Took me one visit to City Hall and like one hour. I went to City Hall with a copy of marriage confirmation form and filled out a paper that looked so old it had been copied a million times. Then the worker had to consult like ten people and fifteen giant book stacks and then I got a new copy of my Jyuminhyo with my legal alias on it. I think I also brought a postmarked and delivered letter (from myself) addressed to the legal alias to show I was using the name.
Be sure to double check the requirements as they vary per city. Where I live, they don’t accept handwritten letters or anything as proof of you using the alias.
I had to chance one of my utility bills to the name I wanted to use, and wait for that next billing cycle’s payment notification slip to come in the mail (so depending on timing, you might be waiting like a month).
Then I went to city hall with my Japanese marriage license/the bill/whatever else they asked me for, and I was able to register the legal alias.
Once I had it in my jyuminhyo, I went to the police station to update it on my driver’s license. I don’t remember if I got these both done on the same day but maybe, if not two days in the same week.
Once I had it changed on my driver’s license though, it was super easy to change my name on literally anything and everything else that accepts the alias name
An hour maybe at the city office. And they were crowded that day.
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Took me one visit to City Hall and like one hour. I went to City Hall with a copy of marriage confirmation form and filled out a paper that looked so old it had been copied a million times. Then the worker had to consult like ten people and fifteen giant book stacks and then I got a new copy of my Jyuminhyo with my legal alias on it.
I think I also brought a postmarked and delivered letter (from myself) addressed to the legal alias to show I was using the name.
Be sure to double check the requirements as they vary per city. Where I live, they don’t accept handwritten letters or anything as proof of you using the alias.
I had to chance one of my utility bills to the name I wanted to use, and wait for that next billing cycle’s payment notification slip to come in the mail (so depending on timing, you might be waiting like a month).
Then I went to city hall with my Japanese marriage license/the bill/whatever else they asked me for, and I was able to register the legal alias.
Once I had it in my jyuminhyo, I went to the police station to update it on my driver’s license. I don’t remember if I got these both done on the same day but maybe, if not two days in the same week.
Once I had it changed on my driver’s license though, it was super easy to change my name on literally anything and everything else that accepts the alias name
An hour maybe at the city office. And they were crowded that day.