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Status of Residence : Skilled Labor
A cook of a foreign food can apply for "Skilled Labor" when the person satisfies all of the following conditions:
1) The applicant has a contract with a public or
private organization in Japan
2) The applicant receives no less reward than
a Japanese national would receive
for comparable work
3)
The applicant has at least 10 years' experience in cooking that foreign food (including the period of time studying at an educational institution in a foreign country while majoring in the skills concerned)
Period of Stay
3 years or 1 year
Application document to acquire Status of Residence
In case of Application for Certificate of Eligibility, necessary documents are as follows:
Application and Supporting Document |
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Application document to extend Period of Stay
Application and Supporting Document |
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"Skilled Labor " other than a cook
The Ministry of Justice prepared the Ministerial Ordinance regarding Immigration Control Law, which specifies the criteria for "Skilled Labor." That includes professionals other than a cook. And all of them must satisfy the following two conditions:
1) The applicant has a contract with a public or
private organization in Japan
2) The applicant receives no less reward than
a Japanese national would receive
for comparable work
Other "Skilled Labor" is as follows:
Job Title |
Authorized Activity |
| Architect | A person with at least 10 years' experience in architecture or civil engineering characteristic to a foreign country (including the period of time spent studying at an educational institution in a foreign country while majoring in the skills concerned) who is to engage in services that require such skills. (If the person concerned is to engage in services under the guidance of a person who has at least 10 years' experience, experience of 5 years will be accepted instead of 10 years.) |
| Jeweler | A person with at least 10 years' experience in the processing of gems, precious stones or fur (including the period of time spent studying at an educational institution in a foreign country while majoring in the skills concerned) who is to engage in services that require such skills. |
| Animal Trainer |
A person with at least 10 years' experience in training animals (including the period of time spent studying at an educational institution in a foreign country while majoring in the skills concerned) who is to engage in services that require such skills. |
| Hot Spring Mining |
A person with at least 10 years' experience in seabed digging for oil exploration or digging for development of terrestrial heat or a study of the seabed for minerals exploration (including the period of time spent studying at an educational institution in a foreign country while majoring in the skills concerned) who is to engage in services that require such skills. |
| Aircraft Pilot |
A person with at least 1,000 hours' experience in piloting an aircraft who is to engage in services as a pilot of an aircraft used for air transport prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (17) of the Aviation Act. |
| Sport Trainer |
A person with at least 3 years' experience in instructing sport (including the period of time spent studying at an educational institution in a foreign country while majoring in the skills concerned and engaging in the sport with reward) who is to engage in services that require such skills or a person who has competed in an international event such as the Olympics or World Championships and is to engage in services that require such skills pertaining to instruction in the sport. |
| Wine Sommelier |
A person with at least 5 years' experience in appraising,
evaluating and maintaining the quality of wine, and
providing wine(hereinafter referred to as "wine appraisal")
(including the period of time spent studying at an educational
institution in a foreign country while majoring in the skills
concerned) who falls under any of the following categories
and is to engage in services that require such skills. (a) A person who has achieved excellence in a contest pertaining to skills for wine appraisal held on an international scale (hereinafter referred to as "international sommelier contest"). (b) A person who has entered an international sommelier contest (limited to those that restrict the number of contestants to one per country). (c) A person who has the qualification for skills pertaining to wine appraisal that is certified by a national or local government(including a foreign government), or a public or private organization equivalent thereto and is designated by the Minister of Justice in a public notice. |
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Our office follows international laws as well as Japanese domestic laws for immigration and naturalization, for example, for international marriage,
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Our Fees
Service |
Price including tax |
| Application for Certificate of Eligibility | 157,500Yen(*) |
| Application for Permission to Change Status of Residence | 157,500Yen(*) |
| Application for Permission to Extend Status of Residence 1) if any change like job change 2) other |
1) 157,500Yen(*) 2) 52,500Yen |
* If the fee is more than 100,000Yen, you could pay it as a deposit of 100,000Yen with tax and the rest of fee separately.
