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In recent years, an increasing number of companies are hiring foreign nationals as regular or contract employees. However, when hiring foreign employees, it is important not to forget about "visa (status of residence) renewal. If the employee does not renew his/her status of residence before it expires, he/she will be in Japan illegally, and the company will be...

In recent years, an increasing number of companies have been hiring foreign nationals as full-time employees in response to labor shortages and globalization in Japan. Especially in fields such as IT, trade, tourism, and food & beverage, it is not uncommon for the hiring of foreign employees to be directly linked to corporate growth. However, hiring foreign nationals as regular employees...

The requirements for the Business/Management visa will be revised. The minimum capital requirement will be raised to 30 million yen or more, six times the current amount. In addition, the employment of at least one full-time employee wil...

Introduction When applying for naturalization, the applicant's living conditions and eligibility are strictly checked through interviews and examination of submitted documents at the Legal Affairs Bureau. The most important of these checks is the applicant's "Japanese language ability. After naturalization, the applicant will live as a Japanese citizen, so daily life and social...

はじめに 日本の大学や専門学校を卒業した留学生が、日本で就職するためには「技術・人文知識・国際業務」などの在留資格（いわゆる就職ビザ）への変更申請が必要です。しかし近年、申請しても不許可になるケースが増えているのをご存じでしょうか。 本コ...

Introduction In recent years, there has been a growing shortage of human resources in the field of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Especially in the manufacturing, nursing care, and lodging industries, it is becoming increasingly difficult to secure the human resources needed by domestic job seekers alone. Under such circumstances, the acceptance of "specified skilled foreigners" is a means of securing human resources who can work immediately...

  動画で解説 人手不足が続く中、外国人材の受け入れ制度が大きく変わりつつあります。育成就労制度は「職場で育て、特定技能レベルの実務力に引き上げる」ことを目的とした新しい制度で、従来の技能実習制度の代替あるいは後継として位置づけられています...

From 2025 onward, the Japanese government is considering raising the minimum capital requirement for the Business Manager Visa from 5 million yen to 30 million yen.Before this significant change takes effect, now is the best timing to es...

外国人材を受け入れる中小企業にとって、在留資格（ビザ）の取得・更新は欠かせない手続きです。しかし、入管法は頻繁に改正され、必要書類も複雑なため、専門家である行政書士に依頼することが一般的です。ここでは、京都で外国人ビザ申請を専門とする行...

本コラムは、在留資格申請を専門とする行政書士事務所の視点から、ベトナムの人材紹介会社（以下「ベトナム紹介会社」）を介して外国人を採用する際の実務上の注意点を、採用前→契約時→在留資格申請→入社後の時系列で整理したものです。社内共有・実務チェ...