日本大使館でパスポートの名前変更 Amendment of Name on Passport

海外で外国籍の人と結婚して名前を変更、あるいは追加した場合、パスポートの名前の変更、追記が必要になります。私の場合、旦那の苗字を追加したので、パスポートの写真のあるページはそのままで、「追記」というところに名前が変更になりました、というスタンプを押してもらいました。

  この追記の申請をするには、日本で婚姻が登録された戸籍謄本１部と配偶者の名前の確認できる書類（パスポートのコピーや国籍証明書(Domovnica)のコピー）１部とパスポートを持って大使館に行きます。あとは大使館で２枚申請書に記入して、手数料50Knを支払うだけのとても簡単な申請です。追記は早ければその日のうちに、遅くても次の日までには処理してもらえます。

  日本で婚姻が登録された戸籍謄本を取り寄せるには、婚姻届を日本大使館に提出した後、１か月後くらいに家族の人に役場に婚姻が登録された戸籍謄本を取ってきてもらって、それを海外の住所宛に送ってもらうという方法しかありません。

  クロアチアで結婚し、名前を変更・追加した場合は、この追記あるいは名前の変更をしない限り一時滞在許可証をもらえないので、一時滞在許可証が下りる前に日本大使館で処理してもらいましょう。私の場合、日本大使館に婚姻届を提出するのを遅らせたために名前の追記処理が遅れてしまって、一時滞在許可証が下りたけれど名前の追記をするまで許可証はおあずけでした・・・。

In the case that a Japanese gets married to a non-Japanese outside Japan and changes his/her family name, the new family name should be shown on his/her passport. In my case, I added my husband's family name after mine, so I needed to get a stamp stating that my name had been amended on my passport.  In Japan, we allow to have only one family name, so when I added my husband's name, I didn't have to change the front page of the passport, but just needed a note stating that my name outside Japan had been amended.

  To amend the name on the passport for the Japanese, we need to bring a family register (a new one), in which the marriage is registered, and a copy of a document in which a spouse's name is stated (such as a copy of a passport, a copy of Domovnica), and of course, the passport to the Japanese Embassy. At the embassy, I needed to fill 2 requests for name amendments and pay 50 Kn, that's it. The amendment may be done on the same day, or at least by the following day.

  To obtain the new family register, in which the marriage is registered, you need as your family in Japan to go to the local government office to check if the marriage is registered and if yes, get a copy and send back to you. Usually, it takes about a month until the marriage is registered after filing the marriage registration at the Japanese Embassy.

  In Croatia, you won't be able to obtain the temporary residence permit unless you amend your name on your passport, if you changed your name upon marriage. So, better to amend your name on the passport while the procedure for the temporary residence permit is in process and before you obtain the permit. In my case, because I delayed filing of the marriage registration with the Japanese Embassy, I had to wait until my name on the passport was amended even though the temporary residence permit was granted.