iam born in the U.S. i want to move to japan when i get older is there a way to get a dual citizenship?

Question

i really don't want to give up my us citizen ship and i wasn't born into a jap family (i'm african-american)

i mean t no disrespect i'm african american/japanese/chinese/korean/thai
i never disrespect anyone i'm so sorry if u missed understood me

Answer 1

Jap? is that any way to talk about a nation of people? i'm pretty sure you would be upset if some "Jap" made a comment about your race. you would think an african american would be alittle more sensitive.

why makes you think you want to move there? have you visited? you may want to try that & you can work / live in a country w/out having to be a citizen.

you need to think about yourself & how you view others, once you grow up, if this is still something you want to do...... look me up

Answer 2

No, you can't. And the chances of you getting Japanese citizenship are very low. Even if your spouse is Japanese, it would take at least 5-7 years,or more. I have a friend married to a Korean, he was born in Japan, and still was'nt given Japanese citizenship. What makes you think you can just up and move to Japan? Not that easy. You need a job to be able to move there.You need a work visa to get the job.And you need a solid job offer before you enter the country.Most Americans teach English.And this is not a long term job.You also need a four year degree. Your use of "i was'nt born into a jap family" tells me alot. Not only is it poor English, but it's also racist. Sorry, I'd say your chances are ZERO.

Answer 3

Japan doesn't do dual citizenship. You would be required to give up your American citizenship on aquisition of Japanese citizenship (they only allow dual for minors they choose at the Japanese majority age of 21).

Even so, it would be very difficult to obtain Japanese citizenship (as the others have said). You can live in Japan, speak the language perfectly, have no criminial record, children born in Japan but you'd still need to marry a Japanese person and even then it's not so certain that you'd actually be able to obtain Japanese citizenship.

Answer 4

Japan only takes a few thousand immigrants each year. Anyone who becomes a Japanese citizen is required to give up all other citizenships. Japan does not recognize dual citizenship, you are either Japanese or you are not.

Answer 5

Japan does not understand twin citizenship. They require renunciation of the different usa's citizenship once you naturalize. although, there are different international places that the two do no longer settle on your renunciation of citizenship (i.e. Germany) or evaluate a renunciation of citizenship made below those situations to be made below duress and don't settle for it for that reason. The U.S. is an occasion of the latter (the U. S. embassy and consular officers in Japan robotically difficulty new passports to US voters who've naturalized in Japan), in spite of the actuality that the *real* reason that they do it rather is not so benevolent - they do no longer prefer to offer up a potential source of tax sales - the U.S. taxes income earned by potential of its voters foreign places. at the same time as this does incur risks of dropping eastern citizenship if chanced on by potential of the eastern government, many naturalized eastern voters DO shield a 2nd passport in spite of eastern regulation. the main issues they might desire to substantiate to do is often leave and enter Japan on the eastern passport. As typical in all twin-citizenship situations, you're constantly subject to the guidelines of the rustic which you're presently in, and you're able to make no request for consular the help of the different usa at the same time as interior the territory of the rustic whose passport you carry.

Answer 6

If you did manage to obtain citizenship in Japan, you would no longer be an american citizen. Sorry, love.

Answer 7

Getting a dual citizenship will take you out of any good paying State Department/US Government jobs in Japan, if that's what you were hoping to do.

But you can do this via the Japanese immigration process, which I am not familiar with.

Answer 8

You would not be able to get dual citizenship. You could only be a japanese citizen or an American citizen.

You could go for residence status and not give up your US citizenship.

Answer 9

AAAAHA HA HA HA HA HA!!!!!!
Y Y You you you want to be a japanese citizen?????
HA HA HA HA HA!!!!!

If you aren't born japanese, you'll never be a japanese citizen. If you are a foreigner born in Japan, you are NOT a citizen.
Even the kids born in Japan to Korean parents are still not japanese citizens.

Answer 10

Unlikely. Japanese are very racially-oriented. (Sorry, bad pun.) People born to Japanese anywhere are automatically citizens, whereas foreigners find it very diffficult to get into Japan.