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Application form for naturalization

Application form must be made on each applicant.
It is OK for you to have others write it, but please write it by yourself as much as possible.
You have to fill it in in Japanese.

1.Date of application

Not to fill the date in until the time of submitting.

2. Photo

You have to prepare color [black and white] photography.

You have to use the picture that was taken within 6 months before submitting the application form.

The size should be 5 cm in both length and width.

You alone are needed to be taken in the photo with no cap, upper front body.

If the applicant is under 15, you have to use the photo that you and your parents are taken together.

3. Nationality

Fill in the nationality which you belong to.
You should check it with your passport or certificate of nationality.

4. Birth place

Fill in the birth place such as hospital where you were born.
You have to write the information until the lot number accurately.
If you can’t write it, write 「以下不詳」”the following are unknown”.

5. Address

You have to fill in the address on certified copy of resident register.
If you have residence other than address, you also have to write it.

6. Furigana or Japanese syllabaries

You have to write the furigana of your name.
Write them in Hiragana, not Katakana.

7. Full name

You have to write it in your last name and first name order with Katakana.

8. Nickname

If you have nicknames, fill in all the ones you have ever used.
If you don’t have them, leave this blank.

9. Date of birth

Fill in with Japanese era name.
If you ever have corrected it, write the old one in parentheses.

10. Relationship with your family

Write your family relationship such as first son, second daughter, etc.
If it is unknown, write “不詳” or unknown.

11. Names of your parents

You have to write it in your last name and first name order with Katakana.
If it is unknown, write “不詳” or unknown.

12. Registered locality or nationality of your parents

Write registered locality or nationality of your parents.

13. Names of your foster parents

If you are an adopted child, write the names of your foster parents.

14. Registered locality or nationality of your foster parents

Write registered locality or nationality of your foster parents.

15. Registered locality after naturalization

You have to write registered locality in advance supposing your application is approved.
You can decide it freely.
It is the place where your registered locality is located after getting Japanese nationality.
You can use the lot number or addressing system.
If you use addressing system, write it this way:「一丁目１番」
If you don’t know what to write, ask the municipalities you want to set your registered locality.

16. Name after naturalization

You have to write your new first name which you want to use after naturalization with Hiragana, Katakana, and common kanji characters.
As to your surname, you can use other right Japanese characters.

17. Signature of the applicant

You should sign at the time of submitting.
Leave it blank until it.
If the applicant is over 15, he/she will sign it by himself/herself.
If the applicant is under 15, his/her legal representative will sign it.

18. Your contact telephone number

Fill in your contact telephone number of your home, workplace and your mobile.

Thank you.
Solicitor & Immigration Lawyer
Hitoshi Oishi from Osaka Japan

If you want to ask something, please contact from this page.

1) Copies of driver’s license card (front side and back side)

If you forget to report the change of your address to Police, you should do this before application.

2) Driving record certificate

How to get this certificate?

a) Get application form

You can get it at police station, police box, or Japan Safe Driving Center.

b) Fill in the application form.

c-1) Pay the fee (630yen) and apply at the post office nearby.

c-2) Apply directly at Japan Safe Driving Center.

d) You can get it in two weeks when applying at the post office.

They will send it to you by mail.

When applying directly at Japan Safe Driving Center, they will send it to you in a week or so.

3) Driver’s license career certificate

When your license is lapsed or cancelled, you have to get this certificate.

4) Graduation certificate of the final school you graduated

5) Certificate of your qualifications or skills

6) Copy of register of your real property

7) Copy of lease contract of your domicile

8) Police certification

9) Copy of notification of allowance/Copy of notification of annuity certificate

/Copy of pension notification

10) Copy of bankbook

11) Certificate of student status

As I already explained the other day, what documents you have to collect and prepare depends on the situation of each individual.
So, to make it sure, you need to go to Legal Affairs Bureau to ask about it.

Thank you.
Solicitor & Immigration Lawyer
Hitoshi Oishi from Osaka Japan

If you want to ask something, please contact from this page.

1) As to the first insured person of the national pension plan

・Copies of the Pension Coverage Regular Notice

・Receipt of insurance premium

・Copies of notification of exemptions or deferment

(For reference)

The first insured person:

Self-employed persons, farmers and their families, students, unemployed people, etc., who are aged between 20 and 60.

The second insured person:

Among the members of national pension, the members of welfare pension or mutual aid. Mainly, salaried workers or civil servants.

The third insured person:

Among the members of national pension, the spouse who is supported by the second insured person who is the member of welfare pension or mutual aid.

Mainly, the wife of salaried worker or civil servant.

2) As to Business owner of the workplace covered by social insurance

・Receipt of insurance premium issued by Pension office

Thank you.
Solicitor & Immigration Lawyer
Hitoshi Oishi from Osaka Japan

If you want to ask something, please contact from this page.

Assets and income are important standard to decide if you can live in Japan stably.

In this category, if you are a business owner, you have to prepare more documents than salaried workers.

