The applicant should have fulfilled their responsibility of tax payment.〔【出典】Hiragana Times, 2009年5月号◆【出版社】株式会社ヤック企画 〕"HT271030", "2474151"

The applicant should have fulfilled their duties related to the foreign registration law.〔【出典】Hiragana Times, 2009年5月号◆【出版社】株式会社ヤック企画 〕"HT271030", "2474150"

The activity that an applicant will undertake should be applicable to their visa status by Immigration Law.〔【出典】Hiragana Times, 2009年5月号◆【出版社】株式会社ヤック企画 〕"HT271030", "2473164"

If the applicant is to pay the fees, the documents including a certificate of employment, certificate of tax payment, certificate of tax deductions, certificate of guarantee of future employment, etc., are required.〔【出典】Hiragana Times, 2006年9月号◆【出版社】株式会社ヤック企画 〕"HT239031", "2350124"

The applicant shouldn't have a record of bad behavior.〔【出典】Hiragana Times, 2009年5月号◆【出版社】株式会社ヤック企画 〕"HT271030", "2474158"

Written document to certify the applicant's identity including a copy of their family register, marriage certificate, birth certificate and any related death certificate.〔【出典】Hiragana Times, 2006年9月号◆【出版社】株式会社ヤック企画 〕"HT239031", "2572410"

The applicant should have the assets or skills to live independently.〔【出典】Hiragana Times, 2009年5月号◆【出版社】株式会社ヤック企画 〕"HT271030", "2474152"

An applicant may request the return of the original copy of an attachment for a parcel boundary demarcation （excluding a magnetic disk）; provided, however, that this shall not apply to letters of attorney or other documents that are prepared only for said application for a parcel boundary demarcation.〔【出典】日本法令外国語訳データベースシステム 〕

Applicants should be foreigners who want to be recognized as refugees.〔【出典】Hiragana Times, 2006年6月号◆【出版社】株式会社ヤック企画 〕"HT236031", "2253641"

When there are two or more sheets in the application form, the applicant or his/her representative person or agent shall seal tallies across the boundary of each of the contiguous sheets.〔【出典】日本法令外国語訳データベースシステム 〕

When an applicant or related person submits his/her opinions or materials pursuant to the provisions of Article 139 （1） of the Act in writing, he/she shall submit three copies of said documents.〔【出典】日本法令外国語訳データベースシステム 〕

（10） In cases where a magnetic disk is submitted on which part of the application information is recorded, even if the name of the applicant is recorded on said magnetic disk, the name of the applicant shall be stated in the application form. In this case, if there are two or more applicants, it shall be sufficient to state the name of one of the applicants.〔【出典】日本法令外国語訳データベースシステム 〕

（2） The date of preparation shall be recorded on the land location pictures, parcel area survey drawings, building drawings and plain views of each floor set forth in the preceding paragraph, the applicant shall sign his/her name and the person who prepared these drawings shall sign or write his/her name and affix his/her seal on them.〔【出典】日本法令外国語訳データベースシステム 〕

（2） The date of preparation and the name of the applicant and the person who prepared the drawings shall be stated on the land location pictures, parcel area survey drawings, building drawings and plain views of each floor set forth in the preceding paragraph.〔【出典】日本法令外国語訳データベースシステム 〕

（2） An applicant who requests the issuance of a receipt pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph shall submit a document stating the same content as that for the application form; provided, however, that if there are two or more applicants, with regard to the statement of the applicant on said document, it shall be sufficient to state the name of the person stated at the top of the application form and the number of other applicants.〔【出典】日本法令外国語訳データベースシステム 〕

（2） An applicant or his/her representative person or agent shall sign or name and seal the application form for a parcel boundary demarcation （excluding a magnetic disk on which all of the application information for a parcel boundary demarcation is recorded）.〔【出典】日本法令外国語訳データベースシステム 〕

（2） When a registrar transfers the case pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, he/she shall notify the applicant to that effect.〔【出典】日本法令外国語訳データベースシステム 〕

