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Living & city-hall guides for Sumida (墨田区)

What a foreign resident in Sumida (墨田区) needs for the ward office and settling in — with Sumida (墨田区)'s own official links, and a free place to ask a neighbour to come with you.

Contents

  • Sumida (墨田区) official links
  • Registering your move into Sumida (墨田区)
  • Booking
  • If you are a foreign resident
  • Worth knowing when moving in
  • Registering a marriage in Sumida (墨田区)
  • Worth knowing when registering a marriage
  • Common procedures in Sumida (墨田区)
Office hours, addresses and exact requirements differ by ward — always confirm on Sumida (墨田区)'s official pages below.

Sumida (墨田区) official links

  • Sumida (墨田区) ward office (official site)↗ (opens in a new tab)
  • Moving in / resident registration↗ (opens in a new tab)
  • For foreign residents (multilingual)↗ (opens in a new tab)

Registering your move into Sumida (墨田区)

From Sumida (墨田区)'s own pages. Office and building names are left in Japanese — you will need to show or say them at the counter.

Deadline:Please submit a notification of moving in within 14 days after you actually start living in Sumida City (墨田区). Moving-in procedures cannot be completed before moving. 実際に墨田区に住み始めてから14日以内に転入の届出をしてください。引っ越し前の転入手続はできません。
  • 窓口課 住民異動係 — 東京都墨田区吾妻橋一丁目23番20号 — Tel 03-5608-6102(直通)
  • 緑出張所 — 緑三丁目7番3号(みどりコミュニティセンター内) — Tel 03-3634-2656
  • 文花出張所 — 文花一丁目32番1号102号室 — Tel 03-3611-4723
  • 墨田二丁目出張所 — 墨田二丁目36番11号 (ベルクス墨田店商業施設 パシオス2階) — Tel 03-3614-1900
  • 東向島出張所 — 東向島二丁目38番7号(ユートリヤ内) — Tel 03-3610-5250

Weekday reception:From 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM 午前9時から午後4時30分まで

Booking

*Please check by phone in advance* There are increasing cases where procedures cannot be completed because required documents are missing, such as procedures involving consultations or procedures done by a proxy. Please be sure to inquire with the call center in advance. ※事前に電話でご確認をお願いします※ ご相談も含めた手続や代理人による手続など、必要書類をお持ちでなく手続できないケースが増えています。必ず事前にコールセンターへお問い合わせください。

If you are a foreign resident

Bring the 在留カード for everyone who moved. Several wards will make you return a second time without it.
  • For foreign nationals: Residence Card or Special Permanent Resident Certificate (for all moving individuals) 外国籍の方は在留カード又は特別永住者証明書(異動者全員分)
  • Service hours are from 9:00 to 16:30 on weekdays. In addition, procedures for moving in from abroad for foreign nationals are accepted only at 墨田区役所(本庁) (Sumida City Office Main Building) (excluding branch offices). 取り扱いは、平日の9時から16時30分までとなります。 また、外国籍の方の国外からの転入の手続は墨田区役所(本庁)のみの受付です(出張所を除く。)。
  • (Note 1) Driver's license, passport, My Number Card, Qualification Confirmation Letter, Residence Card, Special Permanent Resident Certificate, etc. (注釈1)運転免許証、パスポート、マイナンバーカード、資格確認書、在留カード、特別永住者証明書など
  • Passport (for all moving individuals) (Note 2) パスポート(異動者全員分)(注釈2)
  • (Note 2) If you returned to Japan using an automated facial recognition gate, please have an immigration inspector place an entry stamp (seal) in your passport. (注釈2)顔認証ゲートを利用し帰国した場合は、入国審査官からパスポートに証印(スタンプ)を受けてください。
Not accepted here
  • Procedures for moving in from abroad for foreign nationals are not handled at branch offices (出張所). They are accepted only at Sumida City Office (墨田区役所(本庁)). 外国籍の方の国外からの転入の手続は、出張所では取り扱っておりません。墨田区役所(本庁)のみの受付です
  • Moving-in procedures cannot be completed before moving. 引っ越し前の転入手続はできません。

Worth knowing when moving in

  • (Note 2) If a person from a different household acts as a proxy to submit the notification, a Power of Attorney (委任状) is required. (注釈2)別世帯の方が代理で届け出をする場合は、委任状が必要です。
  • Ward Office 1F (区役所1階) 窓口課 (Counter Services Section) 区役所1階 窓口課
  • Monday to Friday 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (午前8時30分から午後5時まで) 月曜日から金曜日 午前8時30分から午後5時まで
  • 戸籍・住民票コールセンター (Family Register and Resident Record Call Center) Phone: 03-5608-6912 (direct) 戸籍・住民票コールセンター 電話:03-5608-6912(直通)
  • It is extremely crowded from March to April (3月から4月). We appreciate your cooperation in spreading out the timing and choosing less crowded locations. 3月から4月は大変混雑します。時期や場所の分散にご協力をお願いします。
  • Source: Sumida (墨田区) official site (page updated 2026年2月26日, checked 2026-08-18)↗ (opens in a new tab)

Registering a marriage in Sumida (墨田区)

Straight from Sumida (墨田区)'s own pages. Names of desks and buildings are left in Japanese on purpose — you will need to show or say them at the counter.

