Activity 34: Parents of Highly Skilled Professionals and Experts

Foreign nationals who are highly skilled professionals or their spouses, and their children under the age of 7 (including adopted children), are allowed to enter and stay in Japan to care for their children or to provide necessary support such as assistance with household chores to their pregnant spouse who is a highly skilled professional. The parents of the foreign national or their spouse are also allowed to enter and stay in Japan for this purpose.

However, if the child of the highly skilled professional or their spouse reaches the age of 7, the parents will no longer be allowed to stay in Japan as a preferential treatment. In this case, their residence status will not be immediately and necessarily revoked, but their residence period will not be renewed.

○ Requirements (all of the following must be met):

1. The applicant must live with the highly skilled professional or their spouse who is their child or their child's spouse.
2. At the time of the application for extension of stay, the household income (expected) of the highly skilled professional is 8 million yen or more. (Note 1) "Household income" refers to the annual salary of the highly skilled professional and the annual salary of their spouse, and does not include the salary of anyone else.
3. If the applicant is the father or mother of the highly skilled professional, the father or mother of the spouse of the highly skilled professional must not be staying in Japan under designated activities notification No. 34.
4. If the applicant is the father or mother of the spouse of the highly skilled professional, the father or mother of the highly skilled professional must not be staying in Japan under designated activities notification No. 34.
5. The applicant must plan to care for the child under the age of 7 of the highly skilled professional or their spouse who they live with for at least 3 months, or plan to provide necessary support such as assistance with household chores to their pregnant spouse who is a highly skilled professional or their highly skilled professional spouse for at least 3 months. (Note 2) The starting date for "at least 3 months" is the expiration date (residence period) of the current residence status.
6. The applicant must have a good residence status.