Article 25Payment of Fees for the Permission to Change the Status of Residence
第二十五条（在留資格の変更の許可等に係る手数料の納付）
The amount of the fees that must be paid pursuant to the provisions of Article 67, paragraph (1) of the Act is the amount specified in each of the following items, according to the category of permission set forth in the respective item.
法第六十七条第一項の規定により納付しなければならない手数料の額は、次の各号に掲げる許可の区分に応じ、当該各号に定める額とする。
permission for change of status of residence or renewal of period of stay:the amount specified in the relevant one of (a) through (g) below in accordance with the classification of the period of stay pertaining to the permission as set out in (a) through (g) below;
在留資格の変更又は在留期間の更新の許可 次のイからトまでに掲げる当該許可に係る在留期間の区分に応じ、当該イからトまでに定める額
three months or less:10,000 yen;
三月以下 一万円
more than three months and six months or less:18,000 yen (15,000 yen if the application for the permission is made by electronic application (meaning an application made using the electronic data processing system prescribed in Article 6, paragraph (1) of the Act on the Advancement of Government Administration Processes That Utilize Information and Communications Technology (Act No. 151 of 2002); the same applies hereinafter in this paragraph and item (iii) of the following Article));
more than six months and less than one year:25,000 yen (21,000 yen if the application for the permission is made by electronic application);
六月を超え一年未満 二万五千円（当該許可の申請が電子申請により行われた場合にあっては、二万千円）
one year:33,000 yen (27,000 yen if the application for the permission is made by electronic application);
一年 三万三千円（当該許可の申請が電子申請により行われた場合にあっては、二万七千円）
more than one year and less than three years:48,000 yen (42,000 yen if the application for the permission is made by electronic application);
一年を超え三年未満 四万八千円（当該許可の申請が電子申請により行われた場合にあっては、四万二千円）
three years or more and less than five years:64,000 yen (56,000 yen if the application for the permission is made by electronic application); and
三年以上五年未満 六万四千円（当該許可の申請が電子申請により行われた場合にあっては、五万六千円）
five years or more:75,000 yen (65,000 yen if the application for the permission is made by electronic application);
五年以上 七万五千円（当該許可の申請が電子申請により行われた場合にあっては、六万五千円）
permission for permanent residence:200,000 yen;
永住許可 二十万円
permission for re-entry (excluding multiple re-entry):4,000 yen (3,500 yen if the application for the permission is made by electronic application); and
再入国（数次再入国を除く。）の許可 四千円（当該許可の申請が電子申請により行われた場合にあっては、三千五百円）
permission for multiple re-entry:7,000 yen (6,500 yen if the application for the permission is made by electronic application).
数次再入国の許可 七千円（当該許可の申請が電子申請により行われた場合にあっては、六千五百円）
The persons specified by Cabinet Order as referred to in Article 67, paragraph (3) of the Act are the following persons:
法第六十七条第三項の政令で定める者は、次に掲げる者とする。
a person who is found to be in such financial difficulty as to be comparable to a person requiring public assistance prescribed in Article 6, paragraph (2) of the Public Assistance Act (Act No. 144 of 1950), and who has received recognition of refugee status or recognition as a person eligible for complementary protection, or is otherwise in need of humanitarian consideration;
生活保護法（昭和二十五年法律第百四十四号）第六条第二項に規定する要保護者に準ずる程度に生活に困窮していると認められる者で、難民の認定又は補完的保護対象者の認定を受けている者その他の人道上の配慮をする必要があるもの
a person who is to receive a change to the status of residence of "Diplomat" or "Official";
外交又は公用の在留資格への変更を受ける者
a person who resides in Japan with the status of residence of "Official" and who is to receive a renewal of the period of stay; and
公用の在留資格をもって在留する者で、在留期間の更新を受けるもの
a person specified by Ministry of Justice Order as being equivalent to those set out in the preceding two items.
前二号に準ずるものとして法務省令で定める者
If a person who is to receive the permission set out in paragraph (1), item (i) (excluding the part pertaining to (a); the same applies in item (i) and paragraph (5)) or item (ii) (limited, for a person who is to receive the permission set out in that item, to a person falling under the cases prescribed in the proviso to Article 22, paragraph (2) or Article 61-2-14 of the Act; the same applies in item (ii)) falls under the persons set out in item (i) of the preceding paragraph, the Minister of Justice may reduce the fee under Article 67, paragraph (1) of the Act, down to the amount specified in the relevant item below in accordance with the classification of the persons set out in the following items:
a person who is to receive the permission set out in paragraph (1), item (i):10,000 yen; and
第一項第一号に掲げる許可を受ける者 一万円
a person who is to receive the permission set out in paragraph (1), item (ii):20,000 yen.
第一項第二号に掲げる許可を受ける者 二万円
If a person who is to receive the permission set out in paragraph (1), item (i) falls under the persons set out in paragraph (2), items (ii) through (iv), the Minister of Justice may exempt the fee under Article 67, paragraph (1) of the Act.
法務大臣は、第一項第一号に掲げる許可を受ける者が第二項第二号から第四号までに掲げる者に該当する場合には、法第六十七条第一項の手数料を免除することができる。
Notwithstanding paragraph (1) (limited to the parts pertaining to items (i) and (ii)), if a mid- to long-term resident recorded in the Basic Resident Register (excluding a person who has been issued a specified residence card) files an application pursuant to Article 19-15-2, paragraph (1) of the Act (limited to the part pertaining to item (ii)) and, based on that application, is issued a specified residence card pursuant to paragraph (5) of that Article, the amount of the fee for the permission set out in paragraph (1), item (i) or (ii) that pertains to the application set out in item (ii) of paragraph (1) of that Article pertaining to that application is to be the amount specified in the relevant item (or, where the fee is reduced pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (3), the amount after the reduction under that paragraph) plus the amount specified in Article 3-3, paragraph (1), except where the fee is exempted pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph.
第一項（第一号及び第二号に係る部分に限る。）の規定にかかわらず、住民基本台帳に記録されている中長期在留者（特定在留カードの交付を受けた者を除く。）が、法第十九条の十五の二第一項（第二号に係る部分に限る。）の規定による申請を行った場合において、当該申請に基づき同条第五項の規定により特定在留カードの交付を受けるときは、前項の規定により手数料を免除する場合を除き、当該申請に係る同条第一項第二号に掲げる申請に係る第一項第一号又は第二号に掲げる許可に係る手数料の額は、当該各号に定める額（第三項の規定により手数料を減額する場合にあっては、同項の規定による減額後の額）に第三条の三第一項に定める額を加えた額とする。
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