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Skilled Labor — sommelier

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

"Skilled Labor" status: work requiring skilled techniques in special industrial fields under a contract with a public or private organisation in Japan. Sommeliers: wine appraisal, evaluation, keeping and serving.

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  • https://www.moj.go.jp/isa/applications/status/skilledlabor.html
    本邦の公私の機関との契約に基づいて行う産業上の特殊な分野に属する熟練した技能を要する業務に従事する活動
  • https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/api/1/lawdata/402M50000010016
    九　ぶどう酒の品質の鑑定、評価及び保持並びにぶどう酒の提供（以下「ワイン鑑定等」という。）に係る技能について五年以上の実務経験（外国の教育機関においてワイン鑑定等に係る科目を専攻した期間を含む。）を有する次のいずれかに該当する者で、当該技能を要する業務に従事するもの

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

A contract with a public or private organisation in Japan is required.

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

At least 5 years of practical experience in wine appraisal etc. (including study at a foreign educational institution) plus one of: excellent results at an international sommelier competition; participation in an international sommelier competition limited to one entrant per country; or a qualification designated by Ministry of Justice notice; pay at least equal to a Japanese national.

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  • https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/api/1/lawdata/402M50000010016
    申請人が次のいずれかに該当し、かつ、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。
  • https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/api/1/lawdata/402M50000010016
    九　ぶどう酒の品質の鑑定、評価及び保持並びにぶどう酒の提供（以下「ワイン鑑定等」という。）に係る技能について五年以上の実務経験（外国の教育機関においてワイン鑑定等に係る科目を専攻した期間を含む。）を有する次のいずれかに該当する者で、当該技能を要する業務に従事するもの
  • https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/api/1/lawdata/402M50000010016
    イ　ワイン鑑定等に係る技能に関する国際的な規模で開催される競技会（以下「国際ソムリエコンクール」という。）において優秀な成績を収めたことがある者
  • https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/api/1/lawdata/402M50000010016
    ロ　国際ソムリエコンクール（出場者が一国につき一名に制限されているものに限る。）に出場したことがある者
  • https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/api/1/lawdata/402M50000010016
    ハ　ワイン鑑定等に係る技能に関して国（外国を含む。）若しくは地方公共団体（外国の地方公共団体を含む。）又はこれらに準ずる公私の機関が認定する資格で法務大臣が告示をもって定めるものを有する者

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

Permits work requiring skilled techniques in special industrial fields under the contract with a public or private organisation in Japan. 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/skilledlabor.html
    本邦の公私の機関との契約に基づいて行う産業上の特殊な分野に属する熟練した技能を要す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. The official source does not state the renewal procedure or a longer-term residence direction.

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Limits of the record
  • Renewal procedure is on sub-pages not captured.
  • 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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