From January 1, 2015

Point Calculation Table for Highly Skilled Professional (i)(a) & (ii)
(Advanced academic research activity)

Below, I have calculated my own points in accordance with the article of relevant ministerial ordinance and hereby submit my calculation to yo

Item

Criteria

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Holder of a doctor's degree (excluding professional degrees)

Holder of a master's degree (including professional degrees)
Experience related to the research, research guidance or education in which the applicant intends to engage
7 years or more
Professional
career
5 years or more
3 years or more
Academic
background

Aged 30 years or below

10 million yen or more
Annual
salary

Age

Research
achievements

30 to 34 years
10 million yen or more

35 to 39 years
10 million yen or more

40 years or above
10 million yen or more

to 10 million yen
to 9 million yen

9
8

to 10 million yen
to 9 million yen

9
8

to 10 million yen
to 9 million yen

to

8 million yen

to

8 million yen

to

8 million yen

to

7 million yen

to

7 million yen

to

7 million yen

to

6 million yen

to

6 million yen

4 to 5 million yen

Age at the time of the filing of the application

Up to 29 years of age
Between 30 and 34 years of age
Between 35 and 39 years of age

9
8

9
8

to 10 million yen
to 9 million yen

Have made at least one patented invention

Have conducted projects financed by a competitive fund, etc. by a foreign national government at least three times

Have published at least three papers in academic journals listed in the academic journal database

Have made other research achievements recognized by Japan's Minister of Justice

Work for an organization which receives financial support measures related to innovation (measures provided for
separately in a public notice)

The applicant's organization is a small or medium-sized enterprise under the Small and Medium-sized
Enterprise Basic Act
The applicant's organization is a small or medium-sized enterprise under the Small and Medium-sized Enterprise Basic
Act and its total experiment and research costs and development costs exceed 3% of the amount remaining after
deducting the amount of revenue from the transfer of fixed assets or securities from the total revenue (total sales)
Special
additions

Research cost, etc.

Total sales

Yen
Yen

Holder of a foreign work-related qualification, etc

Either graduated from a Japanese university or completed a course of a Japanese graduate school

Either have passed N1 of the Japanese-Language Proficiency Test or equivalent, or graduated from a foreign university
with a major in the Japanese language

Total

Total

I hereby declare that the above statement is true and correct.

Date of preparation, and the signature of the applicant or his/her agent, as specified by a relevant ordinance of Japan's Ministry of Justice issued in
2, Article 7 of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act

Date

Form of reference

)(a) & (ii)

mit my calculation to you.

Check

Points

Documents

30
20

15
10
5

40
35
30
25
20
15
10

15
10
5

20

25 points will
be awarded in
cases where the
applicant comes
under two or
more of the
above.

10

10

10

15

Total

Total

istry of Justice issued in compliance with Clause

From January 1, 2015

Point Calculation Table for Highly Skilled Professional (i)(b) & (ii)
(Advanced specialized / technical activity)

Below, I have calculated my own points in accordance with the article of relevant ministerial ordinance and hereby submit my calculation to

Item

Criteria
Holder of a doctor's degree (excluding professional degrees)

Academic
background

Holder of a master's degree (including professional degrees)

Holder of a professional degree relating to business management (MBA, MOT) .
Holder of a bachelor's degree or equivalent (excluding a person with a doctor's degree or master's degree)

Work experience related to the business in which the applicant intends to engage
10 years or more
Professional
7 years or more
career
5 years or more
3 years or more
Aged 30 years or below
10 million yen or more

Annual
salary

Age

30 to 34 years
10 million yen or more

35 to 39 years
10 million yen or more

40 years or above
10 million yen or more

to 10 million yen

to 10 million yen

to 10 million yen

to 10 million yen

8
7

to
to

9 million yen
8 million yen

8
7

to
to

9 million yen
8 million yen

8
7

to
to

9 million yen
8 million yen

to

to

7 million yen

to

7 million yen

to

7 million yen

to

6 million yen

to

6 million yen

4 to 5 million yen

(Note) An annual salary of more than 3 million yen is required.

