Article 19Permission to Engage in an Activity Other Than That Permitted under the Status of ResidencePreviously Granted
第十九条（資格外活動の許可）
A foreign national who seeks to apply for the permission set forth in Article 19, paragraph (2) of the Act (hereinafter referred to as "permission to engage in an activity other than that permitted under the status of residence previously granted") must appear at a regional immigration services bureau and submit a copy of the written application pursuant to the Appended Form No. 28, a copy of the document clarifying the specific activities pertaining to the application, and a copy of any other reference material.
When filing the application set forth in the preceding paragraph, the foreign national must present the documents listed in the following items. In this case, a person who is unable to present their passport or certificate of status of residence must submit a copy of the document stating the reason therefor:
前項の申請に当たつては、次の各号に掲げる書類を提示しなければならない。この場合において、旅券又は在留資格証明書を提示することができない者にあつては、その理由を記載した書類一通を提出しなければならない。
passport and residence card in the case of a mid- to long-term resident; and
中長期在留者にあつては、旅券及び在留カード
passport or certificate of status of residence in the case of a person other than mid-to long-term residents.
中長期在留者以外の者にあつては、旅券又は在留資格証明書
Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1), a foreign national is not required to appear at a regional immigration services bureau if the director of the regional immigration services bureau finds the nonappearance reasonable. In this case, a person listed in the following items who has been requested by the foreign national is to submit the written application, etc. provided for in paragraph (1) and carry out the procedures provided for in the preceding paragraph on behalf of the foreign national staying in Japan:
a staff member of any of the organizations or bodies listed in the following sub-items (a) through (e) (hereinafter referred to as the "receiving organization, etc." in item (iii), and in Article 59-4, paragraph (2), item (i), sub-item (a) and Article 61-3, paragraph (5), item (iii)) whom the director of the regional immigration services bureau finds appropriate (except in the cases listed in the following item or item (iii)):
次のイからホまでに掲げる機関又は団体（以下第三号並びに第五十九条の四第二項第一号イ及び第六十一条の三第五項第三号において「受入れ機関等」という。）の職員で、地方出入国在留管理局長が適当と認めるもの（次号又は第三号に掲げる場合を除く。）
an organization that a foreign national manages or intends to manage;
外国人が経営し、又は経営しようとする機関
an organization that employs or intends to employ a foreign national;
外国人を雇用し、又は雇用しようとする機関
an organization at which a foreign national receives or intends to receive training or education;
外国人が研修若しくは教育を受け、又は受けようとする機関
a body that supervises activities conducted by a foreign national to acquire skills, technique or knowledge (hereinafter referred to as "skills, etc.") (meaning a supervising organization prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (10) of the Act on Proper Technical Intern Training and Protection of Technical Intern Trainees (Act No. 89 of 2016; hereinafter referred to as the "Technical Intern Training Act")), or a body that intends to do so;
外国人が行う技能、技術又は知識（以下「技能等」という。）を修得する活動の監理を行う団体（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（平成二十八年法律第八十九号。以下「技能実習法」という。）第二条第十項に規定する監理団体をいう。）、又は行おうとする団体
an organization specified by the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency in public notice as being equivalent to those listed in sub-items (a) through (d).
