“For the first time in the Tokyo metropolitan area, it is now possible to open a Keiyo Bank account at a convenience store ATM (Chiba TV, March 10, 2025)“. The article can be summarized as follows:
On March 10th, Keiyo Bank introduced a service that allows foreigners with Keiyo Bank accounts to open accounts and change their addresses using the latest Seven Bank ATMs at Seven-Eleven, train stations, and shopping arcades, a first in the Tokyo metropolitan area. This service allows foreigners with Keiyo Bank accounts to renew their period of stay in English, which is expected to save time. A commemorative ceremony was held at a Seven-Eleven in Matsudo City on the 10th, and Keiyo Bank stated that it will continue to provide services that combine the digital and real world, in pursuit of peace of mind and convenience for the working generation.
It said, “This service allows foreigners with Keiyo Bank accounts to renew their period of stay“, I thought that we had finally reached to such an advanced world.
Indeed, if we use the online residence application API that our office utilizes, for example, if Keiyo Bank develops a system that is linked to the API, and Gyoseishoshi like us are involved as application agents, such a system would be possible.
For applications for extension of period of stay, for example for “Engineer/Specialist in Humanities/International Services”, the required documents are a resident tax certificate and a tax payment certificate. (If the host organization is a large company, etc., and belongs to category 1 or 2, these do not need to be submitted in principle. Also, if you change jobs during your stay, the number of required documents will increase.)
Nowadays, resident tax assessment certificates and tax payment certificates can be issued at convenience stores, so I was impressed that they had created such a seamless system, and when I checked the Keiyo Bank press release, it seems that it simply means that you can update the information on your period of stay registered with the bank without having to go to the bank. Disappointed…
However, I believe we are now in an era where it is fully possible to create such a system, that is, a service that allows applications for renewal of period of stay for “Engineer/Specialist in Humanities/International Services” etc. to be made to the Immigration Services Agency at convenience store ATMs (provided that no job change is made during the residence period).
If you are in the banking or convenience store industry, please contact me, a certified administrative scrivener who has already built an online API for residence application at Nishiyama Chizai Co., Ltd. and actually handles residence application intermediaries.