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Immigration Control Act, and establishing a more comprehensive framework for branch offices.

Reference 79 Reorganization, abolishment or establishment of branch offices of the regional immigration bureaus (actual performance)

Division Fiscal Year	Abolition	Establishment
Name	Location	Name	Location
2000	Amagasaki Port Branch OfficeKure Port Branch OfficeKaratsu Port Branch OfficeImari Port Branch Office	Amagasaki CityKure CityKaratsu CityImari City	Saga Branch Office	Saga City
2001	Yokosuka Port Branch OfficeKagoshima Airport Branch OfficeShimizu Port Branch OfficeTagonoura Port Branch Office	Yokosuka CityMizobe-cho Aira-gunShimizu CityFuji City	Shizuoka Branch Office	Shizuoka City
2002	Iwakuni Port Branch OfficeYatsushiro Port Branch OfficeHitachi Port Branch OfficeKashima Port Branch Office	Iwakuni CityYatsushiro CityHitachi CityKamisu-cho Kashima-gun	Kofu Branch OfficeGifu Branch OfficeOtsu Branch OfficeMito Branch Office	Kofu CityGifu CityOtsu CityMito City
2003	Tokyo Port Branch OfficeShibuya Branch OfficeMuroran Port Branch OfficeMiyako Port Branch OfficeOfunato Port Branch OfficeIshinomaki Port Branch OfficeSasebo Port Branch OfficeNaha Port Branch Office	Koto-kuShibuya-kuMuroran CityMiyako CityOfunato CityIshinomaki CitySasebo CityNaha City	Shinjuku Branch OfficeMorioka Branch Office	Shinjuku-ku Tokyo Morioka City
2004	Aomori Port Branch OfficeHachinohe Port Branch OfficeYokohama Port Branch OfficeNagoya Port Branch OfficeNagoya Airport Branch OfficeSakai Port Branch OfficeKobe Port Branch OfficeMizushima Port Branch OfficeShibushi Branch Office	Aomori CityHachinohe CityYokohama CityNagoya CityToyoyama-cho Nishikasugai-gun Sakai CityKobe CityKurashiki CityShibushi-cho Soo-gun	Aomori Branch Office	Aomori City
2005	Naoetsu Port Branch Office	Joetsu City
2007	Osaka Port Branch OfficeTennoji Branch Office	Osaka CityOsaka City	Tobu Branch Office	Edogawa-ku
2010	Haneda Airport Branch Office	Ota-ku
2014	Otaru Port Branch Office	Otaru City	Asahikawa Branch Office	Asahikawa City

$ ^{*} $ The abolishment of Haneda Airport Branch Office in FY 2010 was due to the establishment of Haneda Airport District Immigration Office.
against foreign residents disguised as legal residents; and to implement even more appropriate yet stricter examinations of applications for refugee recognition. Further staff increase is necessary in order to deal appropriately and swiftly with such situations and to meet the public needs for administration (Reference 80).

Reference 80-1 Changes in the number of immigration control office personnel

Reference 80-2 Changes in the number of immigration control office personnel

(People)

Division Fiscal Year	Administrative officials in the Ministry of Justice	Regional Immigration Bureaus	Total
Administrative officials	Inspectors	Control officers	Others	Sub-Total
1985	169	155	703	658	55	1,571	1,740
1990	166	154	777	673	46	1,650	1,816
1995	163	165	1,152	869	38	2,224	2,387
2000	157	164	1,196	998	26	2,384	2,541
2001	156	155	1,211	1,017	26	2,409	2,565
2002	154	146	1,268	1,070	25	2,509	2,663
2003	152	144	1,272	1,101	24	2,541	2,693
2004	142	142	1,343	1,183	23	2,691	2,833
2005	131	122	1,433	1,266	20	2,841	2,972
2006	129	122	1,494	1,367	8	2,991	3,120
2007	128	121	1,580	1,431	8	3,140	3,268
2008	127	129	1,626	1,523	8	3,286	3,413
2009	126	130	1,737	1,564	8	3,439	3,565
2010	126	135	1,881	1,564	8	3,588	3,714
2011	126	139	1,979	1,571	8	3,697	3,823
2012	126	135	2,050	1,562	8	3,755	3,881
2013	126	131	2,089	1,531	8	3,759	3,885
2014	126	131	2,204	1,500	8	3,843	3,969
2015	140	124	2,471	1,459	8	4,062	4,202
2016	140	126	2,680	1,456	8	4,270	4,410
### Data Section 3. Budget

