Here ve see an enraged Scott Reynolds locked in a life-or-death struggle with ze
fj.life.in-japan:

>John R. Yamamoto-Wilson wrote:
>> John wrote:
>> 
>>>>> I don't think I would ever give up my original citizenship.
>>>> Which is? If it is Canadian or US, you won't have to give it
>>>>> up, really...
>>>
>>> Maybe I spoke too soon. I'm not sure about the laws. 
>> 
>> I think (without having checked it thoroughly) that from a Japanese 
>> point of view you can't have double nationality, but they can't stop you 
>> form holding on to the passport, etc., of your home country or from 
>> having all the rights of a citizen of that country once you leave Japan.
>> 
>> All they can do is withhold those rights while you are inside Japan, so 
>> you would be able to go to the embassy of your home country and be 
>> treated as a citizen of that country in every country of the world 
>> except Japan.
>> 
>> Thats how I understand it from talking to people who've done it.
>
>I'm curious about the practical aspects when traveling internationally. 
>If the Japanese immigration people see that you seem to be using two 
>passports, what will they do? For example, if you enter Japan on a 
>flight from Gaikoku but don't have an exit stamp from the country you 
>just left in you Japanese passport, I would imagine it might arouse 
>suspicion.

I fully intend to naturalize at some point.

I also understand that there is a grace period of a certain number of days a
year you can visit the US without having to get a visa if you are an ex-citizen
who has legally renounced. I haven't checked this in full either, of course, but
there will come a day where I really won't need to go there anymore except to
visit family for a week or two, or go to LA on business, etc. My life has been
practically over from an American standpoint for years, so why not?

I suspect, though, that the hassle will begin when you show up at the US
immigration counter at the airport with a Japanese passport, and the dudes there
are just *not* going to believe you. "Uh, okay, Mr. *snort* Boido-san, you wanna
jujitsu your ass over into the interrogation room so we can find out just who in
the hell you *really* are?"


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