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When a child is born to a couple between Japanese
Even if a child is formed between Japanese couple, there are a lot of things you have to apply for.
In particular, the following five items must be carried out at any household where child was born.
1. Submission of birth registration
2. Application for child allowance
3. Application for infant medical expenses subsidy
4. Join health insurance
5. Get childbirth allowance
Because all the staff guide us carefully at the ward office, please be relieved.
(For example, if your husband supports his wife, you need to ask the husband’s company about 4.5.)
Also, depending on the person, it is better to apply as follows.
(I will not touch them in detail here)
・ Application for maternity allowance
・ Application for childcare leave benefit
・ Application for extension of unemployment insurance benefit period
From the conclusion, when a child is born in Japan and raising in Japan, it is necessary for the couple who got international marriage to apply in the same way as the Japanese couple do.
However, I think that various doubts such as “Children are dual nationality, are there any problems?”, “What is the nationality of the child when a child is born before the marriage is formed?”
I will explain these points below.
About nationality of children
In Japan, if father or mother is a Japanese citizen at the time of child’s birth, that child acquire Japanese nationality.
In short, if child is born after the marriage establishment, he or she will be able to acquire Japanese nationality when you submit his or her birth notification to the ward office / city hall.
Also, Even if you give birth in a foreign country, your child can acquire Japanese nationality.
If a child is born in the United States, even if the parents are Japanese, a child can get American nationality.
After all, the requirement of nationality to a child depends on the country.
This difference by country rarely occurs that a child has more than one nationality.
In the above example, if a Japanese couple gives birth to a child in the United States, the child will acquire the nationality of Japan and the United States.
About the case of becoming dual nationality
1. A baby was born in a foreign country and became dual nationality
If a Japanese child is born in a foreign country and acquires Japanese nationality and acquires the nationality of the spouse or the nationality of the country of birth,
Within 3 months from the date of birth it is necessary to notify the diplomatic mission about registration of nationality at the same time as birth registration.
Failure to do so will result in the loss of Japanese nationality
Submitting a citizen ‘s retainment notice will hold dual citizenship of Japanese nationality and foreign nationality.
In this case, you must choose nationality by the age of 22. When selecting Japanese citizenship, submit a nationality selection notice to the legal affairs bureau of the domicile or the address of the notifier.
2. A baby was born in Japan and became dual nationality
In this case, it is unnecessary to register a nationality only with a birth notification.
But despite having to choose nationality by the age of 22, it does not change.
※ If you did not select nationality
If you do not do nationality selection by the age of 22, you receive a notice of nationality selection from the Minister of Justice,
If you do not select Japanese nationality within one month from the request, you will lose Japanese nationality.
When a child is born before submission of marriage registration
In the case that a child is born without marriage becoming established, there are cases where Japanese nationality can not be acquired only by issuing a birth notification.
1. The case of Japanese mother and foreign father
In the case of a Japanese mother, the requirement “When my mother is a Japanese citizen at birth” is always met.
Therefore, regardless of who is a father, a Japanese mother ‘s child acquires Japanese nationality.
Here is no problem.
2. Foreign mother and Japanese father
In this case, nationality of babies naturally will not be in Japan simply by submitting a birth registration and being accepted. Nationality acquisition notification is required.
→ Notification of Acquisition of Nationality of Recognized Child
A child was born after submission of marriage registration, but the official marriage has not been established
When it comes to acceptance, it becomes unclear whether or not marriage has been established about one month from submission of notification of marriage.
The important point is when the formal marriage is accepted at the acceptance time, when is the marriage establishment date , but it will be the day of submission of marriage registration
1. The case of Japanese mother and foreign father
In the case of a Japanese mother, the requirement “When my mother is a Japanese citizen at birth” is always met.
Therefore, regardless of who is a father, a Japanese mother ‘s child acquires Japanese nationality.
Here is no problem. It is deja vu.
2. Foreign mother and Japanese father
Even in a state where marriage has not been officially accepted during reception, as a Japanese man who is a father, as a notification person, by submitting a birth registration as a legitimate child to the government office and accepting it, formally marrying later The child gets Japanese nationality when it is established.
In other words, by submitting notification of marriage before children are born, we do not have to file procedures to obtain nationality.
So give yourself an international marriage move sooner and early and submit your marriage notification before your child is born.
