"Entertainer" Visa
"Entertainer" visa is categorized in Tier II of Group I defined in Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act ("ICRRA", hereafter).
I. Granted Activities
activities of play, performance, musical performance, sports or any other entertainment, other activities of "Business Manager"
II. Granted Period of Stay
3 years, 1 year, 6 months, 3 months or 15 days
III. Conditions to be Permitted
A. Applied activities are not false.
B. Applied activities coincide with activities defined for each visa in ICRRA.
It is also required to meet the followings, or so called " Criteria of Permits for Landing" as "Medical Care" is categorized in Tier II of Group I:
A. If the applicant in willing to be engaged in activities of entertainment on drama, performance, singing, dancing or musical performance ("entertainment on drama or others", hereafter), the applicant should correspond to each of the following, except for the case of D mentioned below:
(a) The applicant should correspond to one of the below, provided that this shall be excluded, if total wages should be more than or equal to five million yen, which shall be received per day by the applicant or by the group in a case that the entertainment shall be executed by the group:
1. The applicant should have majored subjects on the activities in an overseas educational institution for two years or more.
2. The applicant should have experiences of living overseas for two years or more.
(b) The applicant should be engaged in the activities of entertainment on drama or others under a contract with a domestic institution which clarifies that the institution shall pay wages of more than equal to two hundred thousand per month to the applicant ("entertainment contract", hereafter), and the institution should correspond to each of the below, provided that this shall be excluded, if the applicant is willing to be engaged in activities of entertainment on singing, dancing or musical performance regarding ethnic music of a foreign country in a restaurant which provide ethnic cuisine of the country except for a restaurant which meets "item 1, clause 1, article 2" of Entertainment Business Act("EBA").
1. The institution should have an executive or a supervisor who has experienced business of entertainment executed by foreigners for three years or more in total.
2. The institution should employ five or more full time workers.
3. The executives or the workers of the institution should not correspond to each of the below:
(1) It has made, induced or assisted a human trafficking and the same kind.
(2) It has made, induced or assisted any crime defined in "(i) to (iii) of item 3-4, article 24" of ICRRA.
(3) It has made, induced or assisted illegal issuance of a certificate to a foreigner, illegal stamp or a permit for landing in "section 1 or 2, chapter 3" of ICRRA, illegal permission for landing defined in "section 4, chapter 3" of ICRRA, forgery or alteration of a document or a drawing, preparation of a false document or a drawing, or utilizing, holding or providing of a forged, altered or false document or drawing, for a purpose of receiving permission defined in "section 1 or 2, chapter 3" or "section 3, chapter5" of ICRRA, regarding the business of the institution within these five years.
(4) It has been sentenced for a crime defined in "article 74" to "article 74-8" of ICRRA or "article 13" of Anti-Prostitution Law「売春防止法」("APL") and five years have not passed, since completed the punishment or exempted from execution of the punishment.
(5) It has been a member of an organized crime group defined in "item 6, article 2" of Law concerning Prevention of Unjust Conducts by Members of Organized Crime Group「暴力団員による不当な行為の防止等に関する法律」("LPUCMOCG") and within five years have not passed since it got rid of an organized.
(6) It has not fully paid wages to a foreigner who has stayed in Japan with status of "Entertainer" under an entertainment contract in these three years.
(c) The facility where the applied entertainment on drama and others shall be held, should correspond to each of the below, provide that the condition 6. shall only be adopted, if no one except for the applicant who stays in Japan with visa status of "Entertainer" should be engaged in activities of entertainment:
1. It should be a facility for entertainment by foreigners targeted for the many and unspecified.
2. It should correspond to each of the below, if corresponding to "item 1, clause 1, article 2" of EBA:
(1) It should have five or more employees entirely working for reception defined in "clause 3, article 2" of EBA.
(2) It should be recognized that a foreigner who is engaged in activities of entertainment and stay in Japan with visa status of "Entertainer", is not engaged in reception.