## Section 1 ☐ Budgets

The changes in the budget for immigration control administration are as shown in Reference 81, and amid the severe administrative and financial situation of recent years, the necessary funds to implement the various measures being promoted by the Immigration Bureau were allocated in the FY 2016 budget. The Immigration Bureau will continue to strive to make effective use of the budget and to reduce administrative costs (Reference 81).

Reference 81 Changes in the budget for immigration control administration

Fiscal Year Division	1996	2001	2006	2011	2015	2016
Personnel expenses	18,283	20,009	22,296	27,124	25,729	26,995
Equipment expenses	10,797	12,938	15,400	20,210	21,204	20,409
Computer-related expenses (included number of Equipment expenses)	4,079	5,810	6,486	12,049	12,575	10,765
Total	29,080	32,947	37,696	47,334	46,933	47,404

$ ^{*} $ The amount of budget is the initial amount of budget.

## Section 2 ☐ Facilities

As of March 31, 2016, eight regional immigration bureaus are housed in independent office buildings of the Ministry of Justice (Tokyo, Nagoya, and Osaka), joint office buildings of the Ministry of Justice (Sendai, Hiroshima, and Takamatsu), joint office buildings with other national government authorities (Sapporo), and a private facility (Fukuoka) respectively. All of the district immigration offices and the branch offices of regional immigration bureaus are housed either in independent office buildings of the Ministry of Justice (Yokohama), in office buildings jointly with branch offices of port-related national government authorities, in office building jointly with other national government authorities, in airport terminal building, or in other civil or public facilities.

Two detention centers for foreign nationals in the country are maintained as independent offices of the Ministry of Justice (Omura) and general offices of the Ministry of Justice (Higashi-Nihon).
2-2 Changes in the number of mid to long-term residents with the status of residence of “Engineer/Specialist in Humanities/International Services” by nationality/region

(People)

Nationality/Region	Year	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
Total	110,488	111,994	115,357	122,794	137,706
China	56,932	54,461	53,911	55,447	60,504
Korea	14,994
R.O.Korea	15,122	15,307	15,429	16,669
Viet Nam	3,021	3,792	4,588	5,875	8,784
United States of America	6,855	6,943	7,190	7,468	7,661
Taiwan	1,702	2,964	4,242	5,536
India	3,916	4,144	4,380	5,027	5,302
Philippines	2,843	2,898	2,988	3,454	4,149
United Kingdom	2,964	2,883	2,940	2,982	3,013
France	1,456	1,563	1,665	1,822	2,064
Nepal	787	980	1,251	1,484	2,046
Others	16,720	17,506	18,173	19,564	21,978

$ ^{*} $ For the years from 2011 to 2014, the number for each year is the number combining “Engineer” and “Specialist in Humanities/International Services”.

3-1 Changes in the number of new arrivals with the status of residence of "Intra-company Transferee" by nationality/region

Nationality/Region	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
Total	5,348	6,126	6,245	7,209	7,202
China	1,717	1,967	2,085	2,433	2,404
Philippines	641	669	670	698	714
India	484	505	565	760	677
R.O.Korea	511	491	470	514	536
Viet Nam	178	240	346	399	484
Thailand	235	381	301	361	421
United States of America	396	383	404	411	321
Taiwan	188	173	169	199	201
Indonesia	104	221	251	208	194
Germany	98	125	127	144	186
Others	796	971	857	1,082	1,064

3-2 Changes in the number of mid to long-term residents with the status of residence of "Intra-company Transferee" by nationality/region (People)

Nationality/Region	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
Total	14,636	14,867	15,218	15,378	15,465
China	5,518	5,257	5,405	5,593	5,615
Korea	1,873
R.O.Korea	1,750	1,697	1,624	1,612
India	1,426	1,340	1,315	1,365	1,301
Philippines	947	1,023	1,120	1,132	1,143
United States of America	1,072	980	1,054	883	771
Viet Nam	343	415	497	515	656
Thailand	440	565	525	524	574
Taiwan	350	454	526	532
Germany	377	360	371	389	451
France	342	323	310	304	352
Others	2,298	2,504	2,470	2,523	2,458

