一the method of sending by mail to be received only by the addressee in person, which is handed or delivered only to the addressee in person as provided for in the domestic postal service terms and conditions of Japan Post Co., Ltd., or by a method equivalent thereto;

二the method of sending, addressed to the place of residence of a person who has made a request pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-15-2, paragraph (3) of the Act together with an application pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2) of that Article (hereinafter referred to as the "person making the request" in this item and the following item), by registered mail or, among the services of correspondence delivery prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (2) of the Act on Correspondence Delivery by Private Business Operators (Act No. 99 of 2002) (hereinafter referred to as "correspondence delivery") provided by a general correspondence delivery business operator prescribed in paragraph (6) of that Article or a specified correspondence delivery business operator prescribed in paragraph (9) of that Article, a service equivalent to registered mail (referred to as "registered mail, etc." in the following item), as mail that is not to be forwarded in its handling or an item equivalent thereto (referred to as "non-forwardable mail, etc." in the following item) (limited to cases where the person making the request has informed the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency that the person making the request can reliably receive its issuance by that method); and

三if it is found difficult to effect the issuance by the methods listed in the preceding two items due to hospitalization or any other unavoidable reason, the method of sending, addressed to the location of the person making the request, by registered mail, etc. as non-forwardable mail, etc. (limited to cases where the person making the request has informed the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency that the person making the request can reliably receive its issuance by that method).