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Point Calculation Table for Highly Skilled Professional (i)(a) & (ii)
(Advanced academic research activity)

Below, I have calculated my own points in accordance with the article of relevant ministerial ordinance and hereby submit my
calculation to you.

Item Criteria Check Points Documents

A perso
Academic Holder of a doctor's degree (excluding professional degrees) 30
background Holder of a master's degree (including professional degrees) ① and ma
20 30 poin
Experience related to the research, research guidance or education in which the applicant intends to engage
Professional 7 years or more 15
career ②
5 years or more 10
3 years or more 5
Aged 30 years or below 30 to 34 years 35 to 39 years 40 years or above
10 million yen or more 10 million yen or more 10 million yen or more 10 million yen or more 40
9 to 10 million yen 9 to 10 million yen 9 to 10 million yen 9 to 10 million yen 35
Annual 8 to 9 million yen 8 to 9 million yen 8 to 9 million yen 8 to 9 million yen 30
salary ③
7 to 8 million yen 7 to 8 million yen 7 to 8 million yen － 25
6 to 7 million yen 6 to 7 million yen 6 to 7 million yen － 20
5 to 6 million yen 5 to 6 million yen － － 15
4 to 5 million yen － － － 10
Age at the time of the filing of the application
Up to 29 years of age 15
Age
Between 30 and 34 years of age 10
Between 35 and 39 years of age 5
Have made at least one patented invention 20 ④
Have conducted projects financed by a competitive fund, etc. by a foreign national government
at least three times 25 points ⑤
Research will be
achievements Have published at least three papers in academic journals listed in the academic journal awarded in

database
cases where
the applicant
⑥
comes under
two or more
Have made other research achievements recognized by Japan's Minister of Justice of the above.
⑦

Work for an organization which receives financial support measures related to innovation
(measures provided for separately in a public notice) 10 ⑨
The applicant's organization is a small or medium-sized enterprise under the Small and
Medium-sized Enterprise Basic Act 10 ⑩

The applicant's organization is a small or medium-sized enterprise under the Small and
Medium-sized Enterprise Basic Act and its total experiment and research costs and
development costs exceed 3% of the amount remaining after deducting the amount of revenue
from the transfer of fixed assets or securities from the total revenue (total sales)
⑩
5 ⑪
Special
additions Research cost, etc. Yen
＝ ％
Total sales Yen

Holder of a foreign work-related qualification, etc 5 ⑫

Either graduated from a Japanese university or completed a course of a Japanese graduate
school 10 ⑬
Either have passed N1 of the Japanese-Language Proficiency Test or equivalent, or graduated
from a foreign university with a major in the Japanese language 15 ⑭

Total 0
 Total 0

I hereby declare that the above statement is true and correct.

Date of preparation, and the signature of the applicant or his/her agent, as specified by a relevant ordinance of Japan's Ministry of Justice
issued in compliance with Clause 2, Article 7 of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act

Date
From January 1, 2015 Form of reference

Point Calculation Table for Highly Skilled Professional (i)(b) & (ii)
(Advanced specialized / technical activity)

Below, I have calculated my own points in accordance with the article of relevant ministerial ordinance and hereby submit my
calculation to you.

Item Criteria Check Points Documents

Holder of a doctor's degree (excluding professional degrees) 30

Academic Holder of a master's degree (including professional degrees) 20
background ①
Holder of a professional degree relating to business management (MBA, MOT) . 5
Holder of a bachelor's degree or equivalent (excluding a person with a doctor's degree or master's degree) 10
Work experience related to the business in which the applicant intends to engage
10 years or more 20
Professional
career 7 years or more 15 ②
5 years or more 10
3 years or more 5
Aged 30 years or below 30 to 34 years 35 to 39 years 40 years or above
10 million yen or more 10 million yen or more 10 million yen or more 10 million yen or more 40
9 to 10 million yen 9 to 10 million yen 9 to 10 million yen 9 to 10 million yen 35
8 to 9 million yen 8 to 9 million yen 8 to 9 million yen 8 to 9 million yen 30
Annual
7 to 8 million yen 7 to 8 million yen 7 to 8 million yen － 25 ③
salary
6 to 7 million yen 6 to 7 million yen 6 to 7 million yen － 20
5 to 6 million yen 5 to 6 million yen － － 15
4 to 5 million yen － － － 10
(Note) An annual salary of more than 3 million yen is required.
Age at the time of the filing of the application
Up to 29 years of age 15
Age
Between 30 and 34 years of age 10
Between 35 and 39 years of age 5
Have made at least one patented invention ④
Have conducted projects financed by a competitive fund, etc. by a foreign national government
at least three times ⑤
Research
achievements Have published at least three papers in academic journals listed in the academic journal 15
database ⑥

