Driving license documents

IMPORTANT

• No appointment for application.  Those who come will not be received.
• The Embassy accepts documents and fees by postal mail only.
• Send the set of documents and fees in a big envelope by “genkinkakitome” (registered mail for sending cash) from the Post Office.
• If it is a request for translation and certification, a single letter requesting both documents and a single return envelope are sufficient.
• Application processing time: 15 opening days.
• BEFORE SENDING DOCUMENTS,  kindly email a reachable telephone number to the Embassy. 

DRIVING LICENSE TRANSLATION

• Checkboxes sheet for Driving Licence to download, tick, date and sign;
• A handwritten request (with the names, full address, phone number and e-mail address of the applicant);
• Original of the Driving Licence;
• The original of “Certificate of Authenticity” issued by the Ministry of Transport (the Regional Delegation of Transport) in Cameroon, which is duly legalized by the Ministry of External Relations in Yaoundé (or by the Protocol Office of MINREX in Douala);
• Original Passport;
• Original Birth Certificate;
• Original National Identity Card (if available, even expired);
• Both sides colour copy of the Residence Card  on one page;
• ¥4,000 for fees;
• A prepaid envelope LETTER PACK for return with your address already filled.

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY OF THE DRIVING LICENSE (in English and Japanese)

• A handwritten request (with the names, full address, phone number and e-mail address of the applicant);
• Original of the Driving License;
• A Certificate of Authenticity issued by the Ministry of Transport (the Regional Delegation of Transport) in Cameroon which is duly legalized by the Ministry of External Relations in Yaoundé (or by the Protocol Office of MINREX in Douala);
• Original Passport;
• Original Birth Certificate;
• Original National Identity Card;
• Both sides colour copy of the Residence Card  on one page;
• ¥4,000 for fees;
• A return envelope LETTER PACK made out to your address.