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Technical Intern Training (i)(a) — individual-enterprise type

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

First-stage technical interns from developing countries who, under an accredited training plan for first-stage individual-enterprise type training, attend lectures and engage in work involving skills; in this type a Japanese company accepts staff of its overseas local subsidiary, joint venture or business partner. The system transfers skills through on-the-job training for a limited period (up to 5 years) as international cooperation.

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  • https://www.moj.go.jp/isa/applications/status/technicalinterntraining.html
    技能実習１号イ 外国人の技能実習の適正な実施及び技能実習生の保護に関する法律（以下「技能実習法」という。）第８条第１項の認定（注）を受けた同項に規定する技能実習計画（技能実習法第２条第２項第１号に規定する第１号企業単独型技能実習に係るものに限る。）に基づいて、講習を受け、及び技能等に係る業務に従事する活動
  • https://www.mhlw.go.jp/content/001336196.pdf
    【企業単独型】 日本の企業等が海外の現地法人、合弁企業や取 引先企業の職員を受け入れて技能実習を実施
  • https://www.mhlw.go.jp/content/001336196.pdf
    ○技能実習制度は、国際貢献のため、開発途上国等の外国人を日本で一定期間（最長5年間）に限り受け入れ、ＯＪＴを通じて技能を 移転する制度。

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

Yes. The Japanese company (the entity conducting the training) accepts staff of its own overseas local subsidiary, joint venture or business partner, draws up the technical intern training plan, and must have it accredited by the Organization for Technical Intern Training. Except for the lecture period right after entry, interns work under an employment relationship to which labour laws apply.

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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?

The skills to be learned must be hard to acquire in the intern's home country; the first-stage goal is passing the practical and written tests of the basic-grade skills test or an equivalent evaluation test; pay must be equal to or higher than that of Japanese workers; and the intern must be expected to do work using the acquired skills after returning home. The prior same-type work experience requirement applies to the supervising-organisation type only.

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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?

Only the activity set out in the accredited technical intern training plan for first-stage individual-enterprise type training: attending lectures and engaging in work involving skills. The intern works for the implementing company under an employment relationship (except the post-entry lecture period) and labour laws apply. The official source does not state whether family may accompany the holder.

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  • Whether family can accompany is not stated in the sources read.
  • https://www.moj.go.jp/isa/applications/status/technicalinterntraining.html
    技能実習１号イ 外国人の技能実習の適正な実施及び技能実習生の保護に関する法律（以下「技能実習法」という。）第８条第１項の認定（注）を受けた同項に規定する技能実習計画（技能実習法第２条第２項第１号に規定する第１号企業単独型技能実習に係るものに限る。）に基づいて、講習を受け、及び技能等に係る業務に従事する活動
  • https://www.mhlw.go.jp/content/001336196.pdf
    ○技能実習生は、入国直後の講習期間以外は、雇用関係の下、労働関係法令等が適用されており
  • https://www.mhlw.go.jp/content/001336196.pdf
    【企業単独型】 日本の企業等が海外の現地法人、合弁企業や取 引先企業の職員を受け入れて技能実習を実施

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

The period of stay is designated individually by the Minister of Justice, within a range not exceeding 1 year. Renewal: an application for extension of period of stay is filed by those already holding this status who continue its activities. Progression: moving from Technical Intern Training (i) to (ii), and from (ii) to (iii), is done by an application for change of status of residence, to be filed promptly. A technical intern trainee may also continue working as a Specified Skilled Worker without returning home.

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

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