Article 61-8-3Obligation of Appearance by the Person Themselves and Notification by a Representative
第六十一条の八の三（本人の出頭義務と代理人による届出等）
When a foreign national performs any of the acts set forth in the following items, the foreign national must appear in person at the place specified in each of those items to perform the act:
外国人が次の各号に掲げる行為をするときは、それぞれ当該各号に定める場所に自ら出頭して行わなければならない。
notification pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-7, paragraph (1), Article 19-8, paragraph (1) or Article 19-9, paragraph (1), or receipt of the residence card returned pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-7, paragraph (2) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 19-8, paragraph (2) and Article 19-9, paragraph (2)): the office of the municipality of the place of residence;
notification pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-10, paragraph (1), application pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-11, paragraph (1) or (2), Article 19-12, paragraph (1) or Article 19-13, paragraph (1) or (3), receipt of the residence card issued pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-10, paragraph (2) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 19-11, paragraph (3), Article 19-12, paragraph (2) and Article 19-13, paragraph (4)) or Article 19-15-4, paragraph (3), or notification pursuant to the provisions of Article 44-6, Article 52-5 or Article 63-2, paragraph (2): a regional immigration services bureau; and
第十九条の十第一項の規定による届出、第十九条の十一第一項若しくは第二項、第十九条の十二第一項若しくは第十九条の十三第一項若しくは第三項の規定による申請、第十九条の十第二項（第十九条の十一第三項、第十九条の十二第二項及び第十九条の十三第四項において準用する場合を含む。）若しくは第十九条の十五の四第三項の規定により交付される在留カードの受領又は第四十四条の六、第五十二条の五若しくは第六十三条の二第二項の規定による届出 地方出入国在留管理局
application pursuant to the provisions of Article 20, paragraph (2), Article 21, paragraph (2), Article 22, paragraph (1) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 22-2, paragraph (4) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 22-3)) or Article 22-2, paragraph (2) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 22-3), or receipt of the residence card issued pursuant to the provisions of Article 20, paragraph (4), item (i) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 21, paragraph (4), Article 22-2, paragraph (3) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 22-3) and Article 61-2-5, paragraph (3)), Article 22, paragraph (3) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 22-2, paragraph (4) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 22-3)), Article 50, paragraph (7) or Article 61-2-2, paragraph (2), item (i): a regional immigration services bureau.
第二十条第二項、第二十一条第二項、第二十二条第一項（第二十二条の二第四項（第二十二条の三において準用する場合を含む。）において準用する場合を含む。）若しくは第二十二条の二第二項（第二十二条の三において準用する場合を含む。）の規定による申請又は第二十条第四項第一号（第二十一条第四項、第二十二条の二第三項（第二十二条の三において準用する場合を含む。）及び第六十一条の二の五第三項において準用する場合を含む。）、第二十二条第三項（第二十二条の二第四項（第二十二条の三において準用する場合を含む。）において準用する場合を含む。）、第五十条第七項若しくは第六十一条の二の二第二項第一号の規定により交付される在留カードの受領 地方出入国在留管理局
If a foreign national is under 16 years of age, if a foreign national makes an application pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-11, paragraph (1) or receives the residence card issued pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-10, paragraph (2) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (3) of the same Article and the date of the application or the date of receipt is the foreign national's 16th birthday, or if a foreign national is unable to perform the act set forth in item (i) or (ii) of the preceding paragraph in person due to illness or any other reason, the act must be performed on behalf of the foreign national by a person set forth in the following items (excluding persons under 16 years of age) who lives with the foreign national, in the order of those items:
spouse;
配偶者
child;
子
father or mother; or
父又は母
a relative other than those set forth in the preceding three items.
前三号に掲げる者以外の親族
With regard to the acts set forth in paragraph (1), items (i) and (ii), in addition to the cases prescribed in the preceding paragraph, if a person set forth in any of the items of the same paragraph (excluding persons under 16 years of age) who lives with the foreign national performs the act on behalf of the foreign national at the request of the foreign national, or in any other case specified by Ministry of Justice Order, the foreign national is not required to appear in person to perform the act, notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1).
With regard to the act set forth in paragraph (1), item (iii), if the legal representative of a foreign national performs the act on behalf of the foreign national, or in any other case specified by Ministry of Justice Order, the foreign national is not required to appear in person to perform the act, notwithstanding the provisions of the same paragraph.