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Regarding the passport: not that I am aware of. However, if there are no other entry/exit stamps in your Japanese passport they will know you are using another

Regarding the passport: not that I am aware of. However, if there are no other entry/exit stamps in your Japanese passport they will know you are using another countries elsewhere. I suppose you could get your Japanese passport stamped every time you left and came back, but then the timelines might be an issue. Also, whether or not the customs official even would.

seanmcdirmid 3y ago
> However, if there are no other entry/exit stamps in your Japanese passport they will know you are using another countries elsewhere. If you only ever travel between the USA and Japan, they wouldn't know anything since the USA doesn't stamp your passport anyways.
themaninthedark 3y ago
I don't know if the US would stamp a Japanese passport for that reason, probably not because they would be like you entering the US twice and generate a bunch of visa stuff. Now suppose you flew in and out of Canada every time, using your US passport to enter and Japanese to exit.... As long as your were diligent with keeping track of it, it would look like you were in Canada to the Japanese government. Funny story, about keeping these things straight. Going back to Japan after travel with my infant son to Guam. Wife and my son go through the Japanese immigration while I have to go through the foreign nationals line, wife had accidentally handed my my son's passport. The look on the official's face as he stared at the baby photo was great, I told him "Sorry, I didn't shave so I look a little different."
- nearting 3y ago
  You just have to make sure you don't accidentally overstay your visa in Canada with either country since they probably check this by entry/exit dates on a specific passport.
- CobaltFire 3y ago
  Different topic, but I hope you enjoyed Guam. I lived there for several years and miss it quite a bit! It and Japan were our top two locations for settling when I left the military, but life has a way of ignoring what you want and we ended up elsewhere for difficult reasons.
  - themaninthedark 3y ago
    We did, it was only for a couple days for her brother's wedding during the winter so wasn't very crowded. I lived in Japan for several years, love living there but don't like working there. I am back in the states on the east coast but I hope I can retire over there.

seanmcdirmid 3y ago

> However, if there are no other entry/exit stamps in your Japanese passport they will know you are using another countries elsewhere. If you only ever travel between the USA and Japan, they wouldn't know anything since the USA doesn't stamp your passport anyways.

themaninthedark 3y ago

I don't know if the US would stamp a Japanese passport for that reason, probably not because they would be like you entering the US twice and generate a bunch of visa stuff. Now suppose you flew in and out of Canada every time, using your US passport to enter and Japanese to exit.... As long as your were diligent with keeping track of it, it would look like you were in Canada to the Japanese government. Funny story, about keeping these things straight. Going back to Japan after travel with my infant son to Guam. Wife and my son go through the Japanese immigration while I have to go through the foreign nationals line, wife had accidentally handed my my son's passport. The look on the official's face as he stared at the baby photo was great, I told him "Sorry, I didn't shave so I look a little different."

nearting 3y ago
You just have to make sure you don't accidentally overstay your visa in Canada with either country since they probably check this by entry/exit dates on a specific passport.
CobaltFire 3y ago
Different topic, but I hope you enjoyed Guam. I lived there for several years and miss it quite a bit! It and Japan were our top two locations for settling when I left the military, but life has a way of ignoring what you want and we ended up elsewhere for difficult reasons.
- themaninthedark 3y ago
  We did, it was only for a couple days for her brother's wedding during the winter so wasn't very crowded. I lived in Japan for several years, love living there but don't like working there. I am back in the states on the east coast but I hope I can retire over there.