Notifications Concerning Family Register
（notification of birth, notification of marriage etc.）

• Notification of birth - when you have a child
• Notification of marriage - when you get married
• Divorce notification - when you get divorced（in case of divorce by consent）
• Notification of death - when a family member has passed away

Notification concerning family register (notify the ward office or the branch office)

　Family register is the official document to register the individual’s kinship from birth to death, and important to certify such a kinship. Therefore, be sure to notify when you have a child, get married or divorced, adopt, dissolve adoption change your domicile of origin, your first name or last name, a family member has passed away, or the person with dual nationality selects the nationality and others,.
　Notifications concerning family register can be received at the ward offices or the branch office of Higashiyodogawa ward office, at night or on the holidays (Except the branch offices of Higashisumiyoshi ward office and Hirano ward office).

Confirmation of the visitor’s identity

■ Contact: Resident Registration section of the ward office and the branch offices
　Each of notifications concerning family register that we can handle---notification of birth, notification of marriage, divorce notification, notification of family registration change notification of adoption, notification of dissolution of adoption, notification of change of name, notification of death, notification of selected nationality and others---and the relevant section, are described specifically as follows;　For the details of other notifications, contact Resident registration section of the ward office.

When you have a child‥‥Notification of birth

Applicant

1. Father or mother of the child
2. A cohabiter
3. A doctor
4. A midwife
5. Other witnesses

Period of acceptance
　Within 14 days from birth, including the birthday

Notify (the department in charge)
　Either domicile of origin/place of birth of the child, or address of the applicant

Requisite

• Seal
• Maternity passbook
• National health insurance card (for only members)
• Certificate of birth

Note
　The letters acceptable for name of a child are Kanji designated for everyday use, Kanji designated for personal name, hiragana, and katakana.

■ Contact: Resident registration section of the ward office

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When you get married‥‥Notification of marriage

Applicant
　A husband and wife

Notify (See below)
　Domicile of origin or location of husband or wife
　※ The location includes the place where the applicant is staying temporarily.

Requisite

• 1 copy each of certificate of registration matters (whole) (individual) (copy/ extract of family register) of a husband and wife (If you register to Osaka city, attach certificate of registration matters (individual) (extract of family register). However, if you register to the local government office where you register your domicile of origin (in case of Osaka city, it would be the ward office), it is not required.
• Each seal of a husband and wife (maiden name)
• A form of identification

Note

• Two adult witnesses are needed.
• When a minor is getting married, the consent of his/her parents is needed.
• A husband must be aged 18 or over, and a wife aged 16 or over.
• For a wife, the period of, at least, six months must be elapsed since cancellation of a previous marriage.
• Marriage goes into legal effect at the day of the notification.
• In case of remarriage and others, certificate of registration matters (copy of family register) may be needed.

■ Contact: Resident registration section of the ward office

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When you get divorced (in case of divorce by consent) ‥‥Divorce notification

Applicant
　A husband and wife

Notify (the department in charge)
　Domicile of origin or the location of a husband or wife

Requisite

• copy of certificate of registration matters(whole) of a husband and wife (copy of family register)
  　※It is needed when the domicile of origin is not registered at the local government office (the ward office, in Osaka city) that you are to notify.
• 1 copy of copy of family register to be returned (or certificate of registration matters) when returning to his/her original domicile.
• Each seal of a husband and wife( the family name within marriage)
• A form of identification

Note

• Two adult witnesses are needed.
• If you have (an) underage son(s) /daughter (s), decide who will have parental authority.
• Cancellation of marriage goes into legal effect on the day of notification.

■ Contact: Resident registration section of the ward office

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When a family member has passed away‥‥Notification of death

Applicant

1. Family
2. House mate
3. Landlord
4. Landowner
5. House manager
6. Land manager
7. Guardian
8. Curator
9. Assistant
10. Voluntary guardian

Period of acceptance
　Within 7days from discovery of the death by the applicant

Notify (the department in charge)
　Either place of death, domicile of origin of the deceased, or address of the applicant

Requisite

• National health insurance card (for only members)
• Seal of the applicant
• Certificate of death
• Certificate of registered matters of adult guardianship (original), or the court-issued copy (only when notified by either adult guardian, curator, assistant or voluntary guardian)

■ Contact: Resident registration section of the ward

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• When filing a notification that needs certificate of whole registration matters (individual) (copy/extract of family register) to the ward office in Osaka city, you only have to attach only one copy of it. (when filing to other local government office, more than one copy of it may be needed )
• When filing a notification of transfer /separation of family register, it is necessary to attach certificate of whole registration matters (individual) (copy/extract of family register), except a case of transfer/separation within the same ward. For other notifications, when the applicant files a notification to the ward office where he/she registers his/her own domicile of origin, he/she doesn’t have to attach the family register.
• It is only one copy of notification to file.
• Notification can be received even after service hours, at night or on the holidays, at the ward office or the branch office of Higashiyodogawa ward office (except the branch offices of Higashisumiyoshi ward office and Hirano ward office).

■ Contact: Resident registration section of the ward office and the branch office