2.9 Family Members Accompanying Working Foreign Nationals
Section Two: Visas and Status of Residence
This section provides an overview of the various entry procedures required to work and live in Japan. This section also includes a description of the types of work visas available to foreign companies, foreign staff, and the family of foreign nationals.
2.1 Entry Procedures
2.2 Relation Between Visa and Status of Residence
2.3 Process from Acquisition of Certificate of Eligibility to Acquisition of Visa
2.4 Types of Working Statuses
2.5 Temporary Visitor Visa and Status
2.6 Reciprocal Visa Exemptions for Temporary Visitor
2.7 Resident Card
2.8 Re-Entry Permission
2.9 Family Members Accompanying Working Foreign Nationals
2.10 Extension of Period of Stay and Change of Status of Residence
2.11 Points-Based Preferential Immigration Treatment for Highly-Skilled Foreign Professionals
2.9 Family Members Accompanying Working Foreign Nationals
Spouses and children dependent on working foreign nationals are granted a "Dependent" status of residence and are permitted to engage in the day-to-day activities of a dependent spouse or child of a working foreign national residing in Japan. Activities such as attendance at school fall within the scope of activities of a "Dependent," but work for compensation is in principle prohibited; part-time work (in principle no more than 28 hours per week) is possible if permission to engage in activities other than that permitted under the status of residence previously granted is received.
Applications for Certificates of Eligibility and subsequent visa for "Dependents" may be submitted at the same time as those applications for the working foreign national, but applications for "Dependents" may also be submitted after the working foreign national has first received status of residence to work in Japan.
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