Work & Employment
Tell Immigration You Changed Jobs所属機関等に関する届出·shozoku kikan tō ni kansuru todokedeA 14-day legal obligation whenever you leave, join or change employer. Not a visa application — but skipping it can hurt at renewal.
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Drafted from general knowledge. Amounts, thresholds and deadlines change and vary by insurer and municipality — confirm with the office named here before you rely on it.
Why it matters
If you are on a work-based status of residence, you must notify Immigration within 14 days of leaving a job, joining one, or your employer changing name or ceasing to exist. Almost nobody is told this. It is not an application and nothing is being judged — but a pattern of missed notifications can be raised when you renew your status, and that is a bad time to discover it.
- Deadline
- Within 14 days of the change
- Cost
- Free
- Time
- 30 minutes
What to bring
- Residence Card在留カード·zairyū kādo
- Employer name and address勤務先の名称と所在地·kinmusaki no meishō to shozaichi
Both the old and the new one.
How it goes
- 1
You can do this by post or online — no need to queue
Immigration accepts this notification by mail and through its online system. Given it is a form with no decision attached, posting it is usually the least painful option. Going in person also works if you prefer.
- 2
Notify for each event separately
Leaving a job and joining a new one are two notifications, not one — though they can be sent together. The 14 days runs from each event.
- 3
This is not permission to change jobs
Notification is not approval. If your new job is a different kind of work from what your status covers, that is a separate matter and you may need to change your status of residence — which is outside what this site covers. If in doubt, ask Immigration before you start.
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If you are late, still file it
A late notification is much better than an absent one. File it as soon as you realise.