Specified Skilled Worker Program (SSW)

The Embassy of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka 

Registered Support Organizations

Foreign nationals working under a Specified Skilled Worker (i) status of residence can receive various forms of support from their company for living and working in Japan. (If the company cannot provide support, a registered support organization can provide it at the company’s request.) You can receive the following 10 forms of support from your company.

1. Receiving an explanation from your company before you obtain the status of residence
2. Picking you up when you arrive in Japan and dropping you off when you leave Japan to return to your home country
3. Helping you prepare the house you will live in and sign contracts for electricity and gas
4. Receiving an orientation session on living in Japan
5. Accompanying you to city hall and other offices for various procedures
6. Helping you study Japanese
7. Holding meetings to solve your problems and complaints
8. Help you communicate with Japanese people
9. Helping you switch jobs (if the company intends to lay you off)
10. Holding meetings (more than once every three months)

Detailed List of Registered Support Organizations

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