I spent the last week chilling out and decompressing. I have to renew my visa by the end of November so I had brunch with my uncle today to talk about the required paperwork and how to fill it out. It should work out fine which would allow me to stay another 3 years plus an option to keep renewing after that time. I think. I recall the immigration lady saying something like that and urging me to just get a Japanese passport to avoid the hastle. That's also another option but if it requires me to give up my Canadian citizenship it's a "no thanks".
I'm gonna go see this by the end of the month. It's a gallery show for the background painter from the Miyazaki movies, Kazuo Oga. Pretty stoked about this. I think the success of Tonari no Totoro lies heavily in the hands of Oga and it's gonna be amazing to see the painted works in the raw. I don't have anything on my walls besides a calender and my crappy drawings so it would be awesome to dress it up with a poster of his work so I can be humbled on a daily basis. The following image is stolen off the internet:
My web guy Tu has uploaded the checklist section to my site as well as updated the profile page. I honestly don't remember much of what I've drawn so if you happen to have something I've worked on and you don't see it on the list please post a comment and I'll make sure it gets on there. Even if it's only a cover.
Oh, I've begun work on the commissions. I'll try and get them done in the next few weeks. By month's end for sure.
TAK
I'm gonna go see this by the end of the month. It's a gallery show for the background painter from the Miyazaki movies, Kazuo Oga. Pretty stoked about this. I think the success of Tonari no Totoro lies heavily in the hands of Oga and it's gonna be amazing to see the painted works in the raw. I don't have anything on my walls besides a calender and my crappy drawings so it would be awesome to dress it up with a poster of his work so I can be humbled on a daily basis. The following image is stolen off the internet:
My web guy Tu has uploaded the checklist section to my site as well as updated the profile page. I honestly don't remember much of what I've drawn so if you happen to have something I've worked on and you don't see it on the list please post a comment and I'll make sure it gets on there. Even if it's only a cover.
Oh, I've begun work on the commissions. I'll try and get them done in the next few weeks. By month's end for sure.
TAK
3 Comment(s):
Christopher Butcher said...
Hey Tak- I just wanted to pipe up on the Citizenship thing. Regarding 'renouncing' other citizenships to apply for new ones, the United States requires something similar, that you 'give up' your Canadian citizenship to get American citizenship/a passport. But Canada doesn't care at all, it's why so many Canadians have 'dual citizenship', despite the fact that the U.S. doesn't recognize 'dual citizenship' or any combination thereof.
I don't know for sure, but it certainly sounds like Japan works the same way... You could, as far as Canada was concerned, keep your Canadian citizenship and passport.
- Christopher
TAK said...
Chris - Thanks for that info. I've met other second gen J-kids like myself from Canada and the States over the last year and some had both and some only had one. The way they put it was, it's not like both countries compare notes on who has a passport where so I'm sure it wouldn't be a big deal to get a J-passport for me either. I applied and will most likely get a 3 year visa in the next couple of weeks so I'm pretty set for the time being. I'll think about all this again if I end up staying longer than that. Fingers crossed!
Durf said...
Re the renouncing citizenship deal: The J. government can tell you "now you have to give up your other passport," but they can't actually make you do so. That passport is the property of some other government and all citizenship-renouncing processes are up to you to initiate with that other entity.
Most people who grow up with two nationalities (my baby daughter is one) are supposedly required to choose one at age 20 or so, depending on the country, but unless they're going for a job in the military or civil service--someplace with the ability to run background checks and deny you a position if you're flaunting the rules--most of them keep both sets of papers.