Hi! Just my background, I am a student at an American university and planning on to do an exchange study abroad a semester in Japan next year. I was born and raised in the US, but have Japanese parents so i have both US & Japanese citizenship.
I was planning on getting to Japan couple weeks, even month before the official study abroad program start date, staying at hotels and going places.
However, I learned that if you are staying longer than 3 months, you need to get a residency record within 2 weeks.
I’ll be living in a dorm during the program term, but before that i’ll be in a hotel. I think you can’t put in hotel as your address for the residency card so idk what to do for that.
My question is that, is this 2 weeks after you settle down somewhere?
I read somewhere that the address should not be a temporary housing like a hotel, and it is 2 weeks after you move in to an actual place. Can I obtain the residency record when I move in to the dorm?
I was struggling to find relative info online. Hoping if someone can give me an advice!
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**Moving to Japan too early for Residency Record (住民票)**
Hi! Just my background, I am a student at an American university and planning on to do an exchange study abroad a semester in Japan next year. I was born and raised in the US, but have Japanese parents so i have both US & Japanese citizenship.
I was planning on getting to Japan couple weeks, even month before the official study abroad program start date, staying at hotels and going places.
However, I learned that if you are staying longer than 3 months, you need to get a residency record within 2 weeks.
I’ll be living in a dorm during the program term, but before that i’ll be in a hotel. I think you can’t put in hotel as your address for the residency card so idk what to do for that.
My question is that, is this 2 weeks after you settle down somewhere?
I read somewhere that the address should not be a temporary housing like a hotel, and it is 2 weeks after you move in to an actual place. Can I obtain the residency record when I move in to the dorm?
I was struggling to find relative info online. Hoping if someone can give me an advice!
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Do u have any relatives address you can use as residency record?
I have read your reply on another question. If you are a Japanese citizen, you don’t need to worry about it so much. Even if you are later than 14 days, there is virtually no punishment.
So just register your address after moving to your dorm. You don’t need to do it while you are staying at a hotel.