Article 12Application under Article 13, Paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Amending Act, etc.

一A passport or a certificate of status of residence

二The alien registration certificate prescribed in the Alien Registration Act (Act No. 125 of 1952; hereinafter referred to as the "former Alien Registration Act") before its abolition under the provisions of Article 4 of the amending Act (hereinafter referred to as the "registration certificate")

三For a person who has been issued the permit under Article 19, paragraph (4) of the Regulation for Enforcement of the Immigration Control Act to engage in an activity other than that permitted under the status of residence previously granted (hereinafter referred to as the "permit to engage in an activity other than that permitted under the status of residence previously granted"), that permit

一A person who has been granted the status of residence of Designated Activities and whose activities have been specially designated as those of a staff member of the Japanese office of the Association of East Asian Relations or of a family member belonging to the same household as that staff member

二A person who has been granted the status of residence of Designated Activities and whose activities have been specially designated as those of a staff member of the Permanent General Mission of Palestine in Japan or of a family member belonging to the same household as that staff member

一A case where a person listed in (a) to (c) below carries out, on behalf of a prospective mid- to long-term resident, the procedures for the submission of the written application, etc. specified in paragraph (1) and for the presentation, etc. of the passport, etc. specified in paragraph (2) (limited, for a person listed in (a) or (b), to a case where the person does so at the request of that prospective mid- to long-term resident or of a person who is required, under Article 13, paragraph (3) of the Supplementary Provisions of the amending Act, to act on behalf of that prospective mid- to long-term resident, and excluding, for a person listed in (c), a case where the person does so on behalf of that prospective mid- to long-term resident under Article 13, paragraph (3) of the Supplementary Provisions of the amending Act), and the director of the regional immigration bureau finds it appropriate.

イA staff member of an organization that the prospective mid- to long-term resident manages, by which the prospective mid- to long-term resident is employed, or at which the prospective mid- to long-term resident is receiving training or education, or of a body that supervises the activities of the prospective mid- to long-term resident to acquire skills, technology or knowledge (referred to as "skills, etc." in Article 17, paragraph (2), item (i), (a)), or a staff member of a public interest incorporated association or public interest incorporated foundation whose purpose is to facilitate the smooth acceptance of foreign nationals (including 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); referred to as a "public interest corporation" in Article 17, paragraph (2), item (i), (a)) whom the director of the regional immigration bureau finds appropriate

ロAn attorney or administrative scrivener who has notified the director of the regional immigration bureau having jurisdiction over the location of the bar association or administrative scriveners' association to which the attorney or administrative scrivener belongs, through that association

ハThe legal representative of the prospective mid- to long-term resident

二In addition to the case provided for in the preceding item, a case where, when a prospective mid- to long-term resident is under 16 years of age, or is unable to personally make the application under Article 13, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the amending Act due to illness or any other reason, a relative of that prospective mid- to long-term resident (excluding a person aged 16 or older who lives with the prospective mid- to long-term resident), or a cohabitant (excluding a relative of the prospective mid- to long-term resident) or a person equivalent thereto, whom the director of the regional immigration bureau finds appropriate, carries out, on behalf of that prospective mid- to long-term resident, the procedures for the submission of the written application, etc. specified in paragraph (1) and for the presentation, etc. of the passport, etc. specified in paragraph (2).