Status of Residence and period of stay in Japan

Status of Residence is a category of 38 legal statuses that categorize the activities a foreigner may engage in or the status of residence he/she may have in Japan. The period of stay is the period during which a foreigner with Status of Residence can stay in Japan. Foreign nationals may engage in activities within the scope of Status of Residence and period of stay granted.　An application for a change of Status of Residence or extension of the period of stay must be made in person at the regional immigration office that has jurisdiction over the applicant’s place of residence. The applicant’s legal representative may file the application on the applicant’s behalf, or an employee of the receiving institution, an administrative scrivener who can act as an intermediary, or a relative may file the application documents.

What are the grounds for landing denial and who are denied?

Grounds for denial of landing are defined as the types of persons who are likely to cause harm to public health, public order, or public safety in Japan:

(1) Those who are denied for health and sanitary issues
(2) Those who are denied for their antisocial nature
(3) Those who are denied because they have been deported from Japan in the past
(4) Those who are denied because they have a threat to harm the interests or public security of Japan
(5) Those who are denied on the basis of reciprocity

You will not be denied landing on your next visit to Japan on the direct grounds that you have received a deportation order in the past. However, the fact that you have received the deportation order means that you were not found to be in compliance with the landing requirements, so you will need to sufficiently prove that you are in compliance with those landing requirements the next time you come to Japan.