Documents to verify the applicant’s identity

One of the following documents is required:

• Certificate of residence (Issued within the past 6 months, with the Individual Number omitted)
• Certificate of items stated in resident register (Issued within the past 6 months)
• Valid Japanese driver’s license (Note 1)
• Valid Individual Number Card (Note 1)

Photocopies are not accepted

(Note 1) All of the following conditions must be met. If any of the following conditions are not met, please bring a certificate of residence.

• The address on the residence record must be exactly the same as that on your Japanese driver’s license or Individual Number Card.
• The Kanji characters used for your name must exactly match those on your Japanese driver’s license or Individual Number Card. (Differences in Kanji characters, such as between 辺 and 邊, or 吉 and 𠮷, will not be accepted. )
• Your permanent domicile must not have changed since your passport was issued.
  (If your permanent domicile has changed, you must bring a certificate of residence showing your permanent domicile)

One of the following documents is required.

• Certificate of residence (Issued within the past 6 months, with the Individual Number omitted)
• Valid residence card (Note 2)
• Valid special permanent residence certificate (Note 2)
• Valid Japanese driver’s license (Note 2)

Photocopies are not accepted

(Note 2) The address on the residence record must be exactly the same as that on your residence card, special permanent residence certificate or Japanese driver’s license.

1. Supplementary family register record (Fuhyo) showing that the residential registration has been removed. (Issued within the past 6 months. The last registered address must appear in the family register. Photocopies are not accepted)
2. One of the following documents confirming your address in a foreign country is required.
   • Foreign driver’s license showing your address
   • Mail, receipts or other documents showing your name and address
   • Certificate of residence or similar official documents issued by an official authority

1. The following document is required to show that your resident registration and related records have been removed:
   1. A person whose last place of residence was in Osaka Prefecture, who  was registered as a resident on or after July 9, 2012, and whose resident registration has been removed.
      • Certificate of removal from the residence record (Johyo) (Issued within the past 6 months, with the Individual Number omitted. Photocopies are not accepted.)
   2. A person whose last place of residence was in Osaka Prefecture, who  was registered under alien registration system on or before July 8, 2012, and whose resident registration has been removed. 
      One of the following documents is required. 
      • Copy of the alien registration record issued by the Ministry of Justice. The last registered address must appear in the record. (Issued within the past 6 months)
        (Note) For information on the office handling disclosure request, please refer to the website of the Personal Information Protection Office, Secretariat of the Ministry of Justice. 
      • Documents showing that you last resided in Osaka Prefecture: 
        Japanese deriver’s license, or a certificate of registered matters for the alien registration card, both of which were used while you were living in Osaka Prefecture, or mail, receipts, or other documents showing your name and address
2. One of the following documents confirming your address in a foreign country is required.
   • Foreign driver’s license showing your address
   • Mail, receipts or other documents showing your name and address
   • Certificate of residence issued by an official authority

Overseas Travel Documentation Review Section, Criminal Identification Division, Osaka Prefectural Police Headquarters
3-1-11, Otemae, Chuo-ku, Osaka City
Zip code 540-8540
Main telephone number: 06-6943-1234 Ext. 46223
Office hours: 9:00 a.m. ~ 5:00 p.m. (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, national holidays, and the period from December 29 to January 3)