<aside> 🏠 You should check out from the dormitory before: For Spring semester: 3rd August
For Fall semester: 3rd February ※The dates is not applicable for students who applied for early departure
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1) Submit your departure plan 帰国計画の提出
Please submit the form below to let us know your departure plan, We have to report it to the immigration office accordingly.
https://forms.gle/7nTpQCcp5AQEsqLT6
2) Finish the JFOU Study Abroad Experience Questionaire 桜美林留学体験のアンケートの記入
Please submit the questionaire below to let us know your thoughts on your study aboard experience at JFOU.
https://forms.gle/zdU7XEeNF8CN7CHW9
3) Submit the Notification of Returning to Your Country 転出届の提出
If you do not properly complete your notification of returning to your country, then despite not living in Japan, you will still be responsible to pay for the Japanese Health Insurance and possibly for the Japanese Pension. When you submit your notification, you will simultaneously be withdrawn from the Japanese Health Care and Pension Systems.
In order to submit your notification, please report to the City Hall of the area you live in at the service window (For example, those living in the International Dorm need to go to the Oono-kita branch ) within 14 days of your plan to leave Japan to report your intent to return to your country.
4) Pay for your National Health Insurance (or receive a refund if you overpaid it) 国民健康保険の支払い
You should be receiving the bills for the National Health Insurance during your stay here. If you have paid for the months when you will not be in Japan (=overpaying your insurance), you can receive a refund. The procedure is available about one month prior to your return date.
If you have not paid the bills/ only paid a part of them, please tell the staff at the city hall when you are submitting the “notification of returning to your country” (step 3) by handing them the bills so that you can pay for the months when you are here in Japan. They will not overcharge you so you do not have to ask for a refund in such case.
You should also receive an envelope to return the insurance card. Place the card in the envelope and drop it in any Japanese mailbox the day before you leave, so you can continue to use the insurance card until the last possible moment.
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When you go to the City Hall, tell the staff there that you are an exchange student from J.F. Oberlin University and they will know the procedures. You can also show them this page (Steps 3 and 4 above) and the message below.
私（わたし）は桜美林大学（おうびりんだいがく）の交換留学生（こうかんりゅうがくせい）です。帰国前（きこくまえ）の手続（てつづ）きをしにきました。 転出届（てんしゅつとどけ）の提出（ていしゅつ）と国民健康保険（こくみんけんこうほけん）の支払い（ひはらい）についてです。
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