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What type of worker, employment situation, occupation or professional activity is this pathway actually designed for?

Staff of a foreign office of a public or private organisation that has a head office, branch or other office in Japan, transferred for a fixed period to the office in Japan to perform activities of the Engineer/Specialist in Humanities/International Services type; example: transferees from a foreign office.

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Does the applicant need a job offer, employer, sponsor, transfer relationship or other employer involvement? What is important about that employer relationship?

Yes: a transfer within the same organisation, from its foreign office to its office in Japan, for a fixed period; immediately before the transfer the applicant must have worked at the foreign head office, branch or other office in Engineer/Specialist-type work continuously for 1 year or more.

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  • https://www.moj.go.jp/isa/applications/status/intracompanytransfee.html
    本邦に本店、支店その他の事業所のある公私の機関の外国にある事業所の職員が本邦にある事業所に期間を定めて転勤して当該事業所において行う入管法別表第一の二の表の技術・人文知識・国際業務の項に掲げる活動。
  • https://www.moj.go.jp/isa/content/001368446.pdf
    一 申請に係る転勤の直前に外国にある本店，支店その他の事業所において法別表第一の二の表 の技術・人文知識・国際業務の項の下欄に掲げる業務に従事している場合で，その期間（企業内転 勤の在留資格をもって外国に当該事業所のある公私の機関の本邦にある事業所において業務に 従事していた期間がある場合には，当該期間を合算した期間）が継続して一年以上あること。

What are the few decisive professional characteristics of the pathway: occupation, qualifications, experience, salary, skill level, shortage status, labour-market condition or equivalent?

Continuous employment of 1 year or more (一年以上) immediately before the transfer in Engineer/Specialist in Humanities/International Services-type work at the foreign office, and pay at least equal to what a Japanese national would receive.

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  • https://www.moj.go.jp/isa/content/001368446.pdf
    一 申請に係る転勤の直前に外国にある本店，支店その他の事業所において法別表第一の二の表 の技術・人文知識・国際業務の項の下欄に掲げる業務に従事している場合で，その期間（企業内転 勤の在留資格をもって外国に当該事業所のある公私の機関の本邦にある事業所において業務に 従事していた期間がある場合には，当該期間を合算した期間）が継続して一年以上あること。
  • https://www.moj.go.jp/isa/content/001368446.pdf
    二 日本人が従事する場合に受ける報酬と同等額以上の報酬を受けること。

What work does the permission allow? Is the holder tied to an employer, occupation or sector? Can family accompany where clearly established?

Allows Engineer/Specialist in Humanities/International Services-type activities at the Japanese office to which the person is transferred for a fixed period (tied to that organisation); a notification is required when the affiliated organisation changes. A supported spouse or child may reside under the Dependent status.

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  • https://www.moj.go.jp/isa/applications/status/intracompanytransfee.html
    本邦に本店、支店その他の事業所のある公私の機関の外国にある事業所の職員が本邦にある事業所に期間を定めて転勤して当該事業所において行う入管法別表第一の二の表の技術・人文知識・国際業務の項に掲げる活動。
  • https://www.moj.go.jp/isa/applications/status/intracompanytransfee.html
    【所属機関に変更があったとき】所属機関に関する届出
  • https://www.moj.go.jp/isa/applications/status/dependent.html
    入管法別表第一の一の表の教授、芸術、宗教、報道、二の表の高度専門職、経営・管理、法律・会計業務、医療、研究、教育、技術・人文知識・国際業務、企業内転勤、介護、興行、技能、特定技能２号、三の表の文化活動又はこの表の留学の在留資格をもって在留する者の扶養を受ける配偶者又は子として行う日常的な活動。

How long is the permission normally granted for, how is it renewed, and what longer-term residence direction exists if officially stated?

Periods of stay of 5 years, 3 years, 1 year or 3 months are granted; a holder continuing the same activities applies for an extension of the period of stay. The official source does not state any longer-term residence direction.

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Limits of the record
  • No longer-term residence direction is stated on this source.

These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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