Anyone have experience with this? I didn’t realize I had to renew my my number card at the same time as my visa, so my my number card expired.
Following guidelines I have to re-do the entire process, however this time I don’t have an application ID sent to my by mail so I cannot apply online. I therefore did as it said and printed out their other application form that doesn’t require an ID, filled it out by hand and sent it by mail in the envelope you can also print out (so it already has the address on etc).
It has been a month and I have seen nothing.. I realize it takes some time but I’m unsure of whether they even got my application. Does anyone have experience with this application and how long it took etc?
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I do not know enough about the mail process to help (sorry), but for others who are in the same situation and haven’t yet reapplied: you can go to your city hall (区役所/市役所/ç”ºå½¹å ´) and they will issue an application ID on the spot so you can apply online. You can also look at your application status using the same ID!
For anyone who sees this: Go to your city office before your visa expires and apply for an extension. They extend it for three months. Then go back with your new visa and they’ll extend it to the new visa date. It takes maybe 15 mins.
If your mynumber card has already expired, go to your ward office and they will be able to prepare you a new application and take your picture. You’ll still have to wait about 6 weeks for a response though which is completely insane to me.
People who read this post. For ur future ref, Remember, when u r renewing ur visa and waiti g for reply, u could go to the shiyakusho to ask them to extend ur ‘my number’ expiry date so u could avoid the fresking troublesome reissuance procedure after u got ur renewed visa.
Go to your city office and check. The first time I tried to renew the mynumber via mail, sent it in and nothing happened for months(this was when they introduced it). Then just went in applied in person.
A couple of years ago when we renewed the my number card another time, we went to the city hall. The appointment can be booked online if it’s a weekend visit. It was really quick, it took about 20-30 mins. They told us apparently we had to go pick it up at our ward office again and they said they don’t mail it even for mailed application, they said that’s probably why I didn’t get it that first time. They said everyone needs to come pick it up in person. (That could just be our ward).
So check with your city office. They may have it ready and you just need to pick it up. Or they might let you renew there again on the spot.