Company management business (management and management visa)

Business management visa

Business Administration Visa is one of the working visa, foreigners, established a trading company in Japan or start a business to import export abroad, or from abroad to Japan, and opened a shop of the home country of the cuisine in Japan It gets the management visa if you want to or management.

Without having to establish a company, or to invest in already a company, you can also get a business management visa or bought.

Foreigners who want to work in Japan will have a lot, but in fact the acquisition of working visa in Japan is not easy.

Of course, but business management visa also is not easy, is the difference between other working visa is that you can make the location (host institution), which established a company on their own even if there is no acceptance destination, or to invest work in their own .

However, there are application criteria such as capital and experience, as well as met the application criteria, you need to the creation of the only business plan and the statement of the reasons of get admitted to the Immigration Bureau.

Method of acquiring the business management visa

How to get in business administration visa depends on, such as whether or not the current whether in Japan or are you abroad, to have a Japanese bank account.

If the foreigners currently living in Japan is to apply

If you are staying already in Japan with any other status to book, we will change the status of residence permit application to the management visa.

And now of residence are staying was observed activity was not in more than three months in Japan in the qualification, you must be careful because it could lead also to the fact that not the activities of the now of the status of residence.

Of course, do not always be granted if the applicant in any status of residence.
In our office, creation and the Articles of Incorporation to create, such as business plan and the statement of the reasons, so that we can also support such as incorporation, please feel free to contact us.

If a foreigner living abroad currently apply

If the foreigner living abroad currently apply it is different in whether there is an account in the Bank of Japan.

Business management visa Certificate of Eligibility, if other than the person to do on behalf of, you can a person of the following apply as an agent.

Japan office of staff of the person is engaged in business conduct or manage the management
In the case the person is to be newly established Japan's business establishment engaged business to conduct or manage a business, shall apply in the case of those who are commissioned for the installation of Japan's business establishment (corporation, the staff)

When you get your request to our office, you'll need to the commission for the establishment of the office.

If you have an account with a bank of Japan

If you have an account with a bank of Japan, if the foreigner is to establish a corporation in one person, but could not establish registration that there is no address in Japan, now it is the establishment registration of a corporation even if there is no address in Japan It is now possible.

If it is possible to delegate to the firm, and the Certificate of Eligibility of business management visas on behalf of all of the proceedings, so that we can send the certificate to your home overseas, it overseas Embassy of Japan, will be the issuance procedures of business management visa to bring to the consulate, we will come to Japan in the visa has been issued a passport.

If you do not have an account with Bank of Japan

If you do not have a Japanese bank account, it will vary on whether co-workers (partners) is in Japan.

①If you have co-workers (partners) in Japan

If you have co-workers in Japan, I asked also become that person to the Board of Directors of the company to be newly established, and the establishment of a corporation with the cooperation's bank account.
And, we will Certificate of Eligibility of business management visa for one year after the registration of incorporation.

If you have the certificate is issued, so that we can mail it to your home overseas, Japanese Embassy, will be the visa procedures at the consulate, you will come to Japan.

②If you co-workers (partners) are not in Japan, the first to apply for management visa period of stay 4 months

You do not have an account with a bank of Japan, the case is, first application of business management visa period of stay is four months to apply for management visa if no partner to Japan in a foreign country who are living abroad To do.

The application of the period of stay is four months, there is no need to until the registration of the corporation, the Articles of Incorporation of creation and business plan, you can get in the submission of such statement of the reasons.If it is issued is distillate qualification certificate, so we will send it to your address overseas, Japanese Embassy, it is you have to consulate, visited Japan in the Exchange has been the passport of business management visas of four months and we will.

If the visit to Japan in business management visa period of stay four months, the residence card is issued, it can address registered in Japan.
By registering the address, the ID card issued by the Japan obtained from the bank at the time of opening an account submitted in resident's card, you can receive the documents of account opening from the bank at the address indicated on the certificate of residence .

If you can open accounts in the Bank of Japan, to proceed with the incorporation procedure remit the start-up capital to the account. To proceed with this incorporation, and the status of residence permit renewal application to business management visa period of stay of one year.

