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Downloadable Forms

Looking for a form? You can download most all of the forms needed by American Citzens right from this page, in Portable Document Format (PDF). Most newer home computers have the Adobe Reader software already installed; if not Acrobat Reader software is available for a free download. The forms are also available at the Embassy at no charge.


Note that the form you print must have black print on white paper. The paper must be 8 1/2 inches by 11 inches, or A4 size if you are in Japan. Thermal paper, dye-sublimation paper, special inkjet paper, and other shiny papers are not acceptable.


Disk Icon Passport Forms (learn how to apply for a passport)
Pointer  Passport Renewal for Adults (DS-82)
Pointer  Application for Baby's First-Ever Passport (DS-11)
Pointer  Passport Renewal for Minors (DS-11)
Pointer  Required Statement of Consent for Issuance of a Passport to a Minor under Age 14 (DS-3053)

Pointer  Adding Extra Pages to Your Passport (DS-19)

Pointer  Application for Replacement for a Lost Passport (DS-11)
Pointer  Required Statement Regarding Lost/Stolen Passport (DS-64)
Pointer  Translation Form for the Required Police Report Concerning Lost Passport


Note that some printers will reduce the photograph area on the passport application to less than the required 2x2 inches. Please make sure that the photograph area on the printed application form is 2x2 inches to ensure that the photographs you submit (which also must be 2x2 inches in size) can be correctly attached. 2x2 inches is the same as 5x5 centimeters.



Disk Icon Forms Needed to Report a Newborn's Birth (learn how to apply)
Pointer  Consular Report of Birth Abroad (DS-2029)
Pointer  Affidavit of the Newborn Child's Name
Pointer  Social Security Number Application (SS-5)
Pointer  Japanese Birth Certificate Translation Form

Pointer  Affidavit of Paternity
Pointer  Divorce Certificate Translation Form
Pointer  Japanese family Register (Koseki) Translation Form



Disk Icon Forms Needed to Marry in Japan (learn how)
Pointer  Single Affidavit of Competency to Marry
Pointer  Joint Affidavit of Competency to Marry

Pointer  Japanese Marriage Certificate Translation Form (large version)
Pointer  Japanese Marriage Certificate Translation Form (small version)
Pointer  Immigrant Visa and Green Card Application Forms for the spouses of Americans.



Disk Icon Translation Forms
(These forms are handy when translating Japanese official documents to English to obtain a baby's first passport, when getting married and for other services at the Embassy)

Pointer  Japanese Family Register (Koseki)
Pointer  Japanese Birth Certificate
Pointer  Japanese Divorce Certificate
Pointer  Japanese Marriage Certificate (Large)
Pointer  Japanese Marriage Certificate (Small)
Pointer  Japanese Police Report Concerning Lost Passport



Disk Icon Other Forms (learn how to get something notarized)
Pointer  Social Security Number Application Form (SS-5)
Pointer  Blank Signature Certificate ("sign shomeisho")
Pointer  Blank Power of Attorney

Pointer  IRS U.S. Federal Tax Forms
Pointer  Nonimmigrant Visa Forms for non-American Citizens
Pointer  Immigrant Visa and Green Card Application Forms for the spouses of Americans.
Pointer  Registering for Selective Service





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