Hi all.
I will be arriving in Japan for work next week, and I have a couple of questions about receiving my mynumber card.
I need to have my mynumber card in order to join my company, but as far as I know the process of receiving it can take around a month if not longer (up to 3 weeks to receive the notification of the number, and then the application processing time on top of that). I’m slightly concerned as my company is expecting me to have this done within ~9 days of me arriving (if not I will have to start work a month later than planned).
I’ve heard there is the option to have the application expedited, but I’m not sure if it would apply to my situation (the official site mentions “those transferred to Japan from overseas” but I’m not sure if that refers to me).
If anyone has any advice or can share any experiences with this I’d really appreciate it. The last time I was in Japan I didn’t end up making a mynumber card as it hadn’t replaced the health insurance card at that point, but things have changed now and I’m quite confused.
TIA!
by gladiolos