Your passport identity page or national ID card translated into Japanese and signed by a named professional translator, usually for marriage registration and family register entries.
A passport translation into Japanese is most often needed when a non-Japanese partner's identity has to be recorded in Japan, usually to register a marriage. VisaDocTranslation translates the identity page, and any pages the office asks for, and a named professional translator signs it with their full name, contact details and qualifications.
It's £41.99 per page, delivered by the next working day. Offices differ in what they want translated, so check the list for yours; our Japanese translation overview explains the service.
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Because it's the evidence of your name, date of birth and nationality, and Japanese offices record those in Japanese. When a marriage with a Japanese national is reported to the embassy or a municipal office, the non-Japanese partner's passport usually needs a Japanese translation.
A Japanese family register (戸籍) doesn't hold a page for a foreign spouse, but it does record your name and nationality on the Japanese partner's entry. The office takes those details from your passport, so it wants a Japanese rendering it can rely on. The Embassy of Japan in the UK, for example, lists a Japanese translation of the foreign spouse's passport among the documents for reporting a marriage.
The UK has no national ID card, so a British passport ends up proving identity, nationality and, in effect, your existence to the ward office, which is a lot to ask of one page.
Usually just the identity page with your photo and personal details. Some offices also ask for an observations page, such as one recording a change of name, so translate any page the office mentions.
The identity page carries your surname, given names, nationality, date and place of birth, sex, issue and expiry dates and the issuing authority. We translate each field and keep the passport number exactly as printed.
If your passport has an observations page noting, say, that you're also known by another name, it's worth asking whether the office wants it. Name discrepancies are exactly what Japanese offices notice. Our guide on names spelled differently across documents explains how to handle them.
Your name is rendered in katakana based on its pronunciation, with the original Latin spelling kept as it appears in the passport. If you already have a katakana spelling on Japanese records, tell us and we'll use it.
The katakana version of your name may well end up in the family register, and from then on it's the version Japan knows you by. That's why it's worth deciding on it carefully, and why consistency across your passport, marriage certificate and birth certificate translations matters.
Tell us how you pronounce your name, especially if the spelling doesn't give it away. Katakana follows the sound, not the letters.
Yes, if it's in English. We translate national ID cards and residence cards from English-speaking countries, front and back, and a named translator signs the translation.
An ID card's reverse often holds the address or issuing details, so send both sides. If you're a dual national, check which nationality the office wants to see evidenced; they may need the passport for one specific country.
We don't translate driving licences for conversion to a Japanese licence. That process uses translations from specific designated bodies, and our service isn't suitable for it.
Upload a clear scan of the identity page on our quote form, choose Japan and pay. A named translator translates and signs it, and the PDF is emailed by the next working day.
Each page is £41.99, and the identity page is usually one page. Make sure the scan shows every field clearly, including the machine-readable lines. Every document includes 2 free revisions if the office asks for a different katakana spelling. We work to ISO 17100.
Ordering a passport translation usually means a marriage is involved, so you'll probably also want marriage certificate translation into Japanese and birth certificate translation into Japanese. Start on the quote form.
Often, yes. The non-Japanese partner's passport is usually required with a Japanese translation when a marriage is reported to the Embassy of Japan or a municipal office. Check the list for your office.
The identity page as standard, plus any other page you upload, such as an observations page recording a change of name.
Yes. Tell us your preferred katakana or any spelling already on Japanese records, and we'll use it consistently.
Yes, if it's in English. Send both sides and we translate every field.
No. Driving licence conversion requires a translation from specific designated bodies, so this service isn't suitable for it.
£41.99 per page, charged in pounds sterling, with no separate certification fee and 2 free revisions per document.
By the next working day. There's no rush tier because a named translator reviews and signs each translation.
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