A: Highly Skilled Professional (i)(a) B: Highly Skilled Professional (i)(b) C: Highly Skilled Professional (i)(c)Corresponding
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Documents Proving the Statements in Each Item (Basic Examples)①

Applicable certificate of graduation and diploma②

A document proving the period during which the applicant has engaged in the duties that he/sheintends to engage in as a highly skilled foreign professional and the details of such duties (adocument prepared by the organization to which he/she belonged)③A document proving the annual salary (the annual remuneration to be received from the applicant'sorganization and the foreign organization he/she belongs to.)*Annual salary (the annual remuneration to be received from the applicant's organization and theforeign organization) does not refer to the annual salary that the applicant received in Japan in thepast (including the period immediately before the filing of the application), but to the expectedannual salary that the applicant will receive for engaging in the activities as a highly skilled foreign
professional for which he/she filed the application.

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Academic
backgrou(ABC)Professional
career(ABC)

Annualsalary(ABC)A document proving that fact (such as a copy of apatent certificate on which the applicant’s name isindicated)④

Have made at least one patented invention⑤

Have conducted projects financed by a
A document proving that fact (such as a copy of acompetitive fund, etc. by a foreign national written notice of the granting of funds on which thegovernment at least three times
applicant's name is indicated)⑥

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

A document containing the paper title, author's name,volume or number and year of publication of theacademic journal and the pages therein in which thepaper is published (in any format)*Limited to those for which the applicant is thecorresponding author* "Databases of academic papers" are services byprivate-sector firms that collect and provide
information on research papers published worldwide.
In concrete terms, they include databases of academic
papers provided by Thomson Reuters (headquarteredin Canada) and Elsevier (headquartered in theNetherlands).

⑦

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

A document proving that fact

⑧Either have a national license of Japan (alicense that authorizes you to conduct therelevant operation or use the relevantname), or have passed an examination or
have a license listed in the relevant ITnotification.

A document proving that fact (such as a copy of a testcertificate)Researchachievements(AB)

License(B)A: Highly Skilled Professional (i)(a) B: Highly Skilled Professional (i)(b) C: Highly Skilled Professional (i)(c)Corresponding
Number on thePoint Calculation⑨⑩Documents Proving the Statements in Each Item (Basic Examples)Work for an organization which receives
financial support measures related toinnovation (measures provided forseparately in a public notice).

A document proving that fact (such as a copy of awritten notice of the granting of a subsidy)

The applicant's organization is a small or
medium-sized enterprise under the Smalland Medium-sized Enterprise Basic Act

1. The company's brochure, etc., with which its major
business activities can be confirmed
2. Any of the following documents(1) Any of the following documents proving theamount of stated capital or the total capital
contribution amounta. A certificate of registered matters of the corporationb. A copy of a written settlement of accounts
c. A copy of the articles of incorporation, with which
the amount of stated capital or the total capital
contribution amount can be confirmed(2) A document proving the number of employees,
such as a copy of the employment insurance scheme,
labor insurance scheme, or payroll book, etc.

The applicant's organization is a small or
medium-sized enterprise under the Smalland Medium-sized Enterprise Basic Act andAny of the following documents proving thatits total experiment and research costs andexperiment and research costs, etc. exceed 3% of thedevelopment costs exceed 3% of thetotal sales
amount remaining after deducting the
1. Copies of financial statements containing research
amount of revenue from the transfer ofcosts and sales amounts, etc.
fixed assets or securities from the total
2. Copies of official documents containing sales
revenue (total sales) for the business year
amounts, etc. (duplicates of financial statements, final
preceding the year containing the date onreturns, etc.), copies of accounting records (withwhich the applicant applied for a Certificate
research costs highlighted), and lists providingof Eligibility for Residence Status (whenbreakdowns of the research costs, etc.
the application date falls within two months
3. A certificate prepared by an accountant, a certifiedof the end of the preceding year, thepublic accountant, or a small or medium-sizedbusiness year before said preceding year)
enterprise management consultant (in any format)⑪* Where the applicant's organization is acompany or a business cooperative

ItemSpecialadditions(ABC)A: Highly Skilled Professional (i)(a) B: Highly Skilled Professional (i)(b) C: Highly Skilled Professional (i)(c)Corresponding
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Any of the following documents proving that
The applicant's organization is a small orexperiment and research costs, etc. exceed 3% of themedium-sized enterprise under the Small
total sales
and Medium-sized Enterprise Basic Act and1. Copies of financial statements containing the total
its total experiment and research costs andrevenue pertaining to research costs and businessdevelopment costs exceed 3% of its totalsalaryrevenue for the full year containing the date
2. An official document containing the total revenue
on which the applicant applied for apertaining to business salary (duplicates of financial
Certificate of Eligibility for Residence
statements, final returns, etc.), copies of accounting
Status (where an application is filed fromrecords (with research costs highlighted), and lists
January to March, the business year
providing breakdowns of the research costs, etc.
preceding said year)
3. A certificate prepared by an accountant, a certified* Where the applicant's organization is a
public accountant, or a small or medium-sizedsole proprietorshipenterprise management consultant (in any format)⑫

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 Justice⑬

Either graduated from a Japanese university
Applicable certificate of graduation and diploma
or completed a course of a Japanese
graduate school⑭

Either have passed N1 of the JapaneseLanguage Proficiency Test or equivalent, orA copy of a test certificate, or certificate of graduation
graduated from a foreign university with amajor in the Japanese language⑮

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

A document proving that fact
*With regard to awards received by the company or its
products, limited to those with which the applicant wasactively involvedSpecial
additions(ABC)

Position(C)