①After a birth
When a child is born to persons of foreign nationality, the father or mother
must register the child by the following process.
● Registration of Foreign Residents
Apply for the child’s Foreign Registration Card with the father or mother’s
(person who make an application) Foreign Registration Card and personal
seal, at the Resident Registration Section of your local ward office.
● Application for Acquisition of Status of Residence
Apply at the Immigration Office within 30 days of the birth
<Necessary Documents>
○ Birth Registration Receipt
○ Foreign Registration Card of the child
○ Foreign Registration Card of the parents
○ Passport of the parents
● Apply for Issuance of a Child Passport
Apply at the embassy or consulate of your country.
The required documents differ from according to the country. Please check
at the embassy or consulate for the further information.
②Lump Sum Birth Allowance
IIf you have joined the
National Health Insurance Program in Osaka, you are eligible to receive
benefits that will assist you in paying expenses related to child birth. This system
applies after 85 days of pregnancy and the baby is stillborn. There is also a system that Osaka City pays Lump
Sum Birth Allowance directly to medical institutions (domestic only). You can
apply for these benefits at the National Health
Insurance and Pension Section (National Health
Insurance) (→p.116)
of your ward office. If you have joined
the Health Insurance Program offered by your company, you should go to the Health
Insurance Section (Health Insurance Association, Social Insurance Office)
③Health Check up for Infants (Free of charge)
3 months, 18 months and 3 years
Your local Public Health and Welfare Center will notify you of the Examination.
1 month ~ 2 months
Please fill out the reception form of general health examination
for infants. This form is attached to the Maternal and Child
Health Handbook. Submit this form to the medical facilities
in Osaka Prefecture to take the examination.
9 months ~ 11 months
Please fill out the reception form issued at the time of
health examination for infants aged 3 months, and submit
to the medical facilities in Osaka to take the examination.
④Preventive Vaccination (Free of charge)
Please take the various preventive injections with reference
to the schedule listed in
the preventive injection Notebook when your child is in
a good health.
⑤Medical Care Aid for Infants
If you are a guardian of
a child of six years or under who has not entered elementary school yet (from
November 2008, child up to 9 years
old, 3rd grade of elementary school, is eligible), and your income
is below the prescribed level, you are eligible to receive a part-refund of
your child’s medical costs and hospitalization expenses as covered by Medical
Insurance. It also includes medical costs of hospital meals.You can apply for the refund at the Health and Welfare Section of Public Health and Welfare Center.
⑥Child Allowance
Child Allowance is given to those who have a child of 6th grade of elementary
school-age (reached 12 years old to the first year of March 31st) is granted
the month following that of application and continues until the child OF
6th grade of elementary school (availability depends on income).
Apply at the Health and Welfare Operation Section of the Public health and Welfare
Center of your local ward or ward branch office.
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