For the status of residence that you currently hold, you are residing in Japan with the maximum period of stay stipulated in Appendix 2 of the Enforcement Regulations of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act.
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(Note 1) For the time being, with regard to these guidelines, if a person has a period of stay of "3 years", he/she will be treated as "residing with the maximum period of stay" as described above in 1(3)(c).