In-house transfer is a status of residence that is generally required to be obtained when transferring from a foreign company's overseas head office to a Japanese branch office or business office.

This status of residence is also required when a foreign employee of a subsidiary or affiliated company of a Japanese company overseas is transferred to the head office in Japan.

Transfers here usually refer to transfers within the same company, but also include transfers within affiliated companies (parent company, subsidiaries, affiliated companies).

However, those who can transfer with this status of residence have been working continuously for one year or more at the head office, branch office or other business office in a foreign country immediately before the transfer related to the application, and the job content is also the status of residence "Technology" or "Technology". Limited to employees who fall under the activities of "International Humanities Knowledge". Therefore, it should be noted that no matter how personnel changes are made within the company, they do not fall under the category of employees engaged in unskilled labor.

Also, unlike the case of obtaining a technical visa or a humanities / international business visa, a university graduate is not one of the requirements for obtaining an in-house transfer visa. Therefore, even those who have not graduated from university may be able to obtain an in-house transfer visa.