Supplementary Provisions

This Ministerial Order comes into effect as of the date on which the provisions set forth 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).

The criteria provided for by this Ministerial Order do not apply, even after this Ministerial Order comes into effect, only in the case where the applicant filed an application under Article 20, paragraph (2) of the Act before this Ministerial Order came into effect and the end of the training period in the training plan submitted at the time of the application under Article 6, paragraph (2) or Article 7-2, paragraph (1) of the Act is before this Ministerial Order comes into effect.

A foreign national who was granted the status of residence of "Trainee" in the Appended Table I (4) of the Act before this Ministerial Order came into effect, landed in Japan, and continues to reside in Japan thereafter is deemed, for the purpose of the application of Article 1, items (ii), (iv) and (xvii) and Article 2, items (ii), (iv) and (xxviii), to have landed in Japan upon being granted the status of residence of "Technical Intern Training" (limited to that pertaining to item (i), sub-item (a) or (b) of the right-hand column in the row for "Technical Intern Training" in the Appended Table I (2) of the Act).

A foreign national who, at the time this Ministerial Order comes into effect, is residing with the status of residence of "Designated Activities" in the Appended Table I (5) of the Act (limited to a person for whom activities for the purpose of technical intern training have been designated) is deemed, for the purpose of the application of Article 1, item (xvii) and Article 2, items (viii) and (xxviii), to be residing in Japan with the status of residence of "Technical Intern Training" (limited to that pertaining to item (ii), sub-item (a) or (b) of the right-hand column in the row for "Technical Intern Training" in the Appended Table I (2) of the Act).

A foreign national who, at the time this Ministerial Order comes into effect, is residing with the status of residence of "Trainee" in the Appended Table I (4) of the Act (excluding a person in a case set forth in Article 3, item (i) or (ii) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Ministerial Order Partially Amending the Ministerial Order to Provide for Criteria Pursuant to Article 7, Paragraph (1), Item (ii) of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act (Ministry of Justice Order No. 50 of 2009)) is deemed, for the purpose of the application of Article 2, item (viii), to be a technical intern trainee residing in Japan with the status of residence of "Technical Intern Training" (limited to that pertaining to item (i), sub-item (b) of the right-hand column in the row for "Technical Intern Training" in the Appended Table I (2) of the Act).