COPY OF PASSPORT

All Accepted Applicants are required to submit the copy of their passports. (If you are living in Japan and do not have a passport, please contact Educational Affairs Group (ent-procedure@icu.ac.jp).)
If you have more than one nationality and the name you intend to use at ICU is different from the one you used for admission, please submit the copy of other passport as well.

For Japanese Accepted Applicants

All Accepted Applicants with Japanese nationality must enter Japan using a Japanese passport.
If you are living outside of Japan and do not have a Japanese passport, please refer to “PASSPORT APPLICATION” below and possess a Japanese passport before coming to Japan.
The copy must show the page with your name, date of birth, place of issue, passport number, dates of issue and expiration, issuing authority and photo.

ICU will register your name based on the information on your passport.
If you have nationality other than Japanese and prefer to register the name described on the passport of that nationality, please submit a copy of that passport. (In this case, your name in Japanese character (kanji) will NOT be registered)
Even if you intend not to register the name on your Japanese passport, you are still required to enter Japan using your Japanese passport.

For more information on the name to be registered at ICU, please also refer to the explanation for ICU Form II: UNIVERSITY MASTER RECORD & PERSONAL DATA SHEET.

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Applying for a passport requires time, especially when applying from outside of Japan.
Please refer to the following website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and start your application process well in advance.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan (Japanese): https://www.mofa.go.jp/mofaj/toko/passport/pass_5.html

For Non-Japanese Accepted Applicants

Please submit a clear photocopy of the pages of your passport showing your name, date of birth, place of issue, passport number, dates of issue and expiration, issuing authority and photo.

The copy of your passport will be used for the application for Certificate of Eligibility (CoE) and also for the registration of your name at ICU.
If you have more than one nationality and the name on your passport to be used for CoE is different from the name you want to register at ICU, please send copies of both passports and notify which name you want to use for which.

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You should collect the necessary information to apply for a passport from the appropriate office of your own government.
Passports are issued for a designated period of time, which varies from country to country, and each passport has a specific expiration date.
You must be responsible for keeping your passport valid at all times.