If I’m currently holding both US and Japanese passports and want to come back to the US, will the Japanese government look for me after 3 months?
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If I’m currently holding both US and Japanese passports and want to come back to the US, will the Japanese government look for me after 3 months?
I want to get past immigration without a problem. I entered Japan with a Japanese passport and left America with my US passport. By law I’m only supposed to have one or the other after 21. However, many people like me posses both. My goal is to get back home to the US without a problem.
Asked on September 13, 2011 under Immigration Law, Arizona
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SB, Member, California / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
There should not be any issues. Dual citizens often travel internationally exactly as you describe, and it is not a problem. The US treats you as a US citizen and does not care about your other country of citizenship. You enter the US with the US passport, as a US citizen. I cannot speak for the Japanese government but why would they be looking for you? If you are a citizen of Japan, in addition to being a citizen of the US, as long as you comply with whatever conditions there are for Japanese citizens, there should not be any problems. If you have any problems with the law in Japan, in that case, they may be looking for you but you have not provided enough information to determine if that is what your situation involves. Good luck to you.
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