# 出入国管理及び難民認定法別表第一の二の表の高度専門職の項の下欄の基準を定める省令 / Ministerial Order for Defining the Criteria in the Right-Hand Column of the Entry for Highly Skilled Professional in the Appended Table I(2) of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act — 第二条 (Article 2) - Law: 出入国管理及び難民認定法別表第一の二の表の高度専門職の項の下欄の基準を定める省令 (Ministerial Order for Defining the Criteria in the Right-Hand Column of the Entry for Highly Skilled Professional in the Appended Table I(2) of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act), 平成二十六年法務省令第三十七号 - English title "Ministerial Order for Defining the Criteria in the Right-Hand Column of the Entry for Highly Skilled Professional in the Appended Table I(2) of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act": Ministry of Justice translation - Kind: MinisterialOrdinance — the distinction between 法律 (Act), 政令 (Cabinet Order), 省令 (Ministerial Order) and 条例 (local ordinance) decides who may issue it and what it may say. - Provision: 第二条 (Article 2) — address `art-2` - Text in force since: 2024-06-10 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/highly-skilled-professional-criteria-ordinance/art-2 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/426M60000010037/art-2 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). 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machine translation, not official **ロ** 高度専門職の在留資格（法別表第一の二の表の高度専門職の項の下欄第一号イに係るものに限る。）をもって本邦に在留していた外国人にあっては、前条第一項第一号の表の上欄に掲げる項目に係る同表の中欄に掲げる基準（年収の項にあっては、当該時点における当該外国人の年齢が三十歳未満のときは同項のイからトまで、三十歳以上三十五歳未満のときは同項のイからヘまで、三十五歳以上四十歳未満のときは同項のイからホまで、四十歳以上のときは同項のイからハまでに掲げる基準）に応じ、同表の下欄に掲げる点数を合計したものが七十点以上であること。 art-2/par-1/item-1/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/highly-skilled-professional-criteria-ordinance/art-2/par-1/item-1/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426M60000010037/art-2/par-1/item-1/sub-2 if the foreign national was staying in Japan with the status of residence of Highly Skilled Professional (limited to those pertaining to item (i), (a) in the right-hand column of the entry for Highly Skilled Professional in the Appended Table I(2) of the Act), the foreign national, in relation to the items shown in the left-hand column of the table in paragraph (1), item (i) of the preceding Article, and in accordance with the criteria shown in the middle column of the same table (with respect to annual income, if, at the relevant point in time, the foreign national is: aged under 30, the criteria in (a) through (g); aged 30 or over but under 35, the criteria in (a) through (f); aged 35 or over but less than 40, the criteria in (a) through (e); aged 40 or over, the criteria in (a) through (c)), scores 70 points or more when the points in the right-hand column of the same table are added up; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **ハ** 高度専門職の在留資格（法別表第一の二の表の高度専門職の項の下欄第一号ロに係るものに限る。）をもって本邦に在留していた外国人にあっては、前条第一項第二号の表の上欄に掲げる項目に係る同表の中欄に掲げる基準（年収の項にあっては、当該時点における当該外国人の年齢が三十歳未満のときは同項のイからトまで、三十歳以上三十五歳未満のときは同項のイからヘまで、三十五歳以上四十歳未満のときは同項のイからホまで、四十歳以上のときは同項のイからハまでに掲げる基準）に応じ、同表の下欄に掲げる点数を合計したものが七十点以上であり、かつ、契約機関及び外国所属機関から受ける報酬の年額の合計が三百万円以上であること。 art-2/par-1/item-1/sub-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/highly-skilled-professional-criteria-ordinance/art-2/par-1/item-1/sub-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426M60000010037/art-2/par-1/item-1/sub-3 if the foreign national was staying in Japan with the status of residence of Highly Skilled Professional (limited to those pertaining to item (i), (b) in the right-hand column of the entry for Highly Skilled Professional in the Appended Table I(2) of the Act), the foreign national, in relation to the items shown in the left-hand column of the table in paragraph (1), item (ii) of the preceding Article, and in accordance with the criteria shown in the middle column of the same table (with respect to annual income, if, at the relevant point in time, the foreign national is: aged under 30, the criteria in (a) through (g); aged 30 or over but under 35, the criteria in (a) through (f); aged 35 or over but under 40, the criteria in (a) through (e); aged 40 or over, the criteria in (a) through (c)), scores 70 points or more when the points in the right-hand column of the same table are added up, and additionally, the total annual remuneration the foreign national receives from the contracting organization and the foreign affiliated organization is 3,000,000 yen or more: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **ニ** 高度専門職の在留資格（法別表第一の二の表の高度専門職の項の下欄第一号ハに係るものに限る。）をもって本邦に在留していた外国人にあっては、前条第一項第三号の表の上欄に掲げる項目に係る同表の中欄に掲げる基準に応じ、同表の下欄に掲げる点数を合計したものが七十点以上であり、かつ、活動機関及び外国所属機関から受ける報酬の年額の合計が三百万円以上であること。 