Work visas and immigration

Gyoseishoshi (licensed administrative scriveners) and law firms that prepare and file work visas, highly skilled professional (HSP) visas, dependant visas and renewals for employers. A registered filing agent can submit applications without the employee attending in person.

Related: Immigration fees: sharp rises for status changes, extensions and permanent residence · Engineer/Specialist in Humanities/International Services visa: language proof for people-facing roles · Business Manager visa · Dependent visa · Spouse of a Japanese national visa · Tokutei gino

Providers (9, alphabetical)

• ACROSEED Gyoseishoshi Corporation

  Gyoseishoshi corporation handling outsourced work visa filings for employers, including intra-company transferee, HSP and dependant visas.

  GyoseishoshiLanguages: English, Japanese, ChineseBased in: Tokyo (nationwide or remote)6–30 people
  Work visasOngoing visa support for employersIntra-company transferee visasHighly skilled professional visasDependant and spouse visas

• Anderson Mori & Tomotsune

  Law firm handling corporate work visas, complex cases and Immigration Control Act advice, with gyoseishoshi filing agents on staff.

  Law firm (bengoshi)Languages: English, JapaneseBased in: Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya200+ people
  Work visasComplex cases and refusalsImmigration law adviceFiling agent (shinsei toritsugi)

• BEYOND Gyoseishoshi Corporation (Watabe Immigration Law Office)

  Gyoseishoshi corporation handling work, business manager and dependant or spouse visas and document translation, mostly for individuals.

  GyoseishoshiLanguages: English, Japanese, ChineseBased in: Tokyo
  Work visasBusiness manager visasDependant and spouse visasTranslation and interpreting

• Daiichi Sogo Gyoseishoshi Corporation

  Osaka-based gyoseishoshi corporation advising employers on work, HSP and dependant visas and visa compliance.

  GyoseishoshiLanguages: Japanese, English, Chinese, Vietnamese, KoreanBased in: Osaka, Tokyo, Yokohama (nationwide or remote)31–200 people
  Work visasHighly skilled professional visasDependant and spouse visasVisa compliance and expiry management

• Oak Gyoseishoshi Corporation (Oak Admin Office)

  Gyoseishoshi corporation helping employers sponsor foreign workers on retainer, including HSP and business manager visas.

  Gyoseishoshi 18080673Languages: English, JapaneseBased in: Tokyo
  Work visasOngoing visa support for employersHighly skilled professional visasBusiness manager visas

• Samurai Immigration Law Firm

  Gyoseishoshi corporation with filing agents handling work, intra-company transferee and dependant visas and translating contracts and work rules.

  GyoseishoshiLanguages: English, JapaneseBased in: Tokyo, Yokohama, Saitama, Chiba, Nagoya, Osaka (nationwide or remote)
  Work visasIntra-company transferee visasDependant and spouse visasTranslation and interpretingFiling agent (shinsei toritsugi)

• Support Gyoseishoshi Corporation

  Gyoseishoshi corporation with filing agents handling corporate residence status work, visa expiry management, HSP and dependant visas.

  GyoseishoshiLanguages: English, Japanese, Chinese, Korean, VietnameseBased in: Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka (nationwide or remote)31–200 people
  Work visasVisa compliance and expiry managementHighly skilled professional visasDependant and spouse visasFiling agent (shinsei toritsugi)

• Tanishima Gyoseishoshi Corporation

  Gyoseishoshi corporation and filing agent handling work visa changes and renewals, specified skilled worker visas and re-applications after refusal.

  GyoseishoshiLanguages: Japanese, English, ChineseBased in: Tokyo
  Work visasSpecified skilled worker visasComplex cases and refusalsTranslation and interpretingFiling agent (shinsei toritsugi)

• Verybest Gyoseishoshi Corporation (Verybest Law Offices)

  Gyoseishoshi corporation handling employment visas and renewals, HSP visas, permanent residence and dependant visas, alongside group lawyers.

  GyoseishoshiLanguages: English, Japanese, Chinese, KoreanBased in: Tokyo (nationwide or remote)
  Work visasHighly skilled professional visasPermanent residenceDependant and spouse visas

Details come from each firm's own published information and public registers, checked 2026-10-14.

How firms are listed

Listing is free and every firm meets the same criteria: it serves employers in Japan, it can work with clients in English (except where a category says otherwise), and we can confirm it from a public register (sharoushi, bar or gyoseishoshi registration, a labour-ministry licence or notification) or at least its corporate number. We do not list recruitment agencies, executive search, staffing or RPO firms, because the publisher, Makana Partners, works in that field. Firms appear in alphabetical order. A listing is not an endorsement, and no one can pay to be listed or to change how they appear.

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