Can I get Japanese Citizenship for my daughter even though we dont live in Japan

Can I get Japanese Citizenship for my daughter even though we dont live in Japan?
My husband is a Japanese native and we have been married for 2 years. We just had a daughter. She is only a week old. I am German and my daughter was born in Germany and we live in Germany, but is it possible for me to still get Japanese Citizenship for my daughter? Or would she automatically lose her German Citizenship if we did? Is there no possibility she could have dual citizenship?
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1 :
yes, and no you wont lose citizenship in germany
2 :
You husband has to go the Japanese Embassy for your daughter citizenship within 3 months of born. I don’t know about German. But Japanese is required by law to choose only one nationality on 18 years old.
3 :
As another said, you can go to Japanese Embassy or Consulate and register her as a Japanese citizen. And it should be done within 3 months after her birth. She can keep dual citizenship now. But she must choose either one by the age of 22.
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Your daughter is already a Japanese citizen, but she will automatically lose it if your husband does not register her in his family register before she turns 3 months old. I'm no expert in German laws but it looks like Germany allows dual citizenship if the person obtained it at birth, as in your daughter's case. So, yes, she's a dual citizen.
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This is in reply to your additional question. She will have dual citizenship at least until she's 20. They only ask the person to choose when they try using their Japanese passport over 20 or so years of age, so if she's only visiting Japan as a 20something she could use her German passport and no-one would know. If she lives in Japan she'll only be asked to actually choose if they know she's got dual nationality, and there's little reason to mention it. (I know my hubby didn't mention it when he applied for our kids' Japanese passports, and I didn't mention it when I applied for their UK passports, there was no sensible place to put that information so I didn't bother.) If your daughter does ever decide to officially take up her Japanese nationality, she'll have to sign documents stating that she'll denounce her German nationality as soon as reasonably possible. A lot of people 'forget' to actually denounce it, but normally no-one checks so they secretly keep their dual nationality anyway. They have to be careful to use their passports sensibly though, because someone might spot a discrepancy if she tries using both. If your daughter decides to live outside of Japan then it won't affect her. She'll get any relevant visa put into her German passport before leaving the country, and if she visits Japan as a tourist, even if it's to visit relatives, no-one will question it or ask whether she's got dual nationality. It really doesn't need to affect your daughter unless she actually decides to live in Japan, as an adult. And she will only have to lose her German nationality if she chooses to be just Japanese as an adult, until then she can have two passports and use the EU one to leave and enter the EU, and the JP one to enter and leave Japan. That's what most people do, including us. Don't let it worry you for now, they might change the rules by then and allow adults to retain dual citizenship.
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I found some information relevant to your question. As the previous answerers said, you must register the birth of your daughter within 3 months of her birth. She will lose her entitlement to her Japanese citizenship, otherwise. I went to Japanese Embassy in London to register the birth of my son just before he turned 6 months old, and I was told that it was too late to register his birth (so, he only has a British citizenship). She can keep her German-Japanese dual citizenship until she has to make a decision of which citizenship she would like to retain by the age of 22. Here is some information about how to register your daughter's birth and what to do when she makes a decision of her nationality in the future. The information is in Japanese, but I am sure that your husband would be able to explain it to you. http://www.de.emb-japan.go.jp/nihongo/konsular/02koseki.html 出生届 届け出期間： 生れた日を含めて３ヶ月以内。なお、出生により外国の国籍も取得している場合は、 この届け出期限を過ぎますと日本国籍を失いますので、日本側への出生届は出来 ません。 届出人：原則として父または母（外国人でも可） 届け出方法：公館窓口に直接提出、または郵送（本籍地市区町村へ直接郵送も可） 必要な書類：出生届書（当館に用意してあります）、出生登録証明書または医師 作成の出生証明書の原本、同和訳文 留意事項：出生により、ドイツの国籍も取得した場合は、３ヶ月以内に出生届と 共に日本の国籍を留保する意思を表示（出生届の「日本国籍を留保する」欄に 署名・押印する）しなければ、出生の日にさかのぼって日本国籍を失うことになり ますのでご注意下さい。 国籍の選択について 　外国の国籍と日本の国籍を有する人（重国籍者）は、22歳に達するまで （20歳に達した後に重国籍になった場合、重国籍になった時から2年以内）に、 どちらかの国籍を選択する必要があります。選択しない場合は日本の国籍を失う ことがありますので、ご注意下さい。 国籍の選択の方法： 国籍の選択は自己の意思に基づいて、次のいずれかの方法によって行って下さい。 なお、国籍離脱届以外は郵送による届け出も可能です。 日本国籍を選択する場合 戸籍謄本を添付して、当館または日本の市区町村役場に「日本の国籍を選択し、 外国の国籍を放棄する」旨の国籍選択届を出して下さい。 外国の国籍を選択する場合 1.管轄の在外公館または日本の法務局･地方法務局に戸籍謄本、住所を証明する 書面、外国籍を有することを証明する書面を添付して、国籍離脱届を出して下さい。 2.選択した国の法令に則り、その国の国籍を選択したのち、外国国籍を選択した ことを証明する書面を添付して、当館または日本の市区町村役場に国籍喪失届を 出して下さい。 The following information about German Nationality Law might also be of your interest. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_nationality_law Hope this helps.
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1) Japan does not recognize dual citizenship. As you have seen, the age of making this decision is somewhere around 20. 2) My situation is a bit different from yours because I live in Japan, but the U.S. consulate told me that although the above is the 'law', if you don't say anything they really don't have a task force out there to track down people and make them choose. Keep your mouth shut about the situation and you probably won't have any problem renewing either passport. 3) Considering the above, if you are living in Germany going to the Japanese embassy/consulate to renew a Japanese passport might raise some questions. I really don't know.
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i had japanese passport and green card. but i think they will not issue me japanese passport if i turn usa citizen. as to your daughter your husband must register her at the consulate, and she can get her citizenship, but when she become of age she must choose her citizenship.

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