Yokohama Startup Visa

Um japonês chama: Japanese

※Japanese and English are available.

People planning to start a business in Yokohama within a year
(Estrangeiros que já residem no Japão debaixo de outro statuses de residência também podem aplicar.)

The City of Yokohama will issue a startup visa for the following fields of industry:
(1) IoT, life innovation
(2) Business using innovative technology
(3) Knowledge-intensive and value-added business
(4) Other businesses aiming to create new industries
※Wholesale, retail, trading, food and beverage, lodging, and service industry are not eligible.

Applicants must have an interview with the Yokohama startup visa coordinators before turning in application forms.
An appointment is required for an interview.
The contact information is below.

※Japanese and English are available.

The following documents must be submitted with the application.
Applicants must write the following applications in Japanese.
1. Aplicação para Confirmação de Atividades Empresariais (uma palavra: 20KB)
2. Plano de Atividade de Preparação Iniciante empresarial (uma palavra: 46KB)
3. Currículo de solicitante (uma palavra: 30KB)
4. Penhor (uma palavra: 16KB)
5. Materiais adicionais para a Aplicação para Confirmação de Atividades Empresariais (uma palavra: 14KB)
(Other documents)
6. Cópia do passaporte de solicitante
7. Um documento que mostra o lugar do solicitante de residência durante um ano depois de chegar em estado de visto (cópia de um contrato de aluguel, aplicação para contrato de aluguel, etc.) de Japão / variável
8. A document that shows the cost of the applicant's accommodation for one year after arriving in Japan/changing visa status (ex: A copy of the applicant's bank book)
9. Other documents allow us to understand the applicant and their business plan.　
※In addition to these documents, you may be asked to submit other documents.

1. The applicant
2. A lawyer or an administrative scrivener who has notified the Director-General of the Immigration Services Agency having jurisdiction over his/her location via the bar association or administrative scrivener association to which he/she belongs.
※If the applicant is outside of Japan, a person who has been entrusted by the applicant
※If the applicant is a corporation, a staff member of said corporation.

New Industry Promotion Division, Startups and Innovation Office, Economic Affairs Bureau
Address: 6-50-10 Hon-cho, Naka-ku, Yokohama
TEL: 045-671-3487
Email: ke-shinsangyo@city.yokohama.jp
※Please contact us before you visit our office.

If the applicant passes the screening, they can get certification from the City of Yokohama.
Certification is valid for three months.
Dentro de três meses, vá para a Agência de Serviços de Imigração e solicite as Atividades Designadas" estado de residência.
If you have any questions about application procedures, please contact the Immigration Services Agency.
https://www.moj.go.jp/isa/about/region/yokohama/ (o local externo)
After you get the visa from the Immigration Services Agency, contact the Yokohama startup visa coordinators as soon as possible.
In addition, you must turn in the documents below.

1. "Notificação de Aquisição (Renovação) de Estado de Residência Designada Atividades (uma palavra: 23KB)"
2. Copy of residence card
3.(. Se você estiver esperando por emissão de um cartão de residência, por favor submeta uma cópia de seu passaporte.)

Applicants must write these applications in Japanese.
If you write them in English, you will have to turn in a translation of these documents as well.

Se você puder adquirir as atividades Designadas" estado de residência, você terá que renovar seu visto na Agência de Serviços de Imigração depois de seis meses.
Before you apply to the Immigration Services Agency, fill out the documents below and turn them in to City of Yokohama. Nós os escondemos se você pode satisfazer a exigência para adquirir o "gerente empresarial" estado de residência.

1. Aplicação para Confirmação de Atividades Empresariais (Renovação) (uma palavra: 18KB)
2. Plano de Atividade de Preparação Iniciante empresarial (Renovação) (uma palavra: 40KB)
3. A copy of your passport
4. Um documento que mostra o lugar do solicitante de residência durante seis meses depois de renovar o visto (cópia de um contrato de aluguel, aplicação para contrato de aluguel, etc.)
5. A documents that clarifies the cost of the applicant's accommodation for the six months after renewing the visa (ex: A copy of the applicant's bank book)
※In addition to these documents, you may be asked to submit other documents.

1. The applicant
2. A lawyer or an administrative scrivener who has notified the Director-General of the Immigration Services Agency having jurisdiction over his/her location via the bar association or administrative scrivener association to which he/she belongs.
※If the applicant is outside of Japan, a person who has been entrusted by the applicant
※If the applicant is a corporation, a staff member of said corporation.

New Industry Promotion Division, Startups and Innovation Office, Economic Affairs Bureau
Address: 6-50-10 Hon-cho, Naka-ku, Yokohama
TEL: 045-671-3487
Email: ke-shinsangyo@city.yokohama.jp
※Please contact us before you visit our office.

If the applicant passes the screening, they can get certification from the City of Yokohama.
Certification is valid for three months.
Dentro de três meses, vá para a Agência de Serviços de Imigração e solicite as Atividades Designadas" estado de residência.
If you have any questions about application procedures, please contact the Immigration Services Agency.
https://www.moj.go.jp/isa/about/region/yokohama/ (o local externo)
After you get the visa from the Immigration Services Agency, contact the Yokohama startup visa coordinators as soon as possible.
In addition, you must turn in the documents below.

1. "Notificação de Aquisição (Renovação) de Estado de Residência Designada Atividades (uma palavra: 23KB)"
2. Copy of residence card
3.(. Se você estiver esperando por emissão de um cartão de residência, por favor submeta uma cópia de seu passaporte.)

Applicants must write these applications in Japanese.
If you write them in English, you will have to turn in a translation of these documents as well.

Once you obtain a startup visa, you must have a monthly interview with us. If we observe that you are not conducting any activities related to your business, or you do not come to the interview, we will have to invalidate your visa.

If there are any changes to the contents of the Business Startup Activities Confirmation Application, contact the Yokohama startup visa coordinator or tell us when we meet at the monthly interview.
(ex: changing your address, telephone number, mail address)

1. Aplicação de Mudanças (uma palavra: 17KB)
2. Documents to confirm modifications

If we find proof of any false declarations or wrongdoing, we will revoke the certificate of confirmation.
In such cases, you will be asked to return the certificate of confirmation to the City of Yokohama immediately.

Email: yokohama_startupvisa@an-nahal.com
※Japanese and English are available.