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If you meet the requirements, a change of status of residence from 留学 to 経営・管理 is well within reach. Graduating from a Japanese university may be assessed as a positive factor. However, you cannot normally file the application for change before you graduate, so you need to prepare in such a way that you can move promptly once you have.
A student who wants to start a business in Japan after graduating from a Japanese university asks whether he can obtain the 経営・管理 visa.
If you meet the requirements, it is well within reach.
As to changing from the status of residence 留学 to 「経営・管理」, if you meet the requirements it is well within reach.
Graduating from a Japanese university is a favourable factor in an application for the 経営・管理 visa. It may be assessed as a positive factor.
The main ones are the stability and continuity of the business, securing independent office premises, and the capital or total contribution.
For a foreign national to set up a company in Japan and obtain the 経営・管理 visa, the following points mainly have to be met.
The above are the main ones. There are other requirements to be met, so please check the latest criteria for permission when you apply.
You cannot normally file the application for change before you graduate.
You cannot normally file the 在留資格変更許可申請 (Application for Change of Status of Residence) to the 経営・管理 visa before you graduate from university. You need to press ahead with preparations promptly after graduating.
That said, it is only the application itself that comes after graduation; the preparation can be brought forward. We recommend that you work on the business plan, the raising of funds and the search for premises in parallel, from before you graduate.
A contribution or a loan from another party is also a way of meeting the requirement.
A contribution of capital from another party, or a loan, is also a way of meeting the funding requirement. However, the following points need to be made clear.
Alongside this, you need to show clearly what kind of business you are planning: the concrete contents, market research, expected earnings and so on. Drawing up a detailed business plan with a high likelihood of being realised is very important.
Besides the application form, you will need documents about the incorporation, the premises and the funds.
Generally, the following documents will be needed.
Normally you cannot. You will be applying after graduation, so we recommend that you work on the business plan, the raising of funds and the search for premises in parallel from before you graduate.
Graduating from a Japanese university is a favourable factor in an application for the 経営・管理 visa. It may be assessed as a positive factor.
Premises that double as your home are, as a rule, not accepted. You need to secure independent office premises in Japan for carrying on business activity.
You need to show the source of the funds and their legitimacy, with a contribution agreement and the like; documents showing how far the investor will be involved in management, and what the relationship is, may also be asked for.
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