Hi to everyone.
I'm sooooo glad I found this forum because it makes me feel my situation is not that particular and difficult.
I'll go straight to the point.
I was born half-JP and half-Italian. I have always lived in Italy so I am not a resident in Japan. I have never abandoned Italian citizenship because in this country it is not illegal to have two citizenships; on the other hand, i am allowed to own the Japanese passport ONLY, so that I am Japanese to the Japanese Government (they said it won't be a problem until it becomes mandatory to show an "Italian citizenship renounciation" document - don't know the English word for this neither, sorry).
Nothing too serious anyway.
Now I need to get married to my girlfriend, that is, she needs to get married to me for some work reasons, and we must do it in Japan for some other reasons related to the fact that she needs it to be done so (bureaus in Italy mean bothering stuff).
I have two doubts now.
1) do I need to have some documents issued before I can get married in Japan? I assume I'll have to become an official resident before, and that's OK to me because in October I'll start living there. But does anyone know if it's something I can do easily or if I will have to wait months before the Government is sure about me being a honest native Japanese? Being a non-resident Japanese, will I need to do some particular things before I can get married in Japan, things that a resident doesn't need to do?
2) will my girlfriend need an Alien Card to get married in Japan? Being Italian she doesn't need a visa to enter Japan, but the passport might be not sufficient for marriage. In case she needs the Card, could she apply for it before going to Japan? That would be quite hard for her to ask for extraordinary vacation days for one month or longer.
I am sorry for not speaking English propoerly, this is the best I could do, and the Japanese words for this topic are a dark mystery to me. :sorry:
I hope someone has some useful informations from which I could start researching because at the moment I am totally ignorant about this, and my father lives in Italy since the 80's so he knows just as much.
I hope this "someone" will have the time and will to read and reply
Thanks so much to all you competent guys, I found some interesting informations on this forum.
Be well,
S.K.
I'm sooooo glad I found this forum because it makes me feel my situation is not that particular and difficult.
I'll go straight to the point.
I was born half-JP and half-Italian. I have always lived in Italy so I am not a resident in Japan. I have never abandoned Italian citizenship because in this country it is not illegal to have two citizenships; on the other hand, i am allowed to own the Japanese passport ONLY, so that I am Japanese to the Japanese Government (they said it won't be a problem until it becomes mandatory to show an "Italian citizenship renounciation" document - don't know the English word for this neither, sorry).
Nothing too serious anyway.
Now I need to get married to my girlfriend, that is, she needs to get married to me for some work reasons, and we must do it in Japan for some other reasons related to the fact that she needs it to be done so (bureaus in Italy mean bothering stuff).
I have two doubts now.
1) do I need to have some documents issued before I can get married in Japan? I assume I'll have to become an official resident before, and that's OK to me because in October I'll start living there. But does anyone know if it's something I can do easily or if I will have to wait months before the Government is sure about me being a honest native Japanese? Being a non-resident Japanese, will I need to do some particular things before I can get married in Japan, things that a resident doesn't need to do?
2) will my girlfriend need an Alien Card to get married in Japan? Being Italian she doesn't need a visa to enter Japan, but the passport might be not sufficient for marriage. In case she needs the Card, could she apply for it before going to Japan? That would be quite hard for her to ask for extraordinary vacation days for one month or longer.
I am sorry for not speaking English propoerly, this is the best I could do, and the Japanese words for this topic are a dark mystery to me. :sorry:
I hope someone has some useful informations from which I could start researching because at the moment I am totally ignorant about this, and my father lives in Italy since the 80's so he knows just as much.
I hope this "someone" will have the time and will to read and reply
Thanks so much to all you competent guys, I found some interesting informations on this forum.
Be well,
S.K.