Moving Processes
You will need to inform many different places of your address changing before and after moving.
- When moving into Gifu City
- When moving from one address to another in Gifu City
- When moving out of Gifu City
- When leaving Japan
In order to prevent important documents, etc. from being sent to the wrong address, please update your address with your phone company, bank, utility companies, etc. before moving.
Processes at Gifu City Hall
You will need to change your municipal resident status at Gifu City Hall or one of its branch offices, etc.
Contact
Citizen's Affairs Division (Gifu City Hall, 1F)
Tel. 058-214-2854
Processes for water and sewage services
The following center will calculate your remaining fees before moving out, so please inform them of your moving date as soon as possible.
Contact
Gifu City Water Utility Fee Center
Gifu City Hall, 2F
Tel. 058-266-8835
Electricity, Gas, Cell Phones, Internet
Please be sure to change your address when you decide to move.
Contact
Your contracted electricity, gas, telecommunications(cell phones) and internet service providers
Landline phones
Please change your address around 1 week before moving.
Contact
116 (you can dial this number directly without entering any area codes)
From cell phones/devices using PHS
Tel. 0800-2000-116
*Only reachable in the NTT Western Japan area.
If you own a motor vehicle
Contact
- Ordinary vehicles
Gifu Prefecture Automobile Tax Office
Address 2648-3 Hikie, Gifu City
Tel. 058-279-3781 (representative line)
Fax 058-279-5677 - Light vehicles
- Motorized bicycles (bikes 125cc or lower), special small motor vehicles, agricultural vehicles (tractors, etc.), other (forklifts, etc.)
Contact Taxation Division (Gifu City Hall, 3F)
Tel. 058-265-3908 - Two-wheeled light motor vehicles (bikes exceeding 125cc and less than or equal to 250cc), two-wheeled small motor vehicles (bikes exceeding 250cc)
Contact Chubu District Transport Bureau Gifu Branch (2648-1 Hikie, Gifu City)
Tel. 050-5540-2053 - Light motor vehicles (three/four wheels)
Contact Light Motor Vehicle Inspection Organization Gifu Office (3-83 Chiyoda, Fukuju-cho, Hashima City)
Tel. 050-3816-1775
- Motorized bicycles (bikes 125cc or lower), special small motor vehicles, agricultural vehicles (tractors, etc.), other (forklifts, etc.)
Driver's licenses
If you have a driver's license, your address on it will also need to be updated after moving.
- Service windows
- Transportation Division at police stations
- Driver's training centers
- Things to bring
- Driver's license
- Residence certificate, etc.
- Tel. 058-295-1010
Bank accounts, etc.
You will need to change your address with each of your bank accounts before moving.
Redirecting mail
You can redirect mail to your new address at the post office.
Things to bring
A form of ID such as a driver's license, health insurance card, etc.
Documents to prove your former and new addresses.
*For one year from the date of notification, mail and other items addressed to your old address will be forwarded to your new address free of charge.
School transfer notifications
Please tell the school that your child is attending that you would like to transfer schools and tell them your new address.
NHK
Those with a TV, etc. should inform NHK when their address changes.
Tel.
0120-151515 (free)
