Types of residence status
The type of status of residence to be applied for depends on the nature of your activities in Japan. The first step is to check which status of residence you are applying for.
The following is a list of residence statuses (visas).
1.Status of residence (visa) permitted to work
| Status of residence | Conditions | Period of stay |
|---|---|---|
| Diplomacy | (1) Diplomats and consular officers and family members belonging to the same household as these persons (2) Those for whom the same privileges and immunities as those of a diplomatic mission are provided by treaty or international practice. (e.g., foreign heads of state, ministers and heads of parliaments, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, secretaries-general of specialized agencies of the United Nations, etc.) ) and family members belonging to the same household as them. | Period of diplomatic activities |
| Official use | Persons engaged in official duties of foreign governments or international organizations, or employees of foreign missions in Japan, as well as those who are the same Family members who belong to the household | Period of official activities |
| Professor | Accepted as a professor, assistant professor, assistant professor, etc. at a university, an institution similar to a university, or a college of technology foreigner who can be | 5 years, 3 years, 1 year or 3 months |
| Art | Composer, lyricist, painter, sculptor, sculptor, craftsman, photographer, or any other artistic activity involving income artists who do | 5 years, 3 years, 1 year or 3 months |
| Religion | A religious person sent by a foreign religious organization to Japan to carry out missionary and other religious activities | 5 years, 3 years, 1 year or 3 months |
| Press coverage | In Japan under contracts with foreign newspapers, news agencies, broadcasters, newsreel companies and other media outlets. Journalists seeking to cover the story or engage in other media activities Specifically, I’m a newspaper reporter, magazine reporter, reportage writer, editor-in-chief, editor, news photographer, television and It includes radio announcers and other so-called freelancers. | 5 years, 3 years, 1 year or 3 months |
| Business and Management | Foreigners who will be involved in the management of the company as an officer or in the management of the business as a general manager, etc., and who meet certain requirements in terms of the scale of the business, treatment and background. | 5 years, 3 years, 1 year or 3 months |
| Legal and accounting services | Lawyers, judicial scriveners, land and building investigators, foreign law attorneys, certified public accountants as an accountant, foreign certified public accountant, tax accountant, social insurance consultant, patent attorney, maritime agent or administrative scrivener. Foreigners with Japanese legal status | 5 years, 3 years, 1 year or 3 months |
| Medical | Foreigners in the medical professions who are qualified under Japanese law as a doctor, dentist, pharmacist, public health nurse, midwife, nurse practitioner, assistant nurse, nurse practitioner, assistant nurse, dental hygienist, medical radiologist, physiotherapist, occupational therapist, orthoptist, optometrist, clinical engineer, or prosthetist, and who meet certain requirements for treatment. | 5 years, 3 years, 1 year or 3 months |
| Research | Foreigners who are going to engage in tests, investigations, research, etc. based on a contract with national or local government organizations, special corporations, etc., and foreigners who are going to conduct tests, investigations, research, etc. based on a contract with other organizations, and who meet certain requirements in terms of background and treatment. | 5 years, 3 years, 1 year or 3 months |
| Education | Foreigners who wish to engage in educational activities at an elementary, junior high or high school, special training school, or various schools Those who hold a teaching license under the laws of Japan and intend to work as a teacher at an elementary, middle or high school. In addition, those who intend to engage in foreign language education at a foreign language school, etc., and who meet certain requirements. | 5 years, 3 years, 1 year or 3 months |
| Technology, humanities knowledge, international work | (1) Foreigners who wish to engage in business that requires technology or knowledge in the natural sciences, such as science and engineering, etc., and who meet the requirements of their career and conditions of employment. (2) Foreigners who will be engaged in business requiring knowledge of the humanities such as law and economics, etc., and who meet the requirements of their career and conditions of employment. (3) Foreigners who wish to work as interpreters, translators, copywriters, fashion designers, interior designers, or sales representatives, overseas business, information processing, international finance, design, or public relations/publicity, etc., utilizing the cultural knowledge and sensibility unique to foreigners, and who meet the requirements of their career and conditions of employment. | 5 years, 3 years, 1 year or 3 months |
| Intracompany transfer | Foreigners who are transferred from a foreign subsidiary or branch of a Japanese company to its head office in Japan, or from the head office in a foreign country to a branch office in Japan to engage in activities under the status of residence of technology or humanities/international services, and who meet certain requirements in terms of background and treatment | 5 years, 3 years, 1 year or 3 months |
| Show business | (1) Foreigners wishing to engage in entertainment-related activities such as drama, performance, singing, dancing, music performance, sports, etc., who meet the requirements of their career, treatment, and entertainment style. (2) Foreigners who intend to engage in entertainment activities such as the production of TV programs and movies, photography of models, etc., and who meet the requirements of the conditions of treatment. | 1 year, 6 months, 3 months or 15 days |
