Tokyo Duke-Rei Certified Administrative Procedures Legal Office 東京デュークレイ行政法務行政書士事務所

在留資格「経営・管理」許可要件の重要改正予定（資本金５００万円から３０００万円への引き上げプラス常勤社員１名以上雇用義務への重要改正予定）Important revisions are planned for the requirements for the “Business Manager” residence status (increasing capital from 5 million yen to 30 million yen and requiring the employment of at least one full-time employee).

　出入国管理及び難民認定法・出入国管理及び難民認定法施行規則・
出入国管理及び難民認定法第７条第１項第２号の基準を定める省令などが令和７年（２０２５年）の年内に改正予定であり、その重要な改正が経営管理ビザ許可要件の基準厳格化であります。
現行の出入国管理及び難民認定法第７条第１項第２号の基準を定める省令では経営・管理について資本金５００万円以上または２人以上の常勤職員の雇用が許可基準でしたので、資本金５００万円以上あるか２人以上の常勤職員の雇用のいずれかを満たせば良かったのです。
なお、常勤職員とは、日本人・永住者または身分系の在留資格保有者の正規雇用者です。
　ところが、今回の改正予定では、資本金が６倍の３０００万円かつ１人以上の常勤職員の雇用の両方が許可基準となり大幅に厳格化する見込みです。

　一方、現行の資本金５００万円以上または２人以上の常勤職員の雇用の許可基準での経営・管理の在留資格保有者は、改正後に、在留資格の更新に備えて資本金が６倍の３０００万円かつ１人以上の常勤職員の雇用の両方を満たすように資本金を増資し常勤職員を雇用しておく必要があるのかという問題があります。しかし、改正法案が公表されるまでは未確定の部分はありますが、従来から改正法の既得権保護の不遡及措置（経過措置）が実施されてきたことから、今回もその必要はないと考えております。

　いずれにしても、今回の改正予定のポイントは、経営・管理の在留資格についての事業の実態性・継続性の厳格化であることから、現行の資本金５００万円以上または２人以上の常勤職員の雇用の許可基準での経営・管理の在留資格保有者は、在留資格の更新の時に、更新の直近の在留期間における事業内容・経営または管理活動が適切に実施されていることを出入国在留管理庁に対して主張立証できる説明書の作成が非常に重要になってきます。そして、説明書の内容により許可・不許可が決まってくると考えております。

　今回の改正予定について、新しい情報が公表されましたら改めてお知らせします。

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The Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act, the Enforcement Regulations of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act, and the Ministerial Ordinance Setting the Criteria for Article 7, Paragraph 1, Item 2 of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act are scheduled for revision in 2025. One of the most significant revisions is the tightening of the requirements for business manager visas.
The current Ministerial Ordinance Setting the Criteria for Article 7, Paragraph 1, Item 2 of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act requires a capital of 5 million yen or more or the employment of two or more full-time employees. Therefore, it was sufficient to meet either of these criteria: a capital of 5 million yen or more or the employment of two or more full-time employees.
Note that full-time employees are regular employees of Japanese nationals, permanent residents, or holders of status-based residence status.
However, the planned revisions are expected to significantly tighten the requirements for business manager visas, requiring both a capital of 30 million yen, six times the current amount, and the employment of one or more full-time employees.

On the other hand, there is a question as to whether holders of “Business Manager” status of residence under the current criteria of permission for a capital of 5 million yen or more or the employment of two or more full-time employees will be required to increase their capital to six times the current amount (30 million yen) and employ one or more full-time employees after the revision in preparation for their status of residence renewal. While some details remain uncertain until the revised bill is made public, we believe that this will not be necessary this time either, given that the revised law’s non-retroactive measures (transitional measures) to protect vested rights have been in place to date.

In any case, since the key point of this planned revision is to tighten the requirements for the substantiality and continuity of the business for holders of “Business Manager” status of residence, it will be extremely important for holders of “Business Manager” status of residence under the current criteria of permission for a capital of 5 million yen or more or the employment of two or more full-time employees to prepare an explanation document that can be used to argue and prove to the Immigration Services Agency that the business content and management or managerial activities were appropriately carried out during the period of residence most recently extended. We believe that the decision on whether or not to grant permission will depend on the contents of the explanatory document.

We will provide further notice regarding these planned revisions once new information is made public.

Tokyo Duke-Rei Certified Administrative Procedures Legal Office, we also provide consultation on matters such as denial of permission for licenses and permits applied for from administrative authorities.
And we work in cooperation with law firms and judicial scrivener firms, so if the results of an inheritance property investigation indicate a high level of conflict or a case related to registration, we will introduce you to a lawyer or judicial scrivener as a one-stop service, so please feel free to contact us.