Any foreign national who is a resident under a status of residence set forth in the left-hand column of the Appended Table I must not engage in the activities set forth in the following items in accordance with the categories identified therein, except for cases in which they engage in the activities with permission prescribed in paragraph (2) of this Article:
a foreign national who is a resident with a status of residence set forth in the left-hand column of the Appended Tables I (1), I (2) and I (5):activities of managing a business involving income not included in those activities set forth in the right-hand column of those tables in accordance with the status of residence or activities for which they receive remuneration (excluding fees for lectures not given on a regular basis, incidental remuneration received in the course of everyday life and other remuneration provided for by Ministry of Justice Order; the same applies hereinafter); or
a foreign national who is a resident with a status of residence set forth in the left-hand column of the Appended Tables I (3) and I (4):activities of managing a business involving income or activities for which they receive remuneration.
If an application has been submitted by a foreign national who is a resident with a status of residence set forth in the left-hand column of the Appended Table I, in accordance with the procedures provided for by Ministry of Justice Order, to engage in activities of managing business involving income or activities for which they receive remuneration to the extent that there is no impediment to the original activities under the status of residence, the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency may grant permission if the Commissioner finds reasonable grounds to do so. In this case, the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency may impose conditions necessary for the permission.
The Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency may cancel the permission in accordance with the procedures provided for by Ministry of Justice Order if a foreign national, to whom permission was granted based on the preceding paragraph, violates conditions imposed on the foreign national pursuant to the provisions of the same paragraph, or in the event that it is found to be inappropriate to continue granting permission to the foreign national.
A foreign crew member who has been granted permission for landing pursuant to the provisions of Articles 16 through 18 continues to be regarded as a crew member, even after ceasing to be a crew member through dismissal, as long as they remain in Japan.
第十九条の二
(就労資格証明書)Certificate of Authorization for Employment
If an application has been submitted by a foreign national residing in Japan, the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency may issue a document which certifies the eligibility of the applicant for activities of managing business involving income or activities for which the foreign national receives remuneration, pursuant to the provisions of Ministry of Justice Order.
No one may give disadvantageous treatment to a foreign national for failure to show or submit the certificate set forth in the preceding paragraph in employing the foreign national, if the activities of managing business involving income or activities for which the foreign national receives remuneration that can be conducted by the foreign national is obvious.
The Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency is to issue a residence card to foreign nationals who are residing with a status of residence in Japan (hereinafter referred to as "mid- to long-term residents"), which by definition does not include:
一
三月以下の在留期間が決定された者
a person who has been granted a period of stay of not more than 3 months;
二
短期滞在の在留資格が決定された者
a person who has been granted the status of residence of "Temporary Visitor";
三
外交又は公用の在留資格が決定された者
a person who has been granted the status of residence of "Diplomat" or "Official"; or
四
前三号に準ずる者として法務省令で定めるもの
a person provided for by Ministry of Justice Order as equivalent to a person set forth in any of the preceding three items.
第十九条の四
(在留カードの記載事項等)Required Information on the Residence Card
第一項
在留カードの記載事項は、次に掲げる事項とする。
The required information on the residence card is the following particulars:
一
氏名、生年月日、性別及び国籍の属する国又は第二条第五号ロに規定する地域
name, date of birth, sex, country of nationality or a region provided for in Article 2, item (v), sub-item (b);
二
住居地(本邦における主たる住居の所在地をいう。以下同じ。)
place of residence (meaning the location of the main place of residence in Japan; the same applies hereinafter);
三
在留資格及び在留期間の満了の日
status of residence and expiration date of the period of stay;
四
在留カードの番号及び有効期間の満了の日
number and expiration date of the validity period of the residence card;
五
就労制限の有無
whether or not there are any restrictions on work; and
六
第十九条第二項の規定による許可を受けているときは、その旨
if the permission pursuant to the provisions of Article 19, paragraph (2) has been granted to that effect.