③If you co-workers (partners) are not in Japan, taken from the first business management visa period of stay 1 year

There is a way to the acquisition of the operating management visa. Is a way to get to become a national qualified personnel to the place of the co-workers can trust, such as a tax accountant.

However, this method may not go and do not pay a fee to the tax accountant, because transfer money to more than 500 million yen to the account of those who do not acquaintance of the foreign country, I think it becomes anxiety and mentally. So, this method can not be recommended too.

What you can do with business management visa

①The management already a company in Japan

The acquisition of Business Administration visa, will be able to already corporate managers in Japan.It is when the Japanese company get to Japan as a manager and administrator.

②The start of the management of the new business, the management of its business

The acquisition of Business Administration visa, you can start a new business in Japan.Experience and knowledge of until now, with ideas, personal connections and if you want the management to establish a company in Japan.

③The management on behalf of the person who owns the existing company

The acquisition of Business Administration visa, took over the company that other person owns in Japan, you can take the place management to the previous management.

Now already or to invest in companies that are in Japan, if you want to run with or bought the company. Ideas and experience, if there is no such as the network of contacts, is also one of the ways to buy already have company sales is stable.

Authorization criteria of business management visa

Is the authorization criteria of business management visas, but of course to a minimum standard, if not meet the criteria will not necessarily be allowed not comparatively.

In our office, Certificate of Eligibility of business management visa, change application, renewal application and, we are happy to support the company establishment. Also anyone who wants to hear a little, please feel free to call us or e-mail.

We accept free consultation.

Office presence in Japan

It is necessary to office for to engage in the business exists in Japan.Provided, however, that in the case where the business has not been started, it requires that the facility to be used as a business to conduct its business is secured in Japan. To establish the Corporation is in a general way in Japan, to set up a corporation requires office in Japan.

To apply it in a virtual office is a difficult, or too much did not have a real estate company that will lend office to foreigners, there is also the case that the rent and security deposit is more than normal.
If you can contact the office, responds to the consultation of looking for office.

Scale of business

Scale of business pertaining to the application is required is that you fall under any of the following.

That two or more full-time staff members who live in Japan are Itonama engaged in other than the persons engaged in the management or administration
That the total of the amount or the investment of capital is equal to or greater than 5,000,000 yen
It is recognized as a scale equivalent to the above

Criteria in such a way that investment of full-time staff 1 adults and 2.5 million yen will meet.
However, to make sure well as the stability of the business is the Immigration Bureau, begin with the status of residence's too little capital for the business does not could also be a cause that is not certified.

In addition, the status of residence revenue of business at the time of the renewal application has been confirmed, such as what is up properly, there is also the case that deficit can not be updated if there is no prospect of performance increases in the future, even if they are updated, the deficit company it is also very economical to continue to stay in Japan while operates.

Business to the need for the investment of how much you begin, let's firmly consideration in the creation stage of the business plan.

3 years of experience

If the applicant is to engage in the management of the business has a management or management for more than three years of experience in the business (including the period of time spent majoring in the subjects related to the management or management in graduate school), and, the Japanese it is necessary to receive a reward equivalent amount or more of the compensation received in the case engaged.

The industries of the company that had been run up to now established a company of another industry, is also possible acquisition of Business Administration visa. However, experience is not the minute, knowledge and network of contacts without experience in such business plan and statement of the reasons, as well, such as proof of that there is a business partner will be required.

Business plan and a statement of the reasons

The acquisition of the business management visa, but you need to prepare a variety of documents, is especially important is business plan and a statement of the reasons.

Business plan

Business management visa to the acquisition of, you need to show the stability and continuity of the established companies and business.

Immigration Bureau, sales, profits, number of employees, line of business, has been an overall stable to determine whether it is possible to put out the revenue from the financial results (expected), and the like.
This business plan is to prove it.

In our office, so that we can create a precise business plan, please feel free to contact us If you do not know how to create.

①Make a specific plan

Target layer and of the customer, market research, sales prices, to create a specifically together business plan such as sales of the month. Business plan is required concreteness to get to think revenue stable to see the Immigration Bureau is out.

②Creating a budget plan

The first year on the basis of the content that was created in ①, next year, to create a plan for the following year of the balance of payments.

