Transitus行政書士事務所

Services

Our practice focuses on residence-status and visa procedures. For enquiries on other administrative procedures or applications, please feel free to contact us. We are glad to hear about that too.

Residence status & visa applications

We cover the full span of immigration procedures — Certificate of Eligibility applications, renewal of period of stay, changes of residence status, permanent residence, and naturalisation. As an administrative scrivener (行政書士), we provide our clients with comprehensive support for their application.

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How we charge

Please refer to the table below for our charges (tax included). The actual quotation may vary depending on the content of the engagement.  A formal quotation will be provided after consultation and formal engagement has been signed.

*Revenue stamps (印紙代) and any costs arising from carrying out the work set out in the engagement (including but not limited to travel and accommodation for matters outside the local area, postage for documents) will be billed separately.

Which plan suits you

We offer two plans from which you can choose, according to the extent to which you would like to handle the procedure.

Plan A — Documents only

  • We prepare the complete set of application documents, plus a checklist for submission.
  • Application submission and any follow-up actions or extra correspondence requested by Immigration will be handled by you.
  • We recommend this plan if you are comfortable dealing with Immigration, your employer, your school or a government office yourself, and gathering the documents from them.

Plan B — Full support

  • We prepare the documents, and we do the communication — your employer, your school, a government office, whoever else holds paperwork you need.
  • Once the application has been submitted, we keep track of where it has got to, and stay in contact with Immigration until the result comes.
  • If further documents or procedures are required after the result arrives, we explain what they are and support you through them.
  • We recommend this plan if you are not familiar with handling Japanese-language correspondence and dealings with government offices yourself, or if you would prefer to leave the whole procedure to a professional.

Fee schedule

CategoryPlan A — Documents onlyPlan B — Full support
Certificate of Eligibility（在留資格認定証明書交付申請）
Highly Skilled Professional (高度専門職), Engineer / Specialist in Humanities / International Services (技術・人文知識・国際業務), Specified Skilled Worker (特定技能)JPY 77,000JPY 120,000
Dependent (家族滞在), Spouse or Child of Japanese National (日本人の配偶者等), Spouse or Child of Permanent Resident (永住者の配偶者等)JPY 70,000JPY 110,000
All other residence statusesJPY 65,000JPY 100,000
Change of residence status（在留資格変更許可申請）
Highly Skilled Professional (高度専門職), Engineer / Specialist in Humanities / International Services (技術・人文知識・国際業務), Specified Skilled Worker (特定技能)JPY 65,000JPY 100,000
Dependent (家族滞在), Spouse or Child of Japanese National (日本人の配偶者等), Spouse or Child of Permanent Resident (永住者の配偶者等)JPY 55,000JPY 85,000
Designated Activities (特定活動)JPY 62,000JPY 95,000
All other residence statusesJPY 52,000JPY 80,000
Extension of period of stay（在留期間更新許可申請）
All statuses of residenceJPY 45,000JPY 70,000
Permanent residence（永住許可申請）
JPY 100,000JPY 160,000
Naturalisation（帰化許可申請）
JPY 130,000JPY 200,000
ProcedureFee
Single procedures (same fee for both plans)
Document check (one review of documents that you prepared)JPY 35,000
Drafting of content certified mail (内容証明郵便)From JPY 40,000

Download the fee schedule (PDF)

Remarks

  1. Out-of-pocket costs — including but not limited to revenue stamps, postage, obtaining certificates and translation costs (Plan A only) — are billed separately.
  2. You must attend the Legal Affairs Bureau in person for a naturalisation application, so we cannot file on your behalf. For naturalisation, we provide support to document preparation, accompanying you to the preliminary consultation at the Legal Affairs Bureau, and preparation for the interview (Plan B only).
  3. Procedures that fall under the Business Manager status (在留資格「経営・管理」) are quoted individually.
  4. For Plan B, we use a success fee model. After we accept your engagement, you pay 50% of the total fee. You pay the remaining 50% after the permission is granted.
  5. The fee schedule above is for reference only. Actual fee may vary depending on your engagement.
  6. SLA: once we have received all required documents and your first payment, we prepare your complete set of application documents within 14 calendar days. This period covers document preparation only and does not include processing time at the Immigration Services Agency.

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