■What is a resident card ?

A resident card has been introduced along with the enforcement of the new residency
management system since July 9th, 2012. A resident card will be issued to mid- to long
term residents when they are granted permission related to a residency status, such as
landing permission, permission for change of residency status and permission for extension
of the period of stay.

　Along with the introduction of the new redsidency management system, the alian
registration system has been abolished. For a certain period, the alien registration certificates
are deemed to be equivarent to the resident card in legal procedures at the Immigration
Bureau and municipal offices. Mid- to long term residents are asked to keep their alian
registration cards until a resident card is issued.

■Notifications on your Resident Card

<Prosedure at a municipal office>
Foreign nationals who have received a resident card at a port of entry/departure are asked
to visit the municipal office where they live with their resident card, and notify the Ministry
of Justice where they live within 14 days of finding a place to settle down. A mid- to long term
resident who has changed his/her place of residence is asked to bring a resident card to the
municipal office of the new residence and notify the Ministry of Justice of the new residence
within 14 days of moving to the new residence. This procedure can be completed as part of
filing a moving -in notification or a notice of change of address to municipal offices..

　<Procedure at a Regional Immigration Office>
In case where you file any of the following notifications shown below at the Regional Immigration office, you have to bring your passport, photo, and resident card
.New resident card will be issued basically on the day of notification.

➀Notification of a change of name, date of birth, gender,or nationality/region
➁Application for re-issurance a resident card

■Our Office's Service for your Resident Card

Our office can provide you with a service available where our office will make filing for
necessary notifications on your resident card on behalf. In case where our
office need to take your passport, alien registration certificate, and/or resident card, our office
will issue a temporary receipt with an official seal of our office.