4-1 Changes in the number of new arrivals with the status of residence of "Entertainer" by nationality/region

Nationality/Region	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
Total	26,112	34,969	37,096	35,253	37,155
R.O.Korea	3,179	6,528	6,566	5,893	6,251
United States of America	5,908	6,514	6,341	6,498	5,791
United Kingdom	2,474	2,916	3,534	2,920	3,354
Philippines	1,407	1,984	2,680	3,149	3,306
Russia	1,452	1,982	1,063	1,519	1,806
Germany	1,358	1,594	1,285	1,333	1,522
China	739	964	1,022	1,070	1,246
France	780	1,320	1,770	1,381	1,210
Italy	1,205	866	1,696	1,348	1,095
Spain	626	674	866	768	1,044
Others	6,984	9,627	10,273	9,374	10,530
4-2 Changes in the number of mid to long-term residents with the status of residence of “Entertainer” by nationality/region

(People)

Nationality/Region	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
Total	6,265	1,646	1,662	1,967	1,869
Philippines	4,188	344	367	436	388
United States of America	334	288	278	374	344
Korea	313
R.O.Korea	305	283	262	224
China	389	177	147	126	123
Brazil	140	105	102	114	116
Australia	71	58	58	82	77
Ukraine	36	15	7	46	64
Thailand	95	72	72	51	59
Russia	125	13	19	44	47
United Kingdom	66	29	28	57	45
Others	508	240	301	375	382

5-1 Changes in the number of new arrivals with the status of residence of “Skilled Labor” by nationality/region

(People)

Nationality/Region	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
Total	4,178	4,910	2,030	2,360	6,421
Nepal	677	809	832	927	3,065
India	379	432	188	317	450
Estonia	-	-	-	-	399
Poland	-	-	-	1	375
China	2,527	2,920	427	311	312
Lithuania	-	-	-	-	311
Thailand	132	162	129	171	168
Romania	-	-	1	3	166
Philippines	53	59	49	64	96
Australia	27	53	48	72	81
Others	383	475	356	494	998

5-2 Changes in the number of mid to long-term residents with the status of residence of “Skilled Labor” by nationality/region (People)

Nationality/Region	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
Total	31,751	33,863	33,425	33,374	37,202
China	17,657	19,023	18,139	17,240	16,174
Nepal	5,704	6,209	6,775	7,412	10,134
India	3,586	3,798	3,762	3,926	4,222
Thailand	1,003	1,032	1,066	1,117	1,133
Korea	1,421
R.O.Korea	1,394	1,253	1,092	1,019
Philippines	302	330	350	376	445
Poland	1	1	1	2	435
Lithuania	-	1	2	1	389
Estonia	-	-	-	-	370
Bangladesh	328	279	243	235	256
Others	1,749	1,796	1,834	1,973	2,625

6-1 Changes in the number of new arrivals with the status of residence of "Technical Intern Training (i)" by nationality/region (People)

Nationality/Region	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
Total	66,025	67,915	67,426	82,516	96,987
China	49,311	49,172	44,377	43,971	38,327
Viet Nam	6,632	7,449	10,130	19,489	32,652
Philippines	3,755	4,264	4,827	6,997	9,918
Indonesia	3,536	3,818	4,144	5,888	7,289
Thailand	1,722	1,994	2,443	3,210	3,658
Cambodia	245	227	325	1,125	2,104
Myanmar	42	16	71	659	1,769
Mongolia	188	214	206	277	321
Malaysia	39	53	75	191	217
Sri Lanka	56	122	75	100	136
Others	499	586	753	609	596

$ ^{*} $ The number for “Technical Intern Training (i)” is the number combining “Technical Intern Training (i)-(a)” and “Technical Intern Training (i)-(b)”.
6-2 Changes in the number of mid to long-term residents with the status of residence of “Technical Intern Training (i)” by nationality/region (People)

