If you are allowed to apply as soon as your resident registration is completed, does that mean you can submit your Permanent Residence application on the very day you move?
The answer is:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nTheoretically, yes. In practice, however, you will probably not have enough time to complete everything on the same day.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\nOne of the required documents for a Permanent Residence application is a Residence Record (Juminhyo)<\/strong> showing your current registered address.
To obtain this document, you must first complete your resident registration after moving.
However, whether you can receive your Residence Record immediately after completing the moving-in procedures depends on the municipality and even on the office where you complete the registration.<\/p>\n\n\n\nFor example, if you complete your moving-in notification at a branch office rather than the city’s main municipal office, it may not be possible to obtain your Residence Record on the same day.
Even if your municipality can issue the document immediately after your resident registration is completed, the process itself may take time. Depending on how busy the service counter is, it may take longer than expected to receive the document.
If obtaining your Residence Record is delayed, you may not have enough time to visit the Immigration Office before it closes for the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We understand that many applicants want to submit their Permanent Residence application as soon as possible. However, in most cases, it is safer to spend the day of your move completing your resident registration, carefully reviewing all of your application documents\u2014including your newly issued Residence Record\u2014and then submitting your Permanent Residence application calmly on the following day or later. This approach is generally less stressful and helps avoid unnecessary problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/span>Which Immigration Office Should You Submit Your Permanent Residence Application to After Moving?<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\nIf you apply for Permanent Residence after moving, you must submit your application to the Immigration Office that has jurisdiction over your new residential address<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\nEven if you began preparing your application before moving, and even if some of your supporting documents were issued by the municipality where you previously lived, your Permanent Residence application must be submitted to the Immigration Office responsible for your current registered address<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/span>What If Your Home Address and Workplace Are Under Different Immigration Offices because of Remote work? <\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\nWith the growing popularity of remote work and fully remote positions, it is no longer unusual for people to live far away from their workplace. In some areas with convenient transportation, commuting from a neighboring prefecture is also quite common.
In these situations, your home address and your workplace may fall under the jurisdiction of different Immigration Offices, leaving many applicants wondering which office they should use for their Permanent Residence application.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The answer is simple:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nYour Permanent Residence application should be submitted to the Immigration Office that has jurisdiction over your residential address\u2014not your workplace.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\nFor example:
Case A<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n- You work for a company located in Okayama Prefecture.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Your registered address is in Kagawa Prefecture.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- You commute to work every day by train.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
\u2192 You should submit your Permanent Residence application to the Takamatsu Immigration Office.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nCase B<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n- You work for a company based in Tokyo.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Your employer officially allows you to work fully remotely.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- You live with your family in Hokkaido.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
\u2192 You should submit your Permanent Residence application to the Sapporo Immigration Office.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nSince the appropriate Immigration Office is determined by your residential address, you should keep this in mind if you are planning to move to a location that falls under a different Immigration Office’s jurisdiction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\uff1c Why can’t I choose another Immigration Office? \uff1e<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In Japan, your application must generally be submitted to the Immigration Office that has jurisdiction over your registered residential address.
Even if you hear that processing is faster at a different immigration office, you cannot change the office where you submit your application unless you move to an address (change of your registered address) within that office’s jurisdiction.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n