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When moving (moving out)

Last update date May 14, 2020

(1) Please apply for a transfer at Registration Section (3rd floor on the first floor).

For details, please refer to the transfer notice (Civic Affairs Bureau page).
Registration Section Phone: 045-320-8334

(2) In New Address, please move in within 14 days from the day you start living.

Necessary items for transfer procedures

  • Transference certificate or personal number card (My Number Card) / Basic Resident Register Card
  • Foreign residents are required to have a residence card or special permanent resident certificate
  • Identification documents (driver's license, residence card, health insurance card, pension notebook, etc.)
  • private seal
  • Notification card (only for those who have one)
In addition to the above, procedures are required if the person to be transferred falls under the following. Please check with each window for your belongings necessary for the procedure.
Items(Yokohama City) Procedure at ward officeDepartment in chargeWindowProcedures in New Address
Seal Registration
  • Procedures are not required because it will be automatically abolished on the scheduled transfer date.
  • If Seal Registration Certificate is required by the day before the scheduled transfer date, you will need a transfer certificate in addition to the private seal registration card (card). ※I need it.
※Transference certificate or personal number card, Basic Resident Register card, passport (in the case of departure)
Registration SectionNo. 3 on the first floorIf you need it, please apply again.
The procedures vary depending on each municipality.
For more information, please check with your local municipal office.
Personal number card
Basic Resident Register card
NoneNoneNoneYou can continue to use it by bringing your personal number card and Basic Resident Register card to the transference destination and performing the procedure for continuous use. You need a password.
Digital CertificatesThe digital certificate for signature will expire.Registration SectionNo. 3 on the first floorIf you need it, please apply again.
Public elementary and junior high schools
elementary school student student
Please receive the following from your previous school.
  • student registration certificate
  • Textbook Salary Certificate
NoneNonePlease bring it with you when you move in.
  • student registration certificate
National Pension Plan (Kokumin Nenkin)Please bring the following items to the person in charge of the procedure.
  • Notification of Change of Residents (handed at the Registration Section window)
National Pension Plan SectionNo. 10 on the first floorPlease bring it with you when you move in.
  • pension notebook
National Health Insurance
Nursing care insurance
Medical System for Elderly Seniors
Please bring the following items to the person in charge of the procedure.
  • Notification of Change of Residents (handed at the Registration Section window)
  • National Health Insurance Insured Card
  • The Long-term Care Insurance Insured Card
  • Card for Medical Care for Elderly Senior Citizens
National Health Insurance Section
National Health Insurance Section
Benefit Officers
No.7 on the first floor
No.7 on the first floor
No. 9 on the first floor
Please apply again.
(If you are in a household that has already taken out National Health Insurance, please bring your household's insurance card.)
medical expenses Grants
(Children)
(Single-parent homes, etc.)
(Severely disabled)
Please bring the following items to the person in charge of the procedure.
  • Medical Certificate
Benefit OfficersAll of them
No. 9 on the first floor
Please contact the municipal office where you are moving in.
(The contents of the grant vary depending on the local government.)
Child AllowanceAs of the scheduled transfer date, you will no longer be eligible.
Please submit a report to the person in charge.
Children and Families Support SectionNo. 24 on the second floor
  • Please apply newly within 15 days from the day after the scheduled transfer date at the transfer destination.
    (Because you can not receive it retroactively, please file as soon as possible.)
  • For more information, please check with your local municipal office.
Nursery schools and kindergartens

Please bring or mail the following to the person in charge and complete the procedure.
・Application for Cancellation of Certification
※If you are using a licensed nursery school, please also submit a “Application for Cancellation of Use”. (If you leave a licensed nursery school, please submit a “Application for Cancellation of Use” before leaving the park. If submission is delayed, childcare fees may be charged until the submission date. )
※When you leave kindergarten, please submit "use facility registration form (for kindergarten)".

In charge of childcareNo. 25 on the second floorPlease contact the municipal office where you are moving in.
Moped bike
(motorized bicycles)
Small special vehicles
Please bring the following items to the person in charge and complete the scrapping procedure.
  • License plate
  • Signing certificate
  • private seal
Tax certification
Issuance Desk
4th floor, 45th floorPlease bring the following items and complete the registration procedure.
  • Scrap car certificate
  • private seal

If you are moving out of the country, please check the procedure at the tax office.

When a person who has been notified of a foreign country returns to Japan and submits a move-in notification ※Procedures may not be possible on Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays.

You will need the following documents.

  • Passport
  • Certificate of all matters of family register (individual)
  • family register's tag
  • For foreign residents, residence card, special permanent resident certificate, etc.
  • Notification card or personal number card

Address

Please follow the procedures in the new Address area.

Lost Certificate of Transfer

Please come to Registration Section (3rd floor on the first floor) where the transfer was made with your identity verification documents.

When you stop moving out

Transference certificate, etc. ※Please come to Registration Section (3rd floor on the first floor) where the transfer was made with your identity verification materials.
※Transference certificate or personal number card, Basic Resident Register card, passport (in the case of departure)

For inquiries to this page

Nishi Ward General Affairs Department Ward Administration Promotion Division Public Relations Section

Phone: 045-320-8321

Phone: 045-320-8321

Fax: 045-314-8894

Email address: ni-koho@city.yokohama.jp

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