"Ryan Ginstrom" <ginstrom@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> "Simon" <shepshep1@excite.com> wrote in message
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> > Hi all, this year I will be visiting Japan with my wife and baby son. It
> > will be the first time we have visited Japan since the birth of our
baby,
> my
> > wife is Japanese and tells me that it is better if our baby has a
Japanese
> > passport as well as an English one.
>
> If it's just a visit, then you can get by without one. Also, IIR up to a
> certain age just a copy of the koseki is enough to show he is a Japanese
> citizen, although they will tell you to get a passport as soon as possible
> at customs (ask your local embassy/consulate for details).
>
> > Do any of you have any experience of this, she tells me that because
> Daniel
> > (our son) is registered in Japan as well as England it's easier if he
has
> > both passports.
> > Obviously I don't want to have to spend all that extra money if there is
> no
> > reason to do so, so I'd appreciate any information anyone can give me.
> > Simon.
>
> Dude, if you can't afford to buy a passport for your kid, what in Gawd's
> name are you doing traveling to Japan?
>
> -- 
> Regards,
> Ryan Ginstrom
>
I don't know who "Dude" is but I thank you for the information.
By the way I can afford a passport, it just seems pointless spending money
if I don't have to. I can get very drunk on the price of a passport!
Simon.