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Important Reminders on Remitting Funds Overseas and Receiving Funds Remitted from Overseas
As of January 1, 2016, the My Number*1 system has entered operation. This system will be used in a
variety of situations, and will be required upon remitting funds overseas as well as receiving those remitted
from overseas. Please thoroughly read the below important reminders and be careful not to commit any
mistakes with respect to this matter.
1. You will need to provide your My Number at banks or credit unions when conducting the following
transactions.
(1) Remitting funds overseas from a bank or credit union.
(2) Receiving funds remitted from overseas through an account at a Japanese bank or credit union.
Note that you may neither remit nor receive funds if you have not provided your My Number.
2. The following documents are required upon providing your My Number.
(1) Document to verify your My Number (one of the following)
・ My Number Notification Card*2
・ My Number Personal Number Card*3
・ Copy of Certificate of residence containing your My Number personal number (obtained at your
municipal office)
・ Certificate of Items Stated in Certificate of residence containing your My Number personal
number (obtained at your municipal office)
(2) Document to identify yourself (one of the following)
▷ My Number Personal Number Card
▷ Passport
▷ Residence Card
▷ Driver’s license
▷ Etc.
3. My Number Notification Card/Personal Number Card
▷ A My Number Notification Card is a paper card issued to everyone who has a Certificate of residence.
The card is sent out one to two months after registration of the Certificate of residence has been
completed.
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My Number Personal Number Cards are only issued to individuals who apply to their municipal
office to have one issued after they have received their My Number Notification Card. This card is
sent out seven to eight months after an application has been submitted.
▷ When remitting funds overseas or receiving funds that have been remitted from overseas before your
My Number Notification Card or Personal Number Card has been delivered, ask your municipal office
to issue you a copy of your Certificate of residence or a Certificate of Items Stated in Certificate of
residence that contains your My Number personal number (A fee applies.).
4. Procedures for remitting or receiving funds
▷ Bring documents to verify your My Number and documents to identify yourself to the bank or credit
union where you have an account along with your passbook, etc.
▷ When remitting or receiving less than one million yen in funds through an account for which you
have already been identified, you only need to provide your bank or credit union with your My
Number one time.
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For transactions in which one million yen or more will be remitted, received or handled in cash, you
will need to provide your bank or credit union with your My Number upon each transaction.
5. Other
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If you opened an account prior to January 1, 2016 for which you have already been identified, you
will not have to provide your My Number for remittances of funds overseas made through that
account for a period of three years.
*1: For an explanation of the My Number system, please refer to the following Cabinet Secretariat
websites.
Japanese: http://www.cas.go.jp/jp/seisaku/bangoseido/
English: http://www.cas.go.jp/jp/seisaku/bangoseido/english.html
Other languages: http://www.cas.go.jp/jp/seisaku/bangoseido/otherlanguages.html
*2: My Number Notification Card (sample)
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*3: My Number Personal Number Card (sample)
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