# 出入国管理及び難民認定法 / Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act — 第十九条の五 (Article 19-5) - 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: 第十九条の五 (Article 19-5)（在留カードの有効期間） — address `art-19-5` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-19-5 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-19-5 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第十九条の五（在留カードの有効期間） — (Validity Period of the Residence Card) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-19-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-19-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-19-5 **第一項** 在留カードの有効期間は、その交付を受ける中長期在留者に係る次の各号に掲げる区分に応じ、当該各号に定める日が経過するまでの期間とする。 art-19-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-19-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-19-5/par-1 The validity period of the residence card is to last until the end of the last day prescribed in the respective item in accordance with the categories set forth in the following items pertaining to the mid- to long-term resident who is to be issued the residence card: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 永住者（次号に掲げる者を除く。）又は高度専門職の在留資格（別表第一の二の表の高度専門職の項の下欄第二号に係るものに限る。）をもつて在留する者　在留カードの交付の日（第十九条の十一第一項の規定による申請があつた場合は、当該申請をした者がその時に所持していた在留カード（次号及び第十九条の十五の三において「旧カード」という。）の有効期間の満了の日）後の十回目の誕生日（当該外国人の誕生日が二月二十九日であるときは、当該外国人のうるう年以外の年における誕生日は二月二十八日であるものとみなす。以下同じ。） art-19-5/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-19-5/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-19-5/par-1/item-1 a person residing with the status of residence of "Permanent Resident" (excluding a person set forth in the following item) or "Highly Skilled Professional" (limited to that pertaining to item (ii) of the right-hand column under "Highly Skilled Professional" of Appended Table I (2)):the tenth birthday after the date of issuance of the residence card (if an application pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-11, paragraph (1) has been filed, the expiration date of the validity period of the residence card that the person who filed the application possessed at that time (referred to as the "old card" in the following item and Article 19-15-3)) (if the birthday of the foreign national is February 29, the birthday of the foreign national in a year other than a leap year is deemed to be February 28; the same applies hereinafter); machine translation, not official **二** 永住者であつて、在留カードの交付の日に十八歳に満たない者（第十九条の十一第一項の規定による申請については、旧カードの有効期間の満了の日が十八歳の誕生日である者を除く。）　在留カードの交付の日（同項の規定による申請があつた場合は、旧カードの有効期間の満了の日）後の五回目の誕生日 art-19-5/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-19-5/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-19-5/par-1/item-2 a permanent resident who is under 18 years of age on the date of issuance of the residence card (with regard to an application pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-11, paragraph (1), excluding a person for whom the expiration date of the validity period of the old card is their eighteenth birthday):the fifth birthday after the date of issuance of the residence card (if an application pursuant to the provisions of the same paragraph has been filed, the expiration date of the validity period of the old card); or machine translation, not official **三** 前二号に掲げる者以外の者　在留期間の満了の日 art-19-5/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-19-5/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-19-5/par-1/item-3 a person other than the foreign nationals set forth in the preceding two items:the expiration date of the period of stay. machine translation, not official **第二項** 前項第三号の規定により、在留カードの有効期間が在留期間の満了の日が経過するまでの期間となる場合において、当該在留カードの交付を受けた中長期在留者が、第二十条第六項（第二十一条第四項において準用する場合を含む。以下この項、第二十四条第四号ロ及び第二十六条第四項において同じ。）の規定により、在留期間の満了後も引き続き本邦に在留することができることとなる場合にあつては、当該在留カードの有効期間は、第二十条第六項の規定により在留することができる期間の終了の時までの期間とする。 art-19-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-19-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-19-5/par-2 If the validity period of the residence card lasts until the end of the last day of the person's period of stay pursuant to the provisions of item (iii) of the preceding paragraph, and if the mid- to long-term resident who was issued with the residence card is permitted to continue residing in Japan after the expiration of the period of stay pursuant to the provisions of Article 20, paragraph (6) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the provisions of Article 21, paragraph (4); the same applies hereinafter in this paragraph, Article 24, item (iv), sub-item (b) and Article 26, paragraph (4)), the validity period of the residence card is to last until the end of the period during which the foreign national is permitted to reside in Japan pursuant to the provisions of Article 20, paragraph (6). machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-19-5/par-1/item-1: 次号 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第十九条の五第一項第二号 (Article 19-5, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-19-5/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-19-5/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-19-5/par-1/item-2 - art-19-5/par-1/item-1: 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/ja/immigration-control-act/appdx-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/appdx-1 - art-19-5/par-1/item-1: 第十九条の十一第一項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第十九条の十一第一項 (Article 19-11, paragraph (1)), art-19-11/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-19-11/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-19-11/par-1 - art-19-5/par-1/item-1: 第十九条の十五の三 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第十九条の十五の三 (Article 19-15-3), art-19-15-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-19-15-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-19-15-3 - art-19-5/par-1/item-2: 第十九条の十一第一項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第十九条の十一第一項 (Article 19-11, paragraph (1)), art-19-11/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-19-11/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-19-11/par-1 - art-19-5/par-1/item-3: 前二号 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第十九条の五第一項第一号 (Article 19-5, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-19-5/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-19-5/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-19-5/par-1/item-1 - art-19-5/par-1/item-3: 前二号 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第十九条の五第一項第二号 (Article 19-5, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-19-5/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-19-5/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-19-5/par-1/item-2 - art-19-5/par-2: 前項第三号 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第十九条の五第一項第三号 (Article 19-5, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-19-5/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-19-5/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-19-5/par-1/item-3 - art-19-5/par-2: 第二十条第六項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第二十条第六項 (Article 20, paragraph (6)), art-20/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-20/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-20/par-6 - art-19-5/par-2: 第二十一条第四項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第二十一条第四項 (Article 21, paragraph (4)), art-21/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-21/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-21/par-4 - art-19-5/par-2: この項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第十九条の五第二項 (Article 19-5, paragraph (2)), art-19-5/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-19-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-19-5/par-2 - art-19-5/par-2: 第二十四条第四号 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第二十四条第一項第四号 (Article 24, paragraph (1), item (iv)), art-24/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-24/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-24/par-1/item-4 - art-19-5/par-2: 第二十六条第四項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第二十六条第四項 (Article 26, paragraph (4)), art-26/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-26/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-26/par-4 ## Cited by 7 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第十九条の五第一項第一号（在留カードの有効期間） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-19-5/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-19-5/par-1/item-1 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第十九条の五第一項第三号（在留カードの有効期間） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-19-5/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-19-5/par-1/item-3 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第十九条の五第二項（在留カードの有効期間） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-19-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-19-5/par-2 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第十九条の十五の三第一項（特定在留カードの有効期間等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-19-15-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-19-15-3/par-1 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第十九条の十五の三第一項第一号（特定在留カードの有効期間等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-19-15-3/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-19-15-3/par-1/item-1 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第十九条の十五の三第二項（特定在留カードの有効期間等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-19-15-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-19-15-3/par-2 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 附則第二条第三項（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-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/suppl-5061-59/art-2/par-3 --- ## 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 - claude-opus-5[1m] — Machine translation, batch immigration-control-act-20260913T134912-002, translated 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