Citizenship
 

Hi.
I am new at this forum.
Does any of you know about dual citizenships?
I know that Japan don't allow dual citizenship,though. I need some information.
Please help.:confused:

Japan doesn`t allow dual citizenship. You can temporarily hold dual citizenship in Japan if one of your parents is a Japanese citizen, but you will need to make a choice at the age of 22 to either give up your Japanese citizenship or that of the other country.

Nyorin,

On that note, how does the whole process work? I mean is there some kind of proof we need to show them that I have relinquesd/reovked my other countires' citizenship?

Thanks

I can`t say I know for certain - but I don`t believe they can ask for proof that you have relinquished citizenship. In fact, I don`t really believe that there is "proof" - you can prove citizenship, but it`s a bit harder the other way around.
I do believe that they can revoke your Japanese citizenship if you are still holding another country`s citizenship.

its were you are a citizen in two countries. like for example you have citizenship in united states but also korea.

I remember reading somewhere that if you were born before a certain year, Japan would automatically assume that you relinquished your other citizenship.

I have dozens of Japanese Canadian friends (in their late 20's and 30's) who have both a Japanese and Canadian passport and they have no problems leaving and entering Japan. Some of them even got caught but they simply received a slap on the wrist before they were able to walk away with both passports.

Citizenship
 

Hi all.
Thank you very much for your reply.
I was born in Japan and I am a citizen of Japan however,I live in Australia and soon I will become an Australian citizen.
I am a good citizen in both countries and not feeling too comfortable sneaking off something but, it sounds like that is as long as I keep quite, I will get away with having dual citizenships, is that right?
The Australian government allows multiple citizenships here but hey, its the worlds most redneck country,Japan that is,don't accept dual citizenships.
Well, I have one more question, how difficult to regain the citizenship of Japan for a formar Japanese citizen wants to come back and live there again?
Cheers,

I don't see why not. How you do the passport shuffling would be interesting going between countries (if you want to stay longer than 90 days). But if you get caught in Japan, you are screwed (legally).

Is there some kind of registry that keep track where peope are? I mean let say, I have a dual citizenship of Canadian and Japanese. I left Canada with a Canadian Passport, and entered Japan with a Japanese passport. What will happen? Will there be a record that I left Canada but never entered any country?