Advanced professional visa

Advanced professional visa, in order to promote the acceptance of foreigners with specialized knowledge and experience in advanced, is the newly introduced system in 2012.Education and income, and advanced professional No. 1 can apply for better than 70 points and the points calculated by age, the better to stay three years in the No. 1 advanced professional, is better to have 70 points or more points at the time of application application can There are two types of advanced professional No. 2.Advanced professional No. 2, activity limitation is greatly relaxed, period of stay will be indefinite.

To obtain the advanced professional visa, you need to clear the point that has been determined.

But it is staying abroad now, and those who have a point of 70 points or more in the way that you wish to now stay in Japan,and your Visa is University professor (Professor visa)、Researchers (Research visa)）、Company management business (management and management visa),in foreigners currently staying in Japan, educational background, age, annual income, other point those who are more than 70 points by adding the of is a specialist in the field, are considered valuable human resources for Japan since, a number of you will be able to receive preferential treatment.

Receive foreign dependents with a status of residence of advanced professional spouse and child is the acquisition target of family visa, spouse to work, domestic servants and the parent will be the acquisition target of specific activities visa.

Advanced professional No. 1

If be able to clear more than 70 points, first you get the status of residence of five years to apply for a No. 1.
You can not immediately apply for a No. 2.

Advanced professional No. 2

When the three years from the acquisition of the advanced professional No. 1 visa has elapsed, it enables the No. 2 application.
Upon obtaining the status of residence of advanced professional No. 2, it will be able to work in almost all of the employment qualifications, period of stay will be indefinite.

Even if you wish to advanced professional No. 2, because there is a period of stay of five years and to get the status of residence of advanced professional No. 1, if there is no particular reason, such as you want to be other work, advanced professional No. 1 in accordance with the end of the five years of the period of stay of can I apply for advanced professional No. 2.

Three of activity types of advanced profession

Advanced academic research activities "advanced professional No. 1 (a)" ※ agency of the Japanese public or in private institutions, 70 points have been active for or the guidance or education of research studies, which is a reference point, people over is, to apply for residence status of advanced academic research activities.

Advanced professional and technical activities "advanced professional No. 1 (b)" ※ agency of the Japanese public or in private institutions, and the activities to engage in business that requires knowledge or technology in the field of natural sciences or humanities If more than 70 points, which is the reference point have is, you apply for residence status of advanced professional and technical activities.

Advanced management and management activities "advanced professional No. 1 (c)" ※ agency of the Japanese public or in private institutions, 70 points is the management was carried out or if you are the activities to engage in the management reference point of business people over is, to apply for residence status of the advanced management and management activities.

Preferential treatment of advanced professional visa

professional No. 1

①Period of stay is five years.

Working visa will stay deadline of 6 months to 5 years are granted, but the period of stay of advanced professional visa is up to five years will be uniformly determined.
To further get the advanced professional No. 2 will be indefinitely.

②It will be able to be associated to a plurality of activities.

Basically, I can only activity that has been observed in the visa, by obtaining a highly professional visa, in conjunction with the activities of the status of residence, to a number of resident status, such as performing the activities that management related to business It will be able to perform activities such as span.

③It will be able to work even spouse.

Spouse, even though it was a stay in visa that can not to work, foreign spouses to stay in Japan in a highly professional visa, work will be recognized.
Spouse, living with advanced human resources person, it is necessary to receive a reward equal to or higher than the amount and Japanese.

④Permanent residence permit can be obtained in five years.

In the case of work visas, when it becomes necessary period of stay of 10 years to be the permanent residence application, to obtain the advanced professional visa, it is possible to apply for a five-year period.
If you are carrying out activities as a high-quality human resources about 4 years and 6 months or more is Could you accept a permanent residence permit application.

⑤And meet certain conditions, you can attract domestic servants from abroad.

Household annual income 10 million yen or more, the condition is satisfied, such as pay monthly salary 200,000 yen or more thing to employees, will be able to hire domestic servants who worked abroad in Japan.

⑥Procedures for entry and residence will be treated preferentially.

Review and stay the proceedings at the time of entry is, because it is preferential treatment, it will be a short period of time in the examination results.
Within 10 days from receipt of application for entry procedures for highly-skilled human resources (Certificate of Eligibility), visa procedures (visa status update permission application and visa status change license application) to process within 5 days from receipt of application for It is said that endeavor.

⑦If you clear certain conditions, you can live together summoned the parents in Japan.

Principle rather than visa status of foreign parent as, there is a specific activity is usually, but (old parents dependents) and has only come to Japan in the short stay, in the case of parents of advanced profession, annual household income of 8 million yen or more, 7 by certain conditions of the case, such as taking care of a child under the age of, you parent of visa is granted.。

Preferential treatment of advanced professional No. 2

Expansion of the range of activities

In conjunction with the activities of advanced professional No. 1 it can also be carried out activities that are found in the following status of residence.
"Professor," "art," "religion," "news," "law and accounting business", "medical care", "education", "technology and Humanities knowledge and international business," "Entertainer", "skill"

Stay indefinitely

Period of stay will be indefinite.

