Food Service Industry andManufacture of Food and Beverages
Skills Proficiency Tests (Japan)

My Page Registration Guide
From December, 2019, My Page registration is required in order to take the Food Service Industry
and Manufacture of Food and Beverages Skills Proficiency Tests.
My Page can only be registered via Internet.
This My Page Registration Guide describes the registration method and procedures.
Applicants' My Page registrations are reviewed. Reviews take some time.
Please be sure to read the Guide carefully and submit your registration well in advance of the test
application period.
People who have completed their My Page registration can apply for the Test.
The application date for the Test will be posted on the website. Please apply during the application
period.
Refer to the separate Test Application Guide for information on how to apply for the test.
Last updated: April 1, 2022
If there’s anything you don’t understand, please call the number given below.
The Organization for Technical Skill Assessment of Foreign Workers in Food Industry (OTAFF)
Secretariat: Food Service Industry and Manufacture of Food and Beverages Skills Proficiency Tests
03-6261-4949 (weekdays: 9 a.m. to 12 a.m. and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.)*No service out of hours or on weekends, public holidays and year-end and new year holidays.

11. Make a provisional My Page registration application(1) Access the OTAFF website and click on “特定技能 1 号技能測定試験” in the orange box.
Then click on “国内試験マイページ新規登録” at the top of the page.
【PC screen】【Mobile phone screen】

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(2) Enter your email address and click “送信する”.

OTAFF will send importantemail messages to theregistered email address.
Therefore, please be surethat it is an email addressthat you can readily accessby yourself.

This email address will be yourlogin ID after your My Page
registration is completed.
Therefore, it is not possible toregister the My Page ofmultiple persons from thesame email address.

(3) Click “送信する” to advance to the next screen.
【Note】Registration has not yet been completed at this stage.

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2. A My Page provisional registration email from OTAFF will arrive
A My Page provisional registration email with the content that is shown below will be sent to theemail address that you have entered.
Click on the URL in the email to open up the My Page registration form.
【Note】 Please apply once again for provisional registration in the event of the case of ① or ②below.
① If the email hasn’t arrived within an hour ② If 24 hours have passed since the email has arrived

This notice will always be displayedwhen you create a new registration.
Please check the details andcontinue with your registration if
there are no problems

43. Enter the required information for registration
Please enter the information in all of thefields.

【Note】 There are rules for each entry field.
The rules are displayed for each field, so please check them carefully.

A1 to A3 Confirmation of eligibility

If you select “a を満たしていない”, “特定技能の国内受験資格を満たさない可能性があります。” will be displayed in red.
If you do not expect to satisfy the eligibility on the date of thetest, please cancel your My Page registration.

If you select “該当しています”, “特定技能の国内受験資格を満たさない可能性があります。” will be displayed in red. If
you do not expect to satisfy the eligibility on the date of thetest, please cancel your My Page registration.

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If you select “いいえ”, you will not be able to register your My Page.
Please terminate your My Page registration.

B1, B2, C1 to C6 Registrant’s information ①

As your password,
you should not use
any character stringthat might be easily
identified by others,
such as your name ordate of birth, etc.

6Move your cursor over the box and click, and a calendar will be displayed.
Select your birthday in the order year, month and then date from thecalendar. This is important information, so please be sure to enter it correctly.

If your nationality is not listed as anoption, please contact OTAFF byphone.
03-6261-4949 (weekdays 9 a.m. to12 a.m. and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.)

Select the option that applies to you.
You may select more than one.

D1, E1 to E4 Personal identification certificate

Not your residence card or JAPANVISA number. Please enter yourPassport number.

When you click inside the frame,residence statuses will be displayed.
Select the one that applies to you.

F1 to F4 Registrant’s information ②
Please register a phone numberthat you can be contacted onwithin Japan.
If you live outside of Japan,
select “日本国外”.

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【F3 ID Photograph】
Please use one of the two following methods,
or, to register yourphotograph.
【Note】 Please read the photograph rules carefully before taking your photograph.
Photographs that do not conform to the rules will be sent back.
If you click on, it will connect to the photo folder in your mobile phone or PC.
Please select a previously taken photograph, and check that a small photograph (mobile phones
only) or a file name is displayed next to thebox.

If you click on, it will launch your camera and you will be able to take aphotograph.
Please follow steps ① and ② below to take a photograph.
* If the camera screen is not displayed, please scroll down. It’s possible that the camera
screen may be at the bottom.

① Position your head and shoulders in line with the blue outline and press “さつえいする”.
② The photograph you have taken will be displayed. To use this photograph, press “このしゃしんをつかう”. If you want to take another photograph, press “もう 1 ど さつえいする”.
【Note】 This function cannot be used with Internet Explorer.
If you click on “このしゃしんをつかう”, the image will not be displayed and “*さつえいした写真をつかいます。” will appear in red. Registration has been successful, so please continue to proceed.

8G1 to G5 Support Person Information

Please read the
explanation and *Notes*
regarding the support
person carefully and thenselect “はい” or “いいえ”.

If you select “はい”, items G2, G3 and G5 aremandatory. If you do not agree, or do nothave a support person, select “いいえ” andproceed to items H1 to H6.

Please do not enter the same email
address as that used in B1, here9J1 to J2 QuestionnaireYour cooperation in this questionnaire is requested in order to help improve the administration offuture tests.
Answering the questionnaire is completely optional.

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K Personal information policy
Please read the explanation carefully and select either “同意します” or “同意しません”.

