# 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 · MinisterialOrdinance
- 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
- Text in force since: 2017-11-01
- URL: https://japanlaw.org/ja/highly-skilled-professional-ii-criteria-ordinance
- Permanent URL: https://japanlaw.org/l/421M60000010051
- Main text not divided into articles; 10 articles in the 附則 (supplementary provisions).
- English: 12 of 12 paragraphs, each marked below as the Ministry of Justice's, as the Ministry's with a slip corrected by this site, or as machine translation.
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https://japanlaw.org/ja/highly-skilled-professional-ii-criteria-ordinance/suppl-4219-51 — and the permanent form —
https://japanlaw.org/l/421M60000010051/suppl-4219-51. As Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/ja/highly-skilled-professional-ii-criteria-ordinance/suppl-4219-51.
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**制定文（一）** 出入国管理及び難民認定法（昭和二十六年政令第三百十九号）第二十条の二第二項の規定に基づき、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を次のように定める。
enact-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/highly-skilled-professional-ii-criteria-ordinance/enact-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421M60000010051/enact-1
Pursuant to the provisions of Article 20-2, paragraph (2) of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act (Cabinet Order No. 319 of 1951), the Ministerial Order to Provide for Criteria Pursuant to Article 20-2, Paragraph (2) of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act is established as follows.
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**第一項** 出入国管理及び難民認定法第二十条の二第二項の基準は、同条の申請を行った者が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（平成二十六年法務省令第三十七号）第二条第一項に掲げる基準に適合することのほか、その者が本邦において行おうとする活動が我が国の産業及び国民生活に与える影響等の観点から相当でないと認める場合でないこととする。
par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/highly-skilled-professional-ii-criteria-ordinance/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421M60000010051/par-1
The criteria pursuant to Article 20-2, paragraph (2) of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act are to be that the applicant meets the criteria stated in Article 2, paragraph (1) of the 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 Order No. 37 of 2014), and that the activities that the applicant intends to engage in Japan are not cases found to be inappropriate from the perspective of the impact on Japanese industry and public welfare, etc.
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# 附則・別表・様式 (supplementary provisions, appended tables and forms)
## 附 則
suppl-4219-51 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/highly-skilled-professional-ii-criteria-ordinance/suppl-4219-51 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421M60000010051/suppl-4219-51
### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date
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suppl-4219-51/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/highly-skilled-professional-ii-criteria-ordinance/suppl-4219-51/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421M60000010051/suppl-4219-51/art-1
**第一項** この省令は、出入国管理及び難民認定法及び日本国との平和条約に基づき日本の国籍を離脱した者等の出入国管理に関する特例法の一部を改正する等の法律（平成二十一年法律第七十九号）附則第一条第三号に掲げる規定の施行の日（平成二十二年七月一日）から施行する。
suppl-4219-51/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/highly-skilled-professional-ii-criteria-ordinance/suppl-4219-51/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421M60000010051/suppl-4219-51/art-1/par-1
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).
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### 第二条（経過規定） — Interim Provisions
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suppl-4219-51/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/highly-skilled-professional-ii-criteria-ordinance/suppl-4219-51/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421M60000010051/suppl-4219-51/art-2
**第一項** この省令の定める基準は、申請人がこの省令の施行前に法第二十条第二項の申請を行った場合であって、法第六条第二項又は第七条の二第一項の申請の際提出した研修計画上の研修の終期がこの省令の施行前であるときに限り、この省令の施行後においても、適用しない。
suppl-4219-51/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/highly-skilled-professional-ii-criteria-ordinance/suppl-4219-51/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421M60000010051/suppl-4219-51/art-2/par-1
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.
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### 第三条
suppl-4219-51/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/highly-skilled-professional-ii-criteria-ordinance/suppl-4219-51/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421M60000010051/suppl-4219-51/art-3
**第一項** この省令の施行前に法別表第一の四の表の研修の在留資格を決定されて本邦に上陸した外国人であってその後引き続き本邦に在留するものは、第一条第二号、第四号及び第十七号並びに第二条第二号、第四号及び第二十八号の適用については、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の下欄第一号イ又はロに係るものに限る。）を決定されて本邦に上陸したものとみなす。
suppl-4219-51/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/highly-skilled-professional-ii-criteria-ordinance/suppl-4219-51/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421M60000010051/suppl-4219-51/art-3/par-1
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).
