Japan · Skilled worker
在留資格「高度専門職」（高度人材ポイント制）
在留資格「高度専門職」（高度人材ポイント制） is issued by Immigration Services Agency (出入国在留管理庁). VisaAI tracks 6 official requirements for it, each traced to the government page that states it.
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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
- Type 1: a status created for highly skilled foreign nationals expected to contribute to Japanese academic research and economic development, with activity restrictions relaxed compared with ordinary working statuses
「高度専門職１号」の在留資格は、我が国の学術研究や経済の発展に寄与することが見込まれる高度の専門的な能力を持つ外国人の受入れをより一層促進するため、他の一般的な就労資格よりも活動制限を緩和した在留資格として設けられたものです。
- Type 1: points are scored on education, career history and annual income, and the status is granted where the total reaches a set thresholdThe threshold itself is not stated on this page — it is held in the separate points-system material the page links. No number is supplied from elsewhere.
「高度専門職１号」の在留資格は、高度人材ポイント制において、 学歴・ 職歴・年収等の項目毎にポイントを付け、その合計が一定点数以上に達した人に許可されます 。
- Type 2: for those who have held Type 1 for a period, with an UNLIMITED period of residence and greatly relaxed activity restrictionsThe only status in the registered Japanese set with no expiry date.
「高度専門職２号」の在留資格は、我が国の学術研究や経済の発展に寄与することが見込まれる高度の専門的な能力を持つ外国人の受入れをより一層促進するため、「高度専門職１号」の在留資格をもって一定期間在留した者を対象に、在留期限を無期限とし、活動制限を大きく緩和した在留資格として設けられたものです。
- Two requirements, both of which must hold: the intended activity must fall within 高度専門職１号 イ, ロ or ハ, and the applicant must meet every criterion of the ministerial ordinanceThe three sub-types イ/ロ/ハ divide advanced academic research, advanced specialised/technical work, and advanced business management. The page states the requirement without defining them here.
申請人が行おうとする活動について、出入国管理及び難民認定法（以下「入管法」といいます。）別表第１の２の表の「高度専門職１号イ」、「高度専門職１号ロ」、「高度専門職１号ハ」の活動のいずれかに該当すること。
- Failing to carry on the activity the status was granted for can result in the status being revoked
本来の在留資格に基づく活動を行っていない場合には、在留資格を取り消される場合があります 。
Steps in the process
- Even a Type 1 holder must file a change-of-status application when the activity changes, including a change of employing organisationA trap specific to this status: the relaxed activity limits do not extend to changing employer without filing.
（注）「高度専門職１号」の在留資格をもって在留中の方が、活動内容を変更する場合（所属機関の変更を含む。）についても、在留資格変更許可申請が必要です。
Official sources
- 在留資格「高度専門職」（高度人材ポイント制） — Requirements, Immigration Services Agency (出入国在留管理庁)