Application for Permission to Engage in an Activity Other Than That Permitted by the Status of Residence Previously Granted -----Japanese-----
                          
                            
                              
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                                 .Permission to Engage in an Activity Other Than That Permitted by the Status
                              of Residence Previously Granted 
                                1. When a foreign resident intends to engage in an activity to operate
                              profit-making businesses or an activity for receiving consideration other
                              than the activity permitted under his status of residence, he must obtain
                              permission to engage in an activity other than that permitted under the
                              status of residence previously granted, in advance. 
                                 
                                Note:With regard to an activity to assist education or research that a foreign resident in Japan with the status of residence of "Student" engages in under a contract concluded with the university or college of technology he is enrolled in (limited to the case where the foreign resident is in the fourth or fifth year or in a special course), while receiving consideration, it has become unnecessary to obtain permission to engage in an activity other than that permitted under the status of residence previously granted, since July 2010. 
                                 
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                                  2. Permission to engage in an activity other than that permitted under
                                the status of residence previously granted can be obtained through receiving
                                issuance of a seal of verification (attached to a passport) or a written
                                permission.  
                                  The details of the newly permitted activity are indicated in the seal of
                                verification or the written permission, in either of the following manner:
                                (i) the name and location of the company, etc. that employs the foreign
                                national and the details of the duties are designated separately; or (ii)
                                under the conditions that the foreign national engages in the activity
                                for not more than 28 hours a week and no amusement and entertainment business
                                is operated at the place of the activity, the name and location of the
                                company, etc. and the details of the duties are not designated (hereinafter
                                the latter case shall be referred to as "comprehensive permission").
                                In the case of comprehensive permission, the details of the newly permitted
                                activity will be indicated as "The activity prescribed in Article
                                19, paragraph (5), item (i) of the Ordinance for Enforcement of the Immigration
                                Control and Refugee Recognition Act." 
                                  Cf. Sample 
                                  And A residence card, issued on or after July 9, 2012, to a mid- to long term resident who has obtained permission to engage in an activity other than that permitted under the status of residence previously granted, contains the statement to that effect on its back side. 
                                   
                                  3. Comprehensive permission may be granted in such cases where a foreign resident in Japan with the status of residence of "Student" or "Dependent," or where a foreign resident has graduated from a Japanese university or has graduated from an advanced vocational school after obtaining a specialist degree in its specialized courses, stays in Japan with the status of residence for "Designated Activities" for the purpose of continuing job-hunting that he has been carrying out since the time prior to his graduation, and also possesses a letter of recommendation issued by the relevant educational institution which contains the statement concerning the application for permission to engage in an activity other than that permitted under the status of residence previously granted. 
                                  And since July 9, 2012, a foreign resident for whom the status of residence of "Student" has been decided and who has obtained a landing permit (excluding the case where the period of stay has been decided to be three months) may file, in succession, an application for permission to engage in an activity other than that permitted under the status of residence previously granted after obtaining a landing permit. Therefore, it becomes possible to obtain permission to engage in an activity other than that permitted under the status of residence previously granted at the port of entry or departure where the person has obtained a landing permit. 
                                   
                                   .When to submit 
                                  When the foreign resident intends to run business or engage in an activity that will yields remuneration that does not permitted with the applicant's current status of residence 
                                   
                                   .Where to submit 
                                  The regional immigration office in charge of applicant's address  
                                   
                                   .Screening criteria 
                                  The intended activity does not interfere with the activity permitted with
                                the current status of residence and is regarded as appropriate. 
                                   
                                   
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