Hello. I'm Nakajima, in charge of Applying for Relationship-based VISA.
When you are going to apply for Naturalization, you will gather a lot of documents from a lot of institution both in Japan and from your mother country.
This time, I will introduce the institutions which issue the necessary documentation for Naturalization.
〇 City hall / Ward hall
Certificate of residential tax, Certificate of residential tax payment, Certificate of tax
exemption, Certificate of residence, Deleted residential record, Certificate of Family
register, Certificate of closed family register, Supplementary family register, Certificate
of birth registration, Certificate of acceptance of marriage report, Certificate of
acceptance of divorce report, Certificate of acceptance of death repor
〇 Legal Affairs Bureau
Certificate of real property registration, Certificate of corporate registration
〇 Revenue office / Municipal tax office
Certificate of income tax payment, Certificate of corporation tax payment, Certificate
of consumption tax, Certificate of enterprise tax
〇 Pension office
Confirmation of national pension payment, Confirmation of social insurance payment
〇 Employer
Withholding record of employment income, Certificate of employment
〇 Japan Safe Driving Center
Certificate of driving record
〇 Immigration Bureau
Entry/departure records, Certificate of closed alien registration card
The Government structure is so complicated that it is hard to find the appropriate office to gather documents! Even I had completely no idea which institute issues which documentation before I started this career!
I hope this article helps you.
Please do not hesitate to ask us anything about Naturalization application.
Thank you for reading.