Japan · Entrepreneur
在留資格「経営・管理」
在留資格「経営・管理」 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: operating or managing a trading or other business in Japan, excluding businesses that legally require a Legal/Accounting Services qualification
本邦において貿易その他の事業の経営を行い又は当該事業の管理に従事する活動（入管法別表第一の二の表の法律・会計業務の項に掲げる資格を有しなければ法律上行うことができないこととされている事業の経営又は管理に従事する活動を除く。）
- Period of stay: 5 years, 3 years, 1 year, 6 months, 4 months or 3 monthsSix options — two more than most working statuses, and the 4-month option exists to cover company incorporation.
在留期間 ５年、３年、１年、６月、４月又は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: company executives and managers
該当例としては、企業等の経営者・管理者。
Official sources
- 在留資格「経営・管理」 — Requirements, Immigration Services Agency (出入国在留管理庁)