Hi all, as a bit of background I'm 23yo F born in Japan to Japanese parents (therefore originally had Japanese citizenship) and moved to New Zealand when I was 3. When I was 16, I gained NZ citizenship as my parents thought that I could still just choose my nationality at 20 years old. Upon trying to renew my Japanese passport when I was 17ish, we found out that this was incorrect and my Japanese citizenship had effectively been taken away.
Now that I'm older, I'm considering trying to regain my Japanese citizenship, and specifically looking into Simplified Naturalization (Article 8 of Nationality Law) – which states that since both my parents are currently Japanese there are no requirements for having to reside in Japan for a particular period of time. I'm wondering if anyone else has gone through trying to regain their Japanese citizenship? I've heard so many stories of Japanese children unknowingly losing their Japanese nationality, but can't seem to find much info on what people have done about it
Also have looked into Permanent Residency for children of Japanese nationals – seems like the residency requirement is reduced to one year. Would also be interested if anyone has gone through with this!
Thanks in advance!
by lvl5wooper