1) Individual

a) Withholding record of employment income (if you are a salaried employee)

b) Copies of Tax withholding slip (if you are an employer)

c) Copies of Tax Return

d) Income tax payment certificate

As to c) and d), you have to submit these if you meet any of the situations as follows;

1. You are salaried worker and get paid from more than two workplaces and have more than two withholding records of employment income.
2. You are salaried worker but your salary is not withheld at source, so you do tax return by yourself.
3. Sole proprietorships
4. Your annual salary is over 20 million yen.

e) Payment certificate of sole proprietorship tax

f) Payment certificate of consumption tax

g) Municipal inhabitant tax payment certificate (everyone has to collect)

h) Municipal inhabitant tax declaration certificate (everyone has to collect)

2) Business manager of corporate body

a) Copies of Tax Return

b) Copies of financial statements

c) Payment certificate of corporation tax

d) Payment certificate of enterprise tax on corporation

e) Copies of Tax withholding slip

f) Payment certificate of Corporation consumption tax

g) Payment certificate of Corporation municipal tax

h) Payment certificate of Corporation prefectural tax

i) Company transcript

j) Copies of operating permission

Thank you.
Solicitor & Immigration Lawyer
Hitoshi Oishi from Osaka Japan

If you want to ask something, please contact from this page.

Child support is a necessary expense to care and educate children.

Generally speaking, it is expenses that will be needed until the time when children become independent.

It contains cost for living, educational expenses and medical expenses, etc.

The obligation of paying child support to the children who needs to be taken care of is considered to be strong obligation.

Even if you go bankrupt, you will not be exempted from paying it.

As their parent, it is quite natural to take responsibility to support their life and mental development.

Paying child support is the minimum obligation imposed on parent and it will be the bond between children and parent who are living separately and it will also be the proof of parent and child.

Thank you.
Solicitor & Immigration Lawyer
Hitoshi Oishi from Osaka Japan

If you want to ask something, please contact from this page.

I will list general documents here.

What documents or certificates you need depends on your situation.

1) Certificate of nationality

2) Birth certificate

3) Death certificate

4) Marriage certificate

5) Certificate of family relationship

Above documents should be translated into Japanese.

6) Copies of your passport

All the pages with postmarks and date stamps are needed.

7) Certification of information recorded as to;

a) Birth

b) Death

c) Marriage

d) Divorce

8) Copy of family register

9) Certified copy of resident register

Thank you.
Solicitor & Immigration Lawyer
Hitoshi Oishi from Osaka Japan

If you want to ask something, please contact from this page.

All these below are basic documents for naturalization application, and you will be asked by the interviewer about the contents you filled in these documents.

The biggest point at this level is that you should never make false representation.

You have to bear the responsibility for what you have written.

1) Application form for permission for naturalization

2) Summary of your family and relatives

3) Reasons for the application

You have to write it in Japanese by yourself, in your hand. You are not allowed to write it with computer.

4) Personal resume

You need to attach the documents as below to prove the contents.

・Copies of driver’s license card

・The documents to prove your professional license

・Graduation certificate

・Certificate of student status

・Academic transcript, etc.

5) A written oath

6) Summary of the living and assets

7) Summary of the business

8) Certificate of employment and salary

9) A rough map of the neighborhood of your home

10) A rough map of the neighborhood of your work place

Thank you.

Solicitor & Immigration Lawyer

Hitoshi Oishi from Osaka Japan

If you want to ask something, please contact from this page.

Documents you have to collect differ according to your work, nationality and age, etc.

The documents you have to submit for naturalization differ according to your personal situation, but in general, there are three types.

1) The documents you have to fill in or make.
2) The documents you have to collect from authorities, etc.
3) The documents you have in hand.

All these are to prove that you have qualified for the requirements of naturalization.

When you or same livelihood member are/is business owner, you need to collect more documents.

Furthermore, according to the applicant’s situation, they may ask you to submit other additional documents.

You can also classify the needed documents as below.

1) The documents you have to make by yourself.
2) The documents that show your nationality or identity.
3) The documents that show your assets, income, etc.

Thank you.
Solicitor & Immigration Lawyer
Hitoshi Oishi from Osaka Japan

If you want to ask something, please contact from this page.

(Part 3. The case that Requirement of Residence, Requirement of Capacity and Requirement of Livelihood will be eased)

1. A child (excluding an adopted child) of a Japanese citizen who is having a domicile in Japan

2. An adopted child of a Japanese citizen who is continuously having a domicile in Japan for one year or more, and was a minor according to his/her national law at the time of adoption

3. A person who is having lost his/her Japanese nationality (excluding a person who lost his/her Japanese nationality after naturalization in Japan) and is having a domicile in Japan

4. A person who was born in Japan and is not having any nationality since the time of birth, and is continuously having a domicile in Japan for three years or more since that time

The requirement of residence, requirement of capacity, and requirement of livelihood will be eased when the applicant meets any of above four conditions.

You can apply for naturalization, when you meet other conditions such as “Requirement of Behavior”, “Matter of loss of nationality”, “As to Thought”, and others.

Thank you.
Solicitor & Immigration Lawyer
Hitoshi Oishi from Osaka Japan

If you want to ask something, please contact from this page.

(Part 2. The case that Requirement of Residence and Requirement of Capacity will be eased)

1. A foreign national whose spouse is a Japanese citizen and who is continuously having a domicile or residence in Japan for three years or more and who currently has a residence in Japan.

2. A foreign national whose spouse is a Japanese citizen and three years have elapsed since the date of their marriage and who has continuously maintained a domicile in Japan for one year or more.

The requirement of residence and requirement of capacity will be eased when the applicant meets any of above two conditions.

Even if you don’t have a domicile in Japan for five years or more continuously and are under 20, you can apply for naturalization, when you meet other conditions such as “Requirement of Behavior”, “Requirement of Livelihood”, “Matter of loss of nationality”, “As to Thought”, and others.

Thank you.
Solicitor & Immigration Lawyer
Hitoshi Oishi from Osaka Japan

If you want to ask something, please contact from this page.