• tiredofsametab@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    So, this is fun. Foreigners’ My Number cards expire with the residence card. There are only a certain number of places for renewals meaning that a new My Number card would have to be ordered and issued. I’m not sure what would happen in the gap there. It also takes up additional spots when moving as they note the new address.

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      1 year ago

      As long as you renew the my number card before the expiration date, it can be done on the spot, can’t it? (they just extend the date?)

      Still bothersome but there shouldn’t be a gap.

      I could be wrong though.

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    1 year ago

    I wonder if all medical institutions will have the required equipment to read the cards by the deadline? Most of the places around here don’t have them. And although I have the card, I’ve never tried using the machine.

    Does anyone know if you have to enter the PIN when it is scanned? That would be annoying if so.

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      1 year ago

      The cards can be read by a ~2k JPY USB device and many other phones/tablets. I think the software might be the higher barrier to entry. Whether or not the PIN is required is an interesting question. If the data is merely passthrough to the insurance/govt systems, it may not be. Then again, they may require it to prove the card is yours (because no one would ever share a password, right?). Granted, this is speculation on my part.