Types of status of residence in Japan

Dipromat

外交

Examples: diplomatic agents, diplomatic couriers, etc.

外国政府の大使，公使等及びその家族

Official

公用

Examples: administrative and technical staffs of diplomatic missions and members of the service staff, etc.

外国政府等の公務に従事する者及びその家族

Proffesser

教授

Examples: university professor, assistant professor, assistant, etc

大学教授等

Artist

芸術

Examples: composers, songwriters, artists, sculptors, craftspeople, photographers, etc.

作曲家，画家，作家等

Religious Activities

宗教

Examples: religious people such as monks, bishops, missionaries, etc.

外国の宗教団体から派遣される宣教師等 

Journalist

報道

Examples: newspaper journalists, magazine journalists, editors, news cameramen, announcers, etc.

外国の報道機関の記者，カメラマン等

Highly skilled professional

高度専門職

Examples: highly-skilled human resources per “Points System”

ポイント制による高度人材

Investor/Business Manager

経営・管理

Examples: company presidents, directors, etc.

企業等の経営者，管理者等

Legal/Accounting Services

法律

Examples: attorneys, judicial scriveners, public accountants, tax accountants, etc. certified in Japan

弁護士，公認会計士等

Medical Services

医療

Examples: physicians, dentists, pharmacists, nurses, etc. certified in Japan

医師，歯科医師，看護師等

Researcher

研究

Examples: researchers, investigators, etc. at research institutes, etc.

政府関係機関や企業等の研究者等

Instructor

教育

Examples: teachers, etc. at elementary schools, intermediate schools and high schools

高等学校，中学校等の語学教師等

Engineer/Specialist in Humanities/ International Services

技術・人文知識・国際業務

Examples: scientific engineers, IT engineers, foreign language teachers, interpreters, copywriters, designers, etc.

機械工学等の技術者等，通訳，デザイナー， 語学講師等

Examples: people transferred to the Japanese branch (head office of the same company, etc.

外国の事務所からの転勤者

Nursing care service

介護

介護福祉士

Entertainer

興行

Examples: musicians, actors, singers, dancers, sportspeople, models, etc.

俳優，歌手，プロスポーツ選手等

Skilled Labor

技能

Examples: chefs specializing in the food of a foreign country, animal trainers, pilots, sports trainers, sommeliers, etc.

外国料理の調理師，スポーツ指導者等 

Technical Intern Training

技能実習

技能実習生

Status of Residence

在留資格

Permanent Resident

永住

permanent resident

永住許可を受けた者

Spouse or Child of Japanese National

日本人の配偶者等

Examples: spouse of a Japanese national, biological child of a Japanese national

日本人の配偶者・実子・特別養子

Spouse or Child of Permanent Resident

永住者の配偶者等

Examples: spouse of a permanent resident

永住者・特別永住者の配偶者，我が国で 出生し引き続き在留している実子

Long-Term Resident

定住者

Examples: persons with Japanese ancestry, Indochinese refugee settlers, the spouse or children of Japanese nationals left behind in China, etc.

日系３世，外国人配偶者の連れ子等

Cultural Activities

文化活動

Examples: unpaid internships, people studying the tea ceremony or Japanese flower arranging, etc.

日本文化の研究者等

Temporary Visitor

短期滞在 

Examples: tourist, Conference participants, etc.

観光客，会議参加者等 

Student

留学

Examples: college students, pre-college students, etc.

大学，専門学校，日本語学校等の学生

Trainee

研修

Examples: trainees in a local government, etc.

研修生

Dependent

家族滞在

Examples: The spouse and children of a foreign national with working visa, etc.

就労資格等で在留する外国人の配偶者，子

Status of Residence

在留資格

Designated Activities

特定活動

Examples: foreign nationals who wish to enter Japan as personal help privately employed by diplomats, etc., foreign nationals who wish to enter Japan for a working holiday or for paid internships, candidate nurses and care workers who wish to enter Japan based on an EPA, etc.

外交官の家事使用人、ワーキングホリデー、就職活動、インターン