| to live and retire in okinawa
| Comment #1 | | by akito007 | Dec 30, 2008 (Tue) - 07:52:46
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Hello,
I am a japanese american "nissei" (second generation) both my parents are from japan but they live in california
My question is can I live and retire in okinawa and do I need to surrender my U.S. passport in order to become a japanese citizen ?
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| Re: to live and retire in okinawa
| Comment #2 | | by kennooo | Jan 03, 2009 (Sat) - 02:20:00
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From my understanding Japan does not allow duel citizenship and all of my friends who are nissei had to make the decision of which nationality they would choose at age 20
http://www.okinawa-information.com
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| Re: to live and retire in okinawa
| Comment #3 | | by akito007 | Jan 03, 2009 (Sat) - 04:25:26
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I am 45 years old now so I would have to surrender my u.s. citizen and become a japanese citizen is this correct ?
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| Re: to live and retire in okinawa
| Comment #4 | | by Roy | Jan 21, 2009 (Wed) - 13:04:16
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No problem but you need to meet one of these requirements:
1. Have Japanese citizenship.
2. Married to a Japanese citizen. Spouse visa.
3. Have a work visa? Not just the 6 month entertainment kind.
4. Have a long time SOFA job here.
5. Change your citizenship to Japanese.
Hope that helps. Not sure of any other legal ways to stay in the country.
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| Re: to live and retire in okinawa
| Comment #5 | | by Anonymous Coward | Feb 06, 2009 (Fri) - 19:39:47
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As far as I know, any policy discouraging Japanese-American dual-citizenship has been relaxed in the past decade or so. I know a number of people with dual-citizenship, so I don't think it's actually very rare at all.
I have heard that if, when applying for Japanese citizenship, your American passport is confiscated by Japanese officials, you can simply go to the American consulate (or some related government office?) and pick it back up. Apparently they take your passport and merely return it to U.S. officials who are then obligated to return it to you if you don't renounce your U.S. citizenship.
Of course, your mileage may vary...
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