# 出入国管理及び難民認定法 / Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act — 第七条の二 (Article 7-2) - 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: 第七条の二 (Article 7-2)（在留資格認定証明書） — address `art-7-2` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-7-2 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-7-2 - 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. --- ### 第七条の二（在留資格認定証明書） — (Certificate of Eligibility) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-7-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-7-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-7-2 **第一項** 法務大臣は、法務省令で定めるところにより、本邦に上陸しようとする外国人（本邦において別表第一の三の表の短期滞在の項の下欄に掲げる活動を行おうとする者を除く。）から、あらかじめ申請があつたときは、当該外国人が前条第一項第二号に掲げる条件に適合している旨の証明書（以下「在留資格認定証明書」という。）を交付することができる。 art-7-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-7-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-7-2/par-1 Upon receiving an advance application from a foreign national seeking to land in Japan (except for those who seek to engage in the activities set forth in the right-hand column corresponding to "Temporary Visitor" specified in Appended Table I (3)), the Minister of Justice, pursuant to the provisions of Ministry of Justice Order, may issue a certificate (hereinafter referred to as "certificate of eligibility") stating that the foreign national conforms to the conditions set forth in Article 7, paragraph (1), item (ii). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の申請は、当該外国人を受け入れようとする機関の職員その他の法務省令で定める者を代理人としてこれをすることができる。 art-7-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-7-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-7-2/par-2 The application as set forth in the preceding paragraph may be made by a staff member of the organization that will accept the foreign national, or by other persons prescribed by the Ministry of Justice Order to act as an agent. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 特定産業分野（別表第一の二の表の特定技能の項の下欄第一号に規定する特定産業分野をいう。以下この項及び第二十条第一項において同じ。）を所管する関係行政機関の長は、当該特定産業分野に係る分野別運用方針に基づき、当該特定産業分野において必要とされる人材が確保されたと認めるときは、法務大臣に対し、一時的に在留資格認定証明書の交付の停止の措置をとることを求めるものとする。 art-7-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-7-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-7-2/par-3 If the head of the administrative organ with jurisdiction over the specified industrial field (meaning the "specified industrial fields" provided for in item (i) of the right-hand column under "Specified Skilled Worker" of the Appended Table I (2); hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph and Article 20, paragraph (1)) finds that the necessary human resources in a specified industrial field have been secured based on the field-specific operation policy pertaining to the specified industrial field, the head is to make a request to the Minister of Justice to take measures to temporarily suspend the issuance of certificates of eligibility. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 法務大臣は、前項の規定による求めがあつたときは、分野別運用方針に基づき、一時的に在留資格認定証明書の交付の停止の措置をとるものとする。 art-7-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-7-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-7-2/par-4 If a request has been made pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the Minister of Justice is to take measures to temporarily suspend the issuance of certificates of eligibility based on the field-specific operation policy. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 前二項の規定は、一時的に在留資格認定証明書の交付の停止の措置がとられた場合において、在留資格認定証明書の交付の再開の措置をとるときについて準用する。この場合において、第三項中「確保された」とあるのは「不足する」と、前二項中「ものとする」とあるのは「ことができる」と読み替えるものとする。 art-7-2/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-7-2/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-7-2/par-5 The provisions of the preceding two paragraphs apply mutatis mutandis to cases in which measures to recommence the issuance of certificates of eligibility are taken if measures to temporarily suspend the issuance of certificates of eligibility have been taken. In this case, the term "have been secured" in paragraph (3) is replaced with "are experiencing a shortage", and the term "is to" is replaced with "may" in the preceding two paragraphs. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-7-2/par-1: 別表第一の三 → 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-7-2/par-1: 前条第一項第二号 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第七条第一項第二号 (Article 7, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-7/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-7/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-7/par-1/item-2 - art-7-2/par-2: 前項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第七条の二第一項 (Article 7-2, paragraph (1)), art-7-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-7-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-7-2/par-1 - art-7-2/par-3: 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-7-2/par-3: この項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第七条の二第三項 (Article 7-2, paragraph (3)), art-7-2/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-7-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-7-2/par-3 - art-7-2/par-3: 第二十条第一項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第二十条第一項 (Article 20, paragraph (1)), art-20/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-20/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-20/par-1 - art-7-2/par-4: 前項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第七条の二第三項 (Article 7-2, paragraph (3)), art-7-2/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-7-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-7-2/par-3 - art-7-2/par-5: 前二項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第七条の二第三項 (Article 7-2, paragraph (3)), art-7-2/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-7-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-7-2/par-3 - art-7-2/par-5: 前二項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第七条の二第四項 (Article 7-2, paragraph (4)), art-7-2/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-7-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-7-2/par-4 ## Cited by 37 provisions cite this one. 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