# 出入国管理及び難民認定法 / Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act — 第十九条の三 (Article 19-3) - Law: 出入国管理及び難民認定法 (Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act), 昭和二十六年政令第三百十九号 - English title "Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act": Ministry of Justice translation - Kind: Act — 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. - Issued as a Cabinet Order and given the force of an Act, which is why its number says 政令: Some rules made during the Allied occupation were issued as Cabinet Orders, as orders implementing Japan's acceptance of the Potsdam Declaration, and an Act passed in 1952 gave them the force of an Act. They keep the Cabinet Order number they were issued under, which is why e-Gov lists the law as an Act while its number says 政令 (Cabinet Order). The Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act (出入国管理及び難民認定法) is one: it was promulgated in 1951 as the Immigration Control Order (出入国管理令), Cabinet Order No. 319 of 1951, has had the force of an Act under Article 4 of Act No. 126 of 1952, took its present title on 1 January 1982, and every amendment on e-Gov's record of it was made by an Act. - Provision: 第十九条の三 (Article 19-3)（中長期在留者） — address `art-19-3` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-19-3 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-19-3 - 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. --- ### 第十九条の三（中長期在留者） — (Mid- to Long-Term Residents) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-19-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-19-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-19-3 **第一項** 出入国在留管理庁長官は、本邦に在留資格をもつて在留する外国人のうち、次に掲げる者以外の者（以下「中長期在留者」という。）に対し、在留カードを交付するものとする。 art-19-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-19-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-19-3/par-1 The Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency is to issue a residence card to foreign nationals who are residing with a status of residence in Japan (hereinafter referred to as "mid- to long-term residents"), which by definition does not include: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 三月以下の在留期間が決定された者 art-19-3/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-19-3/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-19-3/par-1/item-1 a person who has been granted a period of stay of not more than 3 months; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 短期滞在の在留資格が決定された者 art-19-3/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-19-3/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-19-3/par-1/item-2 a person who has been granted the status of residence of "Temporary Visitor"; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 外交又は公用の在留資格が決定された者 art-19-3/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-19-3/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-19-3/par-1/item-3 a person who has been granted the status of residence of "Diplomat" or "Official"; or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 前三号に準ずる者として法務省令で定めるもの art-19-3/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-19-3/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-19-3/par-1/item-4 a person provided for by Ministry of Justice Order as equivalent to a person set forth in any of the preceding three items. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-19-3/par-1/item-4: 前三号 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第十九条の三第一項第一号 (Article 19-3, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-19-3/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-19-3/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-19-3/par-1/item-1 - art-19-3/par-1/item-4: 前三号 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第十九条の三第一項第二号 (Article 19-3, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-19-3/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-19-3/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-19-3/par-1/item-2 - art-19-3/par-1/item-4: 前三号 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第十九条の三第一項第三号 (Article 19-3, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-19-3/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-19-3/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-19-3/par-1/item-3 ## Cited by 17 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 住民基本台帳法 第三十条の四十五第一項（外国人住民に係る住民票の記載事項の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/residential-basic-book-act/art-30-45/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000081/art-30-45/par-1 - 住民基本台帳法 附則第七条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/residential-basic-book-act/suppl-4211-77/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000081/suppl-4211-77/art-7/par-1 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第十九条の三第一項第四号（中長期在留者） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-19-3/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-19-3/par-1/item-4 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第二十六条の二第一項（みなし再入国許可） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-26-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-26-2/par-1 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 附則第七条第一項（新規上陸に伴う在留カードの交付等に関する経過措置等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/suppl-4211-79/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/suppl-4211-79/art-7/par-1 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 附則第二条第一項（在留カードの有効期間に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/suppl-5051-56/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/suppl-5051-56/art-2/par-1 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 附則第二条第二項（在留カードの有効期間に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/suppl-5051-56/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/suppl-5051-56/art-2/par-2 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 附則第二条第一項（在留カードに関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/suppl-5061-59/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/suppl-5061-59/art-2/par-1 - 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の施行に伴う法務省関係省令の整備及び経過措置に関する省令 第十一条第二項（後日在留カードを交付する旨の記載等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-2009-amendment-transitional-ordinance/art-11/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423M60000010043/art-11/par-2 - 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の施行に伴う関係政令の整備及び経過措置に関する政令 第十八条第一項第一号（改正法附則第十七条第一項等の届出の経由に係る市町村の事務） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-2009-amendment-transitional-order/art-18/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423CO0000000421/art-18/par-1/item-1 - 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の施行に伴う関係政令の整備及び経過措置に関する政令 第十八条第一項第二号（改正法附則第十七条第一項等の届出の経由に係る市町村の事務） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-2009-amendment-transitional-order/art-18/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423CO0000000421/art-18/par-1/item-2 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法施行規則 第十九条の五第一項（中長期在留者に当たらない者） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act-enforcement-regulation/art-19-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356M50000010054/art-19-5/par-1 - 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 附則第二条第一項（第二条の規定による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改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/landing-criteria-ordinance/suppl-4249-28/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/402M50000010016/suppl-4249-28/art-2/par-1 - 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 第四十八条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/technical-intern-training-act/art-48/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/428AC0000000089/art-48/par-1 - 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施行規則 第二条第二項（法第五条の許可の申請） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/special-act-on-immigration-control-enforcement-regulation/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423M60000010044/art-2/par-2 - 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施行規則 附則第二条第一項（経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/special-act-on-immigration-control-enforcement-regulation/suppl-4239-44/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423M60000010044/suppl-4239-44/art-2/par-1 - 行政手続における特定の個人を識別するための番号の利用等に関する法律 第十八条の五第七項（特定在留カード等の交付に伴う措置等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/my-number-act/art-18-5/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/425AC0000000027/art-18-5/par-7 --- ## 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 — the text in force from 2026-10-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/326CO0000000319/20261001_508AC0000000032), retrieved 2026-10-05 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3624/tb), retrieved 2026-09-13 - This site's parser, version 211 — 出入国管理及び難民認定法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-05