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I am due for renewing my JP citizenship/passport. I was born in the US but have Japanese citizenship due to my parents who are both Japanese. I want to keep my Japanese Citizenship and be able to renew my JP passport. However, the problem is that I don't have residency in Japan, and I also don't have a green card due to being a US Citizen. Besides some month+ long family trips in Japan, I haven't gone to Japan. Even though I was born in the states, I feel more Japanese, fit better with Japanese culture, and feel at home when I am in Japan. And my earliest memories are from Japan, because I was there so many times as a young kid. I also was fortunate to grow up in a Japanese community and went to Japanese school until my parents decided to officially live in the US.
I would really like to keep my Japanese citizenship because I would like to move to Japan later in my life permanently and work there. I know that they have work visa's, but they are extremely difficult to obtain and maintain, and owning property is even harder as a non-Jp citizen.
Has anyone gone through what I am going? If you have, what did you do?
I would really like to keep my Japanese citizenship because I would like to move to Japan later in my life permanently and work there. I know that they have work visa's, but they are extremely difficult to obtain and maintain, and owning property is even harder as a non-Jp citizen.
Has anyone gone through what I am going? If you have, what did you do?