（2） The Superintendent of the Regional Correction Headquarters may, if necessary to conduct the inquiry prescribed in the preceding paragraph, order the warden of the penal institution to make a report or submit materials and other objects, or have a designated staff member ask questions or request submission of objects for the claimant or other persons concerned, or keep the objects those persons submitted as has been submitted and inspect the same.〔【出典】日本法令外国語訳データベースシステム 〕

（2） An application for parcel boundary demarcation shall not be withdrawn after notification has been dispatched to an applicant pursuant to the provisions of Article 144 （1） of the Act.〔【出典】日本法令外国語訳データベースシステム 〕

（2） Where there are two applicants for a parcel boundary demarcation, if one of those applicants is the registered holder of ownership, etc. for either of the subject parcels and the other applicant is the registered holder of ownership, etc. for the other subject parcel, those applicants for a parcel boundary demarcation shall bear the procedural costs equally.〔【出典】日本法令外国語訳データベースシステム 〕

（2） Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the registrar of the parcel boundary demarcation may record the statements of opinions of the applicants, related persons or witnesses on a videotape or other recording medium that is found to be appropriate and may substitute it for the taking of the record.〔【出典】日本法令外国語訳データベースシステム 〕

（2） When the registrar of a parcel boundary demarcation finds it necessary, he/she shall request that the applicant or related person who submitted the copies of documents pursuant to the preceding paragraph present the original version of said documents.〔【出典】日本法令外国語訳データベースシステム 〕

（2） When an applicant for an electronic application provides his/her electronic certificate as listed in paragraph （1） （ii） of the preceding Article, said provision of an electronic certificate may be substituted for the provision of information certifying the qualifications of the representative person of said applicant.〔【出典】日本法令外国語訳データベースシステム 〕

（3） The name of the applicant who provides the information for registration identification and the purpose of registration shall be stated and the fact that the document stating the information for registration identification is enclosed shall be clearly stated on the envelope set forth in the preceding paragraph.〔【出典】日本法令外国語訳データベースシステム 〕

（3） In the application of the preceding paragraph, the Account Holder submitting the application （hereinafter referred to as "Applicant"） shall indicate the matters listed below.〔【出典】日本法令外国語訳データベースシステム 〕

（3） An applicant for parcel boundary demarcation shall pay fees as provided for by Cabinet Order.〔【出典】日本法令外国語訳データベースシステム 〕

（3） The parcel boundary examiner shall be in attendance on the date set forth in paragraph （1）. In this case, the parcel boundary examiner may, with the permission of the registrar for parcel boundary demarcation, ask questions to the applicant for parcel boundary demarcation or any related person or witness.〔【出典】日本法令外国語訳データベースシステム 〕

（3） In the event that an application under the preceding paragraph is made, the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries shall decide the amount to be compensated and notify such applicant without delay.〔【出典】日本法令外国語訳データベースシステム 〕

（3） If the Governor concerned receives an application under the preceding paragraph, he/she shall determine the compensation amount without delay and notify said applicant of the amount.〔【出典】日本法令外国語訳データベースシステム 〕

（4） In cases where an application for a parcel boundary demarcation is filed by a privately appointed agent, the applicant or his/her representative person shall sign or name and seal the letter of attorney. The same shall apply to an agent in cases where the application is filed by a subagent.〔【出典】日本法令外国語訳データベースシステム 〕

（4） A document stating the name of the applicant and date of application shall be affixed on the magnetic disk set forth in paragraph （1）.〔【出典】日本法令外国語訳データベースシステム 〕

（4） The registrar for parcel boundary examiner shall prepare a record stating the development on the date set forth in paragraph （1） and clarify, in such record, the gist of the statements made by the applicant for parcel boundary demarcation or the related person or witness on said date.〔【出典】日本法令外国語訳データベースシステム 〕

（5） A registrar for parcel boundary demarcation shall have the applicant for parcel boundary demarcation prepay the estimated amount of the procedural costs.〔【出典】日本法令外国語訳データベースシステム 〕

