Specified Skilled Workers REGISTRATION SUPPORT 

What is the "Specified Skilled Worker" residence status in Japan?

Since April 2019, the “Status of Residence 'Specified Skilled Worker's” specializing in 14 industries that were deemed as having a serious labor shortage was introduced by the Japanese Government.

Specified Skilled Workers  PREREQUIREMENTS

We will explain the conditions to apply as specified skilled workers, their responsibilities and the labor conditions.

• Conditions for Specified Skilled Workers
  Have a Japanese language proficiency certificate equivalent to or greater than JLPT (Japanese Language Proficiency Test) N4, or have passed the JFT-Basic test, and have passed the industry's "skill evaluation test".

• Working conditions
  Employment form as "regular employee", working period is up to 5 years, working conditions such as wages, working hours, number of holidays are the same as Japanese employees.

• What kind of work can Specified Skilled Workers visa holders do ?

There are 14 industries that can be classified as Specified Skilled Workers: Construction, Shipbuilding and Ship Machinery, Automobile Repair and Maintenance, Aviation, Accomodation, Nursing Care, Building Cleaning Management, Agriculture, Fishery and Aquaculture, Manufacture of Food and Beverages, Food Service, Machine Parts and Tooling, Industrial Machinery, and Electric, Electronics and Information Industries.  In some cases it is possible to hire foreigners in the "accommodation", "restaurant", and "nursing care" industries, but it is difficult to hire them as full-time employees.

• What should the company do to hire Specified Skilled Workers
  Companies accepting specialized skilled workers are required to carry out the following procedure under the Special Skilled Workers (I) Program.

【One example】

・Implementation of initial guidelines and life orientation

・Pick-up and drop-off at immigration

・Provide housing

・Support for lifetime required contracts (opening a bank account, mobile phone contract, water, electricity, gas contract, etc.)

・Provision of opportunities to learn Japanese

・Respond to workers' consultations or complaints

・Promoting exchanges with Japanese

・Job change support

・Regular interview (every 3 months)

・Preparation and submission of periodic reports to the Immigration Bureau (every 3 months)

This complicated procedure can be passed on to an agency called "registration support organizations" which are approved by the Immigration Bureau.

MPKEN's activities as a Registered Support Organizations (RSO)

• What are RSOs

Registered Support Organizations (RSO) are organizations that have obtained permission from the Immigration Bureau to carry out all or part of the support under the Specified Skilled Worker (I) Program on behalf of the organization that accepts the particular skilled worker.

• MPKEN as a RSO 

MPKEN has both a national and foreigner staff with experience working in Japanese companies. They have been supporting foreign workers for a long time.

We also have an administrative expert office, meaning we also provide legal support such as visa application procedures.

 【Language Support】

Support is available in Japanese, Vietnamese, English, Indonesian, and Chinese *Japanese and foreign staff are stationed

• Track record of support as RSO (as of January 2022)

We support accepting companies and specific skilled foreigners in the following fields: catering or food service, accommodation, nursing care, and food and beverage manufacturing.

We can provide support in other fields, so please feel free to contact us.