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Registration fee and usage fee

Registration Fee (C-division only, no charges for A or B divisions.)
We will charge a one-time registration fee of 5,500 yen (tax included) upon registration for the Company My Page.

Usage fees (B and C categories only; no charges will be billed to Category A companies.)
After the information of the registered applicants is approved by OTAFF's examination, a usage fee of 1,100 yen (tax included) per applicant is required for the first time.
Additionally, the annual usage fee limit for one company's My Page (from April to March of the following year) is 22,000 yen (tax included).
If 21 or more new examinees are registered per year on one company My Page, no usage fees will be charged for registrations from the 21st person onwards, and exam reservations can be made immediately after OTAFF's examination is completed.

*2) Regarding identity verification

Those who already have an existing My Page due to reasons such as creating an individual My Page when taking the Specific Skill 1 exam are required to verify their identity.
- For candidates who do not have an existing My Page, there is no verification procedure. After applying to register for the exam, the status will be "pending review."
For those who already have a My Page account, after applying to register for the exam, their status will be "Waiting for verification."
Candidates who have been placed on "waiting for verification" can log in using the email address and password registered in their existing My Page.HerePlease log in using the "From" option and proceed with the verification of identity procedure.
Once the approval is complete, the registration information from the existing My Page and the information of the test takers newly registered on the corporate My Page will be merged.

If you cannot receive the verification email
You can verify your identity by logging in to your existing My Page and completing the approval procedure.
If the email address registered in your existing My Page is unknown, please contact the applicant directly from the new email address and attach a color photo page of the passport along with the following information to request a change of email address:
To:tokutei@otaff.or.jp
Subject: Request to change email address

Regarding exam appointments

Reservations for exams and payment of examination fees can be made by the company representative.
You can log in on behalf of the candidate from the "Action: Reserve CBT Exam" section of the corporate My Page.
Also, if you book exams and pay fees on behalf of someone else, you will not be able to do it all at once; individual operations will be required for each test-taker.

You cannot book the same exam twice.
You can only schedule one exam in the same industry for the same test. You cannot schedule more than one exam at the same time.
When re-booking, please make your reservation after the exam date has passed.
When retaking an exam in the same industry due to failing, you must wait 45 days, starting from the day after the exam date.

*4) Correction of personal information

If the passport information (name, date of birth, passport number) registered in your My Page does not match the passport information you bring on the test day, you will not be able to take the exam.
However, the name must be entered exactly as it appears on the MRZ (the two-line string at the bottom of the passport).

For details, [Important infomation for the exam dayPlease check ※3 in the [ ].

If there are any changes after the exam reservation has been made, please request a change of information from My Page no later than 5 business days before the exam date.
If you apply for a change of information less than one week before the scheduled exam date, please be sure to call OTAFF.
If the re-examination of the data is not completed by three business days before the exam (four business days if the exam day is a weekend or a national holiday in Japan), you will not be able to take the exam.

*5) Confirmation of test information

From "Action: Reserve CBT Exam" in the applicant management on the corporate My Page, log in as an agent to the applicant-specific My Page, and then "Check reservation information" under "Reserved exam dates" at the top or the Exam Reservation Guide (HereBy using the ① to ④ operations in the test reservation site (Prometric), you can check the details of the test you have booked, change the date and time and venue, print the confirmation form, download the receipt for the test fee, and download the test result notification (for test takers only). If the company representative wants to download the test result notification, they can do so from the Candidate Management > Candidate Name Entry > Test History on the corporate My Page.
Furthermore, the receipt for the examination fee will be available for verification starting the day after the exam date.

Changes to the exam

Changes to the test date and venue are possible up to 23:59 (Japan time) three business days before the test day (23:59 (Japan time) if the test day is a weekend or a national holiday in Japan). Please log in to My Page to make the changes. (See *5)
Changes cannot be made after the deadline, so please be careful. Also, reservations cannot be cancelled or refunded.