Nationality/Region	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
Total	61,178	63,281	61,680	77,516	91,855
China	45,470	45,713	40,571	40,974	35,490
Viet Nam	6,571	7,379	9,857	19,434	32,399
Philippines	3,400	3,846	4,193	6,413	9,375
Indonesia	3,290	3,644	3,885	5,631	6,994
Thailand	1,542	1,688	2,010	2,613	3,078
Cambodia	227	214	304	1,042	2,045
Myanmar	47	16	76	579	1,585
Mongolia	185	206	202	273	314
Laos	131	113	130	137	130
Sri Lanka	51	110	66	128	128
Others	264	352	386	292	347

7 Changes in the number of mid to long-term residents with the status of residence of “Technical Intern Training (ii)” by nationality/region (People)

Nationality/Region	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
Total	80,816	88,196	93,526	90,110	100,770
China	62,131	65,682	66,603	59,119	53,596
Viet Nam	6,953	9,336	11,775	14,605	25,182
Philippines	4,833	4,996	5,884	6,308	8,365
Indonesia	4,726	5,454	6,179	6,591	8,313
Thailand	1,441	1,776	1,937	2,310	3,006
Cambodia	142	211	288	376	1,061
Myanmar	91	71	44	52	393
Mongolia	168	215	247	243	310
Laos	134	163	166	156	191
Nepal	96	176	231	180	166
Others	101	116	172	170	187

$ ^{*} $ The number for “Technical Intern Training (ii)” is the number combining “Technical Intern Training (ii)-(a)” and “Technical Intern Training (ii)-(b)”.

8-1 Changes in the number of new arrivals with the status of residence of “Student” by nationality/region

(People)

Nationality/Region	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
Total	49,936	57,579	70,007	82,460	99,556
China	23,858	26,554	24,583	28,566	32,830
Viet Nam	1,864	4,372	14,098	14,862	23,018
Nepal	976	1,830	4,864	8,013	6,712
R.O.Korea	6,749	5,855	5,524	5,066	5,706
Taiwan	2,661	2,833	3,164	3,930	4,768
United States of America	2,546	2,910	2,825	2,807	3,061
Indonesia	1,054	1,172	1,306	1,655	2,243
Thailand	1,256	1,447	1,564	1,963	2,127
Myanmar	424	464	582	984	1,785
Sri Lanka	232	319	470	1,039	1,636
Others	8,316	9,823	11,027	13,575	15,670

8-2 Changes in the number of mid to long-term residents with the status of residence of “Student” by nationality/region

Nationality/Region	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
Total	188,605	180,919	193,073	214,525	246,679
China	127,435	113,980	107,435	105,557	108,331
Viet Nam	5,767	8,811	21,231	32,804	49,809
Nepal	3,589	4,793	8,892	15,697	20,278
Korea	21,678
R.O.Korea	18,643	17,189	15,765	15,405
Taiwan	4,829	6,353	7,528	8,709
Indonesia	2,791	2,917	3,219	3,797	4,768
Thailand	3,315	3,212	3,411	3,818	4,190
Myanmar	1,682	1,674	1,842	2,363	3,473
Sri Lanka	1,184	1,033	1,252	1,981	3,219
Malaysia	2,591	2,483	2,478	2,607	2,755
Others	18,573	18,544	19,771	22,608	25,742
9-1 Changes in the number of new arrivals with the status of residence of “Trainee” by nationality/region

(People)

Nationality/Region	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
Total	16,079	17,957	16,486	16,162	15,702
Indonesia	1,186	1,384	1,139	1,256	1,148
China	2,108	1,923	1,488	1,025	964
Viet Nam	1,032	1,127	1,211	1,358	964
Thailand	1,257	1,404	1,069	1,109	942
Myanmar	232	484	696	883	786
Philippines	775	733	645	740	603
India	753	838	612	574	537
Cambodia	355	333	433	402	442
Malaysia	631	687	395	442	408
Mongolia	235	309	230	325	360
Others	7,750	9,044	8,798	8,373	8,548

9-2 Changes in the number of mid to long-term residents with the status of residence of “Trainee” by nationality/region

(People)

