Japan Migration Support

COMPASS supports various procedures related to immigration to Japan.

For foreigners to emigrate to Japan

There are two main processes for foreigners to immigrate to Japan:
The first method is to obtain a *long-stay visa and move to Japan. Another way is to change your nationality by naturalization process.
The other is to acquire medium- to long-term residency status. You can apply for naturalization after meeting the requirements for naturalization after living in Japan for a certain number of years.
Usually, you need to stay in Japan for more than 5 years with a working visa of more than 3 years.

Examples of work visa

In order to move to Japan, it is basically necessary to acquire a visa that allows you to work. Visas that allow you to work within the specified limits include the following:

Examples of work visa

Business Administration Visa refers to the management of trade and other businesses in Japan .It is also a status of residence for the purpose of conducting activities to manage the business concerned.

 A “business and managerial visa” is one of the working visas. Due to the Immigration Act, which took effect on April 1, 2015, what was previously called an “investment and management” visa has become a “management and management” visa. In the past, foreign investment (connection with foreign capital) was a prerequisite but this amendment eliminated the requirement for connection with foreign capital and foreigners operating and managing domestic capital companies were granted a “management and management” visa.:

[Examples Affected]
Business owners, Managers 

Technical/Humanities/International Services Visa

The Technical/Specialist in Humanities/International Services Visa is a visa established to accept foreigners engaged in the following types of work based on contracts with public and private organizations in Japan. 89% of foreigners working in Japanese companies (2016) obtained this “Technical, Humanities and International Services” visa. 

[Examples Affected]
Systems engineer, technology developer, designer, and other technology-related work in the field of science, engineering, and other natural sciences
Planning, finance, marketing, sales, interpretation, translation, language school instructor, overseas transaction, clothing and interior designer, etc.

Intra-company transfer visa

An intra-company transfer visa is a visa that can be obtained when a foreign employee is transferred from an overseas base to Japan due to personnel changes within the company. Generally speaking, there are many cases in which foreign employees who work in technical, humanities, and international affairs are invited to work in Japan at headquarters and branch offices overseas. This is not limited to transfers within the same company but may be obtained from one or more affiliated companies.

[Examples Affected]
Transferees dispatched from overseas parent companies, subsidiaries, subsidiaries, affiliates, etc. for a fixed period of time (persons engaged in activities that fall under the category of technical, humanities, and international services)

Skilled labor visa

Skilled Labor Visa is a type of work visa for people with skills in special industrial fields.  You can invite foreign human resources with skills to Japan in industrial fields that are not available in Japan, or in industrial fields that are higher than those in Japan, if you obtain a skill visa,

[Examples Affected]
Foreign cooks, precious metal processors, pilots, foreign architects and civil engineers, foreign product repair technicians, animal trainers, sports instructors, skilled workers in special industrial fields such as sommeliers.