Age at the time of the filing of the application
Up to 29 years of age
Between 30 and 34 years of age
Between 35 and 39 years of age

9 million yen

Have made at least one patented invention

Have conducted projects financed by a competitive fund, etc. by a foreign national government at least three times
Research
achievements

Have published at least three papers in academic journals listed in the academic journal database
Have made other research achievements recognized by Japan's Minister of Justice

License

Either have a national license of Japan (a license that authorizes you to conduct the relevant operation or use the
relevant name), or have passed an examination or have a license listed in the relevant IT notification
Work for an organization which receives financial support measures related to innovation (measures provided for
separately in a public notice)
The applicant's organization is a small or medium-sized enterprise under the Small and Medium-sized
Enterprise Basic Act
The applicant's organization is a small or medium-sized enterprise under the Small and Medium-sized Enterprise Basic
Act and its total experiment and research costs and development costs exceed 3% of the amount remaining after
deducting the amount of revenue from the transfer of fixed assets or securities from the total revenue (total sales)

Special
additions

Research cost, etc.

Total sales
Holder of a foreign work-related qualification, etc

Yen
Yen

Either graduated from a Japanese university or completed a course of a Japanese graduate school
Either have passed N1 of the Japanese-Language Proficiency Test or equivalent, or graduated from a foreign university
with a major in the Japanese language

I hereby declare that the above statement is true and correct.

Date of preparation, and the signature of the applicant or his/her agent, as specified by a relevant ordinance of Japan's Ministry of Justice issued
2, Article 7 of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act

Date

Form of reference

nal (i)(b) & (ii)

y)

eby submit my calculation to you.

Check

Points

Documents

30
20
5
10

20
15
10
5

40
35
30
25
20
15
10

15
10
5

15

have just
one

have more
than one

10

10

10

10

15

Total

n's Ministry of Justice issued in compliance with Clause

From January 1, 2015

Point Calculation Table for Highly Skilled Professional (i)(c) & (ii)
(Advanced business management activity)

Below, I have calculated my own points in accordance the article of relevant ministerial ordinance and hereby submit my calculation to you.

Item
Academic
background

Criteria

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Holder of a doctor's degree or a master's degree.

Holder of a professional degree relating to business management (MBA, MOT) .
Holder of a bachelor's degree or equivalent (excluding a person with a doctor's degree or master's degree)

Work experience related to business management

10 years or more
Professional
7 years or more
career
5 years or more
3 years or more

Annual
salary

30
25
20

million yen or more

million yen or more
million yen or more

15 million yen or more

10 million yen or more
(Note) An annual salary of more than 3 million yen is required.

Person to be accepted as a representative director or representative executive officer

Position
A member of the board of directors, executive officer, or executive member
Work for an organization which receives financial support measures related to innovation (measures provided for
separately in a public notice)

The applicant's organization is a small or medium-sized enterprise under the Small and Medium-sized
Enterprise Basic Act
The applicant's organization is a small or medium-sized enterprise under the Small and Medium-sized Enterprise Basic
Act and its total experiment and research costs and development costs exceed 3% of the amount remaining after
deducting the amount of revenue from the transfer of fixed assets or securities from the total revenue (total sales)
Special
additions

Research cost, etc.

Total sales

Yen
Yen

Holder of a foreign work-related qualification, etc

Either graduated from a Japanese university or completed a course of a Japanese graduate school

Either have passed N1 of the Japanese-Language Proficiency Test or equivalent, or graduated from a foreign university
with a major in the Japanese language

Total

I hereby declare that the above statement is true and correct.

Date of preparation, and the signature of the applicant or his/her agent, as specified by a relevant ordinance of Japan's Ministry of Justice issued
2, Article 7 of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act

Date

Form of reference

i)(c) & (ii)

my calculation to you.

Check

Points

Documents

20
5
10

25
20
15
10
50
40
30
20
10

10

5
10

10

10

15

Total

nistry of Justice issued in compliance with Clause

A: Highly Skilled Professional (i)(a) B: Highly Skilled Professional (i)(b) C: Highly Skilled Professional (i)(c)
Corresponding
Number on the Point
Calculation Table

Documents Proving the Statements in Each Item (Basic Examples)

Applicable certificate of graduation and diploma

A document proving the period during which the applicant has engaged in the duties that he/she intends to engage i
highly skilled foreign professional and the details of such duties (a document prepared by the organization to which
belonged)

A document proving the annual salary (the annual remuneration to be received from the applicant's organization an
foreign organization he/she belongs to.)
*Annual salary (the annual remuneration to be received from the applicant's organization and the foreign organizati
not refer to the annual salary that the applicant received in Japan in the past (including the period immediately befo
filing of the application), but to the expected annual salary that the applicant will receive for engaging in the activit
highly skilled foreign professional for which he/she filed the application.