| Skill | Foreigners who want to work in Korea’s special industrial fields requiring skilled skills (cooking of foreign food, production of foreign food, foreign construction or civil engineering, processing of jewelry, precious metals, or fur, etc.), and who meet certain requirements in terms of background and treatment. | 3 years or 1 year |
2.Status of residence (visa) for which you are not allowed to work
| Status of residence | Conditions | Period of stay |
|---|---|---|
| Cultural activities | Foreigners who wish to engage in academic or artistic activities in Japan without earning a living, or foreigners who wish to study Japan’s unique culture or art (e.g. ikebana, tea ceremony, judo, etc.) by conducting specialized research or receiving private instruction from experts. | 1 year or 6 months |
| Short stay | Foreigners who intend to stay in Japan for a short period of time to engage in such activities as sightseeing, recreation, sports, visiting relatives, friends and acquaintances, visiting sick, attending weddings, funerals and funerals, participating in competitions, contests, etc. as amateurs, market research, business contacts, business negotiations, contract signings, after-sales service on imported machinery, etc., visiting factories and trade fairs, participating in workshops, briefings, etc., conducting academic research and presentations, making religious pilgrimages and visits, making goodwill visits to sister cities and sister schools, etc. | 90 days, 30 days or 15 days |
| Study abroad | A foreigner who is going to study at an institution of higher education such as a university, etc. and has a certain level of ability to pay for living expenses, etc. Students who meet the requirements for Those who wish to take the education as an auditor or research student and those who satisfy the requirements for Japanese language ability and those who wish to take the education in a special training college. and those who wish to receive education in a special training college with Japanese language ability. | 4 years 3 months, 4 years, 3 years 3 months, 3 years, 2 years 3 months, 2 years, 1 year 3 months, 1 year, 6 months or 3 months |
| School | A foreigner who is seeking education in a high school or a Japanese language education in a school, etc., and who meets certain requirements for the ability to pay for living expenses. | 1 year or 6 months |
| training | Foreigners who wish to engage in activities to acquire technology, skills, or knowledge (this includes not only training in industrial techniques and skills, but also administrative training at local governments and clerical training to acquire knowledge), and who wish to acquire skills that cannot be acquired through repetition of the same tasks at a training host institution that meets certain requirements for the training implementation system, etc. | 1 year or 6 months |
| Family stay | The spouse or child of a person with the status of “Professor” to “Cultural Activities” or “College Student” among the above-mentioned statuses. | 3 years, 2 years, 1 year, 6 months or 3 months |
3.Status of residence depends on the details of each individual permit whether you are allowed to work or not.
| Status of residence | Conditions | Period of stay |
|---|---|---|
| Specific activity | 1.Foreigners who intend to engage in activities of research, research guidance or education related to a specific field at the facility under a contract with a public or private organization in Japan, or who intend to engage in activities of their own to run a business related to research, research guidance or education related to a specific field in conjunction with such activities. | 5 years |
| Specific activity | 2.Foreigners who are going to engage in work related to information processing that requires skills or knowledge in the field of natural sciences or humanities at the business office of the organization based on a contract with a public or private organization in Japan, and who meet certain requirements in terms of background and treatment. | 5 years, 4 years, 3 years, 2 years or 1 year |
| Specific activity | 3.A spouse or child receiving support from a foreign national described in 1 or 2 above. | 5 years, 4 years, 3 years, 2 years or 1 year |
| Specific activity | 4.Foreigners seeking to enter the country as a private domestic servant employed by a diplomat or consular officer, a foreigner seeking to enter the country under the working holiday system, or a foreigner who is employed by a company or other organization to play an amateur sport. | 3 years, 1 year or 6 months |
| Specific activity | 5.Foreigners who are specifically designated by the Minister of Justice for activities other than those listed in 1 to 4. | A period of time not to exceed one year as designated by the Minister of Justice. |
4.Status of residence (visa) with no restrictions on activities
| Status of residence | Conditions | Period of stay |
|---|---|---|
| Permanent resident | Those with a permanent residence permit (no new arrivals) | Unlimited |
| Spouse of a Japanese national | Spouses of Japanese nationals, children born of Japanese nationals, and specially adopted children of Japanese nationals (in accordance with the provisions of Article 817-2 of the Civil Code) | 5 years, 3 years, 1 year or 6 months |
| Spouse of a permanent resident | A person born in Japan with the status of a permanent resident, or a spouse or child of a special permanent resident specified in the Law for Special Exceptions to the Immigration Control of Persons who Renounced the Nationality of a Treaty of Peace, or a person who was born in Japan as a spouse or child of a permanent resident, etc., and has been continuously residing in Japan since then. | 5 years, 3 years, 1 year or 6 months |
| Resident | So-called Refugee Convention refugees, Indochinese refugees, second- and third-generation Japanese, and other foreigners. | (1) 3 years, 1 year (2) For a period of time not to exceed three years to be designated by the Minister of Justice |