イからニまでに掲げるものに準ずるものとして出入国在留管理庁長官が告示をもつて定める機関
a person who is the staff member of the organization of affiliation of specified skilled worker or staff member of the registered support organization and has been considered appropriate by the director of the regional immigration services bureau, if the foreign national prescribed in paragraph (1) is a person residing with the status of residence of "Specified Skilled Worker" intending to conduct the activities listed in item (i) of the right-hand column of "Specified Skilled Worker" in the Appended Table I-2 of the Act;
a person who is the staff member of the receiving organization, etc. or the staff member of an organization managed by a foreign national supporting the person or employed by the organization (including an organization that the foreign national intends to manage or an organization that intends to employ the foreign national) and who has been considered appropriate by the director of the regional immigration services bureau, if the foreign national prescribed in paragraph (1) is a person residing with the status of residence of "Dependent" intending to engage in daily activities supported by the foreign national who is residing in Japan or a person residing with the status of residence of "Designated Activities" whose activities are designated in particular;
a staff member of a public interest corporation found appropriate by the director of the regional immigration services bureau
公益法人の職員で地方出入国在留管理局長が適当と認めるもの
an attorney at law or administrative scrivener who has notified the director of the regional immigration services bureau exercising jurisdiction over the area where the bar association or the administrative scrivener's association to which the attorney or the administrative scrivener belongs is located through the association; and
弁護士又は行政書士で所属する弁護士会又は行政書士会を経由してその所在地を管轄する地方出入国在留管理局長に届け出たもの
a legal representative of the foreign national.
当該外国人の法定代理人
Permission to engage in an activity other than that permitted under the status of residence previously granted is to be given by the issuance of a permit to engage in an activity other than that permitted under the status of residence previously granted pursuant to the Appended Form No. 29 or by affixing the seal of verification pursuant to the Appended Form No. 29-2 to the passport or certificate of status of residence. In this case, if the permission to engage in an activity other than that permitted under the status of residence previously granted is for a mid- to long-term resident, the particulars listed in Article 19-4, paragraph (1), item (vi) of the Act and Article 19-6, paragraph (5), item (i) are to be stated in the residence card and recorded pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (14) of the same Article.
資格外活動許可は、別記第二十九号様式による資格外活動許可書を交付すること又は旅券若しくは在留資格証明書に別記第二十九号の二様式による証印をすることによつて行うものとする。この場合において、資格外活動許可が中長期在留者に対するものであるときは、在留カードに法第十九条の四第一項第六号及び第十九条の六第五項第一号に掲げる事項を記載し、及び同条第十四項の規定により記録するものとする。
The specific activities for which permission is to be newly granted with conditions imposed pursuant to the provisions of Article 19, paragraph (2) of the Act are to be pursuant to any of the following items.
法第十九条第二項の規定により条件を付して新たに許可する活動の内容は、次の各号のいずれかによるものとする。
activities to manage a business involving income or activities for which the foreign national receives a remuneration (excluding entertainment and amusement business provided for in Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Act on Control and Improvement of Amusement Businesses (Act No. 122 of 1948), the store-based business specializing in entertainment of a sexual nature provided for in paragraph (6) of the same Article, or the business that are conducted in specified entertainment restaurants provided for in paragraph (11) of the same Article, or non-store based business specializing in entertainment of a sexual nature provided for in paragraph (7) of the same Article, the video-based service specializing in entertainment of a sexual nature provided for in paragraph (8) of the same Article, the store-based dating services provided for in paragraph (9) of the same Article or the non-store based dating services provided for in paragraph (10) of the same Article; for those persons residing with the status of residence of "Student", limited to those carried out during the foreign national's enrollment at an educational institution) for less than 28 hours in one week (for a person residing with the status of residence of "Student", less than eight hours a day during the long-term vacation period specified in the school regulations of the educational institution which the foreign national is enrolled in); and
