3. Regarding the prior screening of those applying for a Japanese driver's license

 a. In order to apply for a change of driver's license, you will need to go through the following application process:

 b. i. Official confirmation of your interview date by telephone

    ii. Handing in of your passport, translation of your license, copies of any necessary documents, along with your filled out application form

    iii. Document screening (Approximately 2 weeks)

    iv. A decision made for the exam date after your documents have been screened

    v. Take the exams

Before your exam date, we will require you to come personally to the License Centre in order to make preparations for the screening of your documents (which will take from 30 minutes to an hour). There has been mention of whether documents can be sent via fax for screening purposes. Regarding this point, practically all country's driver's licenses are legitimate, but since there is a chance of a particular license being a forgery or counterfeit, it is necessary that you come and hand it to us directly for verification. We cannot treat each country differently when it comes to document screening, so we will not screen any documents that come to us via fax.