If you are enrolled at Tottori University as an “International Student,” you will need to obtain a “Student” residence status. Please confirm the necessary documents regarding various applications.
・Notification regarding the organization of affiliation (activity)
・Permission to Acquire Status of Residence (Birth)
・Letter of recommendation for "Specified Activities (Continuing job hunting for university students)
・Petition for Transfer of Endorsement
・Application for reissuance of resident card due to loss, etc.
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If the baby will stay in Japan more than 60 days of its birth, its parents, international students, must apply for Permission to Acquire Status of Residence for their baby within 30 days of the baby's birth.
※This application can be applied by the one parent.
| Required Documents List | Acquisition | |
| 1 | Application for Permission to Acquire Status of Residence（Form） (*Photos are not required for those under 16 years of age.) | IAD |
| 2 | Passport（Parents' and Baby's) and Parents' Residence Card | ー |
| 3 | (On Request Only) Application for Indication of Name using Kanji Characters on the Residence Card（Form） ※If you would like to have your name in Kanji on your residence card, please submit this application. Please submit your family resister or something which has your name written in Kanji, if your passport doesn't show your name in Kanji. |
IAD |
| 4 | Certificate of Enrollment ※The one in which whole enrollment period is written. Please ask to issue the certificate at the counter of Education Support Div. The certificate is not be issued by a issuing machine. |
Education Support Div. |
| 5 | Certificate of Birth (Please submit a birth report at the City Hall from a born day, the (first day inclusion) within 14 days) | City Hall |
| 6 | Questionaire "Shitsumon-sho"（Form） | ー |
| 7 | Documents which certify financial competency to cover all the costs thinkable during applicant's stay in Japan (Either 1) or 2)）
1) If the applicant covers the costs including school and living expenses; (One of ①-③) 2) If a person other than the applicant covers the costs including school and living expenses; (All of ①-③) ② Documents that certify the relationship between the applicant and the supporter. ③ One or more documents about the financial supporter mentioned below that prove financial capability of the supporter and relationship between the applicant and the supporter. ・Tax & Income Certificate |
*Please click here to obtain the "Certificate of Scholarship". |
If you would like to request transfer of endorsement, such as stamps for status of residence or re-entry permit, from an old passport to a new passport, you need to apply for "Petition for Transfer of Endorsement" to the immigration office.
| Required Documents List | Acquisition | |
| 1 | Petition for Transfer of Endorsement | IAD |
| 2 | Passport and Residence Card | ー |
When a "student" (excluding special course students, auditing students, non-degree students and research students) who will graduate (or has graduated) from a University and is currently seeking employment applies for "Status of Residence: Specified Activities (Continuing job hunting for university students)", he/she is required to submit "a letter of recommendation regarding continued job hunting from the university you were enrolled in until recently".
International students who wish to have issued "a letter of recommendation" should follow the instructions below. ( Letter of Recommendation: Sample )
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Required Documents |
Acquisition | |
| 1 |
For 1st application: ・継続就職活動における推薦状発行に係る推薦書（和文）（Form1） ・Documents proving that you are actively seeking employment (copies of emails from companies, etc.) ・Copy of graduation (completion) certificate ・Copy of residence card (both sides) |
IAD |
| 2 |
For 2nd application: ・Documents proving that you are actively seeking employment (copies of emails from companies, etc.) ・Copy of graduation (completion) certificate ・Copy of residence card (both sides) |
IAD |
Foreign nationals in possession of a valid passport and resident card who will be re-entering Japan within 1 year of their departure to continue their activities in Japan will, in principle, not be required to apply for re-entry permit. But please be sure to present your residence card at departure. (This system is called "a special re-entry permit".)
※If your period of stay expires within 1 year after your departure, please ensure that you re-entry Japan before the expiration of your period of stay.
Application should be made at the Hiroshima Regional Immigration Bureau, Sakaiminato Branch Office in principle.
| Required Documents List | Acquisition | |
| 1 | Application for Re-entry Permit (Form) | IAD |
| 2 | Passport and Residence Card | ー |
| 3 |
Certificate of Payment of Payment of Fee with "Inshi" stamp. -For this single re-entry permit: For online applications, attach 3,500 yen Inshi, and for applications submitted at the counter, attach 4,000 yen Inshi. -For the multiple re-entry permit: For online applications, attach 6,500 yen Inshi, and for applications submitted at the counter, attach 7,000 yen Inshi. |
Post Office etc. for "Inshi" |
If you find that you have lost your residence card due to loss, theft, destruction, or other reasons, first submit a "Report of Loss" to the nearest police station. Next, apply for reissuance of the card at the nearest immigration office within 14 days of discovering the loss, etc. There is no fee to apply for reissuance. In principle, the reissuance will be issued on the same day as the application is filed.
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Required Documents List |
Acquisition | |
| 1 | Application for re-issuance of a Residence Card （Form(PDF)／Form(Excel)） |
IAD |
| 2 |
A Photo of an applicant（height 4cm × width 3cm）(Taken within the last 3 months. Photo data (50KB or less) for online application) *It is inappropriate under any circumstances to change the image of the person by editing or processing the image to make the eyes look larger, whitening the skin, or modifying facial features, moles, wrinkles, etc. Also, photos that are reversed horizontally are inappropriate. |
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| 3 | Documents proving the loss of possession (certificate of loss report, certificate of theft report, certificate of accidental damage, etc. (If you cannot submit these documents, a statement of reasons and the circumstances of the loss) |
Police Stations, etc. (About Property Report) |
| 4 | Passport | ー |