To register your My Page, you must agree to the personal information
policy.
If you select “同意しません” and click on “確認画面へ”, the message “マイページ登録をするには、個人情報の取り扱いについて同意する必要があります” will be displayed.
To register, click “OK” and return to “K 個人情報の取り扱いについて”,and select “同意します”.

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4. Click “Go to confirmation window” and confirm your details.
Once you have completed the form, click.

(1) Correct any items that are not entered correctly according to the rules
If the input details do not conform with the rules, it will not switch over to the next screen even if
you click on

and the reason for the error will be displayed in red.

If an item has not been entered correctly, please enter the information again in accordance withthe rules for that item.

(2) Confirm that the entered information is correct
If the information has been correctly entered, the “入力内容の確認” screen will appear.

Check the entered information carefully and, if there are no mistakes, please go to the bottom of
the page and click
If there are any mistakes, click

and correct the mistakes.

In particular, check that your name, date of birth, gender andnationality have been entered correctly.
It cannot be corrected after the test application.

125. Check that the "マイページ登録申込を受け付けました" screen isdisplayed, and then close the browser
Once your My Page registration application is completed, you should receive an email that is titled“とくていぎのうしけん

マイページのとうろくをうけつけました【OTAFF】” within one hour.

If you do not receive the confirmation email, please contact OTAFF by phone within 24 hours.
OTAFF: 03-6261-4949 (weekdays 9 a.m. to 12 a.m. and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.)*Note: If you close the browser before the screen shown below is displayed, yourapplication will not be completed. Always be sure to check that the screen is displayed
before you close the browser.

Your My Page registration will be reviewed.
The review will take about five business days from when you receive the application
confirmation email.
The My Page approval work will stop around one month before the test application date.
People who have decided when they want to take the test should complete their My
Page registration as soon as possible.
If you have not completed your My Page registration, you will not be able to apply totake the test.

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6. Check the emails that arrive within five business days of your My
Page registration application
OTAFF will review the information in your My Page registration.
Once the review is complete, an email with the title of either ① “【じゅうよう】とくていぎのうし
けん マイページ じょうほう へんこうの おねがい【OTAFF】” or ② “とくていぎのうしけん
マイページの とうろくが かんりょうしました【OTAFF】” will be sent to your registered emailaddress.
Please check your email regularly.
If you receive email ①, please continue to carry out any necessary corrections, until you receive
email ②.
①Title:【じゅうよう】とくていぎのうしけん マイページじょうほう へんこうのおねがい【OTAFF】
People who receive an email with this title need to correct their registration information as it isincomplete or contains errors. (Examples of errors: Passport number is wrong, the photographrules haven’t been followed, etc.)
Follow steps 1 to 4 to make the corrections.
1. Login to My Page.
Click on the URL that appears in the email and enter your email address (ID) and password(PASS). Then click “ログイン”.
Enter the email address (ID) that you
set for your provisional application,and the password (PASS) ofbetween 10 and 30 single-bytealphanumeric characters that you setfor your provisional registration.

★If you cannot login…
<If you’ve forgotten your password>
You can register a new password by clicking onunderthe “ログイン” button. Click and follow the onscreen instructions to reset thepassword.
<If you cannot login for a different reason>
Clickunder the “ログイン” button, and you will findwritten solutions for each problem. Follow the instructions to resolve the problem.

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2. Correct the registered information
Click “登録情報の編集” and confirm your currently registered information.
If there are any mistakes, enter the correct information.

To correct the photograph:

Item to be corrected: F3 ID photograph
Carefully check the photograph rules, and upload a new photograph that conforms with the“photograph rules” in F3 ID photograph, or take a photograph using thebutton.
You can check the photograph rules by clicking on
See page 8 of this Guide for details on how to take a photograph.
When you have uploaded your photograph, enter your B2 password.

Click here to display and check thephotograph rules.

Even after you have registered your new photographon the “登録情報の編集” screen, the previously
registered photograph will still be displayed. It
cannot be deleted. If the new photograph is correctly
registered, the file name will be displayed next to “ファイルの選択”.
* When using a mobile phone, the file name andnewly registered photograph will be displayed in asmall size.

＜Correcting items other than photographs＞
You can correct other information items from the same screen. Once you have correctly entered
the information, enter your B2 password and click[Note] You cannot change the photograph or make other corrections without entering the B2password.

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3. Save the corrected data
Check the registered information once more in the confirmation screen and click
If there are any mistakes in the information click
and correct the errors.
Once your corrections are completed, click on “登録情報の編集” in the menu screen, and thecorrected information will be displayed.
Also, an email with the title “【じゅうよう】とくていぎのうしけん マイページのへんこうしました【OTAFF】” will be sent to your registered email address.とうろくを

4. Completion
Once your corrections are completed, the following screen will be displayed. The corrections will
be reviewed once more by OTAFF.
If there are errors again after the reexamination you will receive email titled ① of page 14 withthe title “登録情報変更のお願い”. Please keep making corrections until you receive email titled ②of page 16 with the title “マイページ登録完了”.

②Title:とくていぎのうしけん

マイページのとうろくがかんりょうしました 【OTAFF】

This email will be sent to you when your My Page registration for the Food Service Industry andManufacture of Food and Beverages Skills Proficiency Tests is complete.
To login to your My Page, enter the email address (ID) that you set for your provisional application,and the password (PASS) of between 10 and 30 single-byte alphanumeric characters that you setfor your provisional registration.
You can submit your test application from My Page, so be sure to check that you can login
properly before the test application period begins.

This completes the My Page registration.
You can only apply to take the test during the test application period.
Please be sure to read the Test Application Guide carefully before applying.

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