  • 窓口課 戸籍係 — Tel 03-5608-6107(直通)
  • 休日・夜間窓口(宿直) — 区役所1階

Weekday reception:窓口課 戸籍係 (Counter Services Division, Family Register Section) Weekdays (Monday to Friday): 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM 1st and 3rd Wednesday: 9:00 AM to 7:00 PM 2nd Sunday: 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM 窓口課 戸籍係 平日(月曜日から金曜日):午前9時から午後4時30分まで 第1・3水曜日:午前9時から午後7時まで 第2日曜日:午前9時から午後4時30分まで

Outside those hours:休日・夜間窓口(宿直) (Holiday/Night Window [Duty]) Hours other than the above *Saturdays, Sundays (excluding the 2nd Sunday), public holidays, and the Year-End/New Year holidays (from December 29 to January 3) are office closure days, so please submit your notification to the 休日・夜間窓口(宿直) (Holiday/Night Window [Duty]). 休日・夜間窓口(宿直) 上記以外の時間帯 ※土曜日、日曜日(第2日曜日を除く。)、祝日、年末年始(12月29日から1月3日まで)は閉庁日ですので、休日・夜間窓口(宿直)へ届出をしてください。

The after-hours window normally only takes custody of your paperwork — a 戸籍 clerk checks it on the next working day.

At the 区役所1階の夜間休日受付(宿直) (Night and Holiday Reception Desk [Duty Room] on the 1st Floor of the Ward Office), receiving birth notifications (出生届), death notifications (死亡届), marriage notifications (婚姻届), etc., as well as issuing cremation permits (火葬許可証), is handled outside office hours (including non-business days such as Saturdays, Sundays, public holidays, and year-end/New Year holidays). For family register notification forms (戸籍届書) received outside office hours, the staff in charge will review and verify the contents on the next business day. If there are any omissions or missing entries on the form, we will call the notifying person (届出人), so please be sure to fill in your phone number. The official acceptance date will be retroactive to the date of submission. 区役所1階の夜間休日受付(宿直)では、出生届、死亡届、婚姻届などのお預かり及び火葬許可証の発行を時間外(土、日、祝日及び年末年始などの閉庁日を含む。)に行っています。 時間外に受領した戸籍届書は、翌開庁日に担当で内容の確認を行います。届書に記入漏れなどがあった場合には、届出人の方にお電話いたしますので、必ず電話番号を記入してください。受理日は届出日に遡ります。

You cannot file here
  • * In Sumida City, notifications are accepted at the 区役所庁舎 (Sumida City Office building) (they are not accepted at 出張所 (branch offices)). ※墨田区での届出受付は区役所庁舎となります(出張所では受付しておりません。)。

Worth knowing when registering a marriage

  • For marriage with a foreign national, please make an inquiry in advance or have your notification form, attached documents, etc., checked at the counter beforehand. 外国籍の方との婚姻については、事前にお問合せ又は事前に届書、添付書類等の確認を窓口で受けるようにしてください。
  • You will need to wait until the examination of your notification documents is completed, so please come to the office with plenty of time to spare. Please note in advance that waiting times will be even longer for notifications involving foreign nationals or when submitting multiple notifications at the same time. 届書類の審査が終わるまでお待ちいただきますので、時間に余裕をもってご来庁ください。なお、外国籍の方との届出や同時に複数の届出をされる場合などは、待ち時間が更に長くなりますので、あらかじめご了承ください。
  • Required documents and instructions for filling out notification forms differ for birth notifications where the place of birth is abroad, death notifications where the place of death is abroad, marriage and divorce notifications established according to foreign laws, marriage/divorce/adoption notifications with foreign nationals, etc. For details, please make an inquiry or have your notification form, attached documents, etc., checked at the counter beforehand. 出生地が外国の出生届、死亡地が外国の死亡届、成立が外国の方式による婚姻届及び離婚届、外国籍の方との婚姻届・離婚届・養子縁組届等については、必要な書類及び届書の書き方が異なります。詳しくは、お問合せいただくか又は事前に届書、添付書類等の確認を窓口で受けるようにしてください。
  • ※Outside office hours, notification forms are accepted at the 休日・夜間窓口 (Holiday/Night Window / duty desk) on the 1階 of the ward office. However, certificates cannot be issued. ※時間外は、区役所1階の休日・夜間窓口(宿直)にて届書をお預かりします。ただし、証明書類の発行はできません。
  • Available services differ from regular weekdays. Notifications requiring confirmation with other municipalities or related organizations may not be handled. Please check the related links below for details. 取り扱う業務内容は平日と異なります。他の市区町村や関係機関に確認等を必要とする届出については、取り扱うことができない場合があります。詳細は、下記関連リンクにてお確かめください。
  • Source: Sumida (墨田区) official site (page updated 2024年3月1日, checked 2026-08-17)↗ (opens in a new tab)

Common procedures in Sumida (墨田区)

  • →Converting a Foreign Driver's License
  • →Mobile Phone Contract
  • →Marriage Registration
  • →Opening a Bank Account
  • →Lump-sum Withdrawal Payment
  • →Resident Tax
  • →Final Income Tax Return
  • →Moving-in Notification (Resident Registration)
  • →Moving-out Notification
  • →My Number Card Application
  • →National Health Insurance Enrolment
  • →National Pension Enrolment
  • →Change of Status of Residence
  • →Permanent Residence Application
  • →Re-entry Permit
  • →Extension of Period of Stay
  • →Permission to Engage in Activity Other Than Permitted

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