Article 19-13Order on Application for Reissuance of the Residence Card
第十九条の十三（在留カードの再交付申請命令）
The order pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-13, paragraph (2) of the Act is to be carried out by issuing the mid- to long-term resident with an order on application for reissuance of the residence card pursuant to the Appended Form No. 29-14.
法第十九条の十三第二項の規定による命令は、別記第二十九号の十四様式による在留カード再交付申請命令書を中長期在留者に交付して行うものとする。
Article 19-14Publication of Information on Expiration of a Residence Card
第十九条の十四（在留カードの失効に関する情報の公表）
The Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency may provide information on the number of the residence card which has expired using the internet or other means.
出入国在留管理庁長官は、効力を失つた在留カードの番号の情報をインターネットの利用その他の方法により提供することができる。
Article 19-14-2Persons Who Need to Receive the Issuance of a Specified Residence Card Promptly
第十九条の十四の二（特定在留カードの交付を速やかに受ける必要がある者）
The persons prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order as provided for in Article 3-2, paragraph (1), item (ii) of the Order are as follows:
令第三条の二第一項第二号に規定する法務省令で定める者は、次に掲げる者とする。
a person who has made a notification pursuant to the provisions of Article 30-46 or Article 30-47 of the Residential Basic Book Act (Act No. 81 of 1967) (limited to a person who has not been issued a specified residence card and an Individual Number Card (meaning an Individual Number Card prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (7) of the Act on the Use of Numbers to Identify a Specific Individual in Administrative Procedures (Act No. 27 of 2013; hereinafter referred to as the "Number Use Act"); the same applies hereinafter) after the notification);
住民基本台帳法（昭和四十二年法律第八十一号）第三十条の四十六又は第三十条の四十七の規定による届出をした者（当該届出後において特定在留カード及び個人番号カード（行政手続における特定の個人を識別するための番号の利用等に関する法律（平成二十五年法律第二十七号。以下「番号利用法」という。）第二条第七項に規定する個人番号カードをいう。以下同じ。）の交付を受けたことがない者に限る。）
a person who possesses a specified residence card that no longer has blank space in which to state the particulars listed in the items of Article 19-4, paragraph (1) of the Act, or any other person whom the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency finds appropriate as being equivalent thereto; and
法第十九条の四第一項各号に掲げる事項を記載すべき余白がなくなつた特定在留カードを所持する者その他これに準ずるものとして出入国在留管理庁長官が適当と認める者
a person who was detained in a penal institution or juvenile training school for the execution of a sentence, a person who was detained in a workhouse, or a person who was committed to a juvenile training school for the execution of a protective measure (limited to a person who has not been issued a specified residence card and an Individual Number Card after release).
刑の執行のため刑事施設若しくは少年院に収容されていた者、労役場に留置されていた者又は保護処分の執行のため少年院に収容されていた者（釈放後において特定在留カード及び個人番号カードの交付を受けたことがない者に限る。）
Article 19-14-3Method of Sending Specified Residence Cards
第十九条の十四の三（特定在留カードの送付方法）
The methods prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order as provided for in Article 3-2, paragraph (6) of the Order are as follows:
令第三条の二第六項に規定する法務省令で定める方法は、次に掲げる方法とする。
the method of sending by mail to be received only by the addressee in person, which is handed or delivered only to the addressee in person as provided for in the domestic postal service terms and conditions of Japan Post Co., Ltd., or by a method equivalent thereto;
日本郵便株式会社の内国郵便約款の定めるところにより名宛人本人に限り交付し、若しくは配達する本人限定受取郵便又はこれに準ずる方法により送付する方法
the method of sending, addressed to the place of residence of a person who has made a request pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-15-2, paragraph (3) of the Act together with an application pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2) of that Article (hereinafter referred to as the "person making the request" in this item and the following item), by registered mail or, among the services of correspondence delivery prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (2) of the Act on Correspondence Delivery by Private Business Operators (Act No. 99 of 2002) (hereinafter referred to as "correspondence delivery") provided by a general correspondence delivery business operator prescribed in paragraph (6) of that Article or a specified correspondence delivery business operator prescribed in paragraph (9) of that Article, a service equivalent to registered mail (referred to as "registered mail, etc." in the following item), as mail that is not to be forwarded in its handling or an item equivalent thereto (referred to as "non-forwardable mail, etc." in the following item) (limited to cases where the person making the request has informed the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency that the person making the request can reliably receive its issuance by that method); and
法第十九条の十五の二第二項の規定による申請に併せて同条第三項の規定による申出をした者（以下この号及び次号において「申出者」という。）の住居地に宛てて、書留郵便又は民間事業者による信書の送達に関する法律（平成十四年法律第九十九号）第二条第六項に規定する一般信書便事業者若しくは同条第九項に規定する特定信書便事業者による同条第二項に規定する信書便（以下「信書便」という。）の役務のうち書留郵便に準ずるもの（次号において「書留郵便等」という。）により、その取扱いにおいて転送をしない郵便物又はこれに準ずるもの（次号において「転送不要郵便物等」という。）として送付する方法（当該申出者が当該方法により確実に交付を受けることができる旨を出入国在留管理庁長官に申し出た場合に限る。）
if it is found difficult to effect the issuance by the methods listed in the preceding two items due to hospitalization or any other unavoidable reason, the method of sending, addressed to the location of the person making the request, by registered mail, etc. as non-forwardable mail, etc. (limited to cases where the person making the request has informed the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency that the person making the request can reliably receive its issuance by that method).
