# 出入国管理及び難民認定法 / Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act — 第六十一条の二の五 (Article 61-2-5) - 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: 第六十一条の二の五 (Article 61-2-5)（仮滞在の許可を受けた者の在留資格の取得） — address `art-61-2-5` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-61-2-5 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-61-2-5 - 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. --- ### 第六十一条の二の五（仮滞在の許可を受けた者の在留資格の取得） — Acquisition of Status of Residence by a Person Granted Permission for Provisional Stay caption: machine translation, not official art-61-2-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-61-2-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-61-2-5 **第一項** 法務大臣は、前条第一項の規定による許可を受けた外国人に対し、当該外国人が次の各号のいずれかに該当するときは、法務省令で定めるところにより、在留資格の取得を許可することができる。ただし、当該外国人が無期若しくは一年を超える拘禁刑に処せられた者（刑の全部の執行猶予の言渡しを受けた者及び刑の一部の執行猶予の言渡しを受けた者であつてその刑のうち執行が猶予されなかつた部分の期間が一年以下のものを除く。）又は第二十四条第三号の二、第三号の三若しくは第四号ハ若しくはオからヨまでのいずれかに該当すると疑うに足りる相当の理由がある者である場合は、当該外国人に対し、在留資格の取得を許可しないことが人道上の配慮に欠けると認められる特別の事情があると認めるときに限る。 art-61-2-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-61-2-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-61-2-5/par-1 If a foreign national who has been granted permission pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article falls under any of the following items, the Minister of Justice may, pursuant to the provisions of Ministry of Justice Order, permit the foreign national to acquire a status of residence; provided, however, that if the foreign national is a person who has been sentenced to life imprisonment or imprisonment for more than 1 year (excluding a person who has been granted a suspension of the execution of the entire sentence and a person who has been granted a suspension of the execution of part of the sentence for whom the part of the sentence whose execution was not suspended is 1 year or less) or a person for whom there are reasonable grounds to suspect that the person falls under any of Article 24, item (iii)-2, item (iii)-3, or item (iv), sub-item (c) or sub-items (l) through (o), this applies only if the Minister finds that there are special circumstances in which not permitting the foreign national to acquire a status of residence would be found to lack humanitarian consideration: machine translation, not official **一** かつて日本国民として本邦に本籍を有したことがあるとき。 art-61-2-5/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-61-2-5/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-61-2-5/par-1/item-1 the foreign national has had a registered domicile in Japan as a Japanese national in the past; machine translation, not official **二** 人身取引等により他人の支配下に置かれて本邦に在留するものであるとき。 art-61-2-5/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-61-2-5/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-61-2-5/par-1/item-2 the foreign national resides in Japan under the control of another person due to human trafficking; or machine translation, not official **三** その他法務大臣が在留資格の取得を許可すべき事情があると認めるとき。 art-61-2-5/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-61-2-5/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-61-2-5/par-1/item-3 the Minister of Justice finds that there are other grounds for which the foreign national should be permitted to acquire a status of residence. machine translation, not official **第二項** 法務大臣は、前項の規定による許可をするかどうかの判断に当たつては、当該外国人について、在留を希望する理由、家族関係、素行、本邦に入国することとなつた経緯、本邦に在留している期間、その間の法的地位、在留資格未取得外国人となつた経緯及び人道上の配慮の必要性を考慮するほか、内外の諸情勢及び本邦における不法滞在者に与える影響その他の事情を考慮するものとする。 art-61-2-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-61-2-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-61-2-5/par-2 In determining whether or not to grant the permission pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the Minister of Justice is to take into consideration, with respect to the foreign national, the reasons for wishing to reside in Japan, family relationships, conduct, the circumstances that led to the foreign national entering Japan, the period of residence in Japan, the legal status during that period, the circumstances under which the foreign national became a foreign national without a status of residence, and the need for humanitarian consideration, as well as domestic and international circumstances, the impact on illegal residents in Japan, and other circumstances. machine translation, not official **第三項** 第二十条第四項及び第五項の規定は、第一項の規定による許可について準用する。 art-61-2-5/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-61-2-5/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-61-2-5/par-3 The provisions of Article 20, paragraphs (4) and (5) apply mutatis mutandis to the permission pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1). machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-61-2-5/par-1: 前条第一項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第六十一条の二の四第一項 (Article 61-2-4, paragraph (1)), art-61-2-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-61-2-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-61-2-4/par-1 - art-61-2-5/par-1: 第二十四条第三号の二 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第二十四条第一項第三号の二 (Article 24, paragraph (1), item (iii-2)), art-24/par-1/item-3-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-24/par-1/item-3-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-24/par-1/item-3-2 - art-61-2-5/par-1: 第三号の三 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第二十四条第一項第三号の三 (Article 24, paragraph (1), item (iii-3)), art-24/par-1/item-3-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-24/par-1/item-3-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-24/par-1/item-3-3 - art-61-2-5/par-1: 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-61-2-5/par-2: 前項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第六十一条の二の五第一項 (Article 61-2-5, paragraph (1)), art-61-2-5/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-61-2-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-61-2-5/par-1 - art-61-2-5/par-3: 第二十条第四項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第二十条第四項 (Article 20, paragraph (4)), art-20/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-20/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-20/par-4 - art-61-2-5/par-3: 第五項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第二十条第五項 (Article 20, paragraph (5)), art-20/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-20/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-20/par-5 - art-61-2-5/par-3: 第一項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第六十一条の二の五第一項 (Article 61-2-5, paragraph (1)), art-61-2-5/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-61-2-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-61-2-5/par-1 ## Cited by 24 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 住民基本台帳法 別表第一 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/residential-basic-book-act/appdx-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000081/appdx-1 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第十九条の八第一項（在留資格変更等に伴う住居地届出） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-19-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-19-8/par-1 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第二十二条の四第一項第四号（在留資格の取消し） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-22-4/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-22-4/par-1/item-4 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第二十二条の四第一項第八号（在留資格の取消し） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-22-4/par-1/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-22-4/par-1/item-8 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第二十四条第一項第三号（退去強制） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-24/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-24/par-1/item-3 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第五十九条の二第一項（事実の調査） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-59-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-59-2/par-1 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第六十一条の二の五第二項（仮滞在の許可を受けた者の在留資格の取得） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-61-2-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-61-2-5/par-2 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第六十一条の二の五第三項（仮滞在の許可を受けた者の在留資格の取得） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-61-2-5/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-61-2-5/par-3 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第六十一条の二の九第一項（退去強制手続との関係） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-61-2-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-61-2-9/par-1 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第六十一条の二の十七第一項（事実の調査） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-61-2-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-61-2-17/par-1 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第六十一条の八の三第一項第三号（本人の出頭義務と代理人による届出等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-61-8-3/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-61-8-3/par-1/item-3 - 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 第一条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/highly-skilled-professional-criteria-ordinance/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426M60000010037/art-1/par-1 - 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 第一条第一項第一号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/highly-skilled-professional-criteria-ordinance/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426M60000010037/art-1/par-1/item-1 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法施行令 第二十六条第一項第十九号（権限の委任） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act-enforcement-order/art-26/par-1/item-19 · https://japanlaw.org/l/410CO0000000178/art-26/par-1/item-19 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法施行令 附則第七条第一項第二号ロ（特定在留カードの交付に係る手数料に係る特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act-enforcement-order/suppl-4102-178/art-7/par-1/item-2/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/410CO0000000178/suppl-4102-178/art-7/par-1/item-2/sub-2 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法施行規則 第四条の二第一項第一号リ（上陸の拒否の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act-enforcement-regulation/art-4-2/par-1/item-1/sub-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356M50000010054/art-4-2/par-1/item-1/sub-9 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法施行規則 第十九条の六第二項第十号（在留カードの記載事項等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act-enforcement-regulation/art-19-6/par-2/item-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356M50000010054/art-19-6/par-2/item-10 - 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