Good fit
Professionals whose proposed role fits the listed engineering, humanities, translation, design, language-teaching, marketing, or related activities and who have a qualifying contract with an institution in Japan.
Japan · Skilled Worker
Engineer / Specialist in Humanities / International Services
A Japan work residence status for technical, humanities, and certain foreign-culture-based activities performed under a contract with a public or private institution in Japan.
Status note. Japan's Immigration Services Agency publishes the status and application-document requirements in Japanese. This fixture is limited to the retained status page and remains under human review.
Decision fit
Who this pathway serves
Important limits
Applicants seeking a general self-sponsored or remote-income status. The retained ISA page describes institution-based work and does not establish a universal salary, family, PR, or citizenship rule.
Minimums · 1 of 9 fields sourced
Eligibility
Age
Work experience
ContextRelevant education or work-history evidence is required in the application materials, with conditions varying by the activity and applicant.
Language
LanguageCEFR B2
ContextFor roles mainly using language skills (e.g. translation, interpreting, hotel front-desk), applicants must show CEFR B2 or equivalent language ability. JLPT N2 or above, BJT 400+, 20+ years of residence, or graduation from a Japanese university are accepted as equivalents.
Education
ContextThe ISA application materials distinguish education and relevant-work-experience evidence by activity and applicant category; this fixture does not generalize one universal threshold.
Selection threshold
CompetitionUnknown - confirm with the official source
Health and character
Medical examUnknown - confirm with the official source
Police certificateUnknown - confirm with the official source
Costs · 0 of 2 fields sourced
Funds and fees
Settlement funds
No settlement-fund table is published.
Application fees
No fee table is published.
Outcomes · 1 of 7 fields sourced
Residence, work, and family
Permanent residence
WorkYes
ContextThe retained ISA status page does not establish a permanent-residence pathway.
Family
Citizenship
ContextThe retained ISA status page does not establish a citizenship pathway.
Processing time
ContextThe ISA page lists stay periods of 5 years, 3 years, 1 year, or 3 months for this status, and provides application procedures without a single processing-time value.
Sources
Official sources
Citations
Field provenance
Language ability requirement
"業務上使用する言語について、CEFR・B2相当の言語能力を有することを証する資料"
Language ability equivalence
"JLPT・N2以上を取得していること"
Period of stay
"5年、3年、1年又は3月"
Information only, not legal advice. Rules, fees, and processing times change. Confirm the linked official pages before acting.