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Sounds like it's far from automatic. (Well, perhaps "legally" you automatically lose it, but there's no system that actually tells Japan that one of their citiz
by phantom784 3y ago
Sounds like it's far from automatic. (Well, perhaps "legally" you automatically lose it, but there's no system that actually tells Japan that one of their citizens has gotten another citizenship.)
She became a U.S. citizen in 2004.
After traveling back and forth between her home countries with both nationalities for years, she was flagged as being a dual citizen in 2017 — first at a passport office in Tokyo, where her passport was confiscated and her application rejected, and then by airport immigration officials when they realized she was exiting Japan with an American passport that had no entrance stamp.
So it took them 13 years to figure this out, and if she were actively trying to conceal her US citizenship, could probably have held both indefinitely.
- resolutebat 3y agoYup. Unlike some countries like China, Japan does not go out of its way to catch dual citizens and it is extremely rare for somebody to actually involuntarily lose their Jp citizenship.
- phantom784 3y agoHow does China figure it out?
- resolutebat 3y agoIf you're a Chinese citizen, you are not allowed to leave China unless you show a Chinese passport with a valid visa for your destination. You can still get around this by going via a third country, but then they can ask for a return ticket from that country etc. The only foolproof way to evade the system and keep citizenship in a 2nd country is to acquire permanent residence in 3rd country!