Highly Skilled Professional Visa
Accompanied Domestic Workers
- 2024.05.17
The Japanese government has recently carried out various policies and revisions to attract more highly skilled workers. The government has reportedly reduced the required staying period of Highly Skilled Professionals with over 20-million-yen yearly income to apply for permanent residency to 1 year. In July 2021, a new category of “Financial Personnel” has been added to the Highly Skilled Professional visa, with a relaxed requirement for accompanied family members. Specifically, allow the hiring of domestic workers for those with a busy schedule and little time. This time, we would like to explain some detail for foreigners in Japan who are considering hiring domestic workers. “Domestic workers” here means workers who take instruction from the family and help out with chores. “I’m too busy with work and no one can take my place for me to take care of my kids!” “Doing chores when sick is harsh!” If you have similar concerns, have you heard that hiring domestic workers is possible in Japan, and can help out with many of the above problems? Of course, there are some requirements for hiring domestic workers, and not everyone is eligible.
The form of employment for domestic workers
Domestic workers can have three types of residential status
Immigration Accompanying Type (Designated Activity Notification No. 2-2)
- Accompany the employer entering Japan
- Can be hired by those who are single
Family situation type (Designated Activity Notification No. 2)
- Hired after the employer came to Japan
- Eligible only if the employer has a child under 13 years of age and either the spouse has a medical condition or both parents work
Financial Personnel (Designated Activity Notification No. 2-3)
- Both of the above two types are eligible
To avoid confusion, we will first talk about the differences between types.
Later we will explain further, that the difference between Immigration Accompanying Type and Family situation type is whether the employer is already in Japan, in other words, depending on the employer’s residential status (if exists).
Residential status eligible for hiring domestic workers
Currently, three types of residential status allow hiring domestic workers:
1) Highly Skilled Professional
2) Business Manager
3) Legal and Accounting Services
【Different residential statuses and respective eligible forms of employment of domestic workers]
Highly Skilled Professional
⇒・・・Hiring domestic workers before coming to Japan (○) (Immigration Accompanying type)
⇒・・・Hiring domestic workers after coming to Japan (○) (Family situation type)
Business Manager or Legal and Accounting Services
⇒・・・Hiring domestic workers before coming to Japan (×) (Immigration Accompanying type)
⇒・・・Hiring domestic workers after coming to Japan (○) (Family situation type)
Essentially:
Highly Skilled Professional status allows for hiring domestic workers before and after coming to Japan.
Business Manager status or Legal and Accounting Services status only allows for hiring domestic workers after coming to Japan.
The following is a table with more detailed requirements regarding the Domestic worker, the Child, and the Employer.
Check if you are eligible.
※Annual household income means the yearly salary of the highly skilled foreign professional, or the sum with the spouse’s yearly salary added. Does not include sources other than the spouse’s income.
Summary
This time we briefly explain the way to hire domestic workers and important things to note.
Hope it can help.
“I am interested in hiring and accompanying a Domestic worker, but would like to proceed with my own visa application/change first.”
“Although I met the requirement for hiring domestic workers, not sure I want to use the system.”
“I want to hire a Domestic worker, but don’t know whether to hire before or after going to Japan.”
“The current Domestic worker wants to change jobs but doesn’t know which applications are needed.”
“……”
If you have any similar concerns, feel free to come and talk to us!
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Editor of this article
- Ryota Yanagimoto
- Administrative Scrivener/Judicial Scrivener
At the age of 24, he passed the national examinations for judicial scrivener, administrative scrivener, and wage service manager at the same time.
While working as a full-time lecturer at a major prep school, he independently opened a legal office related to judicial scriveners and administrative scriveners,
and he has experience as a judicial scrivener and an administrative scrivener for more than 15 years so far.
He has been actively contributing to various industries such as publicly listed companies, real estate companies, financial institutions, elderly care services, and professional organizations by conducting seminars, lectures, and talks.
And now he has a record of over 60 presentations so far.
Furthermore, as the president of a Japanese language school announced by the Ministry of Justice and Acts, and an advisor to a real estate company (capable of handling foreign clients),
he has been involved in various aspects of industries related to foreigners.
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