Regarding the fact that the Japanese government is gradually accepting foreign students to enter the country due to the influence of the new coronavirus, Japanese language school officials have submitted a request to the Immigration Bureau of Japan, etc., asking for advancement of entry.
Regarding international students to Japan, acceptance was resumed on November 8, but due to the large number of people waiting to enter the country overseas, the government issued the certificate of residence status required to obtain a visa. Depending on the situation, we are limiting the time when the procedure can be started.
However, at this point, the time when the procedure can be started is announced only for those who have been issued a certificate from January to March last year, and the certificate will be issued after April. Those who have been issued can only start the procedure after February next year at the earliest, and there is no prospect of entry.
On the other hand, according to a questionnaire conducted by an organization created by Japanese language schools nationwide, about 1 out of the approximately 39,000 students who can start immigration procedures at the 316 schools that responded, still have the intention to enter the country. Only about 46% of the total number was 18,000, and it turned out that more than half had already given up.
For this reason, the request form states that the number of students actually entering the country is less than initially expected, and requests that other students be able to enter the country ahead of schedule.
Akiko Morishita, the secretariat of the "6 organizations related to Japanese language education institutions" who submitted the request, said, "Although immigration restrictions have been relaxed, many students still have no plans to enter the country. I want to work as hard as I can. "
The Immigration Bureau of Japan commented, "We would like to consider future measures while observing the number of people actually entering Japan and the status of coronavirus infection in Japan and overseas."