Entertainer Visa for in Ethnic Restaurant in Japan

1. In cases where the applicant intends to engage in activities related to entertaining through singing or dancing( Raqs Sharqi , Raqs Baladi, Oryantal dansı, and Belly dance ,and so on), or through dramatic, theatrical, musical, or comedic performances (hereinafter referred to as "performances"), he/she must fulfill all of the following requirements.

(a) The applicant must fulfill any of the following requirements for the activities in which he/she intends to engage; provided, however, that this shall not apply to cases where the applicant's total remuneration for entertaining (in the case of a group, the group's total remuneration for entertaining) amounts to 5 million yen or more per day.

(b)The applicant must have spent a minimum of 2 years at an educational institution outside Japan majoring in subjects pertaining to the type of activities in which he/she is to engage.

(c) The applicant must have a minimum of 2 years' experience outside Japan in the type of activities in which he/she is to engage.

2. The restaurant of organization bears the obligation of paying remuneration of at least 200,000 yen per month to an Entertainer (a Dancer).

3. The establishment in which the performances stated in the application are to take place must fulfill each of the following requirements; provided however, that this shall not apply in cases where in said establishment, no person other than the applicant engages in activities related to entertainment with the status of residence of "Entertainer," in which case the establishment must fulfill the requirement in (6).

(a) An establishment which engages foreign nationals as entertainers must not specify or restrict its audience to certain groups or individuals.

(b) It must be clear that persons residing in Japan under the status of residence of "Entertainer" and engaging in activities related to entertainment will not take part in serving customers.

(c) There must be a stage of at least 13 square meters.

(d) There must be a green room of at least 9 square meters (in cases where there are more than 5 entertainers, there must be an additional 1.6 square meters for each additional entertainer) for use by the entertainers.

(e) The establishment must have at least 5 employees.

4. The operator of the organization that operates the establishment and the full-time employees engaged in the operations of the establishment must not fall under any of the following categories.

i. A person who has engaged in or who has induced or aided another to engage in human trafficking.

ii. A person who, in the past 5 years, has committed an act as set forth in Article 73-2, paragraph (1), item (i) or (ii) of the Immigration Control Act or an act of making arrangements as set forth in item (iii) of the same paragraph.

iii. A person who has forged or altered a document or drawing; who has prepared a false document or drawing; who has used, possessed, transferred, or lent a forged or altered document or drawing or a false document or drawing; or who has arranged for the transfer or loan thereof with the objective of helping a foreign national illegally receive issuance of a certificate, a seal of verification for landing, or special permission pursuant to the provisions of Chapter III, Section 1 or 2 of the Immigration Control Act, permission for landing pursuant to the provisions of Section 4 of the same Chapter, or permission pursuant to the provisions of Chapter IV, Section 1 or Chapter V, Section 3 of the Immigration Control Act, in connection with the business activities of the relevant organization, in the past 5 years.

iv. A person who has been subject to punishment for violation of the provisions of Articles 74 to 74-8 of the Immigration Control Act, or Articles 6 to 13 of the Anti-Prostitution Act, and for whom 5 years have not yet passed since the completion of the sentence or since the date on which said person ceased to be subject to the execution of said sentence.

v. A person who is a member of an organized crime group or for whom 5 years have not yet passed since said person ceased to be a member of an organized crime group.