An application prescribed in Article 5, paragraph (3) of the Act must be filed by submitting the following documents:
法第五条第三項に規定する申請は、次に掲げる書類を提出して行わなければならない。
a written application for special permission for permanent residence pursuant to the Appended Form No. 2;
別記第二号様式による特別永住許可申請書一通
a photograph; and
写真一葉
a document certifying that the applicant is a person who has lost Japanese nationality under the Treaty of Peace with Japan or a descendant of a person who has lost Japanese nationality under the Treaty of Peace with Japan.
平和条約国籍離脱者又は平和条約国籍離脱者の子孫であることを証する書類
In filing the application referred to in the preceding paragraph, the applicant must present their residence card (meaning the residence card prescribed in Article 19-3 of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act (Cabinet Order No. 319 of 1951; hereinafter referred to as the "Immigration Control Act"); the same applies hereinafter).
前項の申請に当たっては、在留カード（出入国管理及び難民認定法（昭和二十六年政令第三百十九号。以下「入管法」という。）第十九条の三に規定する在留カードをいう。以下同じ。）を提示しなければならない。
The provisions of paragraph (2) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to the case of filing the application referred to in paragraph (1).
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