Immigration Procedures
For non Japanese who are in Japan or coming into Japan, the immigration procedures such
as an application for Visa, Certificate of Eligibility for Residence, change of Status of Residence,
etc, are always a kind of headaches. You need to solve these problems for your better life in Japan
or enter into Japan.
Our Services
●Documentation and application for getting working Visa (Certificate of Status of Residence)
such as:
* Investor / Business Manager * Specialist in Humanities/International Services
*Engineer *Intra-Company Transferee *Entertainer ** Skilled Labor, etc.
●Documentation and application for getting the Visa status on a human relation
with Japanese or other special reasons, such as:
*Dependent *Spouses or Child of Japanese National *Long term Resident, etc.
●Documentation for Obtaining Short term staying Visa, such as :
*Business *Sight seeing *Visit relatives, etc
●Change of the Status of Residence
When your main activity approved by authority is to be changed, you need to apply for the
Change of Status.
●Extension of the Period of Stay
●Engagement of Eligibility Other Than Current Status of residence
●Certificate of authorized employment
When you are required to submit it by a company or group for the employment, or you
changed working place, you need to apply Certificate showing the types of activities authorized
to him/her.
●Special petition to the Minister of Justice
When you have no effective Visa or have been overstayed,
you can apply for the special petition to the Minister of Justice.
●International Marriage/Divorce
●Naturalization
When you want to have a Japanese citizenship, you need to apply to Japanese
Registration Bureau.
●Documentation and application for getting working Visa (Certificate of Status of Residence)
such as:
* Investor / Business Manager * Specialist in Humanities/International Services
*Engineer *Intra-Company Transferee *Entertainer** Skilled Labor, etc.
●Documentation and application for getting the Visa status on a human relation
with Japanese or other
special reasons, such as:
*Dependent *Spouses or Child of Japanese National * Long term Resident, etc.
●Documentation for Obtaining Short term staying Visa, such as :
*Business *Sight seeing *Visit relatives, etc
●Change of the Status of Residence
When your main activity approved by authority is to be changed, you need to apply for the
Change of Status.
●Extension of the Period of Stay
●Engagement of Eligibility Other Than Current Status of residence
●Certificate of authorized employment
When you are required to submit it by a company or group for the employment, or you
changed working place, you need to apply
Certificate showing the types of activities authorized to him/her.
●Special petition to the Minister of Justice
When you have no effective Visa or have been overstayed,
you can apply for the special petition to the Minister of Justice.
●International Marriage/Divorce
●Naturalization
When you want to have a Japanese citizenship, you need to apply to Japanese
Registration Bureau.
Visa・Certificate of Eligibility for Status of Residence、Change the Status
The procedures of application for Visa extension or change of the Visa cannot be avoided and a lot of
people are facing some problem about it. Also, the immigration procedure is the first issue that the
foreigner who is willing to enter Japan has get over.
In this page, you can find the kinds of status of residence and the requirements of each qualification.
As for details, please be free to contact us.
To acquire and maintain the Status of Residence safely!!
tatus of Residence is the qualification that the foreigners can make activities which
were permitted. On the other hand, the Visa issued by Japanese embassy or consulate before
entering Japan is Visa is something like a letter of recommendation when entering Japan.
Therefore, Visa does not always assure your entering Japan 100%. When you enter Japan, you
need to get the seal showing the status of residence finally.
Well, what type of status of residence we have ?
The status of residence which can be engaged in working
「Diplomat」 「Official」 「Professor」 「Artist」 「Religious Activities」 「Journalist」
「Investor/Business manager」 「Legal・Accounting services」「Medical Services」 「Researcher」 「Instructor」 「Engineer」 「Specialist in Humanities・International services」「Intra-company Transferee」 「Entertainer」「Skilled Labor」 「Permanent Resident」 「Spouse or Child of Japanese National」
「Spouse or Child ofPermanent resident」 「Long Term Resident」
If you have one of above status of residence, you can work in Japan. However, as
for the Status of Residence showin in green and red, only the activity shown in the status cann
be approved for the work. If you have an intention to engage in the different type of job,
you have to apply the change of Status of Residence or get a permission to engage in activity
other than that permitted by the status of Residence previously granted. If you engage in different
type of job without getting these permission, you might be accused by the illegal working.
The Status of Residences shown in blue are to be given to the foreigners who
have some special relation with Japanese national and Japan.
There is no limitation in the activity in Japan.
The status of residence which can not be engaged in working
「Cultural Activity」 「Short Term Stay」 「College Student」 「Pre-college Student」
「Trainee」 「Dependent」
The foreigners having one of above Status of Residence cannnot work basically.
However, if you can get the permission to engage in activity other than that ermitted by the status
of Residence previously granted, you can work with some conditions