Do I have to be a Citizen of japan in order to graduate from high-school in japan?
I have life dream and this dream involves me going to Japan as a foreign exchange student my third year of highschool. When I leave my third year to japan I don't want to come back(to America) I want to graduate in japan and go to collage there, and when I'm of age I want to apply for citizenship and live there:) but idk if u can graduate from a highschool in japan if ur not a citizen? Can u? Do I have to b a citizen? Can I go to collage without being a citizen? @ the Tokyo E: 1.) I can go to Japan and not have to come back, I plan on going there as a foreign exchange student for the whole school year, come back to visit family during the summer and then go back over there (to the same family) again to complete my last year there. 2.) I'm currently taking a Japanese Class at my high school and in the summer i'm going to continue with my classe's 3.) After I graduate from highschool well honestly idk how i plan on staying there but i will somehow @Sudachi: If you were smart u'd knoe, just like pretty much any other country, you can gain citizenship through applying for it. You have to take tests and such just like any other place, however i knoe the test there are very difficult:/ And If your going to just tell me i can't achieve my dreams like some asshole with no life, dont. I can do whatever i set my mind to and it's wrong for u to say that i can't.
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Well first learn that a collage is something totally different from a COLLEGE. To answer your questions directly. NO you don't need to be a Japanese national to graduate form a Japanese high school or Japanese College. With that said you plan doesn't make a lot of sense. Japanese senior high schools are very competitive to get into, you also need to know Japanese fluently. NOTWITHSTANDING, how exactly do you plan to move to Japan in the first place? You cannot just move to Japan your third year and start going to school there. Unless your entire family is relocated to Japan or you become the custody of a relative who lives in Japan, there's no real way you are going to go to Japan and just staying there to finish school. Even going as an exchange student will not allow you to just stay there forever and never going back. Exchange programs usually last from a few weeks, a few months or up to one school year, but not your entire life.
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I agree with Tokyo E, so let me summarize what he said.... Ain't gonna' be a happening thing.
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Just to add, I'm pretty sure there is no way for a foreigner to become a Japanese citizen. Japanese citizenship is only passed on through birth. It cannot be gained through marriage or by living there for a certain amount of time. I believe it is possible to get permanent residency though.
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You are incorrect, a foreigner can become a Japanese National. They can also become a permanent resident, some go from Permanent resident to Japanese national in that order. Some just stay as Permanent residents. You can get nationality without permanent residency as well. However being a Japanese national is not required to finish school in Japan.
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You don't have to be a citizen of Japan to graduate from high school. But you do have to be living there legally. If you go on a foreign exchange and just stay, never mind where you'd live or how you'd fund it, you'd immediately be illegal and as such unable to attend any schools or colleges. Not to mention that there's a world of difference between Japanese language lessons (whether in a class environment or on the internet etc) and actually going to a university that ONLY teaches in Japanese. You'd never even pass the entrance exams though, so it's not worth worrying about.
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