(Issuance of Registration Certificate for Renewal)

Article 11.

The alien shall apply to the mayor or the head of the city, town or village wherein he resides, within thirty days of the fifth anniversary (in the case of the alien being a permanent resident or a special permanent resident on the day whereon the initial or other registration was made, it shall be the seventh anniversary) of the alien's birthday (in case his birthday is February 29, it shall be regarded as February 28), as commencing from the year whereon the registration under Article 4, Paragraph 1 (in case the confirmation has been done under Article 6, Paragraph 3, Article 6-2, Paragraph 4, or Article 7, Paragraph 3, based on the application under this paragraph or the next paragraph, (in Paragraph 3, this confirmation is referred to as ”the latest confirmation”), is to mean the day on which the latest confirmation was made. In this paragraph, this day is referred to as "the day whereon the initial or other registration was made.), by submitting the documents and photographs specified in the following items, for confirmation of whether the entry of the registration card corresponds with the actual facts. However, this shall not apply to the alien who was less than sixteen years of age on the day when the application under Article 3, Paragraph 1 was made (in case the alien has ever made an application under Article 6, Paragraph 1, Article 6-2, Paragraph 1 or 2, or Article 7, Paragraph 1 on the day whereon he made such application):

(1) One application for confirmation of matters registered;
(2) Passport;
(3) Two photographs

2. The alien who is provided for in the provision of the proviso of the preceding paragraph shall apply for confirmation under the preceding paragraph wherein he resides within thirty days of the day of his having become sixteen years.

3. Despite the provision of Paragraph 1, in respect to the alien whose status falls under one of the following items at the time of the registration (in case the confirmation has been made, this means the latest confirmation) mentioned in Paragraph 1, the duration for the application for confirmation under Paragraph 1 shall be within thirty days from the date whereon the mayor of the city or the head of the town or village has designated (between 1 year and 5 years), in accordance with the Ministry of Justice Ordinance.

(1) Those whose status of residence is not confirmed;
(2) Those whose signature according to the provision under Article 14-2 has not been written.

4. The mayor of the city or the head of the town or village shall, in case he has confirmed based on the application under Paragraph 1 or 2, issue a new registration certificate according to the registration card.

5. The provision of Article 5, Paragraph 2 shall apply mutatis mutandis in the case of the preceding paragraph.

6. When the alien receives the registration certificate under the provision of Paragraph 4, he shall return the registration certificate he carries to the mayor of the city or the head of the town or village. However in case the alien concerned receives the registration certificate delivered through his proxy by virtue of Article 15, Paragraph 3, he may return the old registration certificate within fourteen days since receiving the new certificate.

7. In case the mayor of the city or the head of the town or village has issued the registration certificate under the provision of Paragraph 4, he may not issue the registration certificate under the provision of Article 6, Paragraph 4, Article 6-2, Paragraph 5 or Article 7, Paragraph 4, in exchange for, or for the purpose of reissuance of, the registration certificate issued to the alien concerned prior to the above issuance.

8. In case the registration certificate is issued under Paragraph 4, the registration certificate which has been issued to the alien concerned before the day of the issuance of the new registration certificate, shall lose its validity.

9. In case the alien has recovered the registration certificate which had lost its validity under the preceding paragraph after he has received the registration certificate issued to him under Paragraph 4, he shall promptly return the registration certificate recovered to the mayor or the head of the city, town or village wherein he resides.

10. The provision of Article 6, Paragraph 7 shall apply mutatis mutandis in the case wherein the application has been made under Paragraph 1 or 2.