Before Leaving Japan

□ Complete departure procedures at the office of your School by the specified date.

□ Obtain items such as your official academic transcript, course completion certificate, university diploma, etc.

□ Meet with your academic advisor, international student advisor and the administrative staff at your school and inform them of your departure plans and contact address after leaving.

□ Return your Co-op membership card and collect your deposit money.

□ Obtain information on the Nagoya University Alumni Association.

□ Inform your housing manager/landlord of your moving date (about one to two months’ notice for private accommodation depending on the contract, and at least two weeks’ notice for university housing).

□ Pack your stuffs and ship, send them to your home address via surface mail (sea mail, or funabin).

□ Pay any outstanding rent, gas, electricity and water bills.

□ Clean your living quarters & take out your garbage correctly or selling to recycling shops.

□ Submit a notification of moving out (see p.18).

□ Cancel your national health insurance membership, return the membership certificate and settle your payments at your ward office several days before your departure.

□ Cancel the Japanese National Pension (if you applied)

□ Cancel your bank/postal account.

□ Cancel mobile phone/internet service contract and settle the final payment in person.

□ Express your appreciation to those people who assisted in making your stay in Japan a more pleasant one (home-stay family etc.).