An application for permission of naturalization must be made through the Director of the Legal Affairs Bureau or District Legal Affairs Bureau having jurisdiction over the place of domicile of a person who intends to naturalize.
帰化の許可の申請は、帰化をしようとする者の住所地を管轄する法務局又は地方法務局の長を経由してしなければならない。
The application set forth in the preceding paragraph must be made in writing by way of the person who intends to make the application appearing in person at the Legal Affairs Bureau or District Legal Affairs Bureau.
前項の申請は、申請をしようとする者が自ら法務局又は地方法務局に出頭して、書面によつてしなければならない。
A written application must state the following matters and be signed by the person who makes the application, and a document sufficient to certify that the person who intends to naturalize meets the necessary conditions for naturalization must be attached thereto:
申請書には、次の事項を記載して申請をする者が署名し、帰化に必要な条件を備えていることを証するに足りる書類を添付しなければならない。
the name, current nationality, date and place of birth, domicile, and sex of the person who intends to naturalize;
帰化をしようとする者の氏名、現に有する国籍、出生の年月日及び場所、住所並びに男女の別
the names and the registered domicile of the parents of the person who intends to naturalize, and if the mother or father is a foreign national, their name and nationality; and
父母の氏名及び本籍、父又は母が外国人であるときは、その氏名及び国籍
matters that will be a helpful reference for determining whether or not to permit naturalization.
帰化の許否に関し参考となるべき事項
Legal Affairs Bureau
法務局
A local office of the Ministry of Justice (法務省). The Legal Affairs Bureaus and the District Legal Affairs Bureaus (地方法務局) are set up under the Ministry (Act for Establishment of the Ministry of Justice, Article 15), and handle its work on nationality, family registers (戸籍), registration (登記), deposits (供託) and notarization, among other things (Articles 4 and 18). The Minister of Justice may open branch offices of either (Article 19). Under the Real Property Registration Act, the registration of land and buildings is handled, as a registry office (登記所), by the Legal Affairs Bureau or District Legal Affairs Bureau for the place where the property lies, or by one of their branch offices (支局) or sub-branch offices (出張所) (Real Property Registration Act, Article 6, paragraph (1)); the work of a registry office is done by registrars (登記官), whom the head of the Legal Affairs Bureau or District Legal Affairs Bureau designates from among the Ministry of Justice officials working there (Article 9).
Written by AI using Act for Establishment of the Ministry of Justice, Arts. 4, 15, 18, 19 and Real Property Registration Act, Arts. 2, 6, 9 as a reference.