Have made at least one patented invention

A document proving that fact (such as a copy of a patent ce

on which the applicants name is indicated)

Have conducted projects financed by a competitive

fund, etc. by a foreign national government at least
three times

A document proving that fact (such as a copy of a written n

the granting of funds on which the applicant's name is indic

Have published at least three papers in academic

journals listed in the academic journal database

A document containing the paper title, author's name, volum

number and year of publication of the academic journal and
therein in which the paper is published (in any format)
*Limited to those for which the applicant is the correspond
* "Databases of academic papers" are services by private-s
that collect and provide information on research papers pub
worldwide. In concrete terms, they include databases of aca
papers provided by Thomson Reuters (headquartered in Ca
Elsevier (headquartered in the Netherlands).

Have made other research achievements recognized by

A document proving that fact
Japan's Minister of Justice

Either have a national license of Japan (a license that

authorizes you to conduct the relevant operation or use
A document proving that fact (such as a copy of a test certi
the relevant name), or have passed an examination or
have a license listed in the relevant IT notification.

Either have a national license of Japan (a license that

authorizes you to conduct the relevant operation or use
A document proving that fact (such as a copy of a test certi

the relevant name), or have passed an examination or

A: Highly Skilled
Professional
(i)(a)
B:
Highly
Skilled
Professional
(i)(b)
C: Highly Skilled Professional (i)(c)
have a license listed in the relevant IT notification.
Corresponding
Number on the Point
Calculation Table

Documents Proving the Statements in Each Item (Basic Examples)

A: Highly Skilled Professional (i)(a) B: Highly Skilled Professional (i)(b) C: Highly Skilled Professional (i)(c)
Corresponding
Number on the Point
Calculation Table

Documents Proving the Statements in Each Item (Basic Examples)

Work for an organization which receives financial

support measures related to innovation (measures
provided for separately in a public notice).

A document proving that fact (such as a copy of a written n

the granting of a subsidy)

The applicant's organization is a small or mediumsized enterprise under the Small and Medium-sized
Enterprise Basic Act

1. The company's brochure, etc., with which its major busin

activities can be confirmed
2. Any of the following documents
(1) Any of the following documents proving the amount of
capital or the total capital contribution amount
a. A certificate of registered matters of the corporation
b. A copy of a written settlement of accounts
c. A copy of the articles of incorporation, with which the am
stated capital or the total capital contribution amount can b
confirmed
(2) A document proving the number of employees, such as
the employment insurance scheme, labor insurance scheme
payroll book, etc.

The applicant's organization is a small or mediumsized enterprise under the Small and Medium-sized
Enterprise Basic Act and its total experiment and
Any of the following documents proving that experiment a
research costs and development costs exceed 3% of the research costs, etc. exceed 3% of the total sales
amount remaining after deducting the amount of
1. Copies of financial statements containing research costs
revenue from the transfer of fixed assets or securities amounts, etc.
from the total revenue (total sales) for the business year 2. Copies of official documents containing sales amounts, e
preceding the year containing the date on which the
(duplicates of financial statements, final returns, etc.), copi
applicant applied for a Certificate of Eligibility for
accounting records (with research costs highlighted), and li
Residence Status (when the application date falls
providing breakdowns of the research costs, etc.
within two months of the end of the preceding year, the 3. A certificate prepared by an accountant, a certified publi
business year before said preceding year)
accountant, or a small or medium-sized enterprise managem
consultant (in any format)
* Where the applicant's organization is a company or a
business cooperative

A: Highly
Skilled Professional (i)(a) B: Highly Skilled Professional (i)(b) C: Highly Skilled Professional (i)(c)
Corresponding
Number on the Point
Calculation Table

Documents Proving the Statements in Each Item (Basic Examples)

