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Yes, Gyoseishoshi Administrative Attorney is one of Japan’s state licensed legal professions which can represent its clients before administrative agencies in submission of applications, hearings, requests for review, an objection,　a request for reexamination, and other relevant administrative appeals within the administrative body, while it is not permitted for a Gyoseishoshi attorney to represent in any lawsuits before courts in which Bengoshi lawyers or Attorneys at Law exclusively may engage.

Traditionally most applications to the regional Immigration Bureaus have been handled by Gyoseishoshi lawyers.

A certified immigration procedures specialist is certified by Immigration Services Agency under the Japanese Minister of Justice upon a recommendation from the Gyoseishoshi Lawyers’ Association as a person acknowledged as having thorough knowledge of immigration laws and practices.

An immigration procedures specialist is permitted to handle applications to the Immigration Services Bureaux such as: renewal of period of stay, change of status of residence, re-entry permit issuance and certificate of eligibility issuance on behalf of applicants or their employers by both paper and online. We have more than five Gyoseishoshi lawyers with the immigration specialist certificate cards at our firm

The immigration procedures specialist functions almost the same way as an immigration attorney in the US. However, if an applicant wants to sue the Japanese government, he or she should ask a Bengoshi lawyer as stated in the previous question.

– We provide consultation on the documents to hand in to the immigration office.

– We submit the following applications and receive the screening results on your behalf :
 Certificate of eligibility
 Change of status
 Extension of stay
 Re-entry permit … and many other types of applications

– Consultation and processing of documents for setting up a business in Japan.

– Additionally, we handle: marriage registration, attestation, naturalization, applications for other governmental permission and licenses.

– We cannot create a factual situation nor give any false statements to the immigration services bureau.
 We may give up handling the case because of conflict between our legal obligation to keep clients' confidential information secret from anyone else and our compliance to laws and regulations.

– We do not apply for a temporary visitor visas for tourism, business, etc.,at overseas Japanese consulate offices while we may provide information on the visa application.

– We cannot introduce guarantors, possible spouses, jobs, or employers.

– We should not appoint ourselves as a guarantor nor employer.

– We cannot handle any law suits.

We will not provide a complete consultation without charge. A consultation fee will apply. Regarding inquiries by phone or e-mail, there are limitations as to what we can answer.