Reason statement

Reason refers to, but is not written as the required documents to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the home page, you need to be prepared because why are asked not to submit If you do not submit to prepare in advance along with the other documents.

In particular, there is no rules in writing, the company of an overview, business summary, of future prospects, you need to write clearly and apply reason.

How to write do not know, please contact our office is anyone who's anxiety.

If people outside of Japan to acquire the business management visa (acquisition of Business Administration visa period of stay 4 months)

Find an office

First of all, we borrowed the first to the office. Our office If you are looking for office will introduce the office that can borrow in foreign. You can not get a visa in the virtual office to rent only address.
Create the Articles of Incorporation

What kind of business is to ask whether you in Japan, the firm will create the Articles of Incorporation.
Articles of Incorporation authentication

The firm will do the authentication procedure on behalf of.
Creating a business plan

Creating a business plan is, it will be important in order to get permission to apply for management visa. Immigration Bureau, verify, such as whether a business revenues out to see the business plan. We will create on behalf of in our office.
4 months of business management visa

Our office will be will apply for a Certificate of Eligibility of business management visa. If you are staying in foreign countries, such as the necessary documents will be sent by mail from abroad to our office.
Mailing distillate Certificate of Eligibility

Since I mailed the written permission of the Certificate of Eligibility to your home overseas, Japan's embassy, please apply for a visa will have to consulate.
Visit to Japan

You will come to Japan in the visa is attached passport. Residence card will be issued at the time of entry.
The procedures at government office

And the resident registration and seal issuance procedures.
Transfer money the capital to open a bank account.

To open a bank account of the applicant name and try transfer money the capital.
The registration procedure of the corporation.

Alliance judicial scrivener will make the registration procedure.
Of tax and social insurance procedures.

If you do not the procedure of tax and social insurance, because there is also a possibility that it is not permitted in the cause at the time of the update of the status of residence, and the procedure as soon as possible.
Renewal application of the period of stay

Period of stay will update to the management visa for one year. 4 months with a margin so as not to be the last minute updates.

If you are staying in the other resident status in Japan

Find an office

First of all, we borrowed the first to the office. Our office If you are looking for office will introduce the office that can borrow in foreign. You can not get a visa in the virtual office to rent only address.
Create the Articles of Incorporation

What kind of business is to ask whether you in Japan, the firm will create the Articles of Incorporation.
Articles of Incorporation authentication

The firm will do the authentication procedure on behalf of.
Creating a business plan

Creating a business plan will be the important in order to get permission to apply for management visa. Immigration Bureau, verify, such as whether a business revenues out to see the business plan. We will create on behalf of in our office.
Transfer money the capital to open a bank account.

To open a bank account of the applicant name and try transfer money the capital.
The registration procedure of the corporation.

Alliance judicial scrivener will make the registration procedure.
Of tax and social insurance procedures.

If you do not the procedure of tax and social insurance, because there is also a possibility that it is not permitted in the cause at the time of the update of the status of residence, and the procedure as soon as possible.
Eligibility change license application to the management visa for one year

Currently, Even if you have stay period of 5 years in other types of residence status, basically first will be authorized period of stay of one year.

FAQ

To subject to industries in acquiring management visa, Is there a limit?

In particular, there is no rules with respect to industry.
Eateries, trading company, such as real estate company, there is no limit, regardless of the industry. If at the time of business licensing is required, it can not open unless approval is able to get.

How do I prove that it has 5 million yen or more of the capital of the transfer?

We will submit a certificate of the bank at the time of the remittance to the Immigration Bureau.

Now it is a graduate student, after graduation Is it possible believe that trying to companies in Japan?

Period of time spent majoring in the subject in accordance with the management or administration in management and management work experience or graduate is possible if there is more than three years. Proof of the source of capital is money that has been credited from abroad of a parent will be necessary. In such temporarily borrowed money from a friend it seems to be difficult.

Rather than to establish a company on your own, Is it possible to get a business management visa to invest in Japanese companies that are now?

It is possible.
The acquisition of the business management visa, you must be true to the requirements of the following. To invest in already in business in Japan, it is also possible to apply as a manager.