Nationality/Region	Year	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
Total	3,388	1,804	1,501	1,427	1,521
Thailand	431	290	218	232	271
China	1,275	444	336	253	257
Viet Nam	258	233	196	217	197
Indonesia	260	141	178	120	138
Philippines	308	137	81	123	115
Cambodia	16	13	15	32	64
India	127	100	87	68	62
Malaysia	136	52	39	30	41
Myanmar	34	22	35	61	31
Taiwan	14	17	21	25
Others	543	358	299	270	320

10-1 Changes in the number of new arrivals with the status of residence of “Designated Activities” by nationality/region

(People)

Nationality/Region	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
Total	12,954	12,659	10,711	10,661	14,980
Taiwan	1,563	2,077	1,888	1,870	3,986
R.O.Korea	4,263	5,103	4,618	3,003	2,687
China	99	183	190	623	1,513
Australia	551	578	669	826	1,028
France	542	592	681	860	1,015
United Kingdom	407	496	564	735	901
Philippines	221	273	234	273	710
Germany	309	333	432	492	574
Viet Nam	4	7	6	148	525
Canada	282	338	340	419	431
Others	4,713	2,679	1,089	1,412	1,610

10-2 Changes in the number of mid to long-term residents with the status of residence of “Designated Activities” by nationality/region (People)

Nationality/Region	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
Total	22,751	20,159	22,673	28,001	37,175
China	5,374	3,143	4,033	6,624	8,230
Taiwan	1,615	1,743	1,826	3,767
Nepal	394	590	914	1,947	3,223
Korea	4,444
R.O.Korea	5,027	4,670	3,256	3,051
Philippines	2,372	1,863	1,847	1,956	2,542
Indonesia	986	746	806	912	1,905
Turkey	240	446	875	1,371	1,707
Myanmar	1,631	1,397	1,158	1,078	1,455
Viet Nam	378	63	78	432	1,254
Australia	619	659	746	939	1,156
Others	6,313	4,610	5,803	7,660	8,885
11 Changes in the number of mid to long-term residents with the status of residence of “Permanent Resident” by nationality/region (People)

Nationality/Region	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
Total	598,440	624,501	655,315	677,019	700,500
China	184,216	191,958	204,927	215,155	225,605
Philippines	99,604	106,399	111,952	115,857	120,390
Brazil	119,748	114,641	112,428	111,077	109,361
Korea	60,262
R.O.Korea	61,513	63,727	65,019	66,326
Peru	33,307	33,331	33,610	33,496	33,594
Taiwan	8,684	13,932	16,870	20,245
Thailand	16,055	16,997	17,815	18,273	18,831
United States of America	13,690	14,284	15,016	15,503	15,970
Viet Nam	10,361	11,158	12,060	12,813	13,539
Indonesia	4,337	4,743	5,123	5,351	5,641
Others	56,860	60,793	64,725	67,605	70,998

12-1 Changes in the number of new arrivals with the status of residence of “Spouse or Child of Japanese National” by nationality/region

(People)

Nationality/Region	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
Total	10,766	10,855	9,244	9,114	9,591
China	3,713	3,854	2,839	2,665	2,456
Philippines	2,395	2,508	2,258	2,118	2,050
Brazil	915	1,067	771	946	1,523
Thailand	538	593	602	589	573
United States of America	593	480	444	450	453
R.O.Korea	501	422	379	335	361
Viet Nam	177	153	210	278	336
Taiwan	183	175	166	156	169
Indonesia	175	120	137	119	130
Australia	134	129	147	124	125
Others	1,442	1,354	1,291	1,334	1,415

$ ^{*} $ Please note that the figures (the number of people) shown in “2011” from the 2012 to 2014 versions of Immigration Control Report were incorrect and should be changed to read as follows: (Correct) R.O.Korea: 501 (Incorrect) R.O.Korea: 188

12-2 Changes in the number of mid to long-term residents with the status of residence of “Spouse or Child of Japanese National” by

