Usually, in the believers' group (Kochu) of Nichiren Shoshu Sect, the chief priest of the branch temples (instructor) and the representative of the believers need to apply for 'approval of establishing an organization' to Shumuin, and after the application is processed in Shumuin, Hoshu, the chief abbot of Nichiren Shoshu Sect signs and puts his seal onto it; however Soka Gakkai has neither a record of receiving approval for establishing the organization nor instructor from the beginning, and they were treated as outsiders within Nichiren Shoshu Sect.
日蓮正宗の信徒団体（講中）は末寺住職（指導教師）と信徒の代表が宗務院に「組織結成許可願」を提出し、宗務院で審議の得て日蓮正宗の管長である法主が組織結成許可書に署名押印するが、創価学会は組織許可書の交付も受けていなければ指導教師も初めから存在しておらず、宗内ではゲスト的に扱われていた。