Article 19-14-4Special Provisions on the Return of Residence Cards
第十九条の十四の四（在留カードの返納の特則）
The return of a residence card pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-15, paragraph (2) of the Act as applied with the terms replaced pursuant to Article 19-15-2, paragraph (11) of the Act is to be made by the method of sending it by mail or correspondence delivery.
法第十九条の十五の二第十一項において読み替えて適用される法第十九条の十五第二項の規定による在留カードの返納は、郵便又は信書便により送付する方法により行うものとする。
第十九条の十四の五（個人番号カードの機能の失効等に係る特定在留カードの返納）
A foreign national who seeks to return a specified residence card pursuant to the provisions of Article 17, paragraph (11) of the Act on the Use of Numbers to Identify a Specific Individual in Administrative Procedures as applied by deeming the card to be an Individual Number Card pursuant to the provisions of Article 18-5, paragraph (9) of the Act on the Use of Numbers to Identify a Specific Individual in Administrative Procedures, or pursuant to the provisions of a Cabinet Order based on the provisions of Article 47 of the Act on the Use of Numbers to Identify a Specific Individual in Administrative Procedures, must appear at a Regional Immigration Services Bureau and submit the specified residence card, together with a copy of the written notification of return pursuant to the Appended Form No. 29-14-2 and one photograph (which is to have been taken within six months prior to the date of the return and to meet the requirements prescribed in the Appended Table III (2)).
番号利用法第十八条の五第九項の規定により個人番号カードとみなして適用する番号利用法第十七条第十一項の規定又は番号利用法第四十七条の規定に基づく政令の規定による特定在留カードの返納をしようとする外国人は、当該特定在留カード並びに別記第二十九号の十四の二様式による返納届出書一通及び写真（返納の日前六月以内に撮影されたもので別表第三の二に定める要件を満たしたものとする。）一葉を地方出入国在留管理局に出頭して提出しなければならない。
When returning the card as set forth in the preceding paragraph, the foreign national must present their passport. In this case, a foreign national who is unable to present their passport must submit a copy of the document stating the reasons therefor.
前項の返納に当たつては、旅券を提示しなければならない。この場合において、旅券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。
If the return set forth in paragraph (1) pertains to any of the following persons, the submission of a photograph is not required, notwithstanding the provisions of that paragraph:
a person who is under one year of age; and
一歳に満たない者
a person who does not continue to fall under the category of mid- to long-term resident.
引き続き中長期在留者に該当する者でない者
Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1), the foreign national is not required to personally appear to make the return set forth in that paragraph in the following cases:
if the foreign national is under 16 years of age or is unable to make the return set forth in paragraph (1) personally due to illness or any other reason, and a relative of the foreign national (excluding a person under 16 years of age; the same applies in the following item) who lives with the foreign national makes the return on behalf of the foreign national;
if a relative of the foreign national who lives with the foreign national makes the return set forth in paragraph (1) on behalf of the foreign national at the request of the foreign national; or
当該外国人の親族であつて当該外国人と同居するものが当該外国人の依頼により当該外国人に代わつて第一項の返納をするとき。
if the foreign national is under 16 years of age or is unable to make the return set forth in paragraph (1) personally due to illness or any other reason, and a legal representative of the foreign national carries out the procedures for the return (excluding cases where the legal representative of the foreign national does so on behalf of the foreign national pursuant to the provisions of item (i)).
Article 19-15Notification Relating to the Organizations of Affiliation
第十九条の十五（所属機関等に関する届出）
The particulars provided for by Ministry of Justice Order as prescribed in Article 19-16 of the Act are to be the name, date of birth, sex, nationality or region, place of residence and number of the residence card of the mid- to long-term resident pertaining to the notification, and the particulars listed in the right-hand column of the Appended Table III (3) in accordance with the grounds listed in the left-hand column of the same Table.
A mid- to long-term resident who seeks to make the notification set forth in Article 19-16 of the Act must submit a document to the effect that the grounds prescribed in the items of the same Article has arisen and state the particulars provided for in the preceding paragraph to the regional immigration services bureau.
