LIVING IN JAPAN
Returning a Certificate
of Alien Registration
Example of a Resident Alien Card.
When leaving the country (Japan)
If you are leaving Japan without a Re-entry Permit (Sainyukoku Kyoka),
your Certificate of Alien Registration (card) should be returned
at the airport or port of departure.
If you are leaving the country with a Re-entry Permit, you may hold
onto your certificate (card).
You must return and cancel your visa inorder
to apply to receive your pension back.
When Japanese nationality is lost or forfeited
The individual should return his/her certificate (card) to the city,
ward, town or village office within 14 days.
Upon death
A family member living at the same address as the deceased should
return the certificate to the city, ward, town or village office
within 14 days.
Note 1 For details, ask a person who understands Japanese to enquire
for you at your city, ward, town or village office.
Note 2 The information given is that confirmed as of July 2002.
Note that a new system or system revisions may have been introduced
after this date.
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This information
is from the CLAIR
website. The Council of Local Authorities for International
Relations (CLAIR) was established in July 1988 in response
to rising concerns about local level internationalization
in Japan.
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