Is this for a founder, startup entrepreneur, self-employed person, freelancer, company owner or another business profile?
This route is for foreign students who graduated (bachelor or graduate level) from a Japanese university (excluding junior colleges) while holding Student status, whose academic record and conduct were unproblematic, who began start-up activities while enrolled and who are recommended by their university.
See recorded sources
- https://www.moj.go.jp/isa/applications/status/designatedactivities13_1.html
在留資格「留学」をもって在留する本邦の学校教育法上の大学(ただし短期大学を除く。)の学部又は大学院を卒業(又は修了)した者であること。 在学中の成績及び素行に問題がなく、在学中から起業活動を開始しており、大学が推薦する者であること。
