Starting from July 2025, the requirements for renewing the Business Manager Visa or changing to Business Manager Visa in Japan have been revised.
Business owners and managers of Foreign Nationals are now required to provide additional documentation to demonstrate the reality and continuity of their business activities.
New Requirement: Business Activity Explanation Documents
Applicants must now submit written documents explaining their business and management activities during the previous period of stay. These documents are mandatory for all renewals of the Business Manager Visa and changes to the Business Manager Visa.
The documents should include:
- • Business performance (sales, profit, etc.)
- • Business transactions and client relationships
- • The applicant’s role in decision-making and management
- • Hiring, training, and management of employees
- • Changes since the last application and reasons
- • Future business plans, challenges, and strategies
Background: Stricter Evaluation of Business Substance
The immigration authorities are now placing more emphasis on whether the business has real and substantial operations. Paper companies or businesses with no real activities are more likely to face difficulties in renewal.
This stricter evaluation is intended to prevent fraudulent visa applications, such as companies created only for residence purposes without real business activities.
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Contact Information
Name: Yokohama Trinity Certified Administrative Procedure Specialist Office
Address: 51 Bizcomfort Aobadai, 3F Aobadai Sankusu Bildg.1-5-4 Aobadai, Aoba-ku, Yokohama -city, Kanagawa Pref.
Phone: 045-507-5689 Mobile:090-6707-8203
Email: mail@office-yokohamatrinity.com yokohamatrinity-tk@outlook.jp
Representative: Certified Administrative Procedure Specialist Takahiro Kotani