in article 40EA4B2C.9050002@hotmail.com, Declan Murphy at
declan_murphy@hotmail.com wrote on 7/6/04 3:48 PM:

> Ernest Schaal wrote:
> 
>> For instance, in the US, if you are born there then you are a citizen. That
>> is the exception, not the rule. Being born in Japan doesn't necessarily make
>> one a Japanese citizen.
> 
> So what? The issue here is whether a parent (a Japanese citizen) can
> keep his (legally adopted) kid in the country where he (the
> parent/citizen) and the kid's only family (he and her grandmother) live.
> The citizenship of the kid isn't relevant here.

The point I was making is that each country can determine who is a citizen
and who is not, and if a person is not a citizen then that country can
deport the non-citizen and/or refuse re-admittance of a non-citizen who has
left the country.

If they wanted to, under international law, they could send her packing to
Thailand. Under international law, they could send her packing even if she
was born here, if she is not a citizen. Now, Japanese law could limit their
options.

>> But cheer up. The Immigration service has granted her an extension as it
>> readdresses her case.
> 
> As they bloody well should.

You might think they should, but they don't have to do as you demand.