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Passport Information
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If you have questions or need more detailed information, please call our office (404-240-4300, ex.3032)during telephone assistant hours (from 9:00 am. to 12:30 pm. and from 1:30 pm. to 5:00 pm., Monday through Friday), do not send e-mail. Please ask the operator to put you through to the Passport Section.
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Passport Renewal
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Passports for Infants
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Lost Passports
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Adding pages for Visa Stamp
General
Information
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Appointments are not required.
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Residents in GA, AL, NC, SC or VA who reside
beyond 100 miles from Atlanta, they can apply for a passport through the mail.
But they will have to come to the Consulate Office in person to pick up the new
passport.
l Passport applications take 1 week to process.
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We cannot process or deliver passports by
mail.
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We cannot accept an application form by fax or a
copy of an application form
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Children now have to have their own passports.
Children need a 5 year passport application form.
You are required to submit the
following:
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Application Form
You must fill out the
application form using black ink.
It must be filled out correctly with
applicant's signatures. Even if applicants are elementary students, their
signature is necessary for applications.
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Family Register, Koseki-Tohon or Koseki-Shohon in
Japanese, issued within last 6 months
The Family Register is not
required if you have fulfilled the following requirements.
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You have registerd Zairyu-Todoke to the Consulate in Atlanta at least 3
months ago.
2. You
have a valid passport.
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Photographs can be black and white or color, but
the length must be 4.5 cm and width must be 3.5 cm (1-3/4" x 1-3/8"). The size
of your face in the photo should be about 2.7 cm from the top of your head to
the chin, and must be facing forward. We cannot accept photos in which you are
wearing sunglasses or a hat, nor any photos with shadows, background obstruction
such as curtains, flash reflection from glasses, or a photo taken in a quick
photo booth. If the photo does not concur with the regulations, we may ask for
the photo to be retaken.
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Your current passport
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The copy of your states in the U.S. such
as:
1.
Green card
2. I-20
IAP-66 form
3.
Visa
4. Birth
Certificate or U.S. passport if you are born in the U.S.
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The processing fee is $136.36 for a Ten-year
valid passport and $90.90 for a Five-year valid passport, which must be paid by
cash when you pick up the passport. The processing fee for children under 12
years old is $45.45.
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Please note an application for minors under 20
years of age needs a parent's signature on the form or signed parent's consent
form.
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When you're married to a non-Japanese and
applying a passport with the married name for the first time, you have to submit
a family register issued within the last six months in which your marriage is
recorded. We also request a driver license, green card, or marriage certificate
to confirm the spelling of the last name.
Other
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Please be prepared to write the address of your
registered domicile in Japan as well as the contact name and address of family
members or relatives.
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Your surname will remain unchanged unless you
request a surname change.
General
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Children now have to have their own passports.
Children need a 5 year passport application form.
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Appointments are not required.
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Please bring your child with you when submitting
the application form.
l
Residents in GA, AL, NC, SC or VA who reside
beyond 100 miles from Atlanta, they can apply for a passport through the mail.
But they will have to come to the Consulate Office in person to pick up the new
passport.
l Passport applications take 1 week to process.
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We cannot process or deliver passports by
mail.
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We cannot accept an application form by fax or a
copy of an application form
You are required to submit the
following:
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To apply for a baby's passport for the first
time, you need to bring your child's family register issued within the last six
months, along with two photographs and proof of the parent's current address,
such as a driver's license or a checkbook.
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Photographs can be black and white or color, but
the length must be 4.5 cm and width must be 3.5 cm (1-3/4" x 1-3/8"). The size
of the face in the photo should be about 2.7 cm from the top of the head to the
chin. Please bring photo without shadows or background obstructions such as
curtains. If the photo does not concur with the regulations, we may ask for the
photo to be retaken.
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The name should be spelled in the Hepburnian
system, but if either parent is a non- Japanese citizen, you may submit a
request to spell without using the Hepburnian system which may enable you to use
the correct spelling. In this case you must bring such a document as a U.S.
birth certificate to confirm the spelling.
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The processing fee is $45.45 which must be paid
by cash when picking up the passport.
Other
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Please be prepared to write the address of your
registered domicile in Japan as well as the contact name and address of family
member or relatives living in Japan, since these are required in the
application.
General
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If you have lost your passport, you must apply
for a reissue of your passport.
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Appointments are not required.
l Residents in GA, AL, NC, SC or VA who reside beyond 100 miles
from Atlanta, they can apply for a passport through the mail. But they will have
to come to the Consulate Office in person to pick up the new
passport.
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It will take approximately two or three weeks to
reissue the passport, since we must confirm the replacement of the passport with
the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Tokyo.
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We cannot process or deliver passports by
mail.
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We cannot accept an application form by fax or a
copy of an application form.
You are required to submit the
following:
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Two photographs
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Police Incident report from the police confirms
the loss of your passport.
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The reissue processing fee is $109.09 for a
Ten-year valid passport, $72.72 for a Five-year valid passport, and $36.36 for
applicants under 12 years of age.
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In case the lost passport has already expired,
you must bring your family register issued within the last 6 months.
In this case, the processing fee will be $136.36 for
Ten-year valid passport, $90.90 for a Five-year valid passport and $45.45
for children under 12 years old, which must be paid by cash when you pick up the
passport.
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Please note an application for minors under 20 years of
age needs a parent's signature on the form or signed parent's consent
form.
Other
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If you need to return to Japan immediately,
PLEASE CALL US FIRST. We may
issue a travel document for your return to Japan. In
this case, you must bring a police theft report, two photographs, your airline
ticket to Japan, and proof of your Japanese citizenship such as your family
register or your Japanese driver's license. The processing fee is $22.72.
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Because the travel document is valid only for a
week after its issue, please apply within a week of your return to
Japan.
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In either case, the length of the photograph must
be 4.5 cm and the width must be 3.5 cm. The size of the face in the photo should
be about 2.7 cm from the top of the head to the chin, and must be facing
forward. We cannot accept photos in which you are wearing sunglasses or a hat,
photo with shadows, or background obstructions such as curtains. If the photo
does not concur with the regulations, we may ask for the photo to be
retaken.
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Visa Stamps
Please contact us for more
information.
Consulate
General of Japan in Atlanta