Nationality/Region	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
Total	181,617	162,332	151,156	145,312	140,349
China	51,184	43,771	38,852	36,469	34,010
Philippines	38,249	33,123	30,561	29,150	27,701
Brazil	23,921	19,519	17,266	15,565	14,995
Korea	18,780
R.O.Korea	16,973	15,877	15,085	14,334
United States of America	8,679	8,401	8,546	8,741	8,856
Thailand	8,549	7,974	7,605	7,411	7,206
Taiwan	2,546	3,600	4,024	4,102
United Kingdom	2,593	2,533	2,494	2,500	2,514
Viet Nam	1,778	1,702	1,703	1,880	2,182
Indonesia	2,473	2,216	2,070	1,960	1,905
Others	25,411	23,574	22,582	22,527	22,544

13-1 Changes in the number of new arrivals with the status of residence of "Long-Term Resident" by nationality/region

Nationality/Region	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
Total	7,811	9,845	8,788	9,911	12,449
Brazil	2,356	3,237	2,507	3,265	5,781
Philippines	2,184	2,736	2,756	2,791	2,812
China	1,815	2,268	1,864	2,165	2,094
Peru	400	518	545	453	573
Viet Nam	195	228	272	237	227
Bolivia	108	119	111	74	125
Pakistan	64	58	67	93	115
Indonesia	100	77	116	132	104
Thailand	74	84	87	103	89
Myanmar	39	36	67	81	74
Others	476	484	396	517	455
13-2 Changes in the number of mid to long-term residents with the status of residence of “Long-Term Resident” by nationality/region

(People)

Year	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
Nationality/Region
Total	177,983	165,001	160,391	159,596	161,532
Philippines	39,331	40,714	42,156	43,997	45,680
Brazil	62,077	53,058	47,903	44,559	44,827
China	30,498	27,150	26,240	26,676	26,626
Peru	13,496	11,941	11,269	10,796	10,492
Korea	8,288
R.O.Korea	7,622	7,496	7,498	7,413
Viet Nam	5,726	5,558	5,513	5,450	5,346
Thailand	3,875	3,800	3,785	3,827	3,800
Myanmar	1,381	1,647	2,000	2,240	2,365
Bolivia	2,054	1,884	1,902	1,851	1,891
Indonesia	1,756	1,714	1,747	1,832	1,860
Others	9,501	9,913	10,380	10,870	11,232

(2) Changes in the Number of New Arrivals and Foreign Residents of the Principal Nationalities/Regions by Status of Residence/Status

1-1 Changes in the number of new arrivals of R.O.Korean nationals by status of residence

(People)

Year	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
Status of Residence
Total	1,505,228	1,901,888	2,305,975	2,604,977	3,850,460
Diplomat	1,262	1,146	988	901	896
Official	2,788	2,475	2,073	1,752	2,092
Professor	159	176	190	173	199
Artist	3	7	9	8	8
Religious Activities	105	95	65	71	68
Journalist	12	5	13	12	7
Highly-Skilled Professional (i)-(a)	1
Highly-Skilled Professional (i)-(b)	7
Highly-Skilled Professional (i)-(c)	-
Highly-Skilled Professional (ii)	-
Business Manager	188	179	122	165	148
Legal/Accounting Services	-	-	-	-	-
Medical Services	1	6	5	12	11
Researcher	44	21	25	17	25
Instructor	14	12	13	10	11
Engineer/Specialist in Humanities/International Services	951	1,006	990	1,231	1,780
Intra-company Transferee	511	491	470	514	536
Entertainer	3,179	6,528	6,566	5,893	6,251
Skilled Labor	87	109	39	36	37
Technical Intern Training (i)-(a)	34	73	100	22	31
Technical Intern Training (i)-(b)	-	-	-	-	-
Technical Intern Training (ii)-(a)	-	-	-	-
Technical Intern Training (ii)-(b)	-	-	-	-
Cultural Activities	261	240	253	196	197
Temporary Visitor	1,481,868	1,876,140	2,281,773	2,583,861	3,827,889
Student	6,749	5,855	5,524	5,066	5,706
Trainee	105	120	104	94	92
Dependent	1,956	1,546	1,554	1,506	1,350
Designated Activities	4,263	5,103	4,618	3,003	2,687
Spouse or Child of Japanese National	501	422	379	335	361
Spouse or Child of Permanent Resident	61	53	49	41	35
Long-Term Resident	126	80	53	58	35
1-2 Changes in the number of foreign residents of R.O.Korean nationals by status

(People)

