■What is a Certificate of Eligibility
A Certificate of Eligibility can be applied by the authorized representative (personell of an organization or relatives in Japan prescrived by the law) for the applicant residing outside Japan and seeking to enter Japan. A Certificate of Eligibility is issued before a visa application by a regional immigration bureau as evidence that the appicant fulfills the conditions and requirements for landing in Japan. It shows that the activity in which the applicant wishes to engage in Japan is valid and comes under a status of residence (excluding Temporary Visitor and Permanent Residence Status) stipulated in the Immigration Control Act.
The Certificate of Eligibility has the advantage of redusing the time required to obtain a visa and complete immigration procedures, since the applicant in possession of a such a certificate will be able to obtain a visa more easily at an Japanese embassy or consulate without any inquiries being made to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Furthermore, there is the advantage that if the certificate is shown to the Immigration officer at the time of the landing application, the applicant can more easily demonstrate that his/her status of residence conforms to the conditions and requirements for landing in Japan.Therefore the landing permission can be easily obtained by showing the Certificate.
■Required Documents
Our office will prepare required documents and legal materials based upon a prior agreed action plan. If the applicant and his/ her authorized representative want our office to submit an application at the Regional Immigration Bureau where the proposed authorization is to be taken place, our office can submit it on behalf of them without their appearance.
The documents will be prepared conforming to a specific status of residence which the applicant is seeking. When any documents to be submitted to the Immigration Bureau or other Goverment authorities are written in a lanuage other than Japanese, a translation will be required. Our office can provide our clients with English - Japanese translation service.