Matters that are preferential treatment in a highly professional No. 1

It will be preferential treatment in the same manner by the No. 2, which is preferential treatment in a highly professional No. 1.

Advanced professional visa point computation table

Advanced academic research field

	Requirement	Points
Educational background	PhD (except for the degree of the profession) acquirer	30
	Master's degree (including a doctorate in accordance with the professional) acquirer（※3）	20
Career (work experience) ※Research to try to engage, limited to the practical experience in accordance with the guidance or education of research	7 years～	15
	5 years～	10
	3 years～	5
Annual income Annual compensation received from the main host institution In the case of a transfer from the period of overseas, enter the annual compensation received from the institution Bonus is also included in the annual income	Depending on the age classification, Masu roasted under the source of annual income that point is given. (See Appendix 2)	10～40
Age	～29years old	15
	～34years old	10
	～39years old	5
Bonus① （Research performance）	Appendix ③ reference	25
Bonus②	Work in institutions that received support action to promote innovation（※1）	10
Bonus③	Employment in small and medium-sized companies that testing and research expenses ratio is more than 3%	5
Bonus④	Foreign qualifications related to the duties	5
Bonus⑤	A degree in higher education institutions in Japan	10
Bonus⑥	Test that you have the Japanese Language Proficiency Test N1 acquirer or an equivalent or more of capacity (※ 2) what has been observed by or those who have graduated in the Japanese in a foreign university	15
Passing grade		More than 70

Examples of advanced academic research field

	Requirement	Points
Educational background	PhD (except for the degree of the profession) acquirer	30
Career (work experience)	6 years～	10
Annual income	7,500,000 yen	25
Age	32years old	10
Bonus④	Foreign qualifications related to the duties	5
Passing grade		80points

Advanced specialty and technical fields

	Requirement	Points
Educational background	PhD (except for the degree of the profession) acquirer	30
	Master's degree (including a doctorate in accordance with the professional) acquirer（※3）	20
	Person who has obtained a graduate or equivalent or more of education the university (except for the doctorate or master's degree holders)	10
Career (work experience) ※ limited to the hands-on experience related to the operations to engage
	10 years～	20
	7 years～	15
	5 years～	10
	3 years～	5
Annual income Annual compensation received from the main host institution In the case of a transfer from the period of overseas, enter the annual compensation received from the institution Bonus is also included in the annual income	Depending on the age classification, Masu roasted under the source of annual income that point is given. (See Appendix 2)	10～40
Age	～29years old	15
	～34years old	10
	～39years old	5
Bonus① （Research performance）	Appendix ③ reference	25
Bonus②	Work in institutions that received support action to promote innovation	10
Bonus③	Employment in small and medium-sized companies that testing and research expenses ratio is more than 3%	5
Bonus④	Foreign qualifications related to the duties	5
Bonus⑤	A degree in higher education institutions in Japan	10
Bonus⑥	Test that you have the Japanese Language Proficiency Test N1 acquirer or an equivalent or more of capacity (※ 2) what has been observed by or those who have graduated in the Japanese in a foreign university	15
Passing grade		More than 70

Examples of advanced professional and technical fields

	Requirement	Points
Educational background	PhD (except for the degree of the profession) acquirer	30
Career (work experience)	5 years～	10
Annual income	8,000,000 yen	30
Age	37years old	5
Bonus （Research performance）	None	0
Passing grade		75points

Advanced management and management field

	Requirement	Points
Educational background	Master's degree (including a doctorate in accordance with the professional) acquirer（※3）	20
	Person who has obtained a graduate or equivalent or more of education the university (except for the doctorate or master's degree holders)	10
Career (work experience) ※Limited to the hands-on experience related to the operations to engage
	10years～	25
	7years～	20
	5years～	15
	3years～	10
Annual income Annual compensation received from the main host institution In the case of a transfer from the period of overseas, enter the annual compensation received from the institution Bonus is also included in the annual income	¥ 30 million～	50
	¥ 25 million～	40
	¥ 20 million～	30
	¥ 15 million～	20
	10 million yen～	10
Bonus① （Status）	Representative Director, acceptance of the representative executive officer post	10
	Director, accepted in the executive officer post	5
Bonus②	Work in institutions that received support action to promote innovation（※1）	10
Bonus③	Employment in small and medium-sized companies that testing and research expenses ratio is more than 3%	5
Bonus④	Foreign qualifications related to the duties	5
Bonus⑤	A degree in higher education institutions in Japan	10
Bonus⑥	Test that you have the Japanese Language Proficiency Test N1 acquirer or an equivalent or more of capacity (※ 2) what has been observed by or those who have graduated in the Japanese in a foreign university	15
Passing grade		More than 70

1. ※If the period of employment is the small and medium-sized enterprises, a separate 10 points Additional
2. ※BJT Business Japanese Proficiency in, such as 480 or more points scored
3. ※Professional degree (MBA, MOT) related to business management when it has the will, a separate five-point Additional

Examples of advanced management and management field

	Requirement	Points
Educational background	Person who has obtained a graduate or equivalent or more of education the university (except for the doctorate or master's degree holders)	10
Career (work experience)	10 years～	25
annual income	1,650 ten thousand yen	20
Bonus① （Status）	Representative Director, acceptance of the representative executive officer post	10
Bonus②	Japanese Language Proficiency Test N1 acquirer	15
Passing grade		80 points

①The lowest annual income criteria

②Annual income Scoring Table

③Research performance

FAQ

I'd like to know if I fall under the application criteria for an advanced professional visa?

