Difficulty in corona To enhance support such as re-employment of foreign technical interns on August 10, 6:11
While the infection with the new coronavirus continues to spread, the Immigration Bureau will continue to support the re-employment of foreign technical intern trainees who have been dismissed from the training destination, and for those trainees who are unable to return to Japan after completing the training, We plan to consider measures to enhance support, such as extending the period of stay.
Due to the deterioration of corporate performance due to the spread of the new coronavirus, there are cases where foreign technical interns are dismissed in the middle of practical training. After the establishment, the trainees were able to re-employment at companies in Japan and work for up to one year.
However, as of March 3 of this month, there were only 625 trainees who re-employed companies in the agriculture and food manufacturing industries using this system. I am.
In addition, although there are about 20,000 trainees who have not yet returned to Japan after the training period and are still able to stay in Japan, they have a maximum of half a year. The Immigration Bureau is considering expanding support measures such as extending the period of stay and making it possible to use the reemployment system that is not currently accepted.