J-Skip
5+ years · ¥40M+For founders and executives whose advanced business-management profile already meets the fixed experience and remuneration thresholds.
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J-Skip for founders who already lead.
Founder-focused support for J-Skip's advanced business-management route: 5+ years of management experience and JPY 40 million or more in annual remuneration, with no points calculation.
The founder-route test
Two fixed thresholds. Zero points arithmetic.
5+years of relevant business-management experience
¥40M+annual remuneration for the qualifying Japan activity
Both thresholds must support a genuine advanced business-management activity in Japan.
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First, make sure this is your route.
J-Skip covers more than one activity category. Our work is deliberately focused on founders and company executives applying through advanced business management.
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A founder or executive management role
Your proposed work in Japan must fall within J-Skip's advanced business-management activity. A title alone is not enough: the actual responsibilities and authority must support the route.
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Five or more relevant management years
Employment, appointment, and corporate records must show at least five years of relevant experience in business management or administration.
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At least ¥40 million in annual remuneration
The Japan role must provide annual remuneration of JPY 40 million or more, supported by the appointment or employment terms and company evidence.
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A qualifying Japan activity
The company, role, responsibilities, and remuneration must tell one consistent story. Aplash supports this business-management route only, not J-Skip's academic-research or technical-employment routes.
Evidence, benefits & application processOpen the detailed proof list and four-stage engagement.
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What you prove. What you gain.
The application is evidence-led. The benefits are substantial, but each later process, including permanent residence, keeps its own criteria.
Application evidence
- Evidence of at least five years of relevant management experience
- Appointment or employment terms showing ¥40M+ annual remuneration
- A detailed founder or executive role and activity description
- Japan company registration and accepting-organisation evidence
- Certified translations where supporting documents are not in Japanese
J-Skip benefits
- A five-year period of stay as Highly Skilled Professional (i)
- Potential eligibility to apply for permanent residence after one year, subject to the separate PR criteria
- Preferential processing of certain complete immigration applications
- Expanded provisions for a spouse, parents, and domestic workers under specified conditions
- Priority lanes at designated major airports
Benefits for family members and domestic workers apply only when their separate conditions are met.
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From profile check to immigration file.
A disciplined four-stage engagement built around the evidence immigration needs to see.
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Route fit
We confirm that the proposed founder or executive activity belongs to advanced business management and test the two fixed thresholds.
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Career evidence
We map your management history to employment, appointment, and corporate records that can substantiate the required experience.
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Japan role
We align the company, responsibilities, appointment terms, and ¥40M+ remuneration into one coherent application file.
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File & follow-up
We prepare the Certificate of Eligibility or change-of-status file, coordinate submission, and support immigration follow-up.
Certificate of Eligibility or change-of-status support.Review timing varies by procedure, evidence, and responsible immigration office.
Why Aplash
The threshold is simple. The proof is not.
We turn a high-level founder profile into a route-specific, internally consistent immigration file.
Where cases drift
Treating J-Skip as one general service, even though the official system covers several distinct activity routes.
What we do
We screen the business-management route first.
Aplash works only with founders and company executives applying through advanced business management, so scope is clear before document work begins.
Where cases drift
Assuming a founder title proves the required five years of management experience.
What we do
We build an evidence chain, not a title page.
Career records, appointments, corporate documents, and role descriptions are organised to show relevant management responsibility over time.
Where cases drift
Proving the salary number while leaving the Japan role and company activity disconnected.
What we do
Role, company, and remuneration move together.
We structure the file so the business-management activity and ¥40M+ remuneration support the same credible executive position.
Where cases drift
Reading the one-year PR pathway as an automatic approval.
What we do
We plan the separate PR application honestly.
One year can open eligibility for a qualifying holder, but permanent residence remains a separate application assessed against its full criteria.
Route comparison & evidence fileCompare founder routes and review the three evidence groups.
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Three founder routes. Three different tests.
The best route depends on your role, experience, remuneration, points profile, and Japan company plan.
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70+ pointsFor advanced business managers who qualify through the HSP points calculation rather than J-Skip's fixed remuneration threshold.
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Build the evidence before the form.
The exact list depends on your procedure and facts, but every founder-route file starts with these three evidence groups.
Identity
Application documents
Application or Certificate of Eligibility form, passport, photograph, and residence card when applying from inside Japan.
Experience
Career evidence
Employment and appointment certificates, corporate records, role descriptions, and translations proving at least five relevant management years.
Japan role
Company & remuneration
Appointment terms, evidence of ¥40M+ annual remuneration, detailed responsibilities, and registration documents for the accepting organisation.
FAQ
J-Skip for founders, clearly explained.
Route scope, fixed thresholds, permanent residence, and how Aplash supports the application.
Which J-Skip route does Aplash support?
J-Skip officially has three activity routes. Aplash supports only advanced business management for founders and company executives. This route requires at least 5 years of relevant management experience, annual remuneration of at least JPY 40 million, and a qualifying business-management activity in Japan.
How does the founder-route J-Skip process work?
We first confirm the advanced business-management activity, 5+ years of relevant management experience, JPY 40 million or more in annual remuneration, and the Japan company evidence. We then prepare the Certificate of Eligibility or change-of-status file for the case.
Does J-Skip use the HSP points system?
No. The advanced business-management route uses fixed management-experience and annual-remuneration thresholds instead of a points calculation. The founder or executive must still perform and document the corresponding qualifying activity.
Can I apply for permanent residence after one year on J-Skip?
A qualifying J-Skip holder may become eligible to apply after one year. Permanent residence is a separate application assessed against its full criteria, so the one-year period does not guarantee approval.
How can Aplash support my J-Skip application?
For founder and business-management cases only, Aplash assesses the proposed activity, management experience, remuneration, and Japan company evidence, prepares the application file, coordinates submission, and assists with immigration follow-up.
From the journal.
Field notes on visas, residence status, and relocating to Japan, written by the team that handles the applications.
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Send us your management background, proposed Japan role, remuneration, and company plan. We will confirm whether the founder route fits.