Hi everyone,
So I’m a Canadian and I have a Japanese- Canadian partner. My partner has dual citizenship by birth.
We’re currently living in Canada.
We started planning for our future and we’re unsure of 1 topic.
How do we make sure our kids in the future get both citizenship?
We’re aware that Japan doesn’t allow dual citizenship and that Japanese who have another citizenship by birth has to pick one or the other by a certain age. But he’s been using the loophole of keeping both passports.
If I give birth here in Canada, how do we make sure our kids gets the japanese citizenship as well if my partner is in the country as a Canadian?
Or do I have to give birth in japan, where he’s Japanese? If so, what are my options to stay in japan and give birth?
Also, he’s saying that Japanese nationals can only marry to a foreigner with a resident card in japan.
I haven’t seen that anywhere.
Hope you guys can help us ðŸ˜
https://www.reddit.com/r/japan/comments/17myg25/canadian_x_japanese_canadian_marriage_kids/
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You just need to register their birth at the consulate in Canada within 3 months of birth for them to gain Japanese citizenship. It’s really straightforward.
As far as marriage in Japan, you do not need a residence card. Just go to city hall where his koeseki is and get married.I did this just as a tourist with my Japanese wife
If the child of a Japanese national is born outside of Japan you have 3 months to register their birth with Japan and get them onto the family registry. If you miss the window then they’re not citizens of Japan. Check with your nearest Japanese consulate to figure out that process.
But they can still qualify for the child of a Japanese national status of residence easily enough, which has no restrictions on it, can be renewed indefinitely, and provides a fast track for both naturalization and permanent residence if they decided they wanted to live in Japan later in life.
>Also, he’s saying that Japanese nationals can only marry to a foreigner with a resident card in japan.
Hahahahahahaha no. Again, talk to the Japanese consulate to learn about the process of registering your marriage.
Actually… Both marriage and child birth notifications are described here: https://www.mofa.go.jp/mofaj/toko/todoke/koseki/index.html
The problem with this situation is that if OP’s spouse does currently holds passports for Canada & Japan, applying for citizenship for your child at the consulate may call attention the fact that OP’s spouse did not declare one or the other at 22 like he was supposed to, and may draw additional scrutiny to that fact.
They tend to flag consular requests for passport renewals & adding children for verification more than if you were to give birth in and register the child in Japan simply due to the volume of registrations.
Japan isn’t as strict as they used to be, but the best advice would be not to draw more attention to the fact spouse is still holding two passports. If spouse is ok with sticking his head up and being forced to choose himself, giving birth in Canada and registering at the consulate is fine. If not, the best advice would be to do in Japan (which still isn’t a guarantee his status wouldn’t be scrutinized, but is less likely to be).
Registering a marriage doesn’t require residence card unless OP is planning on immigrating to Japan…but by doing this at the same consulate you’re registering your child for Japanese citizenship while listing Canada as your residence is definitely a red flag to verify spouse’s status.
Have baby born in Japan. We did and cant recommend it enough.
My cousin had baby around same time as us in Vancouver, and was sent home the next day. She was in awe when we told her about how it was in Japan. YMMV ofcourse…