\[Repost as reddit filters deleted my previous post – ty to the one user who replied!\] Reposting as I’d like to get confirmation from a couple of more people:
I’m a Japanese citizen that has been living abroad since 2017, with pretty much no intention of coming back to live in Japan for the foreseeable future. As of yesterday, Japanese citizens living abroad can now claim their My Number cards via the Japanese embassy in the country they reside in, but I wanted to double check whether there will be any additional tax/pension/national health insurance/misc. obligations that come with claiming a card before I went and got mine.
I already don’t qualify for income taxes (I pay income taxes where I live), and I also don’t need to enroll in the national health insurance scheme for obvious reasons. I also already pay pension tax (nenkin) via a GIRO I set up some time ago.
Pretty much the only reason why I need a My Number in the first place is because I’m planning to soon clear out my local Japanese bank account by sending all of its contents to the bank account in the country I currently reside in via 外国送金 and in order to do that you have to have a My Number.
tldr; I just want to avoid accidentally committing tax fraud – can I just get my card/number, use it to get my $$ out, and that be it?
by Any-Razzmatazz4180
