What this document is
Certificate of annual INCOME + municipal tax (課税証明書). This is the most recent version the city can issue: Reiwa 8 nendo · 2025 income. Immigration reads this one to see the supporter's latest income.
What it must show
- Reiwa 8 nendo · 2025 income — shows total 2025 income and the municipal tax amount.
- You can get it if you had a 住民票 on 1/1/2026. If you were not in Japan that day the city cannot issue it — see the 🧭 station at the start.
- Low or no income still works: you get a 非課税証明書 (tax-exempt version), which Immigration accepts.
Where to get it
The city hall (shiyakusho) where you were REGISTERED AS A RESIDENT on 1/1/2026. Whichever city that was, that is where you apply — if you have moved, go back to the old city or request it by post.
How to get it
- 💡 Get the two most recent years (Reiwa 8 + Reiwa 7 nendo) in one visit — ready if Immigration asks. The app only needs the latest one.
- Take your residence card (or My Number card) to the city hall
- State each fiscal year you need — read out the 令和 year shown above
- With a My Number card you can also use the kiosk in a convenience store, which is cheaper
Cost & time
About 300 yen per copy, issued the same day. Ask for all three at once (two income certificates + one tax-payment certificate) so you only make one trip.
Notes
This version is issued from about mid-May (if your tax is deducted from salary) or early June (if you pay it yourself). Before that the city only has the older version — Immigration understands this.
Procedures that use this document
- Engineer renewal
- Change to Engineer
- Engineer renewal
- Nursing care renewal
- Change to Tokutei Ginou 2
- Tokutei Ginou 2 renewal
- Change to Tokutei Ginou 1
- Tokutei Ginou 1 renewal
- Change employer (Tokutei Ginou 1)
- Family sponsorship (COE)
- Change to Dependent status
- Dependent visa renewal
- Child born in Japan
- Relative visit