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### 第四条
suppl-4219-51/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/highly-skilled-professional-ii-criteria-ordinance/suppl-4219-51/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421M60000010051/suppl-4219-51/art-4
**第一項** この省令の施行の際現に法別表第一の五の表の特定活動の在留資格（技能実習を目的とする活動を指定されたものに限る。）をもって在留する外国人は、第一条第十七号並びに第二条第八号及び第二十八号の適用については、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の下欄第二号イ又はロに係るものに限る。）をもって本邦に在留するものとみなす。
suppl-4219-51/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/highly-skilled-professional-ii-criteria-ordinance/suppl-4219-51/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421M60000010051/suppl-4219-51/art-4/par-1
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).
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### 第五条
suppl-4219-51/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/highly-skilled-professional-ii-criteria-ordinance/suppl-4219-51/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421M60000010051/suppl-4219-51/art-5
**第一項** この省令の施行の際現に法別表第一の四の表の研修の在留資格をもって在留する外国人（出入国管理及び難民認定法第七条第一項第二号の基準を定める省令の一部を改正する省令（平成二十一年法務省令第五十号）附則第三条第一号及び第二号に掲げる場合を除く。）は、第二条第八号の適用については、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の下欄第一号ロに係るものに限る。）をもって本邦に在留する技能実習生とみなす。
suppl-4219-51/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/highly-skilled-professional-ii-criteria-ordinance/suppl-4219-51/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421M60000010051/suppl-4219-51/art-5/par-1
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).
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## 附 則 平成二四年九月二八日法務省令第三七号
suppl-4249-37 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/highly-skilled-professional-ii-criteria-ordinance/suppl-4249-37 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421M60000010051/suppl-4249-37
### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date
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suppl-4249-37/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/highly-skilled-professional-ii-criteria-ordinance/suppl-4249-37/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421M60000010051/suppl-4249-37/art-1
**第一項** この省令は、平成二十四年十一月一日から施行する。
suppl-4249-37/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/highly-skilled-professional-ii-criteria-ordinance/suppl-4249-37/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421M60000010051/suppl-4249-37/art-1/par-1
This Ministerial Order comes into effect as of November 1, 2012.
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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/ja/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/ja/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.
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### 第八条
suppl-4249-37/art-8 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/highly-skilled-professional-ii-criteria-ordinance/suppl-4249-37/art-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421M60000010051/suppl-4249-37/art-8
**第一項** 法第二十条第二項の規定による技能実習の在留資格への変更の申請に係る法第二十条の二第二項の基準については、第三条の規定による改正後の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（次条において「新変更基準省令」という。）第一条第十三号、第十四号及び第十六号並びに第二条第十四号、第十五号、第十七号、第十九号、第二十号、第二十二号、第二十四号、第二十五号及び第二十七号の規定は、これらの規定に定める基準省令の表の法別表第一の二の表の技能実習の項の下欄第一号イに掲げる活動の項下欄第十八号の表ル、法別表第一の二の表の技能実習の項の下欄第一号ロに掲げる活動の項下欄第十六号の表ヲ若しくはタ又は法別表第一の四の表の研修の項下欄第十号の表ヌにおいて、地方入国管理局又は監理団体に報告することとされる不正行為が、施行日前に行われたものであるときは、当該報告を怠る不正行為については適用しない。
suppl-4249-37/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/highly-skilled-professional-ii-criteria-ordinance/suppl-4249-37/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421M60000010051/suppl-4249-37/art-8/par-1
With regard to the criteria under Article 20-2, paragraph (2) of the Act pertaining to an application for a change to the status of residence of "Technical Intern Training" under the provisions of Article 20, paragraph (2) of the Act, the provisions of Article 1, items (xiii), (xiv) and (xvi) and Article 2, items (xiv), (xv), (xvii), (xix), (xx), (xxii), (xxiv), (xxv) and (xxvii) of the Ministerial Order to Provide for Criteria Pursuant to Article 20-2, Paragraph (2) of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act as amended by the provisions of Article 3 (referred to as the "New Ministerial Order for Change of Status Criteria" in the following Article) do not apply to a fraudulent act of neglecting to make the relevant report, where the fraudulent act that is to be reported to the regional immigration bureau or the supervising organization in sub-item (k) of item (xviii) of the right-hand column in the row for the activities listed in item (i), sub-item (a) of the right-hand column in the row for "Technical Intern Training" in the Appended Table I (2) of the Act, in sub-item (l) or (p) of item (xvi) of the right-hand column in the row for the activities listed in 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, or in sub-item (j) of item (x) of the right-hand column in the row for "Trainee" in the Appended Table I (4) of the Act, in the table of the Ministerial Order for criteria provided for in those provisions, was committed before the effective date.
