にかかわらず、当該中長期在留者が自ら出頭してこれを行うことを要しない。ただし、当該申請に併せて法第十九条の十五の二第三項の規定による申出をする場合は、この限りでない。
a relative of the mid- to long-term resident (excluding a person under 16 years of age);
当該中長期在留者の親族（十六歳に満たない者を除く。）
the legal representative of the mid- to long-term resident;
当該中長期在留者の法定代理人
a person who has been requested by the mid- to long-term resident or by a person listed in the preceding two items (excluding a person under 16 years of age).
当該中長期在留者又は前二号に掲げる者の依頼を受けた者（十六歳に満たない者を除く。）
Where, pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the mid- to long-term resident is not required to appear in person, a person who intends to carry out the procedures prescribed in that paragraph on behalf of the mid- to long-term resident must present to the head of the municipality prescribed in paragraph (1) materials clarifying that the case falls under that situation, or give an explanation to that effect.