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KennethC

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My 2 nieces and one nephew were fathered by a Japanese man while their mother was working and living in Japan. Shortly after the last one was born the Japanese man "dumped" their mother - who went back to her home in Manila and brought the kids up without so much as one YEN
support from the Japanese father - not particularly honorable!
The girls are now 20 and 18 and the boy is about 15. Is it possible for them - SINCE THEIR FATHER IS A JAPANESE CITIZEN LIVING IN JAPAN - to obtain Japanese citizenship? This would open up much greater travel possibilities in the world and in their future - than being Filipino!
The kids have their birthcertificates signed by the Japanese man and are currently all three students.
Does anybody know what is possible for them - and what path to follow?
 
not particularly honorable!

One could wonder about how honorable the job your sister had from the late 80's early 90's until 1996 was (they are your nephews and nieces right? Or is this more of an extended family thing?). But this is about the kids so lets leave the sins of the mother (and father) out of this.

The girls are now 20 and 18 and the boy is about 15. Is it possible for them - SINCE THEIR FATHER IS A JAPANESE CITIZEN LIVING IN JAPAN - to obtain Japanese citizenship?

If the information you have given is indeed correct then it is entirely likely that they are already Japanese citizens it is simply a bureaucratic mess (depending on what was done in Japan before they left) to get them recognized as such.

The kids have their birthcertificates signed by the Japanese man and are currently all three students.

I'm not sure what document the kids and your sister actually have. If it is the father's Koseki (and they are listed on it) then it means they are already registered in Japan as Japanese citizens. If it is the paperwork from the hospital then that's another story. I also don't know what you mean by "signed" since we used our family stamp on all the official documents for the 2 of our 3 kids who were born in Japan and didn't "sign" anything.

Does anybody know what is possible for them - and what path to follow?

You can call the Seattle consulate (they're very friendly) although I'm not sure if the information they would give you is relevant to whatever internal procedures they have in the Philippines.

Or as Mike suggested, have your sister take them and their old passports (the ones she and the kids used to leave Japan) to the Japanese embassy along with whatever documentation she has. Have her remain firm that the kids are Japanese citizens and she needs to get them their passports. Then it becomes a paper chase to get all the documents to satisfy the government that this isn't some sort of scam.

If that doesn't work, given the number of Japanese men who come over to the Philippines on vacation and leave a little bit of Japan behind, there is probably an NGO in the Philippines which deals with this sort of problem.

Of course your sister/nephew/nieces first stop should be the Embassy, since they're the ones who can tell them what's really required.
 
Yes, Mike and Kenneth are right. The only thing to be done is for your sister and kids to go to the Japanese Embassy in Manila with all the old documents and passports she has now. You can't do anything from the US. It can be done either in Japan or the Philippines only.
 
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