Request to prevent submitted notifications to take effect

If you want to prevent submitted requests (like Marriage or Divorce Notifications) from taking effect, you can file a Non-Acceptance Request (fujuri moushide). Foreign Residents can also file such a request, if their respective others are Japanese Citizens.

What can be prevented?

• Marriage Registration
• Amicable Divorce Registration
• Adoption Notification
• Dissolution of an Adoption
• Acknowledgement of Paternity

When to submit request?

Taking effect from the day the request was filed.

Place of registration

Address of the person submitting the request/permanent or temporary address

Who can submit the request?

The person himself/herself.

What is needed to submit the request?

• Respective request form
• Identification Document (My Number Card, Drivers License, Residence Card etc.)

Note!

• The procedure is free of charge
• The person submitting the request must file the necessary documents at the counter (madoguchi) at Kobayashi City Hall by him/herself.
• If the person cannot come to the City Hall, a proxy carrying a notarized document signed by the submitting person may file the request.