Japan · Skilled worker
在留資格「特定技能」
在留資格「特定技能」 is issued by Immigration Services Agency (出入国在留管理庁). VisaAI tracks 4 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
- Level 1: work needing a substantial degree of knowledge or experience, in a specified industrial field designated by the Minister of Justice, under a conforming employment contractThe specified industrial fields are those where securing workers is difficult; they are fixed by ministerial ordinance and not listed on this page.
法務大臣が指定する本邦の公私の機関との雇用に関する契約（入管法第２条の５第１項から第４項までの規定に適合するものに限る。次号において同じ。）に基づいて行う特定産業分野（人材を確保することが困難な状況にあるため外国人により不足する人材の確保を図るべき産業上の分野として法務省令で定めるものをいう。同号において同じ。）であって法務大臣が 指定するものに属する法務省令で定める相当程度の知識又は経験を必要とする技能を要す る業務に従事する活動
- Level 1: period designated individually by the Minister of Justice, within a ceiling of 3 years
法務大臣が個々に指定する期間（３年を超えない範囲）
- Level 2: work needing SKILLED ability in a designated specified industrial field, with periods of 3 years, 2 years, 1 year or 6 monthsLevel 2 has no overall ceiling of the kind level 1 carries.
法務大臣が指定する本邦の公私の機関との雇用に関する契約に基づいて行う特定産業分野であって法務大臣が指定するものに属する法務省令で定める熟練した技能を要する業務に従事する活動 ３年、２年、１年又は６月
- What work may be done in each field is set out in the field-specific operational annex, not on this page
各分野で従事することができる業務については、各分野の「 特定の分野に係る要領別冊 」を御確認ください。
Official sources
- 在留資格「特定技能」 — Requirements, Immigration Services Agency (出入国在留管理庁)