If the document provided for in the preceding paragraph is to be submitted by mail or correspondence delivery, it may also be submitted to the immigration services office designated by the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency.
Article 19-16Notification by Organization of Affiliation
第十九条の十六（所属機関による届出）
The organizations prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order as prescribed in Article 19-17 of the Act are the organizations (except for the employers who are required to make a notification pursuant to the provisions of Article 28, paragraph (1) of the Act on Comprehensive Promotion of Labor Policies, Stability of Employment of Workers and Enhancement of Occupational Life (Act No. 132 of 1966) in accepting mid- to long-term residents) accepting mid- to long-term residents residing with the status of residence of "Professor," "Highly Skilled Professional," "Business Manager," "Legal/ Accounting Services," "Medical Services," "Researcher," "Instructor," "Engineer/ Specialist in Humanities/International Services," "Intra-Company Transferee," "Nursing Care," "Entertainer," "Skilled Labor," "Student," or "Trainee".
法第十九条の十七に規定する法務省令で定める機関は、教授、高度専門職、経営・管理、法律・会計業務、医療、研究、教育、技術・人文知識・国際業務、企業内転勤、介護、興行、技能、留学又は研修の在留資格をもつて在留する中長期在留者が受け入れられている機関（当該中長期在留者の受入れに関し、労働施策の総合的な推進並びに労働者の雇用の安定及び職業生活の充実等に関する法律（昭和四十一年法律第百三十二号）第二十八条第一項の規定による届出をしなければならない事業主を除く。）とする。
If the organization provided for in the preceding paragraph is to make the notification set forth in Article 19-17 of the Act, the organization is to submit a document to the regional immigration services bureau stating the particulars listed in the right-hand column of the Appended Table III (4) in accordance with the situation of acceptance, within 14 days from the day on which the situation of the acceptance listed in the left-hand column of the same Table occurred.
The provisions set forth in paragraph (3) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to cases of submitting the document provided for in the preceding paragraph.
The particulars provided for by Ministry of Justice Order as prescribed in Article 19-18, paragraph (1) of the Act are to be the name, date of birth, sex, nationality or region, and number of the residence card of the specified skilled worker pertaining to the notification, and the particulars listed in the right-hand column of the Appended Table III (5) in accordance with the categories of cases listed in the left-hand column of the same Table.
法第十九条の十八第一項に規定する法務省令で定める事項は、届出に係る特定技能外国人の氏名、生年月日、性別、国籍・地域及び在留カードの番号並びに別表第三の五の上欄に掲げる場合の区分に応じそれぞれ同表の下欄に掲げる事項とする。
An organization of affiliation of the specified skilled worker that intends to make the notification pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-18, paragraph (1) of the Act must submit a document to the regional immigration services bureau, to the effect that it has come to fall under a case listed in any of the items of the same paragraph and stating the particulars provided for in the preceding paragraph, within 14 days from the date on which it came to fall under the case listed in any of the items of the same paragraph.
法第十九条の十八第一項の規定による届出をしようとする特定技能所属機関は、同項各号に掲げる場合に該当することとなつた日から十四日以内に、同項各号に掲げる場合に該当することとなつた旨及び前項に規定する事項を記載した書面を、地方出入国在留管理局に提出しなければならない。
The minor changes prescribed in Article 19-18, paragraph (1), item (i) of the Act are changes other than the content of the work, the amount of remuneration, and other working conditions, and are changes that do not have a substantial impact on the employment contract for a specified skilled worker.
法第十九条の十八第一項第一号に規定する軽微な変更は、業務の内容、報酬の額その他の労働条件以外の変更であつて、特定技能雇用契約に実質的な影響を与えない変更とする。
The minor changes prescribed in Article 19-18, paragraph (1), item (ii) of the Act are changes other than the content or the implementation method of the support, which do not have a substantial impact on the support plan for specified skilled workers (i).
法第十九条の十八第一項第二号に規定する軽微な変更は、支援の内容又は実施方法以外の変更であつて、一号特定技能外国人支援計画に実質的な影響を与えない変更とする。
The minor changes prescribed in Article 19-18, paragraph (1), item (iii) of the Act are changes in the content of the contract and are those that do not have a substantial impact on the contract set forth under Article 2-5, paragraph (5) of the Act.
法第十九条の十八第一項第三号に規定する軽微な変更は、契約の内容の変更であつて、法第二条の五第五項の契約に実質的な影響を与えない変更とする。
The cases set forth under Ministry of Justice Order as prescribed in Article 19-18, paragraph (1), item (iv) of the Act are as follows:
法第十九条の十八第一項第四号に規定する法務省令で定める場合は、次に掲げる場合とする。
if it becomes difficult to accept specified skilled workers.
