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Change of Status of Residence

Changing your status of residence lets you switch visa types without leaving Japan: eligibility logic, documents, timelines, and work rules while you wait.

Designated Activities Visa

Japan's Designated Activities status explained: job-hunting graduates, working holidays, HSP parents, and the 2024 digital nomad route in full.

Employer-Change Notification to ISA

Changing employers on a work status triggers a 14-day ISA notification separate from your address filing: online steps, status-fit checks, and renewal risks.

Highly Skilled Professional Visa

Japan's Highly Skilled Professional visa explained: points table, 70 and 80 thresholds, HSP-i vs HSP-ii, and the 1-year and 3-year PR fast tracks.

Instructor Visa

Japan's Instructor visa for public-school teachers and JET ALTs: eligible schools, degree paths, documents, renewal rules, and exits to other statuses.

Intra-Company Transferee Visa

Japan's Intra-Company Transferee visa explained: the 1-year overseas rule, eligible duties, documents, renewal, and the long-term status path.

Skilled Labor Visa

Japan's Skilled Labor visa for chefs, pilots, trainers, and artisans: the 10-year rule, the Thai-chef exception, documents, and renewal killers.

Specified Skilled Worker Visa

Japan's Specified Skilled Worker visa explained: SSW Type 1 vs Type 2, the covered sectors, entry tests, renewal rules, and the TITP conversion path.

Technical Intern Training Program

Japan's Technical Intern Training Program: phases, supervision, documented abuses, the 2027 Training and Employment successor, and the SSW path.