# 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 / Ministerial Order to Provide for Criteria Pursuant to Article 7, Paragraph (1), Item (ii) of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act — 第四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4)

- Law: 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 (Ministerial Order to Provide for Criteria Pursuant to Article 7, Paragraph (1), Item (ii) of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act), 平成二年法務省令第十六号
- English title "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 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: 第四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4) — address `suppl-4249-37/art-4`
- Text in force since: 2026-04-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/landing-criteria-ordinance/suppl-4249-37/art-4
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/402M50000010016/suppl-4249-37/art-4
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### 第四条
<sup>suppl-4249-37/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/landing-criteria-ordinance/suppl-4249-37/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/402M50000010016/suppl-4249-37/art-4</sup>

**第一項**  施行日前に法第七条の二第一項に基づき交付を受けた証明書又は査証を受けた旅券を所持し施行日後に法第六条第二項の申請を行った者に係る法第七条第一項第二号の基準及び前条の規定により施行日後に法第七条の二第一項に基づき交付を受けた証明書を所持し法第六条第二項の申請を行った者に係る法第七条第一項第二号の基準については、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-4249-37/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/landing-criteria-ordinance/suppl-4249-37/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/402M50000010016/suppl-4249-37/art-4/par-1</sup>
With respect to the criteria under Article 7, paragraph (1), item (ii) of the Act for a person who holds a certificate issued under Article 7-2, paragraph (1) of the Act before the Effective Date or a passport bearing a visa granted before the Effective Date and who files an application under Article 6, paragraph (2) of the Act after the Effective Date, and the criteria under Article 7, paragraph (1), item (ii) of the Act for a person who holds a certificate issued, pursuant to the provisions of the preceding Article, under Article 7-2, paragraph (1) of the Act after the Effective Date and who files an application under Article 6, paragraph (2) of the Act, the provisions then in force continue to govern.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-4249-37/art-4/par-1: 法第七条の二第一項 → 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
- suppl-4249-37/art-4/par-1: 法第六条第二項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第六条第二項 (Article 6, paragraph (2)), art-6/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-6/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-6/par-2
- suppl-4249-37/art-4/par-1: 法第七条第一項第二号 → 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
- suppl-4249-37/art-4/par-1: 前条 → 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 附則第三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3), suppl-4249-37/art-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/landing-criteria-ordinance/suppl-4249-37/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/402M50000010016/suppl-4249-37/art-3

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## 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七条第一項第二号の基準を定める省令 — the text in force from 2026-04-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/402M50000010016/20260401_508M60000010012), retrieved 2026-10-20
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — 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 translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3626/tb), retrieved 2026-10-20
- claude-opus-5-5 — Machine translation, batch landing-criteria-ordinance-20261020T081643-005, translated 2026-10-20
- This site's parser, version 210 — 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 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-20
