Required Identification Documents for opening a bank account

Required Identification Documents for opening PowerFlex account

Please provide and below as your identification documents.

- Customers who classify as U.S. citizens under U.S. taxation laws will be required to provide additional documents. Please click here.

- Please check your name and address on your ID are match the one on your application form. If they don't match, you will be asked to resubmit your application form.

Please provide a photocopy of your "Residence Card" or "Special Permanent Resident Certificate".

Documents	Note
Residence Card (Photocopy)	Please check that the address stated on the card is your current address. The name spelling and address on the account application form must be the same as on your certificate or card (i.e. your nickname will not be accepted). Please photocopy both sides. The photocopy must be clear and legible. Please ensure the number on the upper right of the front side is clear. Name, address, date of birth, and card number must be clear and legible.
Special Permanent Resident Certificate (Photocopy)	Please check that the address stated on the card is your current address. The name spelling and address on the account application form must be the same as on your certificate or card. Please photocopy both sides. The photocopy must be clear and legible. Please ensure the number on the upper right of the front side is clear. Name, address, date of birth, and card number must be clear and legible.

Documents

Note

Residence Card (Photocopy)

Please check that the address stated on the card is your current address.
The name spelling and address on the account application form must be
the same as on your certificate or card (i.e. your nickname will not be accepted).
Please photocopy both sides.
The photocopy must be clear and legible.
Please ensure the number on the upper right of the front side is clear.
Name, address, date of birth, and card number must be clear and legible.

Special Permanent Resident
Certificate (Photocopy)

Please check that the address stated on the card is your current address.
The name spelling and address on the account application
form must be the same as on your certificate or card.
Please photocopy both sides.
The photocopy must be clear and legible.
Please ensure the number on the upper right of the front side is clear.
Name, address, date of birth, and card number must be clear and legible.

Please provide "a photocopy of Japanese driver's license", "a photocopy of Individual Number (My Number) Card", "the original copy of Residence Certificate" or "the original copy of a utility bill receipt".

Documents	Note
Japanese driver's license (Photocopy)	Please ensure the seal on the lower right of the front side is clear. If new information is shown on the reverse side, please ensure the correction seal is clear. Please black out sensitive information (conditions of license, etc.). Please do not black out other information. The issued date must be more than 6 months ago. We may contact you to confirm your residency.
Individual Number (My Number) Card (Photocopy)	Please send a photocopy of the front side to confirm name, address, date of birth and photograph. Photocopy of the back side (with Individual Number) is not required. In event you need to change your address or other personal information, please update at your municipal office and send the updated version to us. Please black out the section for organ donation. Notification Card (Individual Number) cannot be accepted as an identification document because there is no photograph.
An original copy of Residence Certificate (Issued within the past 6 months)	Please provide all pages, including the page with issue date and seal of the issuer. Please prepare the original certificate for the account holder. If the certificate should include information regarding the household please include those pages as well. Please issue a certificate without your Individual Number (My Number) and your permanent address (Honseki-chi). We need to verify your current address on the certificate. If the certificate should have your Individual Number (My Number) and your permanent address (Honseki-chi) printed on it, please black it out before sending.
An original copy of a utility bill receipt (Landline telephone, electricity, water, gas or NHK)	A photocopy is not acceptable. It must be issued within the past 6 months. Please confirm that the issued date falls within this time period and is printed on the receipts. Receipts must have both name and an address, and must be the same as on your identification document. Should it differ, the receipts will not be considered as acceptable identification. Neither a letter of nonpayment nor a reminder notice are available.

TAX Residency Confirmation in FATCA and CRS

Customers who classify as U.S. citizens under U.S. taxation laws will be required to provide both "W-9" and a "Self-Certification of Account Holders Based on the Common Reporting Standard (CRS) and the Act on Special Provisions of the Income Tax Act, the Corporation Tax Act and the Local Tax Act Incidental to Enforcement of Tax Treaties".
You can download those forms from the link below.

More details about FATCA (W-9)

More details about CRS

- We do not return the account application forms or identification documents once they are submitted.

- The identification documents for customers who are under 18 years old will differ from customers who are over 18 years old. For more information on identification required for customers under 18 years old, please contact us through the "Inquiries" page on our website.

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