Author : MD TAREQ HASSAN | Updated : 2020/06/05

What is my number?

An Individual Number, also known as My Number, is a 12-digit ID number issued to all citizens and residents of Japan used for taxation, social security and disaster response purposes.

Individual Number is social infrastructure to improve administrative efficiency, enhance public convenience, and realize a fairer and more just society. It is a system which improves administrative efficiency and enhances public convenience by notifying every resident who has the resident record of his/her own individual number.

Details:

Online application for my number card

The follwing are needed when applying online

通知カード

通知カード

申請書ID

申請書ID

Procedure

City office will send you the following

letter from city office after applying for my number card

papaers in letter from city office after applying for my number card

Main (post card)

Post card (with seal) from city office after applying for my number card

Post card after removing seal

Time reservation to receive my number card

You need to call or use web url to reserve time to receive my number card (at specified place mentioned in the post card)

Time reservation to receive my number card

My Number Card Received at City Office

My Number Card

Notes:

Usages of my number card