Announcement of Prior Qualification Screening for April Admission of Foreign Students to Tokyo Metropolitan High Schools for 2025

公開日：令和6年（2024）10月18日

On the date of confirming the eligibility of applicants who wish to be tested to be selected as foreign students for April admission, interpreters of different languages will be available. If you wish to be tested to be selected as a foreign student for April admission, please participate. Also please reserve a spot to help us avoid crowding.

1　Date and Venue

 

Dates & times:

December 1, 2024 (Sunday)

December 15, 2024 (Sunday)

December 21, 2024 (Saturday)

10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. (Applicants must arrive no later than 12:00 noon.)

1:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. (Applicants must arrive no later 4:30 p.m.)

※December 21 is for applicants who came on December 1 or December 15 and for whom eligibility could not be confirmed.

Place: Tokyo Metropolitan Government Main Building No. 1 Main Conference Hall (5th Floor)

Address: 2-8-1 Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo

 

• ※　Before going to the venue, please get an entrance badge (blue) from a staff member in front of the north side elevator on the 1st floor of Tokyo Metropolitan Government Main Building No 1.
• ※　If you cannot attend on any of the days, please call the number under Contact Us at the end of this announcement.

2  Dates and times available for making reservations

	10:00 a.m. to noon	1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
December 1 (Sun.)	(If the number of reservations exceeds 100, “too many reservations” is displayed.)	(If the number of reservations exceeds 150, “too many reservations” is displayed.)
December 15 (Sun.)	(If the number of reservations exceeds 100, “too many reservations” is displayed.)	If the number of reservations exceeds 150, “too many reservations” is displayed.)

To avoid crowding, reservations are required.

December 21 is for applicants who came on December 1 or December 15 and for whom eligibility could not be confirmed. Therefore, no reservation is required for this date.

*We are currently only accepting reservations for December 15th, as we are expecting it to be difficult to accommodate many applicants on December 1st.

3  Applicant Eligibility

Applicants must have an address in Tokyo with a parent or guardian. Applicants must have an address in Tokyo by the time they enter high school and be able to commute to school from Tokyo after entering high school. In addition, applicants must meet one of the following four conditions and require Japanese language guidance:

*Those who are applying to Hitotsubashi High School, Asakusa High School, Ogikubo High School, or Sunagawa High School must live or work in Tokyo. They do not need to have the same address as their guardian.

• (1) The applicant, who can be of any nationality, will graduate from a junior high school by the end of March of 2025, and their duration of residence in Japan will be within three years of entering Japan as of the date of admission.
• (2) The applicant, who can be of any nationality, has already graduated from a junior high school, and their duration of residence in Japan will be within three years of entering Japan as of the date of admission
• (3) The applicant, who can be of any nationality, will complete their education at a school in their home country by the end of March of 2025 or has already completed it.
• (4) The applicant, who must be of non-Japanese nationality, will complete a course equivalent to nine years of compulsory education in Japan at a school for foreign students in Japan by the end of March of 2025 or has already completed such a course.
• ※　Any applicant who enters Japan on or after January 1, 2022, will be judged as residing in Japan for within three years on the date of admission.

4　Languages and times available for interpretation:

Seven languages total: English, Chinese, Korean, Tagalog, Nepalese, Spanish, and Thai.

Available times:

Languages	December 1 (Sunday)	December 15 (Sunday)
English, Chinese, Tagalog, Nepalese	10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.	10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Spanish, Thai, Korean	―	1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Interpretation in other languages may also be available. Please contact us by November 24. See Contact us at the bottom for the phone number.

5　What to bring

Please bring the documents indicated by circles (〇) in the table below.

School		Student graduation status	Documents issued by the school	Application form to confirm eligibility in advance for selection of foreign students living in Tokyo	Passport or residence card	Certificate of residence
Junior high school	Within Tokyo	Will graduate	・Student's handbook (seito techo) or student ID (seitosho) (must include the student’s address, name, school year, and other relevant information)	〇	〇 Must indicate the date of arrival in Japan or the date of landing permission	Not required
		Graduated	・Certificate of graduation, etc. (must indicate the graduation date)	〇	〇 Must indicate the date of arrival in Japan or the date of landing permission	〇
	Outside of Tokyo	Will graduate	・Transcript, certificate of expected graduation, etc. (must indicate the graduation date)	〇	〇 Must indicate the date of arrival in Japan or the date of landing permission	*1
		Graduated	・Certificate of graduation, etc. (must indicate the graduation date)	〇	〇 Must indicate the date of arrival in Japan or the date of landing permission	*1
Non-Japanese junior high school in Japan		Will graduate	・Transcript, certificate of expected graduation, etc. (documents indicating the expected date of graduation)	〇	〇	*1
		Graduated	・Transcript of the last year of study, certificate of graduation, certificate of completion, etc. (documents showing that you have completed nine years of study)	〇	〇	*1
Nine year course of education abroad		Will graduate	・Transcript, certificate of expected graduation, etc. (documents indicating the expected date of graduation)	〇	Not required	*2
		Graduated	・Transcript of the last year of study, certificate of graduation, certificate of completion, etc. (documents showing that you have completed nine years of study)	〇	Not required	*1

• *1　If the applicant is currently living outside of Tokyo but will live in Tokyo by the date of high school enrollment, it is necessary to submit an Application Approval Form (shutsugan shonin shinseisho) (form 1).
• 　　 In addition, applicants to Hitotsubashi High School, Asakusa High School, Ogikubo High School, or Sunagawa High School who do not currently live in Tokyo but work in the city will need to submit documentation proving their employment.
• *2　It is necessary to submit a Petition to Return to One’s Home Country, etc. (kikoku to ni kansuru moshitatesho) (form 5).

 

• Please download the application form to confirm eligibility in advance for selection of foreign students living in Tokyo from the link below, and then write it in either Japanese or English.
• Please get the certificate of residence (form 3) on or after November 20.
• Please be sure to bring both your residence card and passport (new and old) so that we can verify your period of stay in Japan after entering the country.
• If your passport does not have a stamp indicating the date of your entry, please bring a copy of your entry/exit record issued by the Immigration Services Agency.
• A residence card with a renewal date indicated on it cannot be used to verify your period of stay in Japan.

 

＜Reference＞

• Application form to confirm eligibility in advance for selection of foreign students living in TokyoPDF [362.7KB]
• Certificate of residence (form 3)PDF [106.9KB]
• How to fill in the application form to confirm eligibility in advance for selection of foreign students living in Tokyo (example) PDF [369.6KB]

6　Reservation form

Please use the URL below to make a reservation. *Reservations can be made from October 20th.

Address　https://logoform.jp/form/tmgform/763319

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