特定技能外国人を受け入れることが困難となつた場合
if it has come to know that grounds have arisen that will result in nonconformity with any of the criteria listed in the items of Article 2, paragraph (1) or the items of paragraph (2) of the same Article of the Ministerial Order Providing for Criteria, etc. for Employment Contracts for Specified Skilled Workers and Support Plans for Specified Skilled Workers (i) (Ministry of Justice Order No. 5 of 2019; referred to as the "Ministerial Order on Criteria for Specified Skilled Workers" in paragraph (2), item (ii) of the following Article).
特定技能雇用契約及び一号特定技能外国人支援計画の基準等を定める省令（平成三十一年法務省令第五号。次条第二項第二号において「特定技能基準省令」という。）第二条第一項各号又は同条第二項各号に掲げる基準のいずれかに適合しないこととなる事由が生じたことを知つた場合
The provisions of Article 19-15, paragraph (3) apply mutatis mutandis to cases in which the document prescribed in paragraph (2) is submitted.
第十九条の十五第三項の規定は、第二項に規定する書面の提出をする場合について準用する。
第十九条の十八
The particulars specified by Ministry of Justice Order as prescribed in Article 19-18, paragraph (2), item (i) of the Act are the following particulars.
法第十九条の十八第二項第一号に規定する法務省令で定める事項は、次に掲げる事項とする。
total number of specified skilled workers accepted during the period covered by the notification;
届出の対象となる期間内に受け入れていた特定技能外国人の総数
name, date of birth, sex, nationality or region, and number of the residence card of the specified skilled worker pertaining to the notification; and
届出に係る特定技能外国人の氏名、生年月日、性別、国籍・地域及び在留カードの番号
the period during which the specified skilled worker pertaining to the notification conducted the activities listed in the right-hand column corresponding to the section for "Specified Skilled Worker" in the Appended Table I (2) of the Act, the place of the activities, and the remuneration therefor.
届出に係る特定技能外国人が法別表第一の二の表の特定技能の項の下欄に掲げる活動を行つた期間、活動の場所及びこれに対する報酬
The particulars specified by Ministry of Justice Order as provided for in Article 19-18, paragraph (2), item (iii) of the Act are as follows:
法第十九条の十八第二項第三号に規定する法務省令で定める事項は、次に掲げる事項とする。
the average number of working days per month during the period covered by the notification prescribed in the following paragraph (hereinafter referred to as the "applicable period" in this item) per specified skilled worker accepted during the applicable period, the average amount of remuneration per month during the applicable period per specified skilled worker accepted during the applicable period, and any other status of acceptance of specified skilled workers; and
次項に規定する届出の対象となる期間（以下この号において「対象期間」という。）内に受け入れていた特定技能外国人一人当たりの当該対象期間における平均した一月当たりの労働日数、対象期間内に受け入れていた特定技能外国人一人当たりの当該対象期間における平均した一月当たりの報酬その他の特定技能外国人の受入れの状況
the name or company name and address of the organization of affiliation of the specified skilled worker and, in the case of a corporation, the name of its representative, as well as particulars necessary for determining whether the organization conforms to the criteria listed in the items of Article 2, paragraph (1) and the items of paragraph (2) of the same Article of the Ministerial Order on Criteria for Specified Skilled Workers, such as compliance with the provisions of laws and regulations concerning labor, social insurance and taxation.
特定技能所属機関の氏名又は名称及び住所並びに法人にあつては、その代表者の氏名並びに労働、社会保険及び租税に関する法令の規定を遵守していることその他の特定技能基準省令第二条第一項各号及び第二項各号に掲げる基準に適合しているかどうかを判断するために必要な事項
The notification pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-18, paragraph (2) of the Act must be made by the organization of affiliation of the specified skilled worker that seeks to make the notification submitting to the regional immigration services bureau, by May 31 of each year, a document stating the particulars prescribed in the items of that paragraph for the period from April 1 of the previous year to March 31 of that year. In this case, the organization of affiliation of the specified skilled worker must submit, together with the document, materials clarifying the particulars listed in item (ii) of the preceding paragraph.
法第十九条の十八第二項の規定による届出は、当該届出をしようとする特定技能所属機関が、毎年五月三十一日までに、その年の前年の四月一日からその年の三月三十一日までの期間内における同項各号に規定する事項を記載した書面を、地方出入国在留管理局に提出して行わなければならない。この場合において、当該特定技能所属機関は、前項第二号に掲げる事項を明らかにする資料を当該書面と併せて提出しなければならない。
The provisions of Article 19-15, paragraph (3) apply mutatis mutandis to cases of submitting the documents prescribed in the preceding paragraph.
第十九条の十五第三項の規定は、前項に規定する書面の提出をする場合について準用する。