Notification of transfer by mail of person who does not have my number card, Basic Resident Register card (moving outside the city)

• People who move out of the city
• Person who does not have my number card, Basic Resident Register card
• Procedures by mail

• Procedures for 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 counterNotification of transfer at the counter (moving outside the city)Please take a look at it.

• The person himself
• Member of thesame household
• proxy/agent (a person who has a "power of attorney" from the person or the same household as the person)

Even if Address is the same, people with different households need a power of attorney.

Before moving or within 14 days from the date of moving

After receiving the notification at the ward office Family Registry Division, usually about 10 days before the transfer certificate arrives.
※Before moving, please allow enough time to complete the procedure.

Notification of transfer (PDF: 156KB)

Please use the following for the transfer notice by mail in foreign language versions.

• (English) About method of transfer notice by mail (PDF: 130KB)
• (Chinese) About method of transfer notice by mail (PDF: 135KB)
• (Hangul) How to transfer notice by mail (PDF: 141KB)
• (Español) About method of transfer notice by mail (PDF: 139KB)

Please be sure to include the contact information that can be reached during the day. (If the contact information described in the notification is different from the daytime contact information, please indicate each.)

• Driver's license
• Health insurance card, etc.

• A detailed list of identity verification documents is provided. About identity verification at the time of notification of change of resident family register and request of various certificationsPlease refer to the documentation.
• When sending a copy of your health insurance card, please send the insurer number and the insured person symbol / number by black paint etc. so that it cannot be seen.

Please fill in the reply address ("Address up to now" or "Address in the future") and attach a stamp.

Please refer to the sample and create it yourself.
Power of Attorney Sample (PDF: 136KB)

Please mail it to the ward office Family Registry Division before moving.
List of destinations (listed on the second page of the style) (PDF: 156KB)

1. We sent required documents to the ward office in Address (Yokohama) before moving to Family Registry Division.
2. Mail a transfer certificate (documents required for moving in at the municipal office after moving) from the ward Family Registry Division
3. Bring your required documents, including a transfer certificate, and submit a transfer notification at the municipal office where you are moving.

• If you have not completed the transfer notification process at the ward office Family Registry Division before moving, you will not be able to submit a transfer notification at the municipal office where you are moving.
• If you submit a transfer notice by mail, it will take a few days for you to submit a transfer notice at the municipal office where you are moving, because it takes time to process the transfer at the ward office Family Registry Division. Please allow enough time to submit the report.
• If the transfer is canceled, you will need to cancel the transfer notice at the ward office of your ward.