■Students, Dependants, and Part-time Work
If you are a student and looking for part time work or if you are residing in Japan on a Dependent visa (家族滞在kazoku-taizai) or Cultural Activities visa (文化活動) you must first apply to the Immigration Bureau for a special permit to allow you to engage in activities
outside your current visa status.
The permit is called a shikakugai katsudo kyoka (資格外活動許可). This will be permitted only if the amount and scope of such activities are approved as appropriate so as not to hinder their original activities belonging to their statuses of residence.
Even those who have obtained permission to engage in extra status- of residence activities may not engage in adult entertainment businesses.
Employment time limits for part time work by Foreign Students, Dependants, and Cultural Activities visa holders are shown below.
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Permission Type
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Employment Time Limits
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Dependant Visa
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28 hrs / week
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Cultural Visa
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28 hrs / week
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College Students
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Full-time students in college
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28 hrs / week
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8 hours per day during school vacation
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Occasional or research students in college
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14 hrs / week
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Students in vocational college
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28 hrs / week
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Pre-college Students
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4 hours per day
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■Items Needed
- Application form申請書 (1 copy) – “Application For Permission To Engage In Activity Other Than That Permitted Under The Status Of Residence Previously Granted” (資格外活動許可申請書).
- A document that proves the intended activity as indicated on the application form –for example an employment contract (1copy)
- College students need also to submit a fuku-shinsho (副申書 - available from their school / university).
- Passport and alien registration card
A (prospective) employer, school staff member, lawyer, gyoseishoshi, or other designated legal representative can apply on the applicant’s behalf; proof of ID is required. A standard application can take between 2 weeks and 2 months to process; there is no
application fee.
Further Information is on the Immigration Bureau’s English website www.immi-moj.go.jp/english/tetuduki/
For more information please call the Nagoya Immigration Information Center at 052-559-2151 / 52.
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