①If permission pursuant to the provisions of Article 50, paragraph (1) of the Act (hereinafter referred to as "special permission to stay in Japan") is to be granted, a written decision pursuant to the Appended Form No. 61-3 is to be prepared.

②A foreign national who seeks to apply for special permission to stay in Japan must appear at a regional immigration services bureau and submit a copy of each of the written application pursuant to the Appended Form No. 61-4 and materials proving that the foreign national falls under any of the items of Article 50, paragraph (1) of the Act.

③When 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 foreign national who is unable to present their passport or certificate of status of residence must submit a copy of the document stating the reasons therefor:

④In the case referred to in paragraph (2), when the foreign national is under 16 years of age or is unable to file the application themselves due to disease or for other grounds, the father, mother, spouse, child, or a relative of the foreign national may file the application on behalf of the foreign national.

⑤In the event that special permission to stay is granted, except for cases of having an immigration inspector issue a residence card pursuant to the provisions of Article 50, paragraph (7) of the Act and cases where the type of landing permission and the period of landing is established pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (7), item (i), the seal of verification pursuant to the Appended Form No. 62 or No. 62-2 is to be affixed to the foreign national's passport when the foreign national pertaining to the special permission to stay possesses a passport; and the certificate of status of residence pursuant to the Appended Form No. 32 with the same seal of verification is to be issued, or a seal of verification pursuant to the same Form is to be affixed to the certificate of status of residence which has already been issued when the foreign national does not possess a passport.

⑥In the event that special permission to stay is granted, if a determination of the status of residence of "Highly Skilled Professional" (limited to those pertaining to item (i), sub-items (a) through (c) of the right-hand column under "Highly Skilled Professional" in the Appended Table I (2) of the Act) is made, the certificate of designation pursuant to the Appended Form No. 31-3 stating the public or private organization in Japan designated by the Minister of Justice is to be issued, if a determination of the status of residence of "Specified Skilled Worker" is made, a certificate of designation is to be issued using the Appended Form No. 31-4 which states the public and private organizations in Japan and the specified industrial fields designated by the Minister of Justice, and if a determination of the status of residence of "Designated Activities" is made, a certificate of designation pursuant to the Appended Form No. 7-4 stating the activities specially designated by the Minister of Justice for individual foreign nationals is to be issued.

⑦The conditions found to be necessary, which may be imposed pursuant to the provisions of Article 50, paragraph (6) of the Act, are to be pursuant to the following items.

⑧The notice pursuant to the provisions of Article 50, paragraph (10) of the Act to the effect that special permission to stay is not granted is to be made by the written notice pursuant to the Appended Form No. 62-3.