Status of Residence:
Student

Overview of Status of Residence

Activities to receive education at a university, a college of technology, a high school (including the upper course of a secondary education school), or the upper course of a special needs school, a junior high school (including the upper course of a compulsory education school and the lower course of a secondary education school), or the lower course of a special needs school, an elementary school (including the lower course of a compulsory education school), or the lower course of a special needs school, a vocational school, a miscellaneous school, or an institution equivalent to these in terms of facilities and organization in Japan.
Examples of such individuals include students at universities, junior colleges, technical colleges, high schools, junior high schools, and elementary schools.

Period of Stay

A period designated by the Minister of Justice ( not to exceed four years and three months)

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