Any person who operates the business to start the management of the business in Japan
Persons engaged in the management of business foreigners to management corresponding to 1
To invest in business in Japan, those who run the business
Persons engaged in the management of business foreigners to management corresponding to 3
On behalf of the foreigners who initiated the management of the business in Japan, those who run the business
5 on behalf of the foreigner foreigners who initiated the management of the business or business in Japan to management that corresponds to, persons engaged in the management of the business by the Japanese to management
Any person who operates the business on behalf of the foreigners who have invested in the business of Japan
Persons engaged in the management of the business that the Japanese to management on behalf of the foreigners foreigners have invested in the business or of the Japan business to management that corresponds to 7

Whether the company's office is also possible in a residential-cum-office?

But it is possible if only to establish a corporation in Japan, if you want to get the status of residence of business management visa, but it seems there is also a case that was also observed at home, is a good idea to rent an office in a different from the home .

That economic activity is being carried out accounted for a certain place that is a section in the original of a single management entity.
Production or provision of goods and services, have the people and equipment, it has been continuously carried out.

You can use the short-term rental space, etc. of the month, if you want to or use of the easily disposable stalls, etc. will not be accepted.
Lease agreement is signed in the name of such as the corporation, it is necessary to clarify that it is the use by the corporations.
If you use some of the properties that are rented as a residence, such as the business is operated, sublease between the borrower and the corporation for use in non-residential purposes as have recognized lender (office is is that per, that the lender has agreed.), borrower also admitted that the corporation is used as a place of business, and has a room of business purpose occupied with the facilities in which the corporation does business thing, that the arrangements for payment of the common expenses such as utility charges related to the property is in the clear, if you also found a requirement Home and office if it meets such as that has set the social labeling of sign similar Yes you.

If you are long-term stay in Japan with any other status, How can we believe the acquisition of Business Administration Visa established a company, or would you have any notes?

Three months, and are staying in Japan not perform the activities of the current status of residence, it might be revoked the status of residence. Sonaruto, you will not be able to stay in Japan. So, with the company also established status of residence changes permit application, including such as within three months, if not out application permit, it is better you have to be able to stay in Japan to continue with the current status of residence. However, because it does not know what it takes months to review, when it was a long period of time the application is applied as the period to, it is a good idea to consult in advance to the Immigration Bureau. If, such as are staying more than the current 10 years Japan, as long as you meet the eligibility of permanent residents, but what is the status of residence changes permit application of permanent resident visa or. By obtaining a permanent resident visa, or no longer need to renew the visa, it is no longer limited to the residence activities.

Are staying in China, in order to call to the Japan representative of the company of China nationals, business management visa Certificate of Eligibility of the grant application to the How can, but was not permitted, I can I do to UGA?

Check to see why in the Immigration Bureau was disallowed, to see if re-application is possible. If you can re-apply to correct the cause of the disallowed, and then re-apply in accordance with the instructions of the Immigration Bureau. If, in the case where there is a management of past problems to stay history in Japan (or overstaying in the past in Japan, such as may have caused some sort of problem) is, it seems to be difficult. By obtaining a permanent resident visa, or no longer need to renew the visa, it is no longer limited to the residence activities.

One full-time employment, but we hire employees, do you the funds out of the case may be at 2.5 million yen?

Although you may be at 250 million and full-time employment is the fact that there are employees, because its own way in labor costs is applied, not have unless you operate a business in the capital 250 million and submitted to the Immigration Bureau also business plan that there is a cost to be tailored to it.
Than conform to minimum standards, we need to think about investments that can operate a business that you are trying to do is put in orbit First.

Stay interphase

5 years, 3 years, 1 year, 4 months, 3 months

Documents required for business management visa

Required documents is divided into four categories, it depends on each category.

Who is a Category 4 to launch in the future new company.

The following documents are required in common to all categories.

