General support for various procedures of the status of residence (VISA) (1)

・Application for certificate of eligibility

In case that foreign national stays in Japan over three month period, Japan’s status of residence is required strictly according to the activities planned in Japan. There are twenty-nine types of residential status as of the end of March 2020. Foreign nationals residing in Japan must have one of these statuses of residence. Applying for a certificate of eligibility is a procedure for obtaining this status of residence.

・Application for change of status of residence

In case that foreign nationals change their purposes of residence and are willing to do activities that correspond to another status of residence, they must obtain permission to change into new status of residence by this application.

・Application for extension of period of stay

In case that foreign nationals can not achieve their purposes of residence within the given period of stay, they must apply for permission to renew their period of stay.

・Application for permission to acquire status of residence

In case that foreign nationals who have decided to stay in Japan without the procedures stipulated by the Immigration Control Act due to withdrawal of Japanese nationality or birth etc. wish to stay in Japan for more than sixty days from the date the event occurred, they will need to apply for this permit.

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