art-2/par-1/item-1/sub-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/highly-skilled-professional-criteria-ordinance/art-2/par-1/item-1/sub-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426M60000010037/art-2/par-1/item-1/sub-4 if the foreign national was staying in Japan with the status of residence of Highly Skilled Professional (limited to those pertaining to item (i), (c) in the right-hand column of the entry for Highly Skilled Professional in the Appended Table I(2) of the Act), the foreign national, in relation to the items shown in the left-hand column of the table in paragraph (1), item (iii) of the preceding Article, and in accordance with the criteria shown in the middle column of the same table, scores 70 points or more when the points in the right-hand column of the same table are added up, and additionally, the total annual remuneration the foreign national receives from the organization for activities and the foreign affiliated organization is 3,000,000 yen or more; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 高度専門職の在留資格（法別表第一の二の表の高度専門職の項の下欄第一号イからハまでに係るものに限る。）をもって本邦に三年（特別高度人材にあっては、一年）以上在留して同号に掲げる活動を行っていたこと。 art-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/highly-skilled-professional-criteria-ordinance/art-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426M60000010037/art-2/par-1/item-2 that the foreign national was staying in Japan with the status of residence of Highly Skilled Professional (limited to those pertaining to items (i), (a) through (c) in the right-hand column of the entry for Highly Skilled Professional in the Appended Table I(2) of the Act) for 3 years (1 year, in the case of a special highly skilled professional) or more, and was engaged in the activity listed in the same item; machine translation, not official **三** 素行が善良であること。 art-2/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/highly-skilled-professional-criteria-ordinance/art-2/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426M60000010037/art-2/par-1/item-3 that the foreign national's behavior and conduct are good; and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 当該外国人の在留が日本国の利益に合すると認められること。 art-2/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/highly-skilled-professional-criteria-ordinance/art-2/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426M60000010037/art-2/par-1/item-4 that the foreign national's residence in Japan is in the interests of Japan. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 法第六条第二項、第二十条第二項又は第二十二条の二第二項の規定による申請の時点において前項各号のいずれにも該当する者は、当該申請に係る第二号許可を受ける時点において同項各号のいずれにも該当するものとみなす。 art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/highly-skilled-professional-criteria-ordinance/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426M60000010037/art-2/par-2 A person who conforms to all of the items in the preceding paragraph at the time the application pursuant to the provisions of Article 6, paragraph (2) of the Act, Article 20, paragraph (2) of the Act, or Article 22-2, paragraph (2) of the Act is made, is deemed to have conformed to all of the items in the preceding paragraph at the time the Type II Permission is granted in connection with the relevant application. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-2/par-1: 法別表第一の二 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 別表第一 (Appended Table 1), appdx-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/appdx-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/appdx-1 - art-2/par-1: 法第十二条第一項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第十二条第一項 (Article 12, paragraph (1)), art-12/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-12/par-1 - art-2/par-1/item-1/sub-2: 法別表第一の二 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 別表第一 (Appended Table 1), appdx-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/appdx-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/appdx-1 - art-2/par-1/item-1/sub-2: 前条第一項第一号 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法別表第一の二の表の高度専門職の項の下欄の基準を定める省令 第一条第一項第一号 (Article 1, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-1/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/highly-skilled-professional-criteria-ordinance/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426M60000010037/art-1/par-1/item-1 - art-2/par-1/item-1/sub-3: 法別表第一の二 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 別表第一 (Appended Table 1), appdx-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/appdx-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/appdx-1 - art-2/par-1/item-1/sub-3: 前条第一項第二号 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法別表第一の二の表の高度専門職の項の下欄の基準を定める省令 