# 出入国管理及び難民認定法第二十条の二第二項の基準を定める省令 / Ministerial Order to Provide for Criteria Pursuant to Article 20-2, Paragraph (2) of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act — 第七条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 7)
- Law: 出入国管理及び難民認定法第二十条の二第二項の基準を定める省令 (Ministerial Order to Provide for Criteria Pursuant to Article 20-2, Paragraph (2) of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act), 平成二十一年法務省令第五十一号
- English title "Ministerial Order to Provide for Criteria Pursuant to Article 20-2, Paragraph (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: 第七条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 7)（第三条の規定による出入国管理及び難民認定法第二十条の二第二項の基準を定める省令の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — address `suppl-4249-37/art-7`
- Text in force since: 2017-11-01
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### 第七条（第三条の規定による出入国管理及び難民認定法第二十条の二第二項の基準を定める省令の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — Transitional Measures Accompanying the Partial Revision of the Ministerial Order to Provide for Criteria Pursuant to Article 20-2, Paragraph (2) of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act under the Provisions of Article 3
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suppl-4249-37/art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/en/highly-skilled-professional-ii-criteria-ordinance/suppl-4249-37/art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421M60000010051/suppl-4249-37/art-7
**第一項** 施行日前に申請された法第二十条第二項の規定による技能実習の在留資格（法別表第一の二の表の技能実習の項下欄第二号イ又はロに係るものに限る。次条において同じ。）への変更の申請に係る基準については、なお従前の例による。
suppl-4249-37/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/highly-skilled-professional-ii-criteria-ordinance/suppl-4249-37/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421M60000010051/suppl-4249-37/art-7/par-1
As for the criteria for an application, filed before the effective date, for a change to 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; the same applies in the following Article) under the provisions of Article 20, paragraph (2) of the Act, the provisions then in force continue to govern.
machine translation, not official
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## Cites
- suppl-4249-37/art-7/par-1: 次条 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法第二十条の二第二項の基準を定める省令 附則第八条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 8), suppl-4249-37/art-8 — https://japanlaw.org/en/highly-skilled-professional-ii-criteria-ordinance/suppl-4249-37/art-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421M60000010051/suppl-4249-37/art-8
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## 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第二十条の二第二項の基準を定める省令 — the text in force from 2017-11-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/421M60000010051/20171101_429M60000010019), retrieved 2026-10-20
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Ministerial Order to Provide for Criteria Pursuant to Article 20-2, Paragraph (2) of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/5032/tb), retrieved 2026-10-20
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch highly-skilled-professional-ii-criteria-ordinance-20261020T081651-001, translated 2026-10-20
- This site's parser, version 210 — 出入国管理及び難民認定法第二十条の二第二項の基準を定める省令 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-20