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You can change if you meet the requirements. However, where the expiration date of your period of stay is close, please start by confirming the date of dissolution and the date the employment contract ends, and making the 所属機関等に関する届出 (Notification of the Accepting Organization) within 14 days. If you get the order wrong, you will run out of time.
An enquiry from someone who wants to wind up the company he has been running, take a job with another company, and go on living in Japan.
Start by confirming the date of dissolution and the date the contract ends, then move on to the notification, the check on the requirements, and the application.
As a rule, think about it in the following order.
Where your period of stay expires in 3 months, getting stuck anywhere in this order means you will run out of time. First, make the dates in 1 and 2 clear.
The premise is that you act before the deadline arrives. Please do not think that an application being pending makes it all right.
Please do not lightly assume that "even past the deadline, it is all right as long as an application is pending". With that way of thinking, by the time you notice it can be too late.
Moving to a job under 技人国 (the short name for 技術・人文知識・国際業務) is the most straightforward route. Depending on your circumstances, other statuses of residence are also considered.
| Option | What to check |
|---|---|
| Moving to a job under 技術・人文知識・国際業務 | The most straightforward route. Check whether the content of the work and your education meet the requirements |
| Continuing your stay, including extension under 技人国 | Be ready to explain in concrete terms how your job search has gone since the winding up |
| 在留資格「特定活動」 (Designated Activities) and the like, based on a relationship with a Japanese same-sex partner | Considered case by case. A partnership does not mean it is automatically granted |
| Other statuses of residence | Considered according to your own circumstances |
You need to explain clearly how you came to make the change and what your purpose is.
Even where the change is possible, you need to explain clearly how you came to make the change and what your purpose is.
Where the expiration date of your period of stay is close, there is no time to spare. We recommend that you get your preparations under way early.
First confirm the date of dissolution or winding up and the date the employment contract ends, and make the 所属機関等に関する届出 within 14 days. Then, once you have a new employer, check whether the content of the work meets the requirements and move on to the change procedure.
Before the deadline arrives, consider extending your period of stay or changing to another status of residence. Please do not think that "even past the deadline, it is all right as long as an application is pending".
Within 14 days. Where you fail to make the 所属機関等に関する届出, a fine of not more than 200,000 yen (20万円) is prescribed by 第71条の5第3号 of the 入管法 (Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act).
It is worth considering case by case. However, a partnership does not mean it is automatically granted.
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This page is a translation of the Japanese original. Where the two differ, the Japanese version prevails.