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From: John <gh14tq5@yahoo.com>
Newsgroups: fj.life.in-japan
Subject: Re: another marriage question  (koseki and jyuminhyou)
Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2007 22:05:58 +0900
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Al wrote:
> John <gh14tq5@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> Also, it seems I can only be put on my wife's jyuuminhyou in the
>> "remarks" section.
> 
> Hi John, any couple, married or not, can get on the same juminhyou,
> provided they live together as couple - they just need to fill out an
> application where one of them is declared setainushi and the other one
> doukyonin.
> 
> This is exactly how people do it who consider themselves married but do
> not submit a konintodoke (this is now usually called jijitsukon and was
> formerly called naien).
> 
> Al
> 

Hi Al,

That was what I was thinking. But, is it not the case that as foreigner,
I can only be listed in the remarks (bikou ran ???) section instead
of in the normal section a normal Japanese husband would be?  I guess we
should just go to the ward office and see, but I was just trying to
collect as much info as possible before heading down.

John