Eligibility change license application 1 copy
※ at the local immigration office, it offers a paper. In addition, you can also be obtained from the Ministry of Justice website.
Photos (vertical 4cm × horizontal 3cm) 1 sheet
※Pre-application without hat was taken from the front to within 3 months, what is clear in the absence of background.
※Describe the applicant's name on the back of the photo, please affixed to the photo section of the application form.
Passport and residence card (including alien registration card deemed as residence card) presentation
Document as appropriate
to prove that any of the categories Category 1: document to prove that they are listed on the Quarterly of the copy or the Japanese Stock Exchange (copy), the document to prove that it has received the permission of the establishment from the competent authorities (copy)
Category 2 and Category 3: legal working papers total table of withholding such as salary income of the previous year worth of staff (a copy of some of the reception mark)

Category 1

If you want to work on the management of the company corresponding to the following will apply to category 1.
Category 1, other materials other than the common of the required documents in principle is not necessary.

Companies listed on the Japanese stock exchange
Mutual company engaged in the insurance business
Foreign countries or local governments
Public benefit corporation of Japan's national and local governments approved

Category 2

During the legal working papers total table of withholding such as in the year-ago amount of salary income, organizations and individuals withholding tax withholding total table of salary income is equal to or more than 15 million yen.

If you had to give a high-income in high-income earners in the institution is applicable to Category 2.
Category 2, other materials other than the common of the required documents in principle is not necessary.

Category 3

Organizations and individuals that legal working papers total table has been submitted of withholding such as salary income of the previous year worth of staff (except for the Category 2)

There is no revenue of about Category 2, but the organizations and individuals that legal working papers total votes, such as withholding method has been submitted is relevant to the 3.

In addition to the common required documents you will need the following documents.

Either the article in the applicant of activities such as clarify the following

If you are appointed to the company's executives is a Japanese corporation
Determine the executive compensation copy or executive compensation shareholders' meeting proceedings of which were resolved to the articles of incorporation copy one copy of (Compensation Committee proceedings of the committee is there a company that has been established)
If you are appointed to a group of officers other than the case and the company that transferred to the Japanese branch of the foreign corporation
Position (responsible business), period and remuneration to reveal affiliation documents to be paid (dispatch form, transfer notice, etc. One copy
If it is employed as an administrator in Japan
Based on Article 15 Paragraph 1 and the Act attempts regulations Article 5 of the Labor Standards Law, demonstrate the working conditions to be delivered to workers document (employment contract, etc.) 1 copy

If it is employed as an administrator in Japan, a document certifying that it has more than three years of experience in management or management of the business (including the period of time spent majoring in the subjects related to the management or management in graduate school.)

Resume one copy that was clearly the institution as well as the content and duration of the activities engaged in related duties
(Including a certificate from the described the school in the period in which majoring in the subject pertaining to management or management in graduate school.) Relevant documents to prove the period of time spent engaged in duties per copy

Any of the material of the following to clarify the business

In the case of the business in the corporation, a copy of the copy of the corporation of registered matters certificate (when the registration of the corporation has not been completed, the documents reveal that in the Articles of Incorporation Other corporations are trying to start the business ) 1 copy
History of the place of employment, etc., officer, organization, (including the trading performance major trading partners.) Business, etc. guide one copy that has been described in detail
Document one copy pursuant to any other place of employment, etc. made by the above (2)

Any of the material of the following to clarify the business scale

Document and resident card other materials one copy on payment of wages according to reveal the staff that the full-time staff is more than one person
Registered matters certificate 1 copy
※3 unnecessary submission if submitted in (1)
Reveal the scale of the other business documents 1 copy

It reveals the presence of business use facility documentation

Real estate registry copy 1 copy
Lease contract 1 copy
Additional Resources 1 copy

Copy one copy of the business plan
Copy one copy of the settlement document for the most recent fiscal year

Category 4

If you do not fit into three categories above will fall into category 4.

Most people are assumed to correspond to category 4.

In addition to the common of the required documents, you will need proof of required documents and the previous year's income of Category 3. More specifically, will the following documents.

Clarify the reasons why you are unable to submit the legal working papers total table of withholding such as in the year-ago amount of salary income documentation

In the case of institutions that receive an exemption of withholding
Reveal material one copy that does not require the other withholding exemption certificate for the withholding of foreign corporations
In the case of institutions with the exception of the above (1)

Copy one copy of the opening statement such as payroll office
Any of the materials for

The last three months of salary income and retirement income tax levy high Statements of Income (a copy of some of the receipt date stamp) 1 copy
If you are receiving a special delivery time, reveal material one copy that you have received the approval