Announcement of Prior Qualification Screening for April Admission of Foreign Students to Tokyo Metropolitan High Schools for 2024

Release Date:11/8/2022
Last-Modified:10/20/2023

On the date of confirming the eligibility of applicants who wish to be selected as foreign students for April admission, interpreters of different languages will be available. No reservation is required. Third-year foreign students of junior high schools in Tokyo are also encouraged to participate.

1　Date and Venue

Dates & times:

(1) 10:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Sunday, December 3, 2023

(2) 10:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Sunday, December 17, 2023

※Applicants must arrive no later than 4:00 p.m. on both days (1) and (2).

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 either of the days, please call the number under Contact Us at the end of this announcement.

2  Applicant Eligibility

Applicants must be foreign nationals and 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:

• (1) The applicant will graduate from a junior high school by the end of March of 2024, and their duration of residence in Japan will be within three years of entering Japan as of the date of admission.
• (2) The applicant 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 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 2024 or has already completed such a course.
• (4) The applicant will complete their education at a school in their home country by the end of March of 2024 or has already completed it.
• ※　Any applicant who enters Japan on or after March 1, 2021, will be judged as residing in Japan for within three years on the date of admission.

3　Languages and times available for interpretation:

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

Available times:

Languages	December 3 (Sunday)	December 17 (Sunday)
English, Chinese, Tagalog, Nepalese	10:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.	10:00 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.

 4　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) (must include the student's name)	〇	〇	Not required
		Graduated	・Certificate of graduation, etc. (documents indicating the expected date of graduation)	〇	〇	〇
	Outside of Tokyo	Will graduate	・Transcript, certificate of expected graduation, etc. (documents indicating the expected date of graduation)	〇	〇	〇
		Graduated	・Certificate of graduation, etc. (documents indicating the expected date of graduation)	〇	〇	〇
Non-Japanese junior high school in Japan Nine year course of education abroad		Will graduate	・Transcript, certificate of expected graduation, etc. (documents indicating the expected date of graduation)	〇	Not required	〇
		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	〇

• 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 (according to form style 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.
• Please make a copy of each certifying document.

＜Reference＞

• Application form to confirm eligibility in advance for selection of foreign students living in TokyoPDF [201.3KB]
• Certificate of residence (according to form style 3)PDF [119.3KB]
• How to fill in the application form to confirm eligibility in advance for selection of foreign students living in Tokyo (example)PDF [214.6KB]

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