Visa & Residence Status Applications
We review your circumstances and planned activities in Japan, then organize documents and the application process for work-related status, extensions or changes.
Consult our representative directly in Chinese.
Our representative administrative scrivener is also a certified social insurance and labor consultant, helping you consider insurance, payroll and labor matters after hiring. Labor services have separate contracts and invoices.
Depending on the residence status and application, consistency among employment terms, social insurance, pay and actual working arrangements may be important.
Which residence statuses do you handle?
The main residence statuses handled by 四葉行政書士事務所 are as follows.
- Work-related: Engineer / Specialist in Humanities / International Services, Business Manager, Specified Skilled Worker, and more
- Status-based: Spouse or Child of Japanese National, Permanent Resident, and more
- Dependent, Student, and more
- Business Manager: can be handled together with company formation → Company Formation & the Business Manager Visa
- For the external audit required of supervising support organisations under the new Employment for Skill Development (ikusei shuro) system, effective April 2027, see External auditors under the Employment for Skill Development system (Japanese)
Discuss the context directly in Chinese
Our representative, a former Mainichi Shimbun China Bureau Chief, consults directly in Chinese. Other languages receive basic guidance with AI and translation assistance; specialist translation and extended interpreting are arranged separately.
Can we also discuss housing or company formation together?
Yes. Because the Business Manager residence status moves in step with company formation, we can handle incorporation documents and the residence status application as one package. And for the housing (company housing or rentals) of arriving employees and their families, our affiliated business 四葉不動産株式会社 (Yotsuba Real Estate) provides multilingual support → Company Housing & Corporate Lease Support／Multilingual Home Search for Foreign Residents
※四葉不動産株式会社 (Yotsuba Real Estate) and 四葉行政書士事務所 are separate, independent businesses, and each accepts engagements independently (no referral fees are exchanged).
Is this also the right page if our company is bringing an employee from overseas?
This page is written for the applicant. When a company brings in an employee from abroad, the employer has its own deadline-bound steps—applying for the certificate of eligibility, filing the residence address within 14 days of arrival, and so on. For HR and admin teams, we set out the countdown from the start date and how accompanying family members are treated on a separate page → Bringing employees from overseas — the steps and deadlines companies need to track
Fees & How Engagement Works
→ Fees for Visa & Residence Status Applications (Fee Schedule)
Insurance, payroll and labor matters after hiring
For social insurance, payroll and everyday labor advice after hiring, see our labor office, including its Outsourced HR Department Service. These services have separate contracts and fees from residence-status applications.
Service area: Tokyo. Procedures vary by municipality; we confirm with the relevant office before starting.