3. It should have a stage of thirteen square meter or more.
4. It should have a waiting room of nine square meter or more, one point six square meter per head over five to be added, if the number of entertainers exceeds five.
5. It should be operated by five or more employees.
6. Executives of the institution which operates it or a full-time worker of the institution who is engaged in business of it, should not correspond to each of the below:
(1) having made, induced or assisted a human trafficking or the same kind.
(2) having made, induced or assisted any crime defined in "(i) to (iii) of item 3-4, article 24" of ICRRA, within these five years.
(3) having made, induced or assisted illegal issuance of a certificate to a foreigner, illegal stamp or permission for landing defined in "section 1 or 2, chapter 3" of ICRRA, illegal permission for landing defined in "section 4, chapter 3" of ICRRA, forgery or alteration of a document or of a drawing, preparation of a false document or of a drawing, or utilizing, holding or providing a forged, altered or false document or drawing, for a purpose of receiving permission defined in "section 1 or 2, chapter 3" or "section 3 chapter 5" of ICRRA, regarding the business of the institution within these five years.
(4) having been sentenced for a crime defined in "article 74" to "article 74-8" of ICRRA or "article 6" to "article 13" of APL and five years have not passed since completed the punishment or exempted from the execution of the punishment.
(5) having been a member of an organized crime group defined in "item 6, article 2" of LPUCMOCG or five years have not passed since got rid of an organized crime group.
B. The applicant should correspond to one of the following, if the applicant is willing to be engaged in activities of entertainment on drama or others:
(a) The applicant should be engaged in activities of entertainment on drama or others sponsored by an organization of the central government or of a local government, an institution established directly by a specified law or an institution established through a special procedure defined in a special law, engaged in activities of entertainment on drama or others held at a school, a vocational school or a miscellaneous school defined in Law on School and Education「学校教育法」.
(b) The applicant should be engaged in activities of entertainment on drama or others sponsored by a public or private institution established with financial supports by the central government, a local government or an independent administrative institution, for a purpose of helping cultural exchange between Japan and other countries.
(b) The applicant should be engaged in activities of entertainment on drama or others sponsored by a public or private institution established with financial supports by the central government, a local government or an independent administrative institution, for a purpose of helping cultural exchange between Japan and other countries.
(c) The applicant should be engaged in activities of entertainment on drama or others in a facility on a site of hundred thousand square meter or more where entertainment on drama or others with themes of exotic scenery or culture by foreign entertainers for inviting tourists, is regularly held.
(d) The applicant should be engaged in activities of entertainment on drama or others in a facility where foods or beverages shall not be provided at seats and where receptions shall not be held, provide that this should be adapted, if the capacity of seats should be one hundred or more, or if the facility is operated by a public or private non-commercial institution.
(e) The applicant should be engaged in activities of entertainment on drama or others and as the applicant or the group, if the entertainment shall be held by the group, can receive wages of more than five hundred thousand or more and the applicant should stay in Japan for fifteen days or less.
C. The applicant should receive the same wages or more as a Japanese can receive, if the applicant is willing to be engaged in activities of entertainment on drama or others.
D. The applicant should be engaged in activities of one of the following and should receive the same wages or more as a Japanese can receive, if the applicant in willing to engaged in activities of performing arts except for activities of entertainment:
(a) activities on advertisement of products or business
(b) activities on producing or broadcasting, including cable broadcasting, of programs or films
(c) activities on taking commercial photos
(d) activities on recording of sounds and visions on commercial discs, videotapes or other media
IV. Documents Required to Apply for a Certificate of Eligibility or Change of Visa
A. the following, if to be engaged in activities of entertainment on drama, performance, singing, dancing or musical performance("entertainment of dram or
others" for the below), other than the next paragraph
(a). a resume and a document which certifies the career of entertainment
(b). a certificate of registration of the institution with which the applicant shall make a contract, a copy of income statements of the institution and a material
which clarifies the summary of the institution
(c). a material which clarifies the summary of the facility where the entertainment shall be made
(d). a copy of the contract on the entertainment
(e). a document which certifies the contents, terms, the position and wages of the activities
(f). the following, if to be engaged in activities of entertainment on drama or others under a contract with an institution regulated by the ministry of
justice
1. a list of management and full-time workers of the institution of the counter party of the contract
2. a letter by the institution of the counter party of the contract which states that management and full-time workers of the institution do not meet the next
items
(1). made, instigated or assisted a crime of human trafficking
(2). made, instigated or assisted a crime on illegal labor in these five years
(3). made, instigated or assisted a crime of illegally issuing a certificate, counterfeiting or altering any document for a purpose of illegal entrance, or other
similar crime violating Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act in these five years.
