Is it true if an American becomes a citizen of Japan they lost their us citizenship?

Answer 1

That's what it means.

Answer 2

yes, it is true.

because Japanese government doesn't accept dual nationality while American government does.

I'm a green card holder and if I choose to become an American citizen, I will lose my citizenship in Japan.

Answer 3

Carl the truth never lets the facts get in his way. Many people have dual citizenship. For example if one is born in the US to Japanese parents then one could have dual citizenship from birth. The singer Monday Michiru would be an example. In principle citizens of the US are only supposed to be just that, the reality is much different.

Answer 4

Under Japanese law you are required to decide on which citizenship to choose, and if you choose Japanese Citizenship obviously you have to make a pledge to renounce your US Citizenship.

If you become a Japanese Citizen, which is hard to do by the way, why would you want to keep your US Citizenship then, why become a Japanese Citizen in the first place?
Unless you like paying taxes, yes even if you live overseas you STILL have to file US Income Tax while living overseas.

Now of course they (Japan) only make you pledge to give it up, many people (well the few who do become Japanese Citizens) just keep their US Passports (or from whatever other country they are from) and never renounce US Citizenship, the Japanese Government doesn't know, and you should never tell them. I REPEAT if you decide of this you should never let Japanese authorities know this, eg, never use your passport inside Japan, or Immigration Officials WILL have a "talk" (grilling) with you.

Answer 5

In Japan, ppl do no longer call it as a citizenship, yet nationality. Japan does no longer enable twin citizenships. Citizenship is diverse thought from nationality. in case you desire to alter into jap, you need to naturalize in jap. then you incredibly gets Japan passport yet you are able to no longer call for enables to the U. S. embassy in Japan anymore. yet once you are the U. S. citizen, i do no longer discover any advantages to get Japan passport.

Answer 6

I was told there is a cute lil loophole around that actually. I read something about an American cannot be forced to give up their citizenship, so when you stamp your seal with the Japanese government that you intend to give up your other nations citizenship, it can technically be invalid. because 1. you used a seal instead of a signature and 2. you have to go before american officals stating you give up your citizenship. So unless you go on over and tell the american government you got naturalized in another country and want to give up your american one, you technically have dual citizenship.

You can't really make a person who was born in America give up their citizenship unless the american government says otherwise, I am unsure for those who gained their american citizenships.

Answer 7

No countries like to have citizens whom are also citizens of another country. But most of the time, they cannot force you to give up either citizenship you have.
Most people though do so willingly, out of ignorance.

Answer 8

Dual citizenship is not allowed if you become Japanese as an adult. You have to agree to give up your us citizenship, if you choose to be a Japanese. But practically there's no problem with dual citizenship, because it's not a punishable offense.

Answer 9

Not necessarily. The following is copied directly from the U.S. Department of State website:

The concept of dual nationality means that a person is a citizen of two countries at the same time. Each country has its own citizenship laws based on its own policy.Persons may have dual nationality by automatic operation of different laws rather than by choice. For example, a child born in a foreign country to U.S. citizen parents may be both a U.S. citizen and a citizen of the country of birth.

A U.S. citizen may acquire foreign citizenship by marriage, or a person naturalized as a U.S. citizen may not lose the citizenship of the country of birth.U.S. law does not mention dual nationality or require a person to choose one citizenship or another. Also, a person who is automatically granted another citizenship does not risk losing U.S. citizenship. However, a person who acquires a foreign citizenship by applying for it may lose U.S. citizenship. In order to lose U.S. citizenship, the law requires that the person must apply for the foreign citizenship voluntarily, by free choice, and with the intention to give up U.S. citizenship.

MAY lose U.S. citizenship and must be done with the intention to give up U.S. citizenship are the key phrases.

Answer 10

It's either one or the other. And gaining Japanese citizenship is VERY hard. Even if you marry a native Japanese, it can take over five years to gain citizenship. Even non-Japanese who are born there don't get citizenship.
Dual citizenship is NOT allowed.