Extending Your Period of Stay

You will need:

1. Application for Extension of Period of Stay (在留期間更新許可申請書 zairyū kikan kōshin kyoka shinseisho)
2. Passport
3. Residence Card
4. A photo (4cm by 3cm) (Note: This photo can be taken at any photo booth.)

   In addition, you should also ask your contracting organization for the following documents and bring them with you:

5. Tax Payment Certification (納税証明書 nōzei shōmeisho)
6. Tax Declaration Certificate (課税証明書 kazei shōmeisho)
7. Certificate of Appointment (辞令 jirei) (summer arrivals receive this twice a year, in summer and in April)

Bring all supporting documents to the immigration office. If there are no problems, they will ask you to write your name and address. They will send you a postcard in the mail with procedures to complete your visa extension. There is a time period in which your application may expire so make your second trip to the immigration office as soon as possible. If you can’t make it within the time period, contact the immigration office immediately. Please note that all documents submitted will not be returned with the exception of your passport and residence card.

You will need:

1. Postcard the immigration office sent you
2. Passport
3. Residence Card
4. 6,000 yen Revenue Stamp (収入印紙 shūnyū inshi). This is purchased at the immigration office often on another floor. Please ask the immigration office for details.

Submit the postcard along with your passport and residence card. They will give you a paper slip. At this time go and purchase a stamp, put it on the slip, and return to the immigration office. Now you have your new residence card with an extended period of stay!