①Among foreign nationals who seek to apply for the acquisition of status of residence pursuant to the provisions of Article 22-2, paragraph (2) of the Act (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 22-3 of the Act), a foreign national who seeks to apply for acquisition of the status of residence of "Permanent Resident" as prescribed in Article 22-2, paragraph (4) of the Act must submit a a copy of the written application pursuant to the Appended Form No. 34, a photograph, the documents listed in Article 22, paragraph (1) and paragraph (2) of the preceding Article, and a copy of each of any other materials to be used as reference. In this case, the provisions of the proviso to Article 22, paragraph (1) are applied mutatis mutandis.

②In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, if the application set forth in the preceding paragraph is an application for a person under one year of age, the submission of a photograph is not required; provided, however, that this does not apply to cases in which the director of the regional immigration services bureau requires its submission.

③The provisions of paragraph (4) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to the application set forth in paragraph (1).