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There are currently 16 industries in which people can work under the “Specified Skilled Worker” category, and the building cleaning field is expected to accept up to 37,000 people over a five-year period starting in 2024.  \nThis guidebook covers the following items:  \n1. Details of the status of residence \"Specified skills (i)\"  \n2. Features of send-out under the specified skills system  \n3. \"Specified skills (i)\" in the field of building cleaning  \n4. Support from Japanese side in sending out individuals under the technical intern or specified skills (i)  \nIt aims to provide useful information for sending organizations in sending out foreign human resources. We hope that this will help to further increase the number of specified skilled foreigner workers sent out to Japan.  \nMinistry of Health, Labor and Welfare-commissioned project  \n\"Set of surveys on the optimization of the acceptance system for foreign human resources in the field of building cleaning\"  \nFY2024 Consignee: @global, Ltd.  \n1 Details of the status of residence \"Specified skills\" ........................................................4  \n1.1 Features of \"Specified skills” ......................................................................................... 4  \n1.2 Number of residents with Specified skills (i) ..................................................................4  \n1.3 Requirements for obtaining Specified skills (i) .............................................................. 5  \n2 Features of send-out under the specified skills system .................................................. 7  \n2.1 Countries qualified for send-out ..................................................................................... 7  \n2.2 Flow Chart Showing Sending Process Under the Specified Skills System and Technical Intern Training System ...................................................................................... 11  \n3 \"Specified skills (i)\" in the field of building cleaning ..................................................... 14  \n4 Support from Japanese side in sending out individuals under the technical intern or specified skills (i) ................................................................................................................... 16  \n5 Conclusion ........................................................................................................................... 19  \n1.1 Features of \"Specified skills”  \n1. Specified skills (i) is a status of residence for work-ready foreign human resources with certain specific expertise and skills to work in Japan and address the serious labor shortage. The Specified skills status has two types:  \n(i) and (ii) .  \n2. Specified skills (i) allows you stay and work up to five years at the maximum. Changing workplaces is also possible.  \n3. If you meet the requirements, you can also change your status of residence to another status such as ”Specified skills (ii) .”  \n1.2 Number of residents with Specified skills (i)  \nSpecified skills (i) is a status of residence that is expanding at the highest rate.  \n2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024  \nSource: Immigration Services Agency 1  \n1 Immigration Services Agency, \"Initiatives to Accept Foreign Nationals  \nand for the Realization of Society of Harmonious Coexistence” (Page 18)([https://www.moj.go.jp/isa/content/001335263.pdf](https://www.moj.go.jp/isa/content/001335263.pdf) ) Last accessed: October 24, 2024  \n1.3 Requirements for obtaining Specified skills (i)  \nYou need to take and pass the skills (i) evaluation test and a Japanese language test.  \nFor the Japanese language test, you need to pass either the Japanese-Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) N4 or the ","cbCaiolz0tBrXxzJ","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiolz0tBrXxzJ","pdf",987183,"English","# Details of the status of residence \"Specified skills\"\n## Features of \"Specified skills\"\n## Number of residents with Specified skills (i)\n## Requirements for obtaining Specified skills (i)\n# Features of send-out under the specified skills system\n## Countries qualified for send-out\n## Flow chart of the sending process\n# \"Specified skills (i)\" in the field of building cleaning\n# Support from Japanese side in sending out individuals\n# Conclusion","[{\"question\":\"What is the “Specified skills (i)” residence status for the building cleaning field?\",\"answer\":\"It is a residence status for work-ready foreign human resources with certain expertise and skills to work in Japan and respond to labor shortages. 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