七
その他法務省令で定める事項
other particulars provided for by Ministry of Justice Order.
The number of the residence card set forth in item (iv) of the preceding paragraph is to be established as a different number for each residence card issued (including reissuance), pursuant to the provisions of Ministry of Justice Order.
Except where the age of the person on the date of issuance is under the age provided for by Ministry of Justice Order, the residence card is to display a photograph of the mid- to long-term resident pursuant to the provisions of Ministry of Justice Order. In this case, the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency may use the photograph that was provided by the mid- to long-term resident pursuant to the provisions of Article 6, paragraph (3) and other provisions of the laws and regulations prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order.
The method of entering the particulars to be entered pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1), the method of displaying the photograph to be displayed pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the form of the residence card and other necessary particulars concerning the residence card are provided for by Ministry of Justice Order.
The Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency is to record the following particulars on the residence card in an electronic or magnetic means pursuant to the provisions of Ministry of Justice Order, in addition to the particulars set forth in the items of paragraph (1) and the particulars pertaining to the photograph displayed pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (3):
一
在留期間
period of stay;
二
許可の種類及び年月日
type and date of permission;
三
在留カードの交付年月日
date of issuance of the residence card;
四
前三号に掲げるもののほか、法務省令で定める事項
beyond what is set forth in the preceding three items, particulars provided for by Ministry of Justice Order; and
the fact that the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency has recorded the particulars set forth in the items of paragraph (1), the particulars pertaining to the photograph displayed pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (3) and the particulars set forth in the preceding items.
The validity period of the residence card is to last until the end of the last day prescribed in the respective item in accordance with the categories set forth in the following items pertaining to the mid- to long-term resident who is to be issued the residence card:
a person residing with the status of residence of "Permanent Resident" (excluding a person set forth in the following item) or "Highly Skilled Professional" (limited to that pertaining to item (ii) of the right-hand column under "Highly Skilled Professional" of Appended Table I (2)):the tenth birthday after the date of issuance of the residence card (if an application pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-11, paragraph (1) has been filed, the expiration date of the validity period of the residence card that the person who filed the application possessed at that time (referred to as the "old card" in the following item and Article 19-15-3)) (if the birthday of the foreign national is February 29, the birthday of the foreign national in a year other than a leap year is deemed to be February 28; the same applies hereinafter);
a permanent resident who is under 18 years of age on the date of issuance of the residence card (with regard to an application pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-11, paragraph (1), excluding a person for whom the expiration date of the validity period of the old card is their eighteenth birthday):the fifth birthday after the date of issuance of the residence card (if an application pursuant to the provisions of the same paragraph has been filed, the expiration date of the validity period of the old card); or
三
前二号に掲げる者以外の者 在留期間の満了の日
a person other than the foreign nationals set forth in the preceding two items:the expiration date of the period of stay.
If the validity period of the residence card lasts until the end of the last day of the person's period of stay pursuant to the provisions of item (iii) of the preceding paragraph, and if the mid- to long-term resident who was issued with the residence card is permitted to continue residing in Japan after the expiration of the period of stay pursuant to the provisions of Article 20, paragraph (6) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the provisions of Article 21, paragraph (4); the same applies hereinafter in this paragraph, Article 24, item (iv), sub-item (b) and Article 26, paragraph (4)), the validity period of the residence card is to last until the end of the period during which the foreign national is permitted to reside in Japan pursuant to the provisions of Article 20, paragraph (6).
第十九条の六
(新規上陸に伴う在留カードの交付)Issuance of a Residence Card Due to New Landing
The Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency is to have an immigration inspector issue a residence card pursuant to the provisions of Ministry of Justice Order to a person who has become a mid- to long-term resident who was granted a seal of verification for landing or permission (limited to those with a decision on the status of residence) pursuant to the provisions of Section 1 or Section 2 of the preceding Chapter.
