# 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 — 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions) - 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: 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions) — address `suppl-4219-51` - Text in force since: 2017-11-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/highly-skilled-professional-ii-criteria-ordinance/suppl-4219-51 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/421M60000010051/suppl-4219-51 - 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). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ## 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 caption: machine translation, not official 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). machine translation, not official ### 第二条（経過規定） — Interim Provisions caption: machine translation, not official 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. machine translation, not official ### 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). machine translation, not official ### 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). machine translation, not official ### 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). machine translation, not official --- ## 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