There are many foreign nationals who want to establish their own corporation in Japan. Those who operate and/or manage the business can get status of residence under the title of gInvestor/Business Managerh.
Money is necessary to establish your own corporation. It is essential that other people invest in the corporation you operate.


ŸInvest/Business Manager: the following conditions should be fulfilled.

AjPersons who invest their own business and operate it.

BjPersons who operate the business on behalf of the foreign nationals
@@who have established their own business.

CjPersons who operate a business on behalf of the foreign nationals
@@who have invested it.

DjPersons who manage a business of the foreign nationals apply to (A).

EjPersons who manage a business that Japanese operate on behalf of the

@@foreign nationals apply to (B) or the foreign nationals apply to (B) operate.

FjPersons who manage a business that Japanese operate on behalf of the foreign
@@nationals apply to (C) or the foreign nationals apply to (C) operate.


The foreign nationals who apply to (A), (B) or (C) have to operate a corporation substantially in Japan, although their positions might be different in the corporation.
They have to obtain the right of control (ratio of shares you own) that influences the decision on important issues. The foreign nationals who apply to (C) include persons who are delegated as a representative of the corporation, when a foreign-based corporation sets up a branch office in Japan.

The foreign nationals who apply to (D), (E) or (F) are required to have at least 3 yearfs experience in the operation and/or management of business
(Including the period during which the applicant studied business operation and management at graduate school) and they have to receive a salary no less than a Japanese national would receive for comparable work.

According to criteria provided for the Ministry of Justice Ordinance of Immigration Control Law, it does not say that it is necessary to establish a joint stock corporation. It is true that social credit increases when you establish a joint stock corporation. However, Immigration Control Law and the guideline say that necessary condition is the size of an office.

ŸAcceptable office size>
The business concerned is maintained in such a scale as to employ at least 2 full-time employees (Japanese or permanent resident) = Investment is more than 5 million yen a year in new business

For your reference, when the foreign nationals who are delegated from a foreign-based corporation do not apply to (C), their status of residence is the following.

Intra-company transferee:It is necessary that you are engaged in the job that apply to gEngineerh or gSpecialist in humanities/ international servicesh For more than 1 year at the branch or the head office abroad before applying to the immigration office. It is also necessary to receive no less salary than a Japanese national would receive for comparable work.






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