（6） In cases where the amount of the tax base certified by a registrar exceeds the tax amount based on the tax base amount which is included in the content of the application information, when the applicant pays the difference, the fact of payment as a difference shall also be added to the content of the application information.〔【出典】日本法令外国語訳データベースシステム 〕

（6） The return of an original copy pursuant to the provisions of paragraph （3） may be made by the method of sending the original copy based on the notification of the applicant. In this case, the applicant shall also indicate the sending address.〔【出典】日本法令外国語訳データベースシステム 〕

These documents are sent by the Japanese government office overseas to the Japanese Foreign Affairs Ministry, and in some cases, on to the Justice Ministry and local Immigration Bureaus, where they are inspected and the results are then reported back to the applicant.〔【出典】『外国人のための日本生活ガイド』（ひらがなタイムズ編）◆【出版社】株式会社ヤック企画 〕"YA05-002", "2522089"

In this case, you are referred to as "an inviter or guarantor," and the people who will visit Japan as "visa applicants."〔【出典】Hiragana Times, 2010年7月号◆【出版社】株式会社ヤック企画 〕"HT285030", "2367999"

It is usually the Japanese Embassy in the area where the applicants live that handles this procedure, rather than the Japanese Immigration office.〔【出典】Hiragana Times, 2010年7月号◆【出版社】株式会社ヤック企画 〕"HT285030", "2377704"

The provisions of the Act concerning the application for registration as prescribed in this Ordinance shall include the cases where said provisions are applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 16 （2） of the Act and the terms "application," "applicant" and "application information" as used in this Ordinance shall respectively include the commission, the person who commissions and the commission information.〔【出典】日本法令外国語訳データベースシステム 〕

Getting back to the subject, the only real answer I can give you is in regard to obtaining a working visa; depending on your education and employment history, as well as the job specifications at the intended place of work; there are easy cases, there are difficult cases and there are impossible ones.〔【出典】Hiragana Times, 1996年9月号◆【出版社】株式会社ヤック企画 〕"HT119100", "2304729"

Besides these documents, your cook needs at least ten years of experience including his cooking school days.〔【出典】Hiragana Times, 2001年7月号◆【出版社】株式会社ヤック企画 〕"HT177049", "2266683"

Then, you have to send them all to the visa applicant（s）.〔【出典】Hiragana Times, 2010年7月号◆【出版社】株式会社ヤック企画 〕"HT285030", "2515413"

This is because one of the qualifications for this visa is that the applicant can afford to stay in Japan for one or two years without working; therefore, by law they should not need to work.〔【出典】Hiragana Times, 2009年10月号◆【出版社】株式会社ヤック企画 〕"HT276030", "2533441"

（a） The applicant must fulfill any of the following requirements for the activities in which he/she intends to engage; provided, however, that this shall not apply to cases where the applicant's total remuneration for entertaining （in the case of a group, the group's total remuneration for entertaining） amounts to 5 million yen or more per day.〔【出典】日本法令外国語訳データベースシステム 〕

（a） The applicant must study at a university or an equivalent educational institution, in a specialized course of study at a vocational school （senshu gakkou）, at an educational institution designated for preparing persons who have completed 12 years of education at a school in a foreign county to enter university, or at a college of technology （koutou senmon gakkou） （this excludes cases where the applicant is to study at a night school or through correspondence courses exclusively）.〔【出典】日本法令外国語訳データベースシステム 〕

（a） Housing for trainees must be secured （including cases where the organization that arranges the training that the applicant intends to receive secures the housing）.〔【出典】日本法令外国語訳データベースシステム 〕

（c） The establishment in which the performances stated in the application are to take place must fulfill each of the following requirements; provided however, that this shall not apply in cases where in said establishment, no person other than the applicant engages in activities related to entertainment with the status of residence of "Entertainer," in which case the establishment must fulfill the requirement in （6）.〔【出典】日本法令外国語訳データベースシステム 〕

（c） The ratio of trainees to full-time employees at the accepting organization must be 1:20 or lower, including the applicant.〔【出典】日本法令外国語訳データベースシステム 〕