US/Japan Dual Citizenship?
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Answer:
The child will be able to hold both passports however, he / she has to choose 1 nationality either US or Japan before 22nd birthday.
He / she then loses unchosen citizenship(s) or nationality(ies) automatically as the Japanese government do not allow its citizens to hold dual nationality over that age.
As for the registration for Japanese birth certificate, parent(s) MUST do so within 3 calendar months from the birth of the child, and his / her name will appear on Japanese parent's Family Register (Koseki Touhon or Koseki Shouhon) within a few months. (It is affective immediately if registered in Japan)
You are required to submit child's US Birth Certificate, hospital or midwife bill on letterhead with its postal address and a proof of the birth date, parent's passports, a copy of Japanese parent's Family Register / US parent's Birth Certificate and registration form in Japanese, which the consulate will send by mail at your request.
This Registration Certificate is essential when applying for Japanese passport.
You must be aware that if this application delays, it may result in having to attend Family Court in Japan.
All this info should be available on consulate website.
In general, Japan doesn't accept the concept of dual citizenship. I'm surprised your Japanese gf doesn't know that.
Anyway, basically children are allowed to have dual citizenship, but once they reach, I think 19, then they have to make the choice whether they are Japanese or not.
Then again, if you're having a child now, rules could always change by the time its that age.
You might as well go to the consulate, or embassy to ask about details so that you're not stuck with a more difficult situation later on.
The U.S. does not recognize "dual citizenship." Once you are/become a citizen here, you "renounce" your citizenship elsewhere...That being said, nobody is going to check to see if you've surrendered your "other" passport.
We see this all the time with people who immigrated to the U.S. from "the islands" (i.e., Jamaica, Bahamas, etc) who, after following the legal process, became U.S. citizens, and retain their "other" passport to make it easier to enter their country of birth...
Hmmmm..
Hope this helps.
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