Notification of transfer by mail of person having my number card, Basic Resident Register card (moving out of the city)

• People who move out of the city
• Within 14 days from the date of moving (and within 30 days from the scheduled move date)
• Person who has my number card or Basic Resident Register card
• Procedure by mail

• Procedures such as National Health Insurance, National Pension Plan (Kokumin Nenkin), The Long-term Care Insurance, Child Allowance, etc. may be required at the counter. Please check in advance.
• If you are going to apply at the counter.Notification of transfer (moving out of the city)Please take a look at it.

1. Person who has my number card or Basic Resident Register card
2. 1 and those who move out in same household
3. Any proxy/agent with a power of attorney from 1 or 2

Even though Address is the same, those who have different households need a power of attorney.

Prior to moving or within 14 days from the date of moving

In the following cases, we cannot submit a transfer notice using My Number Card or Basic Resident Register Card. Please submit a transfer notice at the ward office Family Registry Division before moving.

• 14 days have passed since the date of moving
• 30 days have passed since the scheduled move date

• Notification of transfer (for special provisions for transfer notification) (PDF: 128KB)
• (In the case of notification by voluntary proxy/agent) Power of Attorney (PDF: 136KB)

• After receiving it at the ward office Family Registry Division, it takes time to process the transfer notice at the ward office Family Registry Division. (It usually takes about 3 business days for processing to complete.)
• Please be sure to provide a contact information that can be reached during the day. (If the contact information listed in the notification is different from the daytime contact information, please indicate each.)
• If you receive the mailed transfer notice after 14 days from the date of moving, you will need to separately mail a copy of your identity verification document and a reply envelope in order to issue a certificate equivalent to the written transfer certificate. I will guide you to that.

Please mail it to the ward office Family Registry Division before moving.
List of destinations (listed on page 2 of the form) (PDF: 128KB)

1. After the transfer notification process is completed, the ward office Family Registry Division will contact you by phone.
2. At the municipal office where you move, please bring your card and submit a transfer notice.

• If the transfer notification processing has not been completed at the ward office Family Registry Division before moving, you will not be able to submit a transfer notice at the municipal office where you move.
• If you submit a transfer notice by mail, it will take a few days for the transfer at the ward office Family Registry Division. Please submit your report with plenty of time.
• If the transfer is canceled, you will need to cancel the transfer notice at the ward office in your ward.
• If you submit a transfer notification using a card, you will need to enter the PIN of the card when submitting a transfer notification at the municipal office where you are moving.
• If you forget the PIN of the card, or if you cannot enter the 4-digit PIN of the card at the municipal office where you moved and locked it, you will not be able to read the information on the IC chip. It is necessary to apply for a PIN reset at the municipal office.