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If you are a non-resident and you would like to establish your company in Japan, you have two hurdles to get over.

One is “Application for Visa” and another is “Incorporation Procedure”.

(As for “Incorporation Procedure”, we have already explained in detail on this Blog [Click here for related information ☝]).    

 

When you establish your company, you should become a manager (a representative director) of your company. Then your visa category should be an "Investor/Business Manager Visa". Of course you can come to Japan without the Investor/Business Manager Visa, but you are allowed to stay in Japan only for three months with a short-term visa (tourist visa).

 

You can apply for the "Investor/Business Manager Visa" under the condition that your company has been established in Japan. Therefore, you have to establish your company in Japan prior to your visa application.

 

In order to establish a company in Japan, at least one representative director has to be a resident of Japan and he/she has to have an address in Japan.

If you would like to have a Japanese address, you have to obtain a long-term visa (such as an Investor/Business Manager Visa) in advance.

Therefore, you should find your partner who has a Japanese address and you should establish your company with your partner at first.

 

Next, in order to obtain the "Investor/Business Manager Visa", you have to invest more than six million yen in your company. In addition, your company has to lease an office and it has to be equipped with telephones, faxes, copy machines and computers, which indicates that the business is actually in operation.

Therefore, your company has to make a leasing contract for its office, employ staffs and operate the business actually before you obtain the visa.

 

Finally, you should make and present necessary documents such as a Business plan, C.V. and an Application for change of status of residence.

It will take about three months from an application to an acquisition of your visa.


 

By the way we can help you to incorporate your company and to apply for your visa at a reasonable fee.

It might be possible to help you with only one part of the total procedures which you can specify or of course we can undertake the whole procedure.

Moreover, we can advise or counsel you on the legal matters of your company after incorporation.

Please feel free to inquire about it.