The change of residence status that I applied for last week from a client's family stay visa to a Specified Activities Notification No. 33 (Working Spouse of a Highly Skilled Foreign Professional) visa has been approved.
If you are the spouse of a foreign national residing in Japan as a highly skilled professional, and you qualify for the "Engineer/Specialist in Humanities/International Services" visa, you can of course apply to change your status of residence to an "Engineer/Specialist in Humanities/International Services" visa. However, if you meet the requirements of "Specified Activities Public Notification No. 33 (Working Spouse of a Highly Skilled Foreign Professional)", you can change your status of residence to this visa and work in Japan.
This client met the requirements for the residence status of "Designated Activities Notification No. 33 (Working Spouse of a Highly Skilled Foreign Professional)," so I applied for a change to designated activities.
After the application, there were no particular notices or instructions for additional documents, and approval was received one week after application. I was happy and a little surprised that the review was completed much faster than a normal application for a change of residence status.
It is assumed that the application was reviewed early due to the fact that the spouse's employment is one of the preferential treatment measures for the Highly Skilled Professional visa.
Our office supports foreign nationals in applying for status of residence to the Immigration Bureau (Immigration Services Agency) and in changing or renewing the status of residence of foreign nationals already residing in Japan.
We mainly support application procedures for various types of residence status, such as work visas, spouse visas, and permanent residence permits to the Kumamoto Immigration Bureau (Kumamoto Branch Office of the Fukuoka Immigration Bureau).
If you have any problems with various visa application procedures (work visa, spouse visa, permanent residence permit, etc.) and employment of foreigners, please feel free to contact us as the initial consultation is free.
先週申請した家族滞在ビザから特定活動告示33号（高度専門職外国人の就労する配偶者）ビザへの在留資格変更が許可されました。
高度専門職で在留する外国人の配偶者である場合、「技術・人文知識・国際業務」の在留資格該当性があれば、「技術・人文知識・国際業務」ビザへの在留資格変更申請も当然可能ですが、「特定活動告示33号（高度専門職外国人の就労する配偶者）」要件を満たせば、こちらの在留資格へ変更し、就労して在留することができます。
今回のお客様は「特定活動告示33号（高度専門職外国人の就労する配偶者）」の在留資格の要件を満たされていたため、特定活動への変更申請を行わせていただきました。
申請後は、特段の指摘や追加書類の指示等もなく、申請から1週間で許可をいただきました。通常の在留資格変更申請よりもとても早く審査が終わったので、嬉しさとともに少し驚きました。
高度専門職ビザの優遇措置の1つである配偶者の就労という点で早期審査があったものと推測されます。
弊所では外国人の方の入管（出入国在留管理庁）への在留資格の認定申請および既に日本に在留している外国人の方の在留資格の変更や更新手続きのサポートを行っております。
主に熊本入管（福岡出入国在留管理局熊本出張所）への就労ビザ・配偶者ビザ、永住許可等の各種在留資格申請手続きをサポートしております。
各種在留資格申請手続き（就労ビザ・配偶者ビザ、永住許可など）及び外国人雇用に関して、お困りの事等がございましたら、初回のご相談は無料ですので、お気軽にご相談下さい。
VISA SUPPORT OFFICE Kumamoto
外国人ビザ・在留資格関係申請手続きサポート
熊本県行政書士会会員
行政書士 井上慎一郎事務所
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