Year	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
Total	545,401	489,431	481,249	465,477	457,772
Professor	956	943	924	919	920
Artist	45	42	45	40	45
Religious Activities	977	945	896	866	865
Journalist	51	48	46	46	47
Highly-Skilled Professional (i)-(a)	15
Highly-Skilled Professional (i)-(b)	36
Highly-Skilled Professional (i)-(c)	5
Highly-Skilled Professional (ii)	-
Business Manager	2,872	2,939	2,917	2,910	2,928
Legal/Accounting Services	6	6	7	8	7
Medical Services	22	39	55	86	114
Researcher	232	196	194	180	184
Instructor	97	93	91	88	92
Engineer/Specialist in Humanities/International Services	14,994	15,122	15,307	15,429	16,669
Intra-company Transferee	1,873	1,750	1,697	1,624	1,612
Entertainer	313	305	283	262	224
Skilled Labor	1,421	1,394	1,253	1,092	1,019
Technical Intern Training (i)-(a)	22	66	55	8	-
Technical Intern Training (i)-(b)	-	-	-	1	-
Technical Intern Training (ii)-(a)	-	-	1	-	-
Technical Intern Training (ii)-(b)	-	-	-	-	-
Cultural Activities	295	250	275	254	223
Temporary Visitor	2,307
Student	21,678	18,643	17,189	15,765	15,405
Trainee	49	27	22	25	24
Dependent	16,750	15,116	14,089	13,075	12,470
Designated Activities	4,444	5,027	4,670	3,256	3,051
Permanent Resident	60,262	61,513	63,727	65,019	66,326
Spouse or Child of Japanese National	18,780	16,973	15,877	15,085	14,334
Spouse or Child of Permanent Resident	2,523	2,409	2,350	2,301	2,262
Long-Term Resident	8,288	7,622	7,496	7,498	7,413
Special Permanent Resident	385,232	337,963	331,783	319,640	311,463
Without Acquiring Status of Residence	417
Temporary Refuge	-
Others	495

(*) The number up until 2011 is the number combining the foreign nationals with the indication of "Korea" and the foreign nationals with the indication of "R.O.Korea" in the "nationality/region" column of the alien registration certificate.
2-1 Changes in the number of new arrivals of Chinese nationals by status of residence

(People)

Year	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
Status of Residence
Total	721,990	1,050,222	983,268	1,887,322	3,777,243
Diplomat	516	506	314	331	456
Official	1,972	1,923	1,228	1,330	1,918
Professor	458	473	414	399	408
Artist	1	1	3	3	2
Religious Activities	1	3	1	2	4
Journalist	11	11	8	38	44
Highly-Skilled Professional (i)-(a)	2
Highly-Skilled Professional (i)-(b)	10
Highly-Skilled Professional (i)-(c)	2
Highly-Skilled Professional (ii)	-
Business Manager	194	215	173	419	701
Legal/Accounting Services	1	-	-	-	-
Medical Services	2	2	3	3	3
Researcher	75	81	88	69	73
Instructor	12	13	14	12	14
Engineer/Specialist in Humanities/International Services	2,103	2,636	2,759	3,759	4,524
Intra-company Transferee	1,717	1,967	2,085	2,433	2,404
Entertainer	739	964	1,022	1,070	1,246
Skilled Labor	2,527	2,920	427	311	312
Technical Intern Training (i)-(a)	2,751	2,829	2,178	2,299	2,141
Technical Intern Training (i)-(b)	46,560	46,343	42,199	41,672	36,186
Technical Intern Training (ii)-(a)	1	-	2	-
Technical Intern Training (ii)-(b)	227	40	14	14	11
Cultural Activities	596	761	615	660	763
Temporary Visitor	621,632	943,265	890,265	1,788,692	3,676,672
Student	23,858	26,554	24,583	28,566	32,830
Trainee	2,108	1,923	1,488	1,025	964
Dependent	7,549	9,455	7,506	7,655	8,435
Designated Activities	99	183	190	623	1,513
Spouse or Child of Japanese National	3,713	3,854	2,839	2,665	2,456
Spouse or Child of Permanent Resident	753	1,031	988	1,105	1,055
Long-Term Resident	1,815	2,268	1,864	2,165	2,094