In the three fields of high-level professional visa, if it is over 70 points calculated by the point table in the upper row, it has reached the application standard.
If you want to know more, please contact our office by phone or email.

Are not graduates of a four-year college, a junior college, a technical college of higher education, or a vocational course (vocational school) of a vocational school subject to education point points?

Colleges include junior colleges, graduates of technical colleges and specialty graduates of advanced vocational schools ("advanced professionals") are treated as those who received equal or higher education than universities, so these are the educational points It is subject to. However, those who completed the specialized course of vocational school and received the title of a professional do not become eligible.

I am paid by a company overseas, not from a Japanese company, is it included in the remuneration for point calculation?

If you are accepted by a Japanese company etc. from a foreign company etc. by transfer and the remuneration is paid from overseas companies etc, the remuneration paid by foreign company etc will be included in the remuneration for point calculation It is necessary to prove).

If the annual income at the time of entry drops or the age goes up and the points become less than 70 points in the middle, is not the later stay permitted?

As long as you stay as an advanced personnel, it is not necessary to keep the total points of points always over 70 points. Therefore, even if the annual income drops, it will not stop you from being able to stay as an advanced personnel immediately. However, you can not obtain permission to renew your period of stay if the total points of points are less than 70 when renewing your period of stay. There are also ways to make it more than 70 points by renewal application with a bonus point other than annual income (15 points for obtaining Japanese proficiency test N1) etc etc.

What is the minimum annual income standard?

Regarding advanced specialty and technical activities and advanced management management activities, if the annual income does not reach 3 million yen, even if the total of the points exceeds 70 points by other items, it will not be certified as advanced personnel. In the advanced academic research field, even if the annual income is 3 million yen or less, if it is 70 points or more, it meets the standard.

What kind of payment is included in the remuneration? Will overtime allowance and bonus (bonus) be included in the remuneration for point calculation?

Remuneration is the opposite benefit given as a consideration for the benefit of a certain service, including diligence allowance, adjustment allowance, etc. in addition to base salary. It does not include things (excluding those subject to taxation) having the character of actual cost reimbursement such as commuting allowance, support allowance, housing allowance etc. Overtime work allowance is an opposite benefit given as compensation for certain service benefits, but it is not included in point calculation fee because it is uncertain as to how much overtime work will occur at the time of entry. Also, in case of renewal of period of stay, remuneration for point calculation is based on planned annual income, so overtime work allowance paid in the past is not included.
Bonus is included in the remuneration.

The length of stay

1. Advanced professional No. 1　5 years～
2. Degree profession No. 2　Indefinite period

Documents required for advanced professional visa

1. Passport
2. Visa application form 1 copy (2 copies Russia · CIS countries and Georgia people)
3. Photo 1 leaf (Russia · CIS countries and Georgia has found that 2-leaf)
4. Distillate Certificate of Eligibility (Note) The original and one copy copy

People of China nationals will need the following documents in addition to the above-mentioned documents.

1. Doorway book copy
2. Housing license or certificate of residence (if does not have a permanent address in the application destination of the Japanese Embassy or Consulate General of jurisdictions)

• Depending on the applicant's nationality, there is a document that is required in addition to the above-mentioned.
• Residence is a Certificate of Eligibility not those activities that attempt in Japan when foreigners of landing examination is false, is an activity that falls under any of the status of residence on the Immigration Control Act (except for short-term stay) etc. in order to prove that they comply with the conditions of the landing, is the certificate to be delivered in advance in each regional immigration authorities of the Ministry of Justice jurisdiction (is possible application by Japan of attorney).
• It is not possible to visa application that there is no Certificate of Eligibility that activity type as a total point and advanced human resources of the points listed for advanced professional foreigner. In addition, for the advanced professional and highly-skilled human resources foreign family, etc., it can be issuance of a certificate of eligibility on the basis of the application.
• Advanced professional foreigners, and an application for review of the Certificate of Eligibility to the Regional Immigration Bureau, conducted a review of as a highly professional (point calculation) in conjunction with the review of the Employment Eligibility, recognized as more than passing grade in the case was latte, will be described activities type of as total points and advanced professional point to certificate of eligibility.

Rates of advanced professional visa

	Remuneration
Advanced professional visa of Certificate of Eligibility (new application)	70,000円
Advanced professional visa status of residence change permission application (change from now of status of residence)	70,000円
Advanced professional visa status of residence renewal application (update of the same status of residence as now)	40,000円