Have made other research achievements recognized by Japan's Minister of Justice ⑦

have
Either have a national license of Japan (a license that authorizes you to conduct the relevant just one 5
License operation or use the relevant name), or have passed an examination or have a license listed in ⑧
have
the relevant IT notification more
than one
10

Work for an organization which receives financial support measures related to innovation
(measures provided for separately in a public notice) 10 ⑨
The applicant's organization is a small or medium-sized enterprise under the Small and
Medium-sized Enterprise Basic Act 10 ⑩

The applicant's organization is a small or medium-sized enterprise under the Small and
Medium-sized Enterprise Basic Act and its total experiment and research costs and
development costs exceed 3% of the amount remaining after deducting the amount of revenue
from the transfer of fixed assets or securities from the total revenue (total sales)
⑩
✘ 5 ⑪
Special
additions Research cost, etc. Yen
＝ ％
Total sales Yen

Holder of a foreign work-related qualification, etc 5 ⑫

Either graduated from a Japanese university or completed a course of a Japanese graduate
school 10 ⑬
Either have passed N1 of the Japanese-Language Proficiency Test or equivalent, or graduated
from a foreign university with a major in the Japanese language 15 ⑭

Total 0
 Total 0
I hereby declare that the above statement is true and correct.
Date of preparation, and the signature of the applicant or his/her agent, as specified by a relevant ordinance of Japan's Ministry of Justice
issued in compliance with Clause 2, Article 7 of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act

Date
From January 1, 2015 Form of reference

Point Calculation Table for Highly Skilled Professional (i)(c) & (ii)
(Advanced business management activity)

Below, I have calculated my own points in accordance the article of relevant ministerial ordinance and hereby submit my calculation
to you.

Item Criteria Check Points Documents

Holder of a doctor's degree or a master's degree. 20

Academic
Holder of a professional degree relating to business management (MBA, MOT) . 5 ①
background
Holder of a bachelor's degree or equivalent (excluding a person with a doctor's degree or master's degree) 10
Work experience related to business management
10 years or more 25
Professional
career
7 years or more 20 ②
5 years or more 15
3 years or more 10
30 million yen or more 50
25 million yen or more 40
Annual 20 million yen or more 30
salary ③
15 million yen or more 20
10 million yen or more 10
(Note) An annual salary of more than 3 million yen is required.

Person to be accepted as a representative director or representative executive officer 10

Position ⑮
A member of the board of directors, executive officer, or executive member 5

Work for an organization which receives financial support measures related to innovation
(measures provided for separately in a public notice) 10 ⑨
The applicant's organization is a small or medium-sized enterprise under the Small and
Medium-sized Enterprise Basic Act 10 ⑩

The applicant's organization is a small or medium-sized enterprise under the Small and
Medium-sized Enterprise Basic Act and its total experiment and research costs and
development costs exceed 3% of the amount remaining after deducting the amount of revenue
from the transfer of fixed assets or securities from the total revenue (total sales)
⑩
5 ⑪
Special
additions Research cost, etc. Yen
＝ ％
Total sales Yen

Holder of a foreign work-related qualification, etc 5 ⑫

Either graduated from a Japanese university or completed a course of a Japanese graduate
school 10 ⑬

Either have passed N1 of the Japanese-Language Proficiency Test or equivalent, or graduated

from a foreign university with a major in the Japanese language 15 ⑭

Total 0

I hereby declare that the above statement is true and correct.

