Supplementary Provisions

This Ministerial Order comes into effect as of the date on which the provisions listed in Article 1, item (iii) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act and the Special Act on the Immigration Control of, inter alia, those who have lost Japanese Nationality pursuant to the Treaty of Peace with Japan, and Other Matters (Act No. 79 of 2009) come into effect (July 1, 2010).

Of the criteria under Article 7, paragraph (1), item (ii) of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act (hereinafter referred to as the "Act") pertaining to a certificate under Article 7-2 of the Act (hereinafter referred to as a "certificate of eligibility") that is applied for before the date on which this Ministerial Order comes into effect (hereinafter referred to as the "Effective Date") and is to be issued after the Effective Date, with respect to those pertaining to the status of residence of "Entertainer" in Appended Table I (2) of the Act, the provisions then in force continue to govern.

Of the criteria under Article 7, paragraph (1), item (ii) of the Act pertaining to persons who were issued a certificate of eligibility or received a visa before the Effective Date and persons who were issued a certificate of eligibility after the Effective Date (limited to cases in which the provisions then in force are to continue to govern pursuant to the provisions of the preceding Article), and who filed the application under Article 6, paragraph (2) of the Act after the Effective Date, with respect to those pertaining to the status of residence of "Entertainer", the provisions then in force continue to govern.

The incorporated public interest associations or incorporated public interest foundations prescribed in item (iv) of the right-hand column of the entry for the activities listed in the right-hand column under "Student" of the Appended Table I (4) of the Act in the table of the Ministerial Order to Provide for Criteria Pursuant to Article 7, Paragraph (1), Item (ii) of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act as amended by this Ministerial Order are to include the special incorporated associations or special incorporated foundations prescribed in Article 42, paragraph (1) of the Act on the Arrangement of Related Acts upon the Enforcement of the Act on General Incorporated Associations and General Incorporated Foundations and the Act on Authorization of Public Interest Incorporated Associations and Public Interest Incorporated Foundations (Act No. 50 of 2006).