Revocation of Status of Residence is a system that the Minister of Justice can revoke the status of residence when it turns out that it falls under the reason for revocation. Cases that the status of residence shall be revoked are prescribed in the Immigration Control Act, the followings are some of the examples.
➢The foreign national staying in Japan with the status of residence of Student(留学) has failed to continue to engage in the activity corresponding to that status for three months or more (excluding the case that the foreign national has a justifiable reason not for engaging in the activity).
➢The foreign national has failed to notify his/her place of residence to the Minister of Justice within 90 days from the day that they obtained the permit of residence.
➢The mid to long term resident has notified a false domicile to the Ministry of Justice.
When the status of residence is revoked, you are urged to leave within the specified period up to 30 days voluntarily or deportation procedures start immediately.
The Immigration Services Agency will forcibly deport foreign nationals if they have illegally entered Japan, have stayed beyond their period of stay or have fallen under any other factors as stipulated in Article 24 (Deportation), Immigration Control Act.
If you leave Japan via "deportation", your landing permission in Japan is denied for 5 years from the date of deportation (or 10 years from the date of deportation depending on the circumstances).
The residence of status of "Student" is authorized to those who engage in study and research activities at educational institute. If you have a leave of absence, you are NOT considered to satisfy the condition of "Student" during that period and you are NOT allowed to continue to stay in Japan under the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act.
Engaging in part-time jobs during the period of leave of absence is also NOT allowed.
Note that violation of these rules will result in revocation of the residence of status.
If you need to stay in Japan with justifiable reason while you have a leave of absence, consult at the Immigration office about changing the status of residence in advance.
When you start doing new activities under another status of residence after quitting your activities under the status of residence "Student", you are required to apply for change of your status of residence at the Immigration office even if your period of stay is still valid because you are considered not to do the activities related to the status of residence "Student".
In case a medium to long term residents who has the status of residence in Japan has failed to continue to engage in the activity related to the status for three months or more, the status of residence shall be revoked based on the Immigration Control Act. When the revocation of the status of residence is decided, he/she shall be subject to deportation and criminal penalties.
To work in Japan, you must change your status of residence from "Student" to an applicable status. If your hiring conditions do not meet any of the statuses stipulated in the Immigration Control Act, you are not permitted to work in Japan.
Some of the application documents need to be written by the company, please be sure to check the necessary information in advance on the Immigration Services Agency website and consult with a person in charge of personnel Affairs of the company.
In order to continue job-hunting activities after completion of the master's/doctoral program at JAIST, you have to apply for change of your status of residence to "Designated Activities". Non-degree seeking students are NOT eligible to apply for this status.
JAIST issues a recommendation letter in consideration of the student's status of job-hunting activities and other factors.
Please keep emails correspondences with companies because applicants will be required to submit the documents which shows contents of the job-hunting activities at the Immigration office. In some cases, application to the Immigration office may be denied.
For the information on issuing recommendation letter, please contact the Career Support Section (syusyoku@ml.jaist.ac.jp) during your enrollment period.
For the application documents, check the following website of Immigration Services Agency.
・Immigration Services Agency.(Click on the language selection panel.)
Necessary documents for application to the Immigration office
① Application for Changes of Status of Residence[U Others]
*Free copies of the form are available at the Immigration office or on the website of the Immigration Services Agency.
*Only the applicant parts are necessary, the Organization part is not necessary.
② A photo
*4 cm long X 3 cm wide
*The photo should have been taken within 6 months of application, full face view directly facing a camera, no hat, clear and without any background images.
*The photo should have the applicant's name on the back and be stuck to the designated part of the application form.
③ Passport and Residence Card
④ Supporting documents for financial conditions
⑤ Certificate of Completion of JAIST
⑥ Recommendation letter from JAIST
⑦ Documents which shows applicant's job-hunting activities
*If you were not able to find a job sufficiently while at JAIST due to devoting yourself to research or other activities at JAIST, please consult with the Career Support Office.
＜NOTE＞
You can submit the required documents in either Japanese or English.
In some cases, additional documents will be requested by the Immigration office.
Please be sure to submit a copy of both sides of your updated residence card to the Career Support Section immediately when you receive it.
If you engage in this activities without changing your status of residence "Student", you may be subject to punishment or deportation.