一週について二十八時間以内（留学の在留資格をもつて在留する者については、在籍する教育機関が学則で定める長期休業期間にあるときは、一日について八時間以内）の収入を伴う事業を運営する活動又は報酬を受ける活動（風俗営業等の規制及び業務の適正化等に関する法律（昭和二十三年法律第百二十二号）第二条第一項に規定する風俗営業、同条第六項に規定する店舗型性風俗特殊営業若しくは同条第十一項に規定する特定遊興飲食店営業が営まれている営業所において行うもの又は同条第七項に規定する無店舗型性風俗特殊営業、同条第八項に規定する映像送信型性風俗特殊営業、同条第九項に規定する店舗型電話異性紹介営業若しくは同条第十項に規定する無店舗型電話異性紹介営業に従事するものを除き、留学の在留資格をもつて在留する者については教育機関に在籍している間に行うものに限る。）
activities listed in the right-hand column of the "Instructor" section, the "Engineer/Specialist in Humanities/International Services" section and the "Skilled Labor" section of the Appended Table I (2) of the Act for less than 28 hours a week which the person residing with the status of residence of "Instructor", "Engineer/Specialist in Humanities/International Services" and "Skilled Labor" (limited to a person who has entered into a contract on employment with a local government in Japan or an equivalent entity (hereinafter referred to as "local government, etc." and in the case of a person residing with the status of residence of "Skilled Labor", limited to those engaged in work requiring the skills pertaining to instruction of sports) (excluding those engaged in activities with the current status of residence, limited to those engaged in work based on a contract on employment with the local government, etc. or those engaged in work based on a contract relating to employment with a local public entity, etc. other than the local government, etc. (limited to those permitted by the local government, etc. which is the other party to a contract pertaining to the status of residence currently held with regard to the content of the contract) and limited to work requiring skills pertaining to instruction of sports in the case of the activities listed in the right-hand column of the "Skilled Labor"section).
教育、技術・人文知識・国際業務又は技能の在留資格をもつて在留する者（我が国の地方公共団体その他これに準ずるもの（以下「地方公共団体等」という。）と雇用に関する契約を締結しているものに限り、技能の在留資格をもつて在留する者にあつてはスポーツの指導に係る技能を要する業務に従事するものに限る。）が行う一週について二十八時間以内の法別表第一の二の表の教育の項、技術・人文知識・国際業務の項又は技能の項の下欄に掲げる活動（現に有する在留資格をもつて行うものを除き、当該地方公共団体等との雇用に関する契約に基づいて行うもの又は当該地方公共団体等以外の地方公共団体等との雇用に関する契約（当該契約の内容について現に有する在留資格に係る契約の相手方である地方公共団体等が認めるものに限る。）に基づいて行うものに限り、技能の項の下欄に掲げる活動にあつてはスポーツの指導に係る技能を要するものに限る。）
beyond what is provided for in the preceding items, the activities individually designated by the director of the regional immigration services bureau by specifying the name, location, business details and other particulars of the public or private organization in Japan where the activities pertaining to the permission to engage inan activity other than that permitted under the status of residence previously granted are to be carried out.
前各号に掲げるもののほか、地方出入国在留管理局長が、資格外活動の許可に係る活動を行う本邦の公私の機関の名称及び所在地、業務内容その他の事項を定めて個々に指定する活動
If the permission to engage in an activity other than that permitted under the status of residence previously granted has been revoked pursuant to the provisions of Article 19, paragraph (3) of the Act, the person is to be notified to that effect through the written notice of revocation of the permission to engage in an activity other than that permitted under the status of residence previously granted pursuant to the Appended Form No. 29-3, and the person is to return the permit to engage in an activity other than that permitted under the status of residence previously granted in their possession, or the seal of verification of the permission to engage in an activity other than that permitted under the status of residence previously granted affixed to the passport or certificate of status of residence is to be deleted. In this case, if the revocation of the permission to engage in an activity other than that permitted under the status of residence previously granted is for a mid- to long-term resident, the entry in the residence card pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (4) (including the record pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-6, paragraph (14)) is to be deleted.
法第十九条第三項の規定により資格外活動許可を取り消したときは、その旨を別記第二十九号の三様式による資格外活動許可取消通知書によりその者に通知するとともに、その者が所持する資格外活動許可書を返納させ、又はその者が所持する旅券若しくは在留資格証明書に記載された資格外活動の許可の証印を抹消するものとする。この場合において、資格外活動許可の取消しが中長期在留者に対するものであるときは、第四項の規定により在留カードにした記載（第十九条の六第十四項の規定による記録を含む。）を抹消するものとする。
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