When your lifestyle changed
Apply to the health insurance society when your lifestyle changes, such as when the name or address of the insured person or a dependent has changed, or when you want to add a new family member as a dependent.
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- Submit promptly after changing your family or given name.
If your name has changed
Insured persons other than those whose health insurance card code is “99”
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| *Please submit the form with the “health insurance card” or valid ”eligibility verification certificate” attached. (Members who enrolled on or after December 2, 2024 and use a Myna health insurance card do not need to return their health insurance card or eligibility verification certificate.) If you are not using a Myna health insurance card, an eligibility verification certificate will be issued. |
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| * When changing the name of an insured person with one or more dependents Documents required for name change |
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| Deadline: | Promptly after changing your family or given name |
| Applies to: | Insured persons or dependents whose names have changed |
| Where to address inquiries and submit documents: | Your employer’s staff in charge of social insurance operations |
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Voluntarily and Continuously Insured Persons whose health insurance card code is “99”
| Required documents: | |
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| Health insurance card(until December 1, 2025) | |
| * When changing the name of an insured person with one or more dependents Documents required for name change |
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| Deadline: | Immediately after the name change |
| Applies to: | Insured persons and dependents whose names have changed |
| Address inquiries to: | Operations Group, Health Insurance Society 0120-501-042 (Choose voice guidance option 3.) |
| Submit to: | Staff in charge of Voluntarily and Continuously Insured Persons, Operations Group, Recruit Health Insurance Society Gran Tokyo South Tower, 1-9-2 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-6640 |
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When your address has changed
Please read the following information and the contents of the application form carefully before submitting a Notification of Address Change if necessary.
[Address change for employees who are also insured members only]
Basically, there is no need to submit a Notification of Address Change to the Health Insurance Society.
[Address change for dependents or voluntarily continued insured members]
If a dependent’s place of residence has changed, you must submit a Notification of Address Change to the Health Insurance Society.
■ Addresses registered with the Health Insurance Society
- Certificate of Residence address: The Health Insurance Society obtains this information from the basic residency information once a year.
- Place of residence: The insured person notifies the Society once a year via the office. Dependents and Voluntarily Continued insured members must submit a notification to the Health Insurance Society.
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* If a dependent who had lived with you until recently began to live separately, attach proof of remittance of an allowance for the most recent month (funds transfer stub or copy of registered mail cover). |
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| Deadline: | Submit within five days from the day of the change. |
| Applies to: | Dependents whose addresses have changed; the insured person if the change needs to be reflected immediately |
| Submit to: | Your employer’s staff in charge of social insurance operations |
| Notes: | *When changing your Certificate of Residence address, you will need to change the address on your Certificate of Residence and Individual Number Card at your local municipality’s office before applying to the Health Insurance Society. |
Adding a family member
A family member must be certified by the Health Insurance Society to become a dependent.
Family membership