If you move, change your car license plate within 15 days. The burden will be reduced, for example, you will be able to request a plate change at the time of vehicle inspection, but light vehicles are not eligible.
No need to go to the Land Transport Office? Special exemption for exchanging license plates
When you move (= move your resident card), you must also change the address on your vehicle inspection certificate within 15 days of moving. In most cases, it is necessary to change to a new license plate at the same time, but this is unexpectedly troublesome. Perhaps, a mechanism that may save this trouble will start on January 4, 2022.
No need to move to Land Transport Bureau! Click here for an image of a large change in the license plate of the car >When you move, bring the car to a transportation branch office, etc., and replace the license plate with that of the area of the new address. The burden is particularly heavy if the bureau is far away (photographed by the editorial department of the news on the ride).This new mechanism is a special case where only the address change on the vehicle inspection certificate is completed within 15 days, and the license plate replacement is postponed until the next vehicle inspection. With this, you don't have to rush to find a new transportation branch office (Land Transport Bureau) in a strange land, and you can afford to find a reliable shop before the vehicle inspection.
However, this requires a little preparation. It is necessary to have a terminal that can connect to the Internet such as a personal number card and a computer.
In order to change the address on the vehicle inspection certificate, it is necessary to prove that the applicant is the person himself/herself. My number card is used for this identity verification. Once your identity has been verified, you will be able to apply online to change your address on your vehicle inspection certificate.
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