Moving to Japan,
one clear checklist
You have the visa. What you do not have is the order of operations. Settle Japan turns Japanese bureaucracy into a sequenced plan — what to prepare, when it is legally due, and the official Japanese forms already filled in from your own documents.
- Your documents stay on your device
- Official ward templates
- We prepare — you sign and file
Free. One upload builds your roadmap and pre-fills your ward office forms. No account, no payment.
Three stages, in order
Nothing in Japan happens in parallel. Each step unlocks the next, and your plan only shows you what you can actually do today.
Get set up while you are still overseas
- Japanese number / eSIM so forms and leases have a contact
- Online multi-currency account for your deposit and first rent
- Foreigner-friendly housing with no guarantor
The legally timed City Hall run
- 転入届 address registration — 14-day legal deadline
- National Health Insurance and pension exemption
- My Number card application, filed in the same visit
Everything that was blocked opens up
- 住民票 residence certificate copies
- Japanese bank account with your registered address
- Full carrier contract instead of a prepaid eSIM
Start with your passport
The AI reads only the identity fields printed on the page and verifies them against the machine-readable zone. You land straight in your plan — visa details, arrival date and Japanese address are yours to add there.
Drag and drop your passport page, or click to browse.
PDF, JPG, PNG — Max 10MB
Your passport image is sent over an encrypted connection, read once to extract your details, and deleted immediately after — we never store the image, and your data stays on your device.
Recommendations at the moment you need them
No bundles to buy from us. Your plan surfaces the right option at the right stage and sends you straight to the provider.
Phone & eSIM
Activate before you land so every form has a working Japanese number.
Money & banking
Online accounts work from overseas. Japanese banks only after you register.
Housing
Agencies that accept overseas applications and waive the guarantor.