在留カードの交付を受けた中長期在留者は、当該在留カードの有効期間が当該中長期在留者の在留期間の満了の日までとされている場合を除き、当該在留カードの有効期間の満了の日の三月前から有効期間が満了する日までの間（次項において「更新期間」という。）に、法務省令で定める手続により、出入国在留管理庁長官に対し、在留カードの有効期間の更新を申請しなければならない。
A mid- to long-term resident who has been issued with a residence card must file an application to the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency for a renewal of the validity period of the residence card in accordance with the procedures provided for in Ministry of Justice Order during the period from three months prior to the expiration date of the validity period until the date on which the validity period expires (referred to in the following paragraph as "extension period") except when the validity period is stated as the expiration date of the period of stay in the residence card of the mid- to long-term resident.
やむを得ない理由のため更新期間内に前項の規定による申請をすることが困難であると予想される者は、法務省令で定める手続により、更新期間前においても、出入国在留管理庁長官に対し、在留カードの有効期間の更新を申請することができる。
A person who is expected to have difficulty in filing the application pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph within the extension period due to compelling reasons may file an application to the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency for an extension of the validity period of the residence card prior to the extension period in accordance with the procedures provided for in Ministry of Justice Order.
The provisions of paragraph (2) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to cases in which the application is filed pursuant to the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs.