On May 30, 2003, after an evaluation of the results of the First Certification Exams conducted by JITSE-Phil Foundation on the Fundamentals of IT Engineers (FE), the Ministry of Justice of Japan recognized JITSE as the Philippine Nihon Joho Gijutsu Hyojun Shiken Zaidan. With this official recognition by the Ministry of Justice, the FE Certificate, more popularly called the JITSE Certificate and now the PhilNITS Certificate, can be used as a valid document for processing the work visas of IT professionals bound for Japan.