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

Legal or accounting work that by law must be performed by foreign lawyers registered in Japan (gaikokuho-jimu-bengoshi), foreign certified public accountants or other legally qualified persons, e.g. lawyers and certified public accountants.

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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?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm the employer, sponsor or transfer relationship required.

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

The applicant must work as one of these Japanese-qualified professionals: attorney (bengoshi), judicial scrivener, land and house investigator, registered foreign lawyer, certified public accountant, foreign CPA, certified tax accountant, labour and social security attorney, patent attorney, maritime procedure agent or administrative scrivener; proof of the Japanese qualification (licence/certificate copy) is submitted.

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

Permits legal or accounting work reserved by law to registered foreign lawyers, foreign CPAs or other legally qualified persons. A dependent spouse or child supported by the holder can reside under the "Dependent" status. The official source does not state whether the holder is tied to a specific employer or how a change of employer is handled.

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Limits of the record
  • Captured sources do not state whether the holder is tied to a specific employer or how a change of employer is handled.
  • https://www.moj.go.jp/isa/applications/status/legalaccountingservices.html
    外国法事務弁護士、外国公認会計士その他法律上資格を有する者が行うこととされている法律又は会計に係る業務に従事する活動。
  • 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?

Period of stay is 5 years, 3 years, 1 year or 3 months; holders continuing the same activity apply for an extension of the period of stay. The official source does not state a longer-term residence direction.

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Limits of the record
  • No permanent-residence or other longer-term pathway is stated in the captured sources for this status.

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

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