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在留資格「医療」

在留資格「医療」 is issued by Immigration Services Agency (出入国在留管理庁). VisaAI tracks 2 official requirements for it, each traced to the government page that states it.

Last verified against the official source on .

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Requirements change. Confirm every item on Immigration Services Agency (出入国在留管理庁)’s own page before you apply.

Each requirement below is written in plain English by VisaAI. The indented text beneath it is quoted from Immigration Services Agency (出入国在留管理庁)’s own page, so you can check what we say against what they say. Where a quotation shows “ ... ”, text has been left out.

Conditions you must meet

  • The qualifying activity: medical work that by law may only be performed by doctors, dentists and others holding the legal qualification
    医師、歯科医師その他法律上資格を有する者が行うこととされている医療に係る業務に従事する活動。
  • Period of stay: 5 years, 3 years, 1 year or 3 months
    在留期間 5年、3年、1年又は3月

Also stated by the authority

Not requirements in themselves. These are alternatives, exemptions, rights and warnings the authority publishes alongside the requirements — quoted here because they can change what applies to you.

  • Examples the authority gives: doctors, dentists and nurses
    該当例としては、医師、歯科医師、看護師など。

Official sources

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