Required documents
Choose your reason for moving, check off the documents you have prepared, and print your list.
Use this as a preparation list. The exact documents depend on your application, school, employer and consulate. Confirm their current checklist before submitting.
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After you land: form walkthroughs
The documents above get you into Japan. These are the forms waiting at the ward office and immigration once you arrive — each walkthrough explains every box, with a filled-in sample and a card to show the staff.
- Moving-in notification転入届 · Within 14 days of moving in
- National Health Insurance enrolment国民健康保険 加入届 · Within 14 days of moving in (stays over 3 months)
- Part-time work permission (activity outside your status)資格外活動許可申請書 · Before starting paid work
- National Pension enrolment & student payment postponement国民年金保険料 学生納付特例申請書 · At enrolment, then every April