Status of Residence "Researcher"
What kind of qualification is it?
The status of residence of research is established to accommodate international exchange in research fields such as science and technology and to accept researchers who are responsible for the development of Japanese research.
Who can apply?
The Immigration Control Act stipulates the applicable condition as described below. "Activities engaged in work conducting research based on contracts with public and private organizations in Japan (except activities of "Professor"). "
Let's see what kind of standard there are concretely.
However, if the resarch is based on a contract with a special corporation, an authorized corporation, an independent administrative agency, or a corporation that is managed by funds issued from a country, local public entity or independent administrative agency and that the Minister of Justice has stipulated with a notice, these conditions are not necessarily.
A. If you graduate from a four-year university, or receive education equivalent to this, or have completed a specialized course at a vocational school in Japan, you must receive a master's degree in the research field or you must intend to engage in over 3 years of research experience (including institutions studied at graduate school).
B. In cases other than (A), you must have at least 10 years of research experience (including those studied at university) in the research field you intend to engage.
C. In Japan, officials of offices located in foreign countries of public and private organizations with branch offices and other business establishments are going to engage in business to conduct research at the workplace after transferring to the place of business in Japan with a specified period. In cases where you are engaged in the work listed in the lower column of the research section in the table of Appended Table 1-2 of the Immigration Act at the head office, branch office or other business establishment in a foreign country immediately before the transfer relating to the application, that period must be continued to be one year or more).
D. Receive compensation equal to or more than the amount equivalent to Japanese
How do I apply?
You can download necessary documents from the Ministry of Justice website.
In the application, the categories are divided according to the size and kind of the acceptance period, and the documents to be submitted are finely decided according to the category. We will introduce only the categorization of categories below.
Category 1
(1) Companies listed on the Japanese Stock Exchange
(2) Mutual company engaged in insurance industry
(3) Japan or foreign country / local public organization
(4) Independent Administrative Institution
(5) Special corporation
(6) Authorized corporation
(7) Other public corporations listed in Appended Table 1 of the Corporation Tax Act
Category 2
In the statutory record total such as withholding tax of salary income for the previous year, the amount of the withholding tax totals table of salaries income is 15 million or more.
Category 3
Organizations / individuals (excluding Category 2) in which a statutory report total list such as withholding tax on salary income for the previous year was submitted
Category 4
Groups and individuals not applicable to either
Activities to conduct research at a Japanese university or equivalent institution or technical college fall under the status of residence of "Professor", not researcher.
In the enterprise, the activity to conduct fundamental and creative research for business execution is "Researcher", but what directly conducts elaboration of the work of public and private institutions using the technology and knowledge of foreigners is "Engineer / Specialist in Humanities/ International Services" falls under the status of residence.
Studies, investigations and other work for research are also included in the research work.
In most cases, an institution that intends to accept foreigners will apply for immigration. Applications in Categories 1 and 2 are not so difficult, but in Categories 3 and 4, the number of documents to be attached increases, and the difficulty level becomes extremely high because it also requires fitting to the Immigration Act.
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Status of Residence "Instructor"
What kind of qualification is it?
It was established to accept language teachers to elementary school, junior high school, high school, secondary education school, special support school, vocational school, various language schools or facilities.
Who can apply?
The Immigration Control Act imposes the following requirements.
A. It corresponds to one of the following
a. having graduated from a university, or received education equivalent or superior to this.
b、majoring in subjects related to skills or knowledge necessary for education to be done, and finishing the specialized course of Japanese vocational school
c、have a license related to education
B. If you intend to educattion of a foreign language, you must have received education for 12 years or more from that foreign language (if the class is taught in that foreign language, any subject matter is OK), or if you are trying to educate other subjects, you must have received education for over 5 years or have experienced to educate for over 5 years.
C. Receive compensation equal to or more than the amount equivalent to Japanese
If you are planning to engage in a so-called international school instead of an ordinary school, the above conditions will change slightly.
A. It corresponds to one of the following
a、having graduated from a university, or received education equivalent or superior to this.
b、majoring in subjects related to skills or knowledge necessary for education, and finishing the specialized course of Japanese vocational school
c、having a license related to education
B. Receive compensation equal to or more than the amount equivalent to compensation of Japanese
How do I apply?
You can download necessary documents from the Ministry of Justice website.
In the application, the categories are divided according to full-time / part-time, depending on the type of host institution, and the documents to be submitted are finely decided according to the category. The categorization of categories will be introduced below.
Category 1
When working full-time for elementary school, junior high school, high school, secondary education school, special support school
Category 2
When working full-time for educational institutions other than the above
Category 3
When working for a part time
In the case that a teacher belonging to an educational institution is dispatched for educational activities to general corporations, it is "Instructor". However, those who do education at general corporations without being dispatched will become the status of residence of "Engineer / Specialist in Humanities/ International Services".
License is OK the one acquired in a foreign country.
Detailed documents explanation is required depending on the category, so please leave it to our office.
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Status of Residence "Professor"
What kind of qualification is it?
It is a visa that was set up to accept university professors etc. for the purpose of improving academic research and higher education in Japan.
Who can apply?
It is including activities to conduct research, research guidance or education as the president, director, principal, vice president, deputy principal, professor, professor, associate professor, lecturer, assistant etc. at the university or equivalent institution or technical college.
How do I apply?
You can download necessary documents from the Ministry of Justice website.
In applying, it is important that how much compensation you receive,and the institution falls under the university or equivalent institution. In addition, categories are divided according to full-time and part-time, application documents will change.
Japan's four-year college, junior college, graduate school, another department of the university, major department of the university, attached laboratory of the university are included.
If you are engaged in education at a major school under the jurisdiction controlled by a university (such as a police university or the National Land Transport university), you will be eligible for residence status such as "Engineer / Specialist in Humanities/ International Services".
The job titles listed are examples and it is important to practically engage in research and research guidance and education even if you do not follow this job.
It is necessary to have activities that correspond to the professor's visa and obtain enough income to live a stable life in Japan by that activity.
If you are engaged only in research at a Japanese university, institution that follows this, you will be a "Researcher" visa. If you do not receive compensation by research or education you must obtain a "cultural activity" or "short-term stay" visa.
There are complex legal requirements as to whether it is a professor, a researcher, or an instructor, and the visa to apply changes depending on the foreigner's, so please feel free to visit our office and contact us.
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