(4). within five years since made a crime of Anti-Prostitution Law and completed punishment or got exempted from punishment
(5). a member of an organized crime group defined in Anti-Organized Crime Group Act or within five years since got rid of an organized crime group
3. a document which certifies that the institution has fully paid all wages to who stay in Japan with eligibility of "Entertainer" under contracts made within these
three years
(g). a the following material on the institution which operates the facility where the entertainment shall be made:
1. a certificate of registration, a copy of income statements and a material which clarifies the summary of the institution
2. a list of management and full-time workers who are engaged in business of the facility of the institution
3. a letter by the institution operating the facility which states that management and full-time workers of the institution do not meet the next items
(1). made, instigated or assisted a crime of human trafficking
(2). made, instigated or assisted a crime on illegal labor in these five years
(3). made, instigated or assisted a crime of illegally issuing a certificate, counterfeiting or altering any document for a purpose of illegal entrance, or other
similar crime violating Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act in these five years.
(4). within five years since made a crime of Anti-Prostitution Law and completed punishment or got exempted from punishment
(5). a member of an organized crime group defined in Anti-Organized Crime Group Act or within five years since got rid of an organized crime group
B. (a),(c),(d),(e)of the above A., a certificate of registration of the accepting institution and a copy of income statements of the accepting institution, if the applicant meets one of the following:
1. to be engaged in activities of entertainment on drama or others hosted by an institution belonging the central government or a local government, a legally founded
institution, or specially founded institution, or activities of entertainment on drama or others in schools
2. to be engaged in activities of entertainment on drama or others hosted by a public or private institution founded with financial supports from the central
government, a local government or a independent governmental institution for a purpose of cultural exchanges between Japan and other countries
3. to be engaged in activities of entertainment on drama or others in a facility with a site of more than 100 thousand square meters, where entertainment of play or
others with subjects of exotic scenes or culture by non-Japanese performers is held regularly for a purpose of induction of tourists
4. to be engaged in activities of entertainment on drama or others in a facility where food or drink will not be provided at seats onerously and where audience will
not be attended, as long as the facility is operated by a non-commercial public or private institution or the seats are more than or equal to one hundred)
5. to be engaged in activities of entertainment on drama or others in conditions that total wages received per day by the applicant or by a group including the
applicant shall exceed five hundred thousand yen, and that the applicant will not stay in Japan for less than or equal to fifteen days
C. the following, if to be engaged in activities of entertainment other than entertainment on drama or others:
(a). a resume and a document which certifies the career of the activities
(b). a certificate of registration, a copy of income statements and a list of employees, of the accepting institution
(c). a material which clarifies the summary of the facility where the entertainment shall be heled
(d). a copy of the contract of the entertainment, if the accepting institution shall be the counterparty of the contract of the entertainment
(e). a document which certifies the contents, terms, the position and wages of the activities
D. the following, if to be engaged in activities of performing art other than entertainment:
(a). a material which certifies achievement of the performing art
(b). a document which certifies the contents, terms and wages of the activities
V. Documents Required to Apply for Extension of Visa
A. a document which certifies the contents, terms and the position of the activities
B. a copy of the contract of the entertainment
C. a certificate of annual incomes and paid taxes
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