第十九条の七
(新規上陸後の住居地届出)Notification of the Place of Residence Following a New Landing
The mid- to long-term resident provided for in the preceding Article must notify the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency of their place of residence though the mayor of the municipality upon submitting their residence card to the mayor of the municipalities (including special wards, and wards or administratively consolidated wards in the designated cities prescribed in Article 252-19, paragraph (1) of the Local Autonomy Act; the same applies hereinafter) in accordance with the procedures provided for in Ministry of Justice Order, within 14 days of the date of settling on a place of residence.
The mayor of the municipalities, if the residence card has been submitted pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, is to enter the place of residence onto the residence card (including the record pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-4, paragraph (5)) and is to return it to the mid- to long-term resident.
If the mid- to long-term resident referred to in paragraph (1) has filed a notification pursuant to the provisions of Article 30-46 of the Residential Basic Book Act (Act No. 81 of 1967) by submitting their residence card, the notification is deemed to be the notification pursuant to the provisions of the same paragraph.
第十九条の八
(在留資格変更等に伴う住居地届出)Notification of the Place of Residence Due to Changes of Status of Residence
A person who has newly become a mid- to long-term resident by being granted permission pursuant to the provisions of the main clause of Article 20, paragraph (3) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the provisions of Article 22-2, paragraph (3) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the provisions of Article 22-3)), Article 21, paragraph (3), Article 22, paragraph (2) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the provisions of Article 22-2, paragraph (4) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the provisions of Article 22-3)), Article 50, paragraph (1), Article 61-2-2, paragraph (1) or Article 61-2-5, paragraph (1) must notify the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency of their place of residence through the mayor of the municipality of the place of residence upon submitting their residence card to the mayor in accordance with the procedures provided for in Ministry of Justice Order within 14 days of the date of settling on a place of residence (with regard to persons who have already settled on a place of residence, the date of the respective permission).
第二項
前条第二項の規定は、前項の規定による在留カードの提出があつた場合に準用する。
The provisions of paragraph (2) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to cases in which the residence card is submitted pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph.
Where the mid- to long-term resident provided for in paragraph (1) has filed a notification pursuant to the provisions of Article 30-46 or Article 30-47 of the Residential Basic Book Act by submitting their residence card, the notification is deemed to be the notification pursuant to the provisions of the same paragraph.
If the foreign national provided for in Article 22-2, paragraph (1) or Article 22-3 has submitted a copy of the certificate of residence or a certificate of items stated in resident register provided for in Article 12, paragraph (1) of the Residential Basic Book Act to the Minister of Justice when filing an application pursuant to the provisions of Article 22-2, paragraph (2) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the provisions of Article 22-3), the notification provided for in paragraph (1) is deemed to have been filed at the time of the permission pursuant to the provisions of the main clause of Article 20, paragraph (3) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 22-2, paragraph (3) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the provisions of Article 22-3) or the permission provided for in Article 22, paragraph (2) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 22-2, paragraph (4) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the provisions of Article 22-3) being granted.
第十九条の九
(住居地の変更届出)Notification of Change of the Place of Residence
If the mid-to long-term resident has changed their place of residence, they must notify the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency of the new place of residence (meaning the place of residence following the change; the same applies hereinafter) through the mayor of the municipality of the new place of residence upon submitting their residence card to the mayor in accordance with the procedures provided for in Ministry of Justice Order within 14 days of the date of relocating to a new place of residence.
第二項
第十九条の七第二項の規定は、前項の規定による在留カードの提出があつた場合に準用する。
The provisions of Article 19-7, paragraph (2) apply mutatis mutandis to cases in which the residence card is submitted pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph.
Where the mid- to long-term resident provided for in paragraph (1) has filed a notification pursuant to the provisions of Article 22, Article 23, or Article 30-46 of the Residential Basic Book Act by submitting their residence card, the notification is deemed to be the notification pursuant to the provisions of the same paragraph.