第一条第一項第二号 (Article 1, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-1/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/highly-skilled-professional-criteria-ordinance/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426M60000010037/art-1/par-1/item-2 - art-2/par-1/item-1/sub-4: 法別表第一の二 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 別表第一 (Appended Table 1), appdx-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/appdx-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/appdx-1 - art-2/par-1/item-1/sub-4: 前条第一項第三号 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法別表第一の二の表の高度専門職の項の下欄の基準を定める省令 第一条第一項第三号 (Article 1, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-1/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/highly-skilled-professional-criteria-ordinance/art-1/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426M60000010037/art-1/par-1/item-3 - art-2/par-1/item-2: 法別表第一の二 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 別表第一 (Appended Table 1), appdx-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/appdx-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/appdx-1 - art-2/par-2: 法第六条第二項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第六条第二項 (Article 6, paragraph (2)), art-6/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-6/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-6/par-2 - art-2/par-2: 第二十条第二項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第二十条第二項 (Article 20, paragraph (2)), art-20/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-20/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-20/par-2 - art-2/par-2: 第二十二条の二第二項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第二十二条の二第二項 (Article 22-2, paragraph (2)), art-22-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-22-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-22-2/par-2 - art-2/par-2: 前項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法別表第一の二の表の高度専門職の項の下欄の基準を定める省令 第二条第一項 (Article 2, paragraph (1)), art-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/highly-skilled-professional-criteria-ordinance/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426M60000010037/art-2/par-1 ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 出入国管理及び難民認定法別表第一の二の表の高度専門職の項の下欄の基準を定める省令 第一条第一項第一号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/highly-skilled-professional-criteria-ordinance/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426M60000010037/art-1/par-1/item-1 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法別表第一の二の表の高度専門職の項の下欄の基準を定める省令 第一条第一項第三号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/highly-skilled-professional-criteria-ordinance/art-1/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426M60000010037/art-1/par-1/item-3 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法別表第一の二の表の高度専門職の項の下欄の基準を定める省令 第二条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/highly-skilled-professional-criteria-ordinance/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426M60000010037/art-2/par-2 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法別表第一の二の表の高度専門職の項の下欄の基準を定める省令 附則第二条第一項（経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/highly-skilled-professional-criteria-ordinance/suppl-4269-37/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426M60000010037/suppl-4269-37/art-2/par-1 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法別表第一の二の表の高度専門職の項の下欄の基準を定める省令 附則第三条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/highly-skilled-professional-criteria-ordinance/suppl-4269-37/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426M60000010037/suppl-4269-37/art-3/par-1 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 出入国管理及び難民認定法別表第一の二の表の高度専門職の項の下欄の基準を定める省令 — the text in force from 2024-06-10 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/426M60000010037/20240610_506M60000010037), retrieved 2026-10-20 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Ministerial Order for Defining the Criteria in the Right-Hand Column of the Entry for Highly Skilled Professional in the Appended Table I(2) of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3751/tb), retrieved 2026-10-20 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch highly-skilled-professional-criteria-ordinance-20261020T081635-001, translated 2026-10-20 - claude-sonnet-5-5, corrected on review by claude-opus-5-5 — Machine translation corrected on review, batch highly-skilled-professional-criteria-ordinance-20261020T081635-001, translated 2026-10-20 - This site's parser, version 210 — 出入国管理及び難民認定法別表第一の二の表の高度専門職の項の下欄の基準を定める省令 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-20