## Outline of “Proposal on Acceptance of College Students and Pre-college Students” - Ideal Situation of Immigration Control Administration for realizing “300,000 Foreign Students Plan”

## 1 Proper and Smooth acceptance of college students

• Entrance exams, enrollment control, life and job-finding support, etc. by professional organizations in educational institutions are important.

• Due consideration needs to be paid in immigration control administration for realization of smooth acceptance, and regarding increase of overstayers and illegal workers.

## Educational institutions

O'Ensuring quality by proper entrance exams and responsible enrollment control

O'Provision of information on enrollment situation

Immigration Bureau

Proper residence management based on information provided and fact-finding research

## 2 Entry / residence examination for college students

· Prompt and smooth entry/residence examinations are needed to cope with the large volume of applications as a result of the 300,000 Foreign Students Plan.

## Drastic simplification of documents to be submitted

Decision in one week after application (in principle)

not give rise to overstayers and illegal workers by proper entrance exams and enrollment control

## 3 Activities other than those permitted by the status of residence of college students

· Many college students actually compensate college and living expenses by part-time jobs in addition to various scholarships and money sent from their home country.

○Consideration should be given so that activity as a TA (teaching assistant), RA (research assistant) and internship, which can go together with study in college, do not require permission for activities other than those permitted by the status of residence of college students.

$ ^{*} $ On condition that the foregoing is done under the responsibility of the college

## 4 Job-finding support for college students after graduation

• Allowing college students to work actively and continuously in Japanese companies, etc., will not only contribute to Japan's development but also induce foreign students to study in Japan.

○Change of status of residence to work status for graduates from faculties and graduate schools needs to be dealt with broadly and flexibly by not requiring any specific relationship between their major college subjects and the details of their work at employing companies.

☐Less burden on companies by reviewing documents to be submitted

☐Extension of job-finding activity period after graduation (180 days (current)→ about 1 year)

## 5 Period of stay for status of residence of "College Student"

· Under the current system, the period of stay for “College Student” is “two years” or “one year”.

• More convenience and less burden on college students and educational institutions

## ○Extension of period of stay for “College Student”

The foregoing should be implemented after considering potential problems such as increasing overstay, and after creating a system where problems will not arise, by thorough enrollment control by educational institutions under the new residence management system.

## 6 Integration of status of residence of "College Students" and "Pre-college Student"

• The current system distinguishes “College Student” and “Pre-college Student” based on the type of educational institution.

· Many western countries do not classify the status of residence by the type of educational institution.

· There is a stronger tendency to place “Pre-college Student” as a step towards “College Student”

• The number of overstayers in connection with the status of residence of "Pre-college Student" is decreasing year by year (Chart 21, Table 50)

The difference of status of residence should be eliminated with a view to the integration of “College Student” and “Pre-college Student”.

Olf status of residence is integrated, the type of educational institution should continuously be reflected in the requirements for landing permission to ensure proper residence management.

Chart 21 Changes in the number and percentage of overstayers who entered Japan with the status of residence of "College Student" and "Pre-college Student"

Table 50 Changes in the number and percentage of overstayers who entered Japan with the status of residence of "College Student" and "Pre-college Student"

Date Division	January 1 2004	January 1 2005	January 1 2006	January 1 2007	January 1 2008	January 1 2009
Total number of overstayers	219,418	207,299	193,745	170,839	149,785	113,072
College Student	6,672	8,173	7,628	7,448	6,667	5,090
Percentage of total(%)	3.0	3.9	3.9	4.4	4.5	4.5
Pre-college Student	9,511	8,506	7,307	5,281	4,311	3,186
Percentage of total(%)	4.3	4.1	3.8	3.1	2.9	2.8