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### 第九条
suppl-4249-37/art-9 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/highly-skilled-professional-ii-criteria-ordinance/suppl-4249-37/art-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421M60000010051/suppl-4249-37/art-9
**第一項** 新変更基準省令第一条第十四号並びに第二条第十五号、第二十号及び第二十五号の規定の適用については、施行日前にこの省令による改正前の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第一条第十四号並びに第二条第十五号、第二十号及び第二十五号に規定する改善措置を講ずるよう地方入国管理局から指導を受けた場合は、それぞれ新変更基準省令第一条第十四号並びに第二条第十五号、第二十号及び第二十五号に規定する改善措置を講ずるよう地方入国管理局から指導を受けた場合とみなす。
suppl-4249-37/art-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/highly-skilled-professional-ii-criteria-ordinance/suppl-4249-37/art-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421M60000010051/suppl-4249-37/art-9/par-1
For the purpose of the application of the provisions of Article 1, item (xiv) and Article 2, items (xv), (xx) and (xxv) of the New Ministerial Order for Change of Status Criteria, the case where, before the effective date, a person received guidance from the regional immigration bureau to take the improvement measures prescribed in Article 1, item (xiv) and Article 2, items (xv), (xx) and (xxv) of the Ministerial Order to Provide for Criteria Pursuant to Article 20-2, Paragraph (2) of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act prior to its amendment by this Ministerial Order is deemed, respectively, to be the case where a person received guidance from the regional immigration bureau to take the improvement measures prescribed in Article 1, item (xiv) and Article 2, items (xv), (xx) and (xxv) of the New Ministerial Order for Change of Status Criteria.
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## 附 則 平成二六年一二月二六日法務省令第三六号
suppl-4269-36 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/highly-skilled-professional-ii-criteria-ordinance/suppl-4269-36 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421M60000010051/suppl-4269-36
**第一項** この省令は、平成二十七年四月一日から施行する。
suppl-4269-36/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/highly-skilled-professional-ii-criteria-ordinance/suppl-4269-36/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421M60000010051/suppl-4269-36/par-1
This Ministerial Order comes into effect as of April 1, 2015.
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## 附 則 平成二九年四月七日法務省令第一九号
suppl-4299-19 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/highly-skilled-professional-ii-criteria-ordinance/suppl-4299-19 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421M60000010051/suppl-4299-19
### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date
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suppl-4299-19/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/highly-skilled-professional-ii-criteria-ordinance/suppl-4299-19/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421M60000010051/suppl-4299-19/art-1
**第一項** この省令は、出入国管理及び難民認定法の一部を改正する法律（平成二十八年法律第八十八号。以下「改正法」という。）附則第一条第二号に掲げる規定の施行の日から施行する。ただし、次の各号に掲げる規定は、当該各号に定める日から施行する。
suppl-4299-19/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/highly-skilled-professional-ii-criteria-ordinance/suppl-4299-19/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421M60000010051/suppl-4299-19/art-1/par-1
This Ministerial Order comes into effect as of the date on which the provisions set forth in Article 1, item (ii) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act (Act No. 88 of 2016; hereinafter referred to as the "Amending Act") come into effect; provided, however, that the provisions set forth in the following items come into effect as of the dates specified respectively in those items.
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**一** 第二条の規定、第三条中表の法別表第一の二の表の技能実習の項の下欄第一号イに掲げる活動の項、法別表第一の二の表の技能実習の項の下欄第一号ロに掲げる活動の項及び法別表第一の四の表の研修の項の下欄に掲げる活動の項の改正規定並びに第四条及び第五条の規定並びに附則第五条及び第七条の規定 外国人の技能実習の適正な実施及び技能実習生の保護に関する法律（平成二十八年法律第八十九号）の施行の日
suppl-4299-19/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/highly-skilled-professional-ii-criteria-ordinance/suppl-4299-19/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421M60000010051/suppl-4299-19/art-1/par-1/item-1
the provisions of Article 2; the provisions in Article 3 amending, in the table, the row for the activities listed in item (i), sub-item (a) of the right-hand column corresponding to "Technical Intern Training" specified in the Appended Table I (2) of the Act, the row for the activities listed in item (i), sub-item (b) of the right-hand column corresponding to "Technical Intern Training" specified in the Appended Table I (2) of the Act and the row for the activities listed in the right-hand column corresponding to "Trainee" specified in the Appended Table I (4) of the Act; the provisions of Articles 4 and 5; and the provisions of Articles 5 and 7 of the Supplementary Provisions: the date on which the Act on Proper Technical Intern Training and Protection of Technical Intern Trainees (Act No. 89 of 2016) comes into effect;
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