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Dual citizenship is kind of gray area in Japan. As long as you don't talk about it, nobody really cares. (And this attitude kind of sums japan as a whole)
by Cloudef 4y ago
Dual citizenship is kind of gray area in Japan. As long as you don't talk about it, nobody really cares. (And this attitude kind of sums japan as a whole)
- digianarchist 4y agoDon't authorities require evidence that you have given up your previous citizenship? Singapore does.
- pjmlp 4y agoI wonder how that works for countries where it is a crime to give up the citizenship, does Singapore make an exception? I am aware that Germany does.
- digianarchist 4y agoSome countries have no provisions for giving up citizenship (Argentina I think) so I wonder what happens in those situations.
- nly 4y agoIt's the same in China from what I've heard. Dual British Chinese citizens often just don't tell China that they've become British citizens.
- bmoxb 4y agoI've definitely heard of cases of people who've had their Japanese citizenship revoked after the authorities found out they were a dual national.
- toyg 4y agoObviously: rules are rules, and in Japan rules just cannot be broken or bent. However the level of proactive enforcement of such rules can be very variable. Dual-citizenship can be trivially hidden and nobody will hunt you down for it, particularly if you live abroad. If you bring it to the attention of some authority, though, they will be forced to take action.