Date of preparation, and the signature of the applicant or his/her agent, as specified by a relevant ordinance of Japan's Ministry of Justice
issued in compliance with Clause 2, Article 7 of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act
I hereby declare that the above statement is true and correct.
Date of preparation, and the signature of the applicant or his/her agent, as specified by a relevant ordinance of Japan's Ministry of Justice
issued in compliance with Clause 2, Article 7 of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act

Date
A: Highly Skilled Professional (i)(a) B: Highly Skilled Professional (i)(b) C: Highly Skilled Professional (i)(c)
Corresponding
Number on the
Point Calculation Documents Proving the Statements in Each Item (Basic Examples) Item
Table
Academic
backgroun
① Applicable certificate of graduation and diploma d
(ABC)
A document proving the period during which the applicant has engaged in the duties that he/she Professional
② intends to engage in as a highly skilled foreign professional and the details of such duties (a career
document prepared by the organization to which he/she belonged) (ABC)

A document proving the annual salary (the annual remuneration to be received from the applicant's
organization and the foreign organization he/she belongs to.) Annual
*Annual salary (the annual remuneration to be received from the applicant's organization and the salary
foreign organization) does not refer to the annual salary that the applicant received in Japan in the
③
past (including the period immediately before the filing of the application), but to the expected
annual salary that the applicant will receive for engaging in the activities as a highly skilled foreign (ABC)
professional for which he/she filed the application.

A document proving that fact (such as a copy of a

④ Have made at least one patented invention patent certificate on which the applicant’s name is
indicated)

Have conducted projects financed by a A document proving that fact (such as a copy of a
⑤ competitive fund, etc. by a foreign national written notice of the granting of funds on which the
government at least three times applicant's name is indicated)

A document containing the paper title, author's name,

Have published at least three papers in
⑥ academic journals listed in the academic
journal database
volume or number and year of publication of the
academic journal and the pages therein in which the Research
achievements
paper is published (in any format)
*Limited to those for which the applicant is the
corresponding author (AB)
* "Databases of academic papers" are services by
private-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 (headquartered
in Canada) and Elsevier (headquartered in the
Netherlands).

Have made other research achievements

⑦ A document proving that fact
recognized by Japan's Minister of Justice

Either have a national license of Japan (a

license that authorizes you to conduct the License
relevant operation or use the relevant A document proving that fact (such as a copy of a test
⑧
name), or have passed an examination or certificate)
have a license listed in the relevant IT (B)
notification.
 Either have a national license of Japan (a
license that authorizes you to conduct the
relevant operation or use the relevant A document proving that fact (such as a copy of a test
⑧
name), or have passed an examination or certificate)
A: Highly Skilled Professional (i)(a) B: Highly Skilled Professional (i)(b) C: Highly Skilled Professional (i)(c)
Corresponding
have a license listed in the relevant IT
Number on the notification.
Point Calculation Documents Proving the Statements in Each Item (Basic Examples) Item
Table
A: Highly Skilled Professional (i)(a) B: Highly Skilled Professional (i)(b) C: Highly Skilled Professional (i)(c)
Corresponding
Number on the
Point Calculation Documents Proving the Statements in Each Item (Basic Examples) Item
Table

Work for an organization which receives

financial support measures related to A document proving that fact (such as a copy of a
⑨
innovation (measures provided for written notice of the granting of a subsidy)
separately in a public notice).

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 the
amount of stated capital or the total capital
contribution amount
The applicant's organization is a small or
a. A certificate of registered matters of the corporation
⑩ medium-sized enterprise under the Small
b. A copy of a written settlement of accounts
and Medium-sized Enterprise Basic Act
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 Small
and Medium-sized Enterprise Basic Act and Special
Any of the following documents proving that
its total experiment and research costs and additions
experiment and research costs, etc. exceed 3% of the
development costs exceed 3% of the
total sales
amount remaining after deducting the
1. Copies of financial statements containing research (ABC)
amount of revenue from the transfer of
costs 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 on
returns, etc.), copies of accounting records (with
which the applicant applied for a Certificate
research costs highlighted), and lists providing
of Eligibility for Residence Status (when
breakdowns of the research costs, etc.
the application date falls within two months
3. A certificate prepared by an accountant, a certified
of the end of the preceding year, the
public accountant, or a small or medium-sized
business year before said preceding year)
enterprise management consultant (in any format)
* Where the applicant's organization is a
⑪ company or a business cooperative
A: Highly
⑪ Skilled Professional (i)(a) B: Highly Skilled Professional (i)(b) C: Highly Skilled Professional (i)(c)
Corresponding
Number on the
Point Calculation Documents Proving the Statements in Each Item (Basic Examples) Item
Table

