What is the estimated cost to pay for Registered Support Organizations? See how you can support yourself

Registered Support Organizations know that you can entrust (request) to

In order to accept Specified Skilled Worker, the host company is obliged to create and implement a support plan for the foreigner so that he or she can work smoothly in the Japan and provide support for his or her work and daily life.

To create a support plan and implement the support, you can request support from Registered Support Organizations.

What can I entrust to Registered Support Organizations?

The items that can be entrusted to Registered Support Organizations are as follows.

1. Pre-guidance
2. Immigration and immigration support
3. Support for securing housing and assistance with contracts necessary for daily life
4. Lifestyle orientation
5. Accompanying to official procedures, etc.
6. Supporting the provision of Japanese language learning opportunities
7. Consultation and complaint handling
8. Promoting exchanges with Japanese people
9. Career change support
10. Regular interviews and reporting to government agencies

In addition, as support for the host company, you can also provide advice* on necessary applications, such as "support for applying for status of residence" and "support for preparing support plans".
*You can receive advice on preparing application documents and support plans, but you cannot ask them to do it for you.

The details of Registered Support Organizations 's support are explained in detail in "What is Registered Support Organizations?​
Please take a look at it as well.

What are the benefits of outsourcing to Registered Support Organizations?

Outsourcing support to Registered Support Organizations has great advantages in that it can greatly reduce the burden on the host company.

In addition, Registered Support Organizations is a "third party" for the host company and Specified Skilled Worker.
By intervening with a third party, it is easy for both the host company and Specified Skilled Worker to consult and obtain objective opinions.

Here's a guide to how much to pay for Registered Support Organizations

The cost of outsourcing to Registered Support Organizations is called the "support outsourcing fee".
It is stipulated that the support that the host company must provide must be borne by the host company.
Specified Skilled Worker cannot be made to bear the cost of support.

The support commission varies depending on the Registered Support Organizations, such as setting a fee for each monthly or support item.
In addition, in addition to the fixed cost, you may be required to pay separately as an initial cost.

Although it varies depending on the field, if the fee is set on a monthly basis, the support commission fee is about 2 to 30,000 yen (per month/person), but there is no upper limit on the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act fee collected from the host company.

However, when concluding a consignment contract, it is stipulated that the amount of the fee and its breakdown must be clearly stated.

In addition, the guidelines for setting support consignment fees for each item of support are as follows.

• Pre-entry guidance: 20,000-60,000 yen (1 session)
• Lifestyle orientation: 30,000-80,000 yen (1 time)
• Regular consultation: 1,000 to 15,000 yen (1 session)
• Support requiring accompaniment: 5,000 to 10,000 yen (per hour)

The higher the support commission, the better.
Check and consider the content of the support.

By the way, in Technical Intern Training, the trainee (company) is in a position to be supervised by a supervising organization (union, etc.), so it is necessary to join the supervising organization.
In addition to membership fees and investment funds, you will need to pay a supervision fee as a monthly fee.

The average supervision fee is said to be about 40,000 yen per student per month for Technical Intern Training, but in some cases, the amount per person decreases as the number of trainees increases.
As with Specified Skilled Worker 's support commission fee, there is no upper limit on the supervision fee for Technical Intern Training students.

Acceptance of Specified Skilled Worker costs in addition to support commission fees

If you accept Specified Skilled Worker, you will be charged a fee in addition to the support commission fee.
Typical costs are summarized in the table.

*Paid job placement is prohibited in the construction field. For more information, please refer to "STOP! In principle, paid employment placement for occupations engaged in construction work is prohibited."

In addition, housing subsidy costs may also be required.
Specified Skilled Worker There is no charge if you sign a contract, but if you provide a rented property, the receiving company must pay a deposit, key money, and guarantee fee.

When inviting people from outside Japan to your company), the necessary procedures and costs will be required separately depending on the laws and regulations of the local country.

There is also a way to support your own company without outsourcing to Registered Support Organizations!

When accepting a Specified Skilled Worker, the host company does not need to use Registered Support Organizations if they can help it on their own.

After meeting the following requirements, submit an application to the Immigration Bureau, and if your application is approved, you will be able to provide support on your own.

• Appoint a support manager and support staff from among the executives or employees
• A system must be in place to provide support in a language that foreigners can understand.
• Prepare documents regarding the status of support and keep them for at least one year after the end of the employment contract.
• The person in charge and the person in charge is not in a position to supervise the Specified Skilled Worker (i) and does not fall under certain reasons for disqualification.
• The host company has not failed to provide support based on Support Plan for Specified Skilled Worker (i) within 5 years prior to and after the conclusion of the employment contract.
• A system must be in place that enables the person in charge or in charge to hold regular interviews with foreign nationals and those in a position to supervise them.

*Reference: Immigration Services Agency of Japan "Operational Guidelines for Accepting Specified Skilled Worker"

Please refer to the Q&A about Support Plan for Specified Skilled Worker (i).

Summary: Registered Support Organizations costs money! There are conditions for in-house support

Specified Skilled Worker acceptance obligates the foreigner to work and live smoothly in the Japan according to the plan.

If the requirements are met and approved by the Immigration Bureau, the host company can also provide assistance in-house.
However, if you find it difficult to help yourself, you can entrust assistance to Registered Support Organizations.

For consignment, you need to pay a support consignment fee, and there are cases where it is a fixed amount per month and cases where it is paid for each support item.
In the case of a monthly fee, it is about 2~30,000 yen per person per month (depending on the field), but if the amount is determined for each support item, the following is a guideline.

• Pre-entry guidance: 20,000-60,000 yen (1 session)
• Lifestyle orientation: 30,000-80,000 yen (1 time)
• Regular consultation: 1,000 to 15,000 yen (1 session)
• Support requiring accompaniment: 5,000 to 10,000 yen (per hour)

Although it costs money, it can reduce the burden of in-house support, and by having a third-party organization called Registered Support Organizations, it is easy for the host company and Specified Skilled Worker to consult and listen to objective opinions.

If you are a company that is considering accepting Specified Skilled Worker in the construction industry, please feel free to contact JAC!
We also introduce Specified Skilled Worker.

*This article is based on information as of May 2024.