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Public Notice Establishing Special Provisions on the Criteria for the Status of Residence of “Engineer/Specialist in Humanities/International Services” under the Ministerial Ordinance Establishing the Criteria Pursuant to Article 7, Paragraph (1), Item (ii) of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act
(Ministry of Justice Public Notice No. 437 of 2013)
Most recently amended by Ministry of Justice Public Notice No. 118 of July 20, 2020
Pursuant to the proviso to Item (i) under the activities listed in the right-hand column of the “Engineer/Specialist in Humanities/International Services” section of the table relating to the statuses of residence listed in Appended Table I (2) of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act, as provided in the Ministerial Ordinance Establishing the Criteria Pursuant to Article 7, Paragraph (1), Item (ii) of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act (Ministry of Justice Ordinance No. 16 of 1990), examinations relating to information processing technology shall be those specified in Items 1 through 10 below, and qualifications relating to information processing technology shall be those specified in Items 11 and 12 below.
1. Examinations in Japan
(a) The Registered Information Security Specialist Examination administered by the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry pursuant to the Act on Promotion of Information Processing (Act No. 90 of 1970).
(b) The following Information Technology Engineers Examinations administered by the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry pursuant to the Act on Promotion of Information Processing:
IT Strategist Examination
Systems Architect Examination
Project Manager Examination
Network Specialist Examination
Database Specialist Examination
Embedded Systems Specialist Examination
IT Service Manager Examination
Systems Auditor Examination
Applied Information Technology Engineer Examination
Fundamental Information Technology Engineer Examination
Information Security Management Examination
(c) The following information processing technology examinations formerly administered by the Minister of International Trade and Industry or the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry:
Class I Information Technology Engineer Certification Examination
Class II Information Technology Engineer Certification Examination
Class I Information Technology Engineer Examination
Class II Information Technology Engineer Examination
Special Class Information Technology Engineer Examination
Information Processing Systems Auditor Examination
Online Information Technology Engineer Examination
Network Specialist Examination
Systems Operations Management Engineer Examination
Production Engineer Examination
Database Specialist Examination
Microcomputer Application Systems Engineer Examination
Systems Analyst Examination
Systems Auditor Examination
Application Systems Engineer Examination
Project Manager Examination
Senior Systems Administrator Examination
Software Design and Development Engineer Examination
Technical Engineer (Network) Examination
Technical Engineer (Database) Examination
Technical Engineer (Systems Management) Examination
Technical Engineer (Embedded Systems) Examination
Technical Engineer (Information Security) Examination
Information Security Administrator Examination
Information Security Specialist Examination
2. Examinations in China
(a) The following examinations administered by the Education and Examination Center of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China:
System Analyst
Information Systems Project Manager
System Architect
Software Design Engineer
Network Engineer
Database System Engineer
Programmer
(b) The following examinations formerly administered by the Electronic Education Center of the Ministry of Information Industry of China or the Electronic Education and Examination Center of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China:
System Analyst
Senior Programmer (Software Engineer)
System Analyst
Software Design Engineer
Network Engineer
Database System Engineer
Programmer
3. Examinations in the Philippines
(a) The following examinations administered by the Philippine National IT Standards Foundation (PhilNITS):
Fundamental Information Technology Engineer Examination
Applied Information Technology Engineer Examination
(b) The Fundamental Information Technology Engineer Examination formerly administered by the Japan Information Technology Standards Examination of the Philippines (JITSE Phil).
4. Examinations in Vietnam
(a) The following examinations administered by the High-Tech Incubation and Training Center (HITC):
Fundamental Information Technology Engineer Examination
Applied Information Technology Engineer Examination
(b) The following examinations formerly administered by the Vietnam Information Technology Examination and Training Support Center (VITEC) or the Vietnam Training and Examination Center (VITEC):
Fundamental Information Technology Engineer Examination
Software Design and Development Engineer Examination
Applied Information Technology Engineer Examination
5. Examinations in Myanmar
The following examinations administered by the Myanmar Computer Federation (MCF):
Fundamental Information Technology Engineer Examination
Applied Information Technology Engineer Examination
6. Examinations in Taiwan
The following examinations formerly administered by the Institute for Information Industry (III):
Software Design and Development IT Expert Examination
Network Communication IT Expert Examination
Information System Security IT Expert Examination
7. Examination in Malaysia
The Fundamental Information Technology Professional Examination administered by the Multimedia Technology Enhancement Operations Sdn. Bhd. (METEOR).
8. Examinations in Thailand
(a) The following examinations administered by the National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA):
Fundamental Information Technology Engineer Examination
Applied Information Technology Engineer Examination
(b) The Fundamental Information Technology Engineer Examination formerly administered by the National Electronics and Computer Technology Center (NECTEC).
9. Examinations in Mongolia
The following examinations administered by the National Information Technology Park of Mongolia (NITP):
Fundamental Information Technology Engineer Examination
Applied Information Technology Engineer Examination
10. Examinations in Bangladesh
The following examinations administered by the Bangladesh Computer Council (BCC):
Fundamental Information Technology Engineer Examination
Applied Information Technology Engineer Examination
11. Qualification in Singapore
Certified IT Project Manager (CITPM), certified by the Singapore Computer Society (SCS).
12. Qualifications in the Republic of Korea
The following qualifications certified by the Human Resources Development Service of Korea:
Engineer Information Processing
Industrial Engineer Information Processing