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I'm not sure why this is news all of a sudden, but I'm seeing it in multiple places, so here you are! See https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/international-travel/International-Travel-Country-Information-Pages/China.html Travel AdvisoryJanuary 10, 2018 China – Level 2: Exercise increased caution
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I'm not sure that there's any news here - it seems like just a generic article about the difficulties faced by dual passport holders - but it does seem to indicate a trend to be aware of. From the SCMP Entry denied: the identity crisis facing China’s covert dual passport holders Beijing has warned of its zero tolerance for dual nationality. Now some foreign citizens who held on to their Chinese identity documents fear the consequences of returning
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Hi all Happy Thanksgiving! Being in China again during the holiday left me without yet another turkey dinner. I am going to throw this out and see what comes back to me. I've been in China for 12 years. A long time yea I know. I am married with two lovely twin girls(6 months). I of course want them to go to school and live in the USA. For obvious reasons. right? Here is the deal: I want them to understand China before I take them home. That means we will remain inside China for at least 5 more years but I am thinking more like 10. So theyll have some school here but no freaking gaokao for my angels. I want to know so many things so i'll just have to be anal about it and list them. If anyone can help, way cool. thanks in advance! 1. If my girls get their American passports but live in China how does it work with visas for them? 2. Do they need a visa? 3. This one is complicated: We did not go to GZ yet because there were issues after the birth but all is well. We didn't want to take the girls on a train at such a young age. So i am sure that I will have to pay some stupid fine. As if I broke a law having children. 4. Once my girls get their passports & visa etc blah blah, what do I need to do about getting my wife a tourist visa to go visit my hometown(Chicago)? 5. Is it easy for my kids to go to the USA? 6. What will happen to their hukou? 7. I forsee a major clusterfudge of paperwork, interviews and so on. What could I fully expect to see in terms of getting my girls their passports, visiting chicago and keeping them living in China for the next 10 years. 8. Any external links you may suggest to me? I would like to say that this site is really good and would like to thank all of you here. You make the world a bit easier for us red-tapers. - David
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Not sure if this is the right place to ask the question. My wife, naturalized USC, is going back to China for the first time in September. She will be getting a visa in her US Passport. The consulate makes her include her Chinese Passport with the application. She is worried they will cancel her China ID. Her thinking is never know when it could be useful in China. What is everyone's experience here, is this possible. Does China cancel ID if they know the person is now a USC?
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My wife is going to apply for her U.S. passport and aside from being terrified of the geniuses in the paperwork process loosing her original naturalization certificate, I had another thought pop in my head. To apply for her visa to visit China, she has to turn her old passport in to the Chinese embassy if I understand correctly, something to do with renouncing her Chinese citizenship. What would happen if she should for some reason ever decide to leave the U.S. and move back to China permanently? As far as I know, this would never happen, but I just wonder about these things.
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Our daughter just got her US passport (she's been considered a Chinese citizen since birth, since she was born in China), and now we have to decide how to proceed. I know that legally she can't keep both because the Chinese don't allow this. However, she lives in China and she goes to school in China, so giving it up would be a headache. I know that many people keep both passports secretly, but I've been searching on how to do this. I know that it involves a trip to a third country when traveling between the US and China, but I don't understand the logistics. For example, if I cross the border by land from Shenzhen to Hong Kong, how does this work? Does she need permission to travel to Hong Kong in her Chinese passport? Will it look strange because her US passport has absolutely nothing in it? Another question... If we book flights to the US from the mainland, do we actually have to go through customs in the middle country to make this work? For example, can we fly from Beijing to Tokyo and then to the US without going through Japanese customs or do we have to go through customs to make this work. If anyone has any experience with this, I would appreciate the help. I've tried searching the forum, but I can't find specifics. Thanks, Socks -
My wife and I are thinking of starting a business (private school) back in china in the coming year to 18 months. She is eligible for US Citizenship, but we pondering whether or not to do it. questions are: 1. are there any easy ways for her to get a Chinese visa as an "overseas chinese"? 2. Differing taxes while within China? Anyone gone along a similar path? -
its not uncommon for the chinese embassy to require proof that the chinese has not gotten citizenship when renewing prc passport
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If I bring my fiancee to the US on a fiancee visa and end up marrying her and she becomes a US citizenship will she lose her Chinese citizenship? Or can she have dual or what? If she does lose it what are the implied ramifications that I should think of? Probably in light of the fact that we plan to later move back to China. -
I understand the advantages of my wife becoming a US Citizen here. I note that several posters have written that their spouses have elected to remain permanent residents rather than apply for US Citizenship. As I understand it an adult can be a citizen of US or a citizen of China bot not a citizen of both? Is this correct? What are the disadvantages to a Chinese spouse in becoming a US citizen? What specifically do they lose when they are no longer Chinese citizens? If your spouse is also a Shanghai or Beijing citizen is there another loss of rights and privledges?
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Hello, I don't know if this has been discussed or not - I have not read through these topics - So I appologize if I am asking something that has already been answered. I have heard that some countries allow "dual citizenship"... Is China one of the countries that DO or DO NOT allow dual citizenship? This is of course in relation to a US citizen. Thanks, fortunecookie
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Hi All I have several questions that maybe some can answer. My wife is considering becoming a citizen. I think that the reason is so that she can get her parents over here for a visit. Is there really a better chance for her parents to get a tourist visa if she is a a USC? How long does this process take? She would like them to come next summer, but I suspect that like most immigration applications it will take months to get citizenship and then months for her parents to get a visa. any other thoughts about this? thanks
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My SO currently owns her own apartment in China. If/when we get married and she lives in the USA as a foreign national, I assume she can still own her apartment. If I am wrong, please let me know. But what happens in a few years down the road she decides to become an American Citizen. If she does would she be allowed to continue to own her own apartment or would she have to sell it??? Any thoughts or insights??? -
Just curious, and sorry if this has (most likely) been discussed many times before. What have people's spouses done with their Chinese citizenship once they attain U.S. citizenship? I'm pretty sure that neither country legally lets you keep both. What if your spouse has renounced her Chinese citizenship and wants to go back for an extended visit. Are visas a problem? And not to be morbid, but I have occassionally wondered, if something were to happen to me in the future and she decides she wants to go back to China permanently, would she be out of luck having given up her citizenship? Thanks.
