How to enroll a child of a relative living abroad in a Japanese elementary school or junior high school
YAMAMOTO.AKIRAWe sometimes receive requests from foreigners living in Japan, such as, "I would like to invite a child of my relative who lives abroad to Japan to attend elementary or junior high school in Japan."
In this case, the status of residence will be "Student", but the requirements for this status of residence to be recognized are as follows.
- If the child is to be sent to junior high school, the child must be 17 years of age or younger.
- If the child is to be sent to elementary school, the child must be 14 years of age or younger.
- There is a person who takes care of the child in Japan.
- The school that the child attends must have a full-time staff in charge of daily life guidance for foreign students.
- A dormitory with full-time staff or other accommodation facilities where the applicant can carry out his or her daily life without hindrance must be secured.
Of these, age requirements 1 and 2 are not controversial, so the point is whether or not requirements 3 to 5 can be met.
The "custodian" in requirement 3 refers to a person who acts as a parent in Japan. Therefore, this would be someone who accepts a relative's child, or the dormitory mother if the child is going to a boarding school.
As for requirement 4, the elementary school or school the child will attend is required to already accept foreign students and have full-time staff in charge of daily life guidance for foreign students. Therefore, if the child is enrolled in a school that does not have full-time staff in charge of daily life guidance for foreign students, the status or residence of "student" will not be granted.
As for the requirement of 5, if you can live in the host's house and commute from there, you will meet the requirement. However, if it is difficult to commute from home, it is necessary to choose a school that has a dormitory.
Naturally, in addition, the child will need to be able to cover the costs of living in Japan.
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