{"id":8109,"date":"2011-01-14T15:43:05","date_gmt":"2011-01-14T06:43:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.debito.org\/?p=8109"},"modified":"2011-01-14T16:34:38","modified_gmt":"2011-01-14T07:34:38","slug":"mofa-now-requiring-consent-of-both-parents-for-their-childs-j-passport-renewal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/?p=8109","title":{"rendered":"MOFA now requiring consent of both parents for their child’s J passport renewal"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Hi Blog.\u00a0 It looks like the GOJ has pinched off one of the essential avenues for Japanese overseas looking to abduct their children back to Japan after separation or divorce — the ability for a Japanese citizen to get their child’s J-passport renewed at any Japanese embassy or consulate without the consent of both parents.\u00a0 Somewhat good news, although commenter Getchan below points out that there are still loopholes in this development.\u00a0 Courtesy of SF.\u00a0 Arudou Debito<\/p>\n

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To Parents with Children of Japanese Nationality:
\nNotice: Passport Application for Japanese Minors<\/strong>
\nhttp:\/\/www.mofa.go.jp\/announce\/info\/pdfs\/notice_for_parents.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n

Under Japanese civil law, those under the age of 20 are regarded as minors. When a Japanese minor applies for a Japanese passport, one parent\/guardian must sign the \u201cLegal Representative Signature\u201d section on the back of the passport application. An application signed by one parent will be accepted under the assumption that the signature is a representation of consent from both parent(s)\/guardian(s).<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

However, if one parent\/guardian submits a written refusal to passport offices in Japan or Japanese Embassies and Consulates-General abroad, a passport will be issued only after it has been confirmed that there is consent from both parents\/guardians. (This refusal should be written, signed, and attached an identification document proving parental custody of the minor applicant.) The passport for the minor will be approved and issued once the parent\/guardian that did not consent submits a letter of agreement to issue a passport for the minor applicant to a passport office in Japan or Japanese Embassy\/Consulates-General abroad.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Please note that in some countries, when both parents\/guardians have custody of the child, and the child is taken out of the country by one of the parents without consent of the other parent, it is punishable by criminal law. There have been cases where a parent taking a child was arrested and charged with child abduction when he\/she reentered the country, or that parent was placed on the International Wanted List of International Criminal Police Organization (ICPO). To protect Japanese citizens residing in countries with the above laws, the Japanese Embassy and Consulates-General in these countries will verbally ask the parent (s)\/guardian(s) submitting the application if both custodial parents\/guardians have consented for passport issuance of the minor applicant, even if there is no expression of refusal from the other parent.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

If you have any questions regarding this issue, please contact the Consular Section at your nearest Japanese Embassy, Consulate General, Passport Office in Japan, or the Passport Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Passport Division, Consular Affairs Bureau
\nMinistry of Foreign Affairs, Japan
\nApril, 2010<\/strong>
\nhttp:\/\/www.mofa.go.jp<\/a><\/p>\n

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It looks like the GOJ has pinched one of the essential avenues for Japanese overseas looking to abduct their children back to Japan after separation or divorce — the ability for a Japanese citizen to get their child’s J-passport renewed at any Japanese embassy or consulate without the consent of both parents. Somewhat good news, although commenter Getchan below points out that there are still loopholes in this development.<\/p>\n

MOFA: To Parents with Children of Japanese Nationality:
\nNotice: Passport Application for Japanese Minors<\/p>\n

Under Japanese civil law, those under the age of 20 are regarded as minors. When a Japanese minor applies for a Japanese passport, one parent\/guardian must sign the \u201cLegal Representative Signature\u201d section on the back of the passport application. An application signed by one parent will be accepted under the assumption that the signature is a representation of consent from both parent(s)\/guardian(s)…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49,35,4,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-child-abductions","category-good-news","category-japanese-government","category-8"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8109","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8109"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8109\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}