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受付時間 :09:00~19:00(土日祝祭日は予約制)
This policy was introduced on May 7, 2012 in order to promote more acceptances of highly skilled foreign professionals who have advanced abilities since those foreign professionals are expected to contribute to economic growth and creation of new demand and employment in Japan.
(Revision of Ordinances and Guidelines: Click here)
Foreigners who hold any type of status of residence with working permission (excluding "Technical Intern Training" status) or foreigners who are currently staying in a foreign country and are able to enter Japan with any type of status of residence of workers.
If you are granted this status of residence, you are able to enjoy the following preferential treatment;
(※1)
The highly skilled person will not be required to confine themselves to the existing scope of a residence status that enables them to work. They may engage in activities that fall into the scope of multiple residence statuses, as well as in business management, while effectively using advanced abilities and skills.
(Example of ※1)
Academic research activities: The activities in which a highly skilled person engages in research under a contract with a Japanese public or private organization, or the activities in which the highly skilled person engages, in addition to the research, in management of business related to the research.
(※2)
In principle, if a foreign national who has the residence status enabling him/her to work intends to obtain the permanent residence, he/she must have been staying in Japan for consecutive 10 years or longer.
If a foreign national has been engaging in the activities as a highly skilled person with over 70 points for 3 years or over 80 points for one year, his/her application for permanent residence will be accepted.
If a foreign national does not currently hold the "highly skilled professionals" but satisfy the following condition, he/she is still eligible to apply for the permanent resident earlier.
foreign national has/had a total score of 70 points (*1) or more according to the point calculation table and has been staying in Japan for over 3 years, or
foreign national has/had a total score of 80 points (*2) or more according to the point calculation table and has been staying in Japan for over one year.
(*1) Score of 70 points or more at 3 years before the date of the application and on the date of filing application for the permanent residence needs to be obtained.
(*2) Score of 80 points or more at 1 year before the date of the application and on the date of filing application for the permanent residence needs to be obtained.
(Revision of Ordinances and Guidelines: Click here)
(Note 1)
If a foreign national has been residing in Japan with any of the working visa prior to obtaining the "highly skilled professional" status, and his/her total period of stay in Japan is over 10 years in the aggregate, he/she is able to apply for permanent residence without waiting for above period.
(Note 2)
Foreign nationals who have obtained the "Permanent Residence" are no longer eligible to receive preferential treatments of the "highly skilled professional".
(※3)
A spouse of a highly skilled person is able to engage in activity falls into the scope of a status of residence with a working permission such as "Researcher", "Instructor", "Engineer", "Specialist in Humanities/International Services" and "Entertainer" without time constraints, even if the requirements (e.g. academic background, etc.) are not satisfied.
(※4) CONDITIONS
Child of a highly skilled person is younger than 7 years old, or a highly skilled person or his/her spouse is pregnant.
Annual household salary (total annual salary of a highly skilled person and his/her spouse) is 8 million yen or higher.
Parent lives together with a highly skilled person in Japan.
Parent must be either a parent of the highly skilled person or a parent of the spouse; not parents of the both.
The renewable status of residence of "Designated Activities" with period of stay of one year will be given.
(※5) CONDITIONS
Annual household salary (total annual salary of a highly skilled person and his/her spouse) is 10 million yen or higher.
A highly skilled person can bring ONLY ONE domestic servant.
Expected compensation to the domestic servant is 200,000 yen or higher a month.
If a domestic servant is continuously employed by a highly skilled person, the domestic servant must have been employed for at least 1 year before entering Japan. <1>
If a highly skilled person employs a domestic servant in Japan or brings a present domestic servant other than <1>, there must be family reasons as follows;
If you are granted this status of residence (※1), you are able to enjoy the following preferential treatment;
(※1)
The "Highly Skilled Professional (ii) is for foreigners who have engaged in activities of the "Highly Skilled Professional (i) for more than three years.
(※2)
The foreigners, who are engaging in any one of the activities or multiple activities coming under any of the statuses of residence of "Highly Skilled Professional (i)" (a), (b) or (c) (see below for details), may also engage in the activities allowed pursuant to the following statuses of residence.
(※3)
The foreigners who hold the "Highly Skilled Professional (ii)" are eligible for the preferential treatments given in the "Highly Skilled Professional (i)".
The activities in which the foreign national intends to engage in Japan have not been deemed to be inappropriate in view of the impact of the activities on Japanese industries and people’s lives.
Highly Skilled Professional (i) | Highly Skilled Professional (ii) | |
Period of Stay | 5 years | Indefinite Period |
Scope of Activities | Multiple Scopes of Activities (Refer to "Scope of Activities") | Almost All Scopes of Activities (Refer to "Scope of Activities") |
Preferential Processing at Immigration Services Bureau | Yes | No |
Easing of Requirements for PR | Yes | Yes |
Permission for Spouse to Work | Yes | Yes |
Permission for Parent(s) to stay in Japan | Yes | Yes |
Permission to bring/hire housekeeper | Yes | Yes |
The activities of the highly skilled foreign professionals will be classified into 3 categories:
Advanced Academic Research Activities
- Highly Skilled Professional (i)(a) -
Advanced Specialized/Technical Activities
- Highly Skilled Professional (i)(b) -
Advanced Business Management Activities
- Highly Skilled Professional (i)(c) -
According to characteristic features of each category of the activities, points are set to each items such as "Academic Background", "Working Record","Expected Annual Salary" and "Research Performance".
If the total points reach a certain number (70 points), the personnel will be recognized as the highly skilled foreign professionals.
Advanced Academic Research Activities: Foreigners who hold the status of residence of "Professor" or "Researcher".
Advanced Specialized/Technical Activities: Foreigners who hold the status of residence of "Legal/Accounting Services", "Medical Services", "Engineer", "Specialist in Humanities/International Services" or "Intra-company Transferee".
Advanced Business Management Activities: Foreigners who hold the status of residence of "Business Manager", "Legal/Accounting Services", "Engineer" or "Specialist in Humanities/International Services".
2020/12 | 2021/12 | 2022/12 | 2023/12 | |
Highly Skilled Professional (i)(a) | 1,922 | 1,885 | 2,030 | 2,281 |
Highly Skilled Professional (i)(b) | 13,167 | 12,257 | 13,972 | 17,978 |
Highly Skilled Professional (i)(c) | 676 | 648 | 1,116 | 2,219 |
Highly Skilled Professional (ii) | 789 | 945 | 1,197 | 1,480 |
受付:09:00~19:00
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