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Stay longer in the US than what I told CBP
Your problem statement sounds like the beginnings of a huge mess that would potentially take years to untangle. When talking to immigration, your best strategy is to always answer truthfully when ...
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Japanese girlfriend visiting me in Canada - questions at border control?
It will count against her that she is visiting her boyfriend (obvious motivation for overstay), and that with the second visit, she'd have spend a lot of time in relatively short period in Canada. The ...
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Stay longer in the US than what I told CBP
Japanese citizens can travel to the USA on the Visa Waiver Program/ESTA, and I assume this is what you are intending to do.
When entering the USA on ESTA, no matter what you tell the CBP officer ...
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Am I a dual citizen? Can I go to Japan, where I was born?
Citizenship of the Philippines is acquired by jus sanguinis ("by blood"), so the fact that your mother is Filipino automatically gives you citizenship of the Philippines (given your date of ...
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Stay longer in the US than what I told CBP
I have actually been in very similar situation and have traveled many times to the US to visit my girlfriend through the Visa Waiver Program/ESTA (I am from Germany, but I don't think that makes a big ...
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Is it safe for an ESTA waiver visitor to return to Japan until the corona virus has been contained?
Someone who entered on the Visa Waiver Program cannot apply for Extension of Status (i.e. extend their stay on VWP) or Change of Status (i.e. change to another nonimmigrant status, e.g. B2 visitor). ...
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Amount of time outside of UK before re-enter after visa expiration
A Tier 5 (Your Mobility Scheme) visa cannot be extended, so your friend's permission to remain in the UK will expire on March 14. If he overstays for a few weeks it is unlikely that it will have any ...
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Do we need a visa for an overnight trip UK to Paris and back?
Japanese passport holders have visa free access to the Schengen Area and the UK, he will just have to go in a separate queue at immigration for non-EU passport holders and get a stamp in his passport.
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How can my girlfriend maximise her chances of getting into the UK on a tourist visa?
As a Japanese citizen, your girlfriend does not need a visa to visit the UK:
You won’t need a visa to come to the UK
You can stay in the UK for up to 6 months without a visa.
However, you should ...
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Dual citizen travelling to China
The US accepts the idea of dual citizenship (sort of reluctantly, but they do). If the immigration official asks on entering the US where you have been, say China. In the event that the immigration ...
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Do we need to make changes to the eTA (Canada)?
A new Canadian eTA is only required if the original eTA expires (or is cancelled by the government), or a passport other than the one associated with the original eTA is used for travel.
Period of ...
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Can I use my Japanese Passport to travel outside in the Philippines and returning back to the Philippines?
Your actual issue is not the passports, it's citizenship.
According to my (very limited) understanding, the Philippines allows dual citizenship, but it has to be explicitly applied for. If you were ...
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Australian/Japanese passport holder entering Japan
I would just use the Australian passport. Australians don't need a visa to visit Japan for up to 90 days, so there is no need to show multiple passports anywhere in the process.
Source: my children ...
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Is a Mexican permanent visa the same as a national identity card?
The ESTA application is referring to national identity cards as listed in this Wikipedia page, not visas.
More specifically, Mexico does not have a national identity card system, and your permanent ...
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Japanese girlfriend visiting me in Canada - questions at border control?
Japanese citizen here. I visited Canada twice in a very short window of time (like 10 days) in Winter 2017. I flew into Vancouver from Singapore (to make it more complicated I was a Singapore resident ...
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Help with Australian ETA app in Japan
We ended up dialing in a video call from another device and walking her through the entire process, which took literally three (3) full hours, including no less than 30 minutes to enter an email ...
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Is it safe for an ESTA waiver visitor to return to Japan until the corona virus has been contained?
No, they cannot extend their stay in the US beyond 90 days, which is the maximum allowed on ESTA/VWP.
I also suspect she will soon be safer in Japan than the US, but that's another story...
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Different name in my Philippine and Japanese Passport
You will need to show a passport on three or four occasions.
On check-in. Here, the agent has to confirm that you meet the requirements to be admitted to Japan and that you are the person on the ...
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Australian/Japanese passport holder entering Japan
To avoid any troubles on this trip, you should enter Japan using your Australian passport.
Now, regarding being a dual national is technically illegal, and your comment to the other post:
There ...
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As a Japanese passport holder in China can I renew my passport in China and still keep my Chinese visa?
If you renew your Japanese passport and are able to keep your old one, then yes, you can use your old and new passports together for travel to and from China.
This is stated in Timatic, a database ...
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Do Japanese citizens have to use a Japanese passport when entering Japan?
Theoretically, yes, you must use a Japanese passport.
According to the
Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act, Article 60 and 61 on Chapter 7 (English translation):
Article 60 (1)
Any ...
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International travel of minor with dual Japanese and US citizenship
The US does not have exit control so she does not need to show her US passport on the way out.
For the airline it does (mostly) only matter that she has the right passport (and if needed visa) for ...
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Do Japanese citizens have to use a Japanese passport when entering Japan?
Japan, like most countries, cannot deny entry to verified citizens of their own.
According to one anecdotal report, a dual national, upon being verified as a dual national (as he didn't have a ...
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Dual citizen travelling to China
Yes, your sequence is correct. At least, it's what I do all the time and never had any problems.
Always use your US passport to leave and enter the US.
Always enter and leave a country on the same ...
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Duel citizen US/Japan Can I use my Japanese passport to enter China?
Yes, the Japanese passport lets you visit China visa free. Just follow the guidance here: I have two passports/nationalities. How do I use them when I travel?
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Applying for ESTA - for Japanese/Canadian kids
So I answered the questions in the application as below. These questions were asked after filling out all the information from their passports including their birthplace which is Japan.
Q: ARE YOU ...
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Japanese girlfriend visiting me in Canada - questions at border control?
Besides the return ticket and the proof of employment, in English if possible, there are other issues to convince a possibly overzealous border office to let her through.
If she's coming to stay 2 ...
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Different name in my Philippine and Japanese Passport
The Philippine authorities are responsible for enforcing their country's immigration rules, not Japan's. Since you're a citizen of their country they should not have a problem with you leaving.
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Applying for ESTA - for Japanese/Canadian kids
No
N/A
The Canadian citizenship is "through parents." The Japanese citizenship I'm not sure about because I don't know much about Japanese citizenship law. I suspect that "through parents" is correct ...
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I am an 18-year-old Japanese citizen. Can I travel out of my country alone?
Yes. JAL for example allows unaccompanied travel from age 5 upwards.
What age does my child have to be to qualify as an unaccompanied minor?
Unaccompanied minor service is mandatory for a ...
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