Outline of Hiring Domestic Worker

Type of Visa	Highly Skilled Professional	Highly Skilled Professional	Business Manager/ Legal/Accounting Services
Type of Domestic Worker	Accompanying a Domestic Worker	Hiring a Domestic Worker	Hiring a Domestic Worker
Requirements	- The domestic worker has been employed by the highly skilled professional for at least one year before entering Japan. - The domestic worker is expected to leave Japan with the highly skilled professional. - The domestic worker is able to enter Japan with the highly skilled professional or after the entry of the highly skilled professional under certain conditions.	- The highly skilled professional has certain family circumstances (i.e., where he/she has a child under 13 years of age or a spouse unable to do housework due to illness or for other reasons). (If the employer’s child has reached the age of 13 at the time of the domestic worker applying for permission for extension of the period of stay, and the domestic worker is employed by the same employer, it will be possible for the domestic worker to extend his/her period of stay.**)	same as on the left
Minimum Annual Household Income	Annual household income of at least 10 million yen. (the total annual remuneration received by a highly skilled professional and his/her spouse)	same as on the left	not applicable
Terms of Employment	Payment of at least 200 thousand yen per month to the domestic worker	same as on the left	same as on the left
Change of Employer by Domestic Worker	not allowed	acceptable	acceptable
Status of Residence of Domestic Worker	Designated Activities with Period of Stay of One Year (renewable)	same as on the left	same as on the left

** Highly-Skilled Foreign Professionals FAQ

Q: I entered Japan as a domestic worker as specified in Item 2 of the Public Notice on Designated Activities. My employer's child was under 13 when I entered the country. When the child turns 13, will I still be allowed to remain in Japan?

A: Even in cases where the employer’s child has reached the age of 13 at the time of the domestic worker applying for permission for extension of the period of stay, if the domestic worker is employed by the same employer, it will be possible for the domestic worker to extend his/her period of stay.
However, in cases where there has been a change in the employer, and if, at the time of the domestic worker extending his/her period of stay based on a contract with the new employer, such employer does not have a child under the age of 13 nor a spouse unable to carry out normal daily housework due to illness, etc., the period of stay cannot be extended.