Notification Procedures for a Change of Address
If you move to a different address or people leave or join your household, please complete the designated procedures to notify us of the change, either in person or through someone acting on your behalf, within 14 days of the change.
Moving to Shinjuku City from overseas
If you live in Shinjuku City with a short-term visa and becomes a mid- or long-term resident
Moving to Shinjuku City from another municipality
If you move within Shinjuku City (Change of address)
Either within Japan or overseas (Moving out of Shinjuku City)
If there is a change in the head of the household, a household is split, or if two households join (Change in the household)
If the relationship between you and the head of the household changes, and the change will not be registered in the koseki [family registry] system (Change in the relationship to the head of the household)
You will need your residence card or special permanent resident certificate/foreign resident registration card, documentation (original) certifying your relationship to the head of the household, and National Health Insurance card (if you are enrolled) to file a notification.
Note: If the document certifying your family relationship to the head of the household is in a foreign language, please attach a Japanese translation with the name and contact details of the translator on it.