Moving to Japan next week on a J-Find visa, and planning to sign up for the NHI as soon as possible because I have a few health issues (immunocompromised mainly)
My plan is to stay in Tokyo for a few weeks before moving to Sapporo where I plan to settle down and find a more permanent residence. I understand I can wait to register my address on my residency card until I find long term accommodation which I was planning to do, but would this impact my ability to get my health insurance card?
Ideally I would like to have my health insurance as soon as possible incase anything goes wrong, but If I need a full address that could potentially be weeks out and then I'm assuming I would have to wait to receive the card in the mail?
Is there anyway I can register without an address and get a temporary paper to show hospitals?
Thanks for any advice.
by QseanRay