Any of the following documents proving that

The applicant's organization is a small or
experiment and research costs, etc. exceed 3% of the
medium-sized enterprise under the Small
total sales
and Medium-sized Enterprise Basic Act and
1. Copies of financial statements containing the total
its total experiment and research costs and
revenue pertaining to research costs and business
development costs exceed 3% of its total
salary
revenue for the full year containing the date
2. An official document containing the total revenue
on which the applicant applied for a
pertaining to business salary (duplicates of financial
Certificate of Eligibility for Residence
statements, final returns, etc.), copies of accounting
Status (where an application is filed from
records (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-sized
sole proprietorship
enterprise management consultant (in any format)

Have a foreign license or award, etc. A document proving that fact

relating to the duties that the applicant *With regard to awards received by the company or its
⑫
intends to engage in which is approved by products, limited to those with which the applicant was
the Minister of Justice actively involved

Either graduated from a Japanese university Special

⑬ or completed a course of a Japanese Applicable certificate of graduation and diploma additions
graduate school
(ABC)
Either have passed N1 of the Japanese-
Language Proficiency Test or equivalent, or
⑭ A copy of a test certificate, or certificate of graduation
graduated from a foreign university with a
major in the Japanese language

A document proving that the applicant is the representative director or director, representative Position
⑮ executive officer or executive officer, or an official responsible for the execution of operations (if
he/she has representation authority, including language to that effect) of the relevant organization (C)
● Definition of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises prescribed in Article 2 of the Small and Medium-sized Enterprise Basic Act
Industrial
Companies or business cooperatives Sole proprietorship
Classification(*)

The amount of stated capital or the total

Manufacturing capital contribution amount does not exceed The regular workforce does not exceed 300
industry, etc. 300 million yen, or the regular workforce persons.
does not exceed 300 persons.

The amount of stated capital or the total

Wholesale trade capital contribution amount does not exceed The regular workforce does not exceed 100
industry 100 million yen, or the regular workforce persons.
does not exceed 100 persons.

The amount of stated capital or the total

Retail trade capital contribution amount does not exceed The regular workforce does not exceed 500
industry 50 million yen, or the regular workforce persons.
does not exceed 50 persons.

The amount of stated capital or the total

capital contribution amount does not exceed The regular workforce does not exceed 100
Service industry
50 million yen, or the regular workforce persons.
does not exceed 100 persons.
*Industrial classification is based on the Japan Standard Industrial Classifications (ver. 10).

● Range of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises based on the Japan Standard Industrial Classifications (ver. 10)
Manufacturing
All except the following
industry, etc.
Wholesale trade
From Major Group 49 to Major Group 54 of Division J (Wholesale and retail trade)
industry
From Major Group 55 to Major Group 60 of Division J (Wholesale and retail trade)
Retail trade
industry
Major Group 70 (General eating and drinking places) and Major Group 71 (Spree eating a

Major Group 38 (Broadcasting), Major Group 39 (Information services), Group 411

(Video picture information production and distribution), Group 412 (Sound information
production), and Group 415 (Services incidental to video picture, sound information,
character information production and distribution) of Division H (Information and
communications)

Group 693 (Automobile parking) of Division L (Real Estate)

Service industry Major Group 72 (Accommodations) of Division M (Eating and drinking places, accommo

Division N (Medical, health care and welfare)

Division O (Education, learning support)

Division P (Compound services)

Division Q (Services not elsewhere classified, excluding Group 831 (Travel agency))
Division Q (Services not elsewhere classified, excluding Group 831 (Travel agency))