Bridge to Management and Administration Visas: The True Mission of Startup Support Staff ~ ~ From "Confirmator" to "Navigator". Your intervention will change the future of the community~.

To all municipal employees, thank you so much for your daily start-up support work.
It is not the document that you will be stamping. It is the view of this city 10 years from now.

Last October, the environment surrounding foreign entrepreneurs changed drastically. The screening requirements for the "business administration" visa have been substantially tightened, and the former "just get the form right and you'll be accepted" era is over. What is now required is overwhelming "substance" and "continuity" of the business.

With this systemic change, the role required of municipal officials is also at a major turning point. It is time to update our own mindset and redefine our true mission.

1. From a "checker" to a "navigator" who leads to success

If your work to date has been "passive window work," inspecting submitted documents against a checklist, then today is the day to abandon that mindset.

It is difficult for entrepreneurs to break through the current stringent screening standards on their own. What is required of the staff is not a "gatekeeper" at the entrance to determine whether the applicant has passed or failed, but rather a "navigator" who sits beside the applicant and points out the compass until the destination, the visa is obtained.

• Don't end with "NG," but work together to find a breakthrough.: If the plan is inadequate, how can it be adapted to the Japanese market and laws and regulations, and how can it be linked to local resources? We must be willing to work together to develop a "strategy" with professional expertise.
• Support for reverse engineering to have a "map": Working backwards from the final review in one year, please provide a route to victory: "By when and what level of evidence is needed?

(2) Turn "preparation period" into "the strongest training period (boot camp)

The grace period granted by a startup visa is not a "leisurely preparation period. It is a period of "growth accelerator" to overcome the high barriers of the Ministry of Justice.

You are not an 'examiner' to them.The one and only "pilot" to cross the stormy seas of Japan with you.Be.

In the current screening process, "how many business negotiations have been conducted and how many concrete achievements have been made" are severely questioned. You, the staff members, must share the sense of crisis that "if things continue as they are now, they will not be able to stay in Japan" at every progress check, and you must be the ones who continue to strongly push the entrepreneurs' backs. Sometimes giving them harsh pointers is also a true accompaniment to protect their challenge.

3. Future of the community is riding on your "recommendation".

A letter of recommendation issued by a municipality is more than just an administrative document."What should be sent to the Ministry of Justice is not a well-prepared document, but your determination to 'live with this entrepreneur.

A "reliable baton pass" to the Ministry of Justice does not mean simply turning in documents.

These entrepreneurs have been thoroughly aligned and honed by our local government. They are ready to contribute to the Japanese economy."

Have you built a process that you can proudly say that about yourself? When we send out entrepreneurs with half-hearted support, we are not only playing with their lives, we are giving up an opportunity to revitalize the community.

Designing the future beyond the borders of government

There is no need to lament that "the system has gotten tougher." The increased difficulty has dramatically increased the value of your intervention as a professional.

Obtaining a visa is not the goal, but the starting line for regional co-creation. Your precise navigation will change the fate of one foreign entrepreneur and the landscape of the region in years to come.

A startup supporter is "a producer on the front lines of designing the future of the community from the government's perspective.

It is neither ordinances nor budgets that breathe soul into institutions.
It is your own passion, facing the entrepreneur in front of you.
Your step will awaken the dormant potential of the community.