How to Obtain Resident Certificates of Utsunomiya, Electronically
If you have selected your house in Utsunomiya
City, the next step is a visit
to Utsunomiya City Hall, or shiyakusyo, in the process of
settling down like
the citizens of the city. The purpose of the visit is to
register yourself as
a foreigner with an address in the city to get the alien
registration card. If you
have a family, all the family members are required to follow the
same procedure.
After the registration application*1 is
submitted to the official and a receipt sheet is
issued (this sheet shows the date when your alien registration
card is ready and
you show up to pick it up as well as your registration number,
and is folded and
attached by a stapler to a page in your passport, and must be
checked by
the Immigration Office in granting multiple re-entry permit), ask
the same official
to have your seal, or hanko*2 or inkan, registered, and issue a
card, designed both
to certify the authenticity of the seal and to work with a
machine which is connected
to the network of the city office and issues the various
certificates and documents.
You will be asked to register the password (a combination of 4
figures) for the card
on the spot. So you don't have to go to the City Hall and
fill in the application form.
The machines are placed at the City Hall (beside the main
entrance) and the Tourist
Information Centers (TIC) of Japan National Tourist Organization
in JR Utsunomiya
Station (photo). The machine is operable from 8:30 AM to 8:00 PM.
It is closed only
on the year-end and newyear's holiday, Dec. 29 to Jan. 3.
Among the certificates and documents served by
the machine electronically:
Alien Registration Certificate 外国人登録済証明書
Seal Registration Certificate
印鑑登録証明書
*1 Attach two photos of the same size as
the passport photos to alien registration application
*2 Why all the hustle of HANKO ,
which seems a bit lengthy
The more compact, practical information
on HANKO, for the
beginner
Tourist Information Center
Ken Matsuoka
Nov. 6, 2000