Status of Residence	Definition	Required Documents
Temporary Visitor	Sightseeing; recreation; sports; visiting relatives, friends, or acquaintances; visiting a sick person; attending a wedding or funeral ceremony; participating in athletic tournaments, contests, etc. as an amateur; business purposes (such as market research, business liaison, business consultations, signing a contract, or providing after-sale service for imported machinery); inspecting or visiting plants, trade fairs, etc.; attending lectures, explanatory meetings, etc.; academic surveys or research presentations; religious pilgrimages or visits; friendship visits to sister cities, sister schools, etc.; or other similar activities during a short period of stay in Japan.	1) A ticket for boarding an airplane or a vessel to disembark Japan, or a written guarantee issued by a transport company
		2) A valid passport which enables the foreign national concerned to enter foreign countries out of Japan
		3) Documents certifying that the person concerned can defray all the expenses incurred during the stay in Japan
Cultural Activities	Academic or artistic activities that provide no income, activities for the purpose of pursuing specific studies on Japanese culture or arts, or activities for the purpose of learning and acquiring skills in Japanese culture or arts under the guidance of experts (for example, ikebana, tea ceremony, judo, etc.).	1) In cases where the person concerned intends to engage in the academic or artistic activities, or to engage in specific studies on Japanese culture or arts; the following materials are required
		a. Documents certifying the activity and its duration of the person concerned, and the outline of the organization where he or she intens to engage in the activity concerned
		b. Documents certifying the academic career, professional career and other career regarding the activity concerned
		c. Documents certifying that the person concerned intends to learn Japanese culture or arts under the guidance of the expert, additional materials showing the career and the achievements of the expert, besides the documents mentioned above are required
College Student	Activities to receive education at colleges or equivalent educational institutions, specialized courses of study at miscellaneous schools (senshu gakko), educational institutions designated for preparing persons who have completed 12 years of education at schools in foreign countries to enter college, or technical colleges (koto senmon gakko). Applicants must fulfill certain conditions regarding ability to pay living expenses, etc.	1) A copy of certificate of admission from the educational institution where the person concerned intends to study. In cases where he or she intends to study as a research student or an auditor, documents certifying the substance of the research or the subjects and the number of lessons from the educational institution concerned
		2) Documents certifying that the person concerned can defray all the expenses incurred during the stay in Japan. In cases where the expenses incurred during the stay in Japan are defrayed by another person, documents certifying the income of the person who intends to defray all the expenses, and documents showing the process why he or she intends to all the expenses for the person concerned are required
Pre-college Student	Activities to receive education at high schools, high school courses of schools for the blind or of handicapped children's schools, higher or general courses of miscellaneous schools (kakushu gakko and senshu gakko), or of other educational institutions that are equivalent to kakushu gakko schools in facilities and curriculum. Applicants must fulfill certain conditions regarding ability to pay living expenses, etc.	1) A copy of the certificate of admission from the educational institution where the person concerned intends to study
		2) A diploma and documentation cerifying the career of the person concerned
		3) Documents certifying that the person concerned can defray all the eexpenses incurred during the stay in Japan. In cases where the expenses incurred during the stay in Japan are defrayed by another person, documents certifying the income of the person who intends to defray all the expenses and documents showing the process why he or she intends to defray all the expenses and documents for the person concerned are required
Traineee	Activities to learn and acquire technology, skills, or knowledge at public or private organizations in Japan (including not only training in industrial techniques and skills but also administrative training in local governments and other public bodies and clerical training to acquire knowledge).	1) A training plan showing the substance of the training, its neccessity, location, duration ann the conditions of stay
		2) Documents certifying that the person concerned intends to engage in the duty, which demands his or her technique, skill and knowledge learned during the stay in Japan, after returning to the country of the person concerned
		3) A diploma and documentation certifying the professional career of the person concerned
		4) Documents certifying the professional career of the trainer regarding the training concerned
		5) Material showing the outline of the foreign organization which is sending the person concerned
		6) Copies of the company registration, a statement of profit and loss, the list of full-time staff of the organization inviting the person concerned, and the list of trainees
Dependent	Daily living activities on the part of the spouse or unmarried minor child of those who stay in Japan with a status of residence mentioned in Table (a) (excluding Diplomat and Official) or with a Cultural Activities or College Student status of residence.	1) Documents certifying the personal relationship between the person concerned and the person who is to support him or her
		2) Copies of the alien registration card or the passport of the person who is to support the person concerned
		3) Documents certifying the profession and the income of the person who is to support the person concerned