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Guide of Living in Japan for New Coming Foreign Students

Guide of Living in Japan for New Coming Foreign Students

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1.About resident status (visa)

2.About alien registration

3.About joining National Health Insurance

4.About making a bank account

    5.About how to look for and move into an apartment

    6.About how to dispose garbage

    7.About moving house

    8.About renewal of period of stay, and the change procedure　

    9.About how to start part-time job

    10.About re-entry permit application

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    4.About making a bank account

    ① Procedure for making an account

    Required documents（in general）
    • ・Certificate of registered items in the Alien Registration (Toroku Genpyo Kisai Jiko Shomeisho), or National Health Insurance card
    • ・Passport
    • ・Bill for electricity, gas, or else (one printed with user's name and address)
    • ・Stamp (a rubber stamp is improper)

    The screening for making an account is becoming severer!

    ② Automatic transfer

    automatic payment
    • ･Water service
    • ･Electricity
    • ･Gas
    • ･Boarding fees etc.
    automatic transfer
    • ･Scholarship
    • ･Part-time job wage, etc.
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