1. The Alien Registration Act has been repealed and an alien registration certificate needs to be replaced with a
residence card.
2. If you are a mid or long term resident, please change your alien registration certificate to a residence card at the
nearest location among Regional Immigration Bureaus, Immigration Offices of the Bureaus, or their Branch
Offices (hereinafter referred to as "Regional Immigration Bureaus, etc.") (except at Immigration Offices or Branch
Offices which have jurisdiction solely over an airport).
3. Because offices are expected to be very crowded right before the expiry date, it is recommended that you change
your alien registration certificate to a residence card as soon as possible. You can apply as early as today.
To mid and long term residents (announcement)
(Note 1) The latest status, etc. is printed on the back of the
certificate in cases where the individual has received approval
of change of status, etc.
(Note 2) An alien registration certificate in folio of the size of a
health insurance certificate (A5-size thick paper) has been
issued to those under the age of 16.
Of those who the new residency management system is
applied to;
・In cases where the status of the alien registration certificate is;
Permanent Resident
・ In case of a mid or long term resident whose status of the alien
registration certificate is;
○しろまる Check on the expiry date.
not a Permanent Resident
●くろまる Have you changed your alien registration certificate to a residence card?
Residence card
Change
Alien registration certificate
Before After
○しろまる Those who were at the age of 16 or older on the day when the new system came into effect (July 9th, 2012)
The alien registration certificate of those who were at the age of 16 or older on the day when the new system came into effect (July 9th,
2012) will be deemed a residence card until July 8th, 2015 when the new system will have passed three years since it came into effect.
Please change your alien registration certificate to a residence card at Regional Immigration Bureaus, etc. through;
・ Application of a residence card
(Application can be made any time during the above period of time.)or,・ Application of renewal of validity period of a residence card
(Application is accepted from two months before the expiry date of the "deemed period".)
○しろまる Those who were under 16 years of age on the day when the new system came into effect (July 9th, 2012)
The alien registration certificate of those who were under 16 years of age on the day when the new system came into effect will be
deemed a residence card in the following term.
・ Those whose 16th birthday will have come by July 8th, 2015 → Until the said birthday
・ Those whose 16th birthday will come on or after July 9th, 2015 → Until July 8th, 2015
Please change your alien registration certificate to a residence card at Regional Immigration Bureaus, etc. through;
・ Application of a residence card
(Application can be made any time during the above period of time.)or,・ Application of renewal of validity period of a residence card
(Application is accepted from six months before the expiry date of the "deemed period".)
In case of Permanent Resident
平成27年(2015年)7月8日
Subjects
Those 16 years old or older
Those under 16
years old
Those whose 16th birthday will have
come by July 8th, 2015
Those whose 16th birthday will come on
or after July 9th, 2015
Expiry date of the validity period
16th birthday
July 8th, 2015
【 Period of time during which an alien registration certificate is deemed a residence card】
July 8th, 2015
○しろまる Those who were at the age of 16 or older on the day when the new system came into effect (July 9th, 2012)
The alien registration certificate of those who were at the age of 16 or older on the day when the new system came into effect
(July 9th, 2012) will be deemed a residence card until the expiry day of period of stay or July 8th, 2015 when the new system will
have passed three years since it came into effect, whichever comes first.
A residence card will be issued at the time of approval of renewal application for period of stay, etc.
in the future.
○しろまる Those who were under 16 years of age on the day when the new system came into effect (July 9th, 2012)
The alien registration certificate of those who were under 16 years of age on the day when the new system came into effect
will be deemed a residence until the expiry date of period of stay, July 8th, 2015, or the person’s 16th birthday, whichever
comes first.
For those whose "deemed period" will be until the expiry date of period of stay, a residence card will be issued at the
time of approval of renewal application for period of stay, etc. in the future.
For the rest, please make application of renewal of validity period of a residence card.
(Application is accepted from six months before* the expiry date of the "deemed period".)
(* Note) For those whose 16th birthday will come on or after July 9th, 2015, application is accepted from two months before the
expiry date of the "deemed period".
In case of a mid or long term resident who is
Subjects Expiry date of the validity period
Those whose status has been determined
as "Designated activities"
(Applicable only to those granted
permission to stay for 5 years for specified
research activities, etc.)
The expiry date of period of stay or July 8th, 2015, whichever
comes first.
Other than those above
(Those who have been approved for a
period of stay of more than three month) The expiry date of period of stay or the person’s 16th birthday,
whichever comes first.
Those 16 years old
or older
Those under 16
years old
The expiry date of period of stay
The expiry date of period of stay, July 8th, 2015, or the person’s
16th birthday, whichever comes first.
not a Permanent Resident
【 Period of time during which a certificate of alien registration is deemed a residence card】
Those 16 years old
or older
Those under 16
years old