The applicant's organization is a small or mediumsized enterprise under the Small and Medium-sized
Enterprise Basic Act and its total experiment and
research costs and development costs exceed 3% of its
total revenue for the full year containing the date on
which the applicant applied for a Certificate of
Eligibility for Residence Status (where an application
is filed from January to March, the business year
preceding said year)
* Where the applicant's organization is a sole
proprietorship

Any of the following documents proving that experiment a

research costs, etc. exceed 3% of the total sales
1. Copies of financial statements containing the total reven
pertaining to research costs and business salary
2. An official document containing the total revenue pertain
business salary (duplicates of financial statements, final ret
copies of accounting records (with research costs highlight
lists providing breakdowns of the research costs, etc.
3. A certificate prepared by an accountant, a certified publi
accountant, or a small or medium-sized enterprise managem
consultant (in any format)

Have a foreign license or award, etc. relating to the

duties that the applicant intends to engage in which is
approved by the Minister of Justice

A document proving that fact

*With regard to awards received by the company or its pro
limited to those with which the applicant was actively invo

Either graduated from a Japanese university or

completed a course of a Japanese graduate school

Applicable certificate of graduation and diploma

Either have passed N1 of the Japanese-Language

Proficiency Test or equivalent, or graduated from a
foreign university with a major in the Japanese
language

A copy of a test certificate, or certificate of graduation

A document proving that the applicant is the representative director or director, representative executive officer or e
officer, or an official responsible for the execution of operations (if he/she has representation authority, including la
that effect) of the relevant organization

s to engage in as a
ion to which he/she

anization and the

gn organization) does
diately before the
n the activities as a

Item
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background
(ABC)
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career

(ABC)

Annual
salary
(ABC)

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name is indicated)

name, volume or
c journal and the pages
format)
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rtered in Canada) and

Research
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(AB)

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major business

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which the amount of

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Special
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 Definition of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises prescribed in Article 2 of the Small and Medium-sized Enterprise Basic Act

Industrial
Classification(*)

Companies or business cooperatives

Sole proprietorship

Manufacturing
industry, etc.

The amount of stated capital or the total capital

contribution amount does not exceed 300 million yen, The regular workforce does not exceed 300 p
or the regular workforce does not exceed 300 persons.

Wholesale trade
industry

The amount of stated capital or the total capital

contribution amount does not exceed 100 million yen, The regular workforce does not exceed 100 p
or the regular workforce does not exceed 100 persons.

The amount of stated capital or the total capital

Retail trade industry contribution amount does not exceed 50 million yen, or The regular workforce does not exceed 500 p
the regular workforce does not exceed 50 persons.

Service industry

The amount of stated capital or the total capital

contribution amount does not exceed 50 million yen, or The regular workforce does not exceed 100 p
the regular workforce does not exceed 100 persons.

*Industrial classification is based on the Japan Standard Industrial Classifications (ver. 10).

Range of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises based on the Japan Standard Industrial Classifications (ver. 10)

Manufacturing
industry, etc.

All except the following

Wholesale trade
industry

From Major Group 49 to Major Group 54 of Division J (Wholesale and retail trade)
From Major Group 55 to Major Group 60 of Division J (Wholesale and retail trade)

Retail trade industry

Major Group 70 (General eating and drinking places) and Major Group 71 (Spree eating and drinking

Major Group 38 (Broadcasting), Major Group 39 (Information services), Group 411 (Video picture in
production and distribution), Group 412 (Sound information production), and Group 415 (Services inc
to video picture, sound information, character information production and distribution) of Division H
(Information and communications)
Group 693 (Automobile parking) of Division L (Real Estate)
Service industry

Major Group 72 (Accommodations) of Division M (Eating and drinking places, accommodations)

Division N (Medical, health care and welfare)
Division O (Education, learning support)
Division P (Compound services)
Division Q (Services not elsewhere classified, excluding Group 831 (Travel agency))

Division Q (Services not elsewhere classified, excluding Group 831 (Travel agency))

zed Enterprise Basic Act

Sole proprietorship

orce does not exceed 300 persons.

orce does not exceed 100 persons.

orce does not exceed 500 persons.

orce does not exceed 100 persons.

(ver. 10)

ail trade)

ail trade)

(Spree eating and drinking places) o

roup 411 (Video picture information

nd Group 415 (Services incidental
distribution) of Division H

aces, accommodations)

l agency))

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