Supplementary Provisions, Article 2Transitional Measures Accompanying the Partial Amendment of the Regulation for Enforcement of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act by the Provisions of Article 1
第二条（第一条の規定による出入国管理及び難民認定法施行規則の一部改正に伴う経過措置）
Applications for issuance of a certificate of eligibility, applications for permission for a change of status of residence and applications for permission for extension of the period of stay that are being made, at the time this Ministerial Order comes into effect, using the forms prescribed in the Regulation for Enforcement of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act prior to its amendment by the provisions of Article 1 are deemed to be, respectively, applications for issuance of a certificate of eligibility, applications for permission for a change of status of residence and applications for permission for extension of the period of stay made using the forms prescribed in the Regulation for Enforcement of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act as amended by the provisions of Article 1.
この省令の施行の際、現に行われている第一条の規定による改正前の出入国管理及び難民認定法施行規則に規定する様式による在留資格認定証明書の交付申請、在留資格の変更の許可の申請、在留期間の更新の許可の申請は、それぞれ第一条の規定による改正後の出入国管理及び難民認定法施行規則に規定する様式による在留資格認定証明書の交付申請、在留資格の変更の許可の申請、在留期間の更新の許可の申請とみなす。