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Q: after a chinese citizen marries and moves from china can they still be a chinese citizen also?
When a Chinese citizen gets married to a foreigner and moves from china to live in thier spouses country, can they still remain a Chinese citizen or they have to renounce their Chinese citizenship? Can the have a dual citizenship status or not:?
7 years 13 weeks ago in Visa & Legalities - China
No they don't have to renounce their citizenship but they will need a spouse visa for thier spouses country.
No they cant have dual citizenship as china doesn't allow it. If they get American citizenship they could keep their Chinese passport for a while but if caught with two passports they'll have their Chinese one taken off them.
cub:
hot, if they are chinese but are a USA citizen why take a chinese passport with them to china? Unless they still have a business in china they run from USA ? Wouldnt a chinese that is a US citizen with a US passport just need a US passport only to visit/go to china for thier business or visit family"?
Hotwater:
There's a number of reasons that people want to keep their original country passport. Not needing a visa is one. There's also issues like land rights or apartment buying in china (non-Chinese can only own one and can't rent it out)
Hot is half right, for the country that they're moving to, no. But they'd have to hide their other country's passport when entering China. Because China doesn't share citizens.
Check the country you're moving to. Most will have a Permanent Residents visa, which is helped by being married to one of its citizens.
Not giving up your Chinese citizenship and passport won't be a great problem for most countries.. but maybe for some after a while.
China isn't the only country that doesn't allow dual citizenship. And, getting citizenship isn't a walk in the park either... so that's really only something you should be considering about 4-5 years from now (or more, depending on which country you live in). And, yes, for the vast majority of countries in the world, that does actually mean living there for most of the year for each of those years (eg, 300 days or more each year...).
When you first move to the country, you'll likely be on a Temporary Resident's visa. This may (or may not) allow you to work in that country.. Permanent Residency normally allows you the right to work.
And, in case you don't know - passport = citizenship. You (legally) can't acquire a passport unless you are actually a citizen of that country.
They can remain A Chinese citizen and have a Permanent residence visa that is renewable every 5 years (Australia).
if they travel outside of the country.
It will have its advantages and disadvantages that i haven't got the time to get into now .
We live in Australia and my wife is still a Chinese citizen .
seach out expat John on the user search here and read his posts
it might help with some of your questions as he took his wife back to the usa and she remained a Chinese citizen
Englteachted:
This is Cub, admin just posting questions for no reason
A simple search online could have answered this question just as easily.
philbravery:
as would most other questions posted here . But hey ..you wouldn't get the personal experiences on Wikipedia
cub:
come on spider look at how many different answers my question recieved because personal experience from different people and situations vary about a same subject.See, i now have more options than just one that may or may not work in my situation. No harm done was there?
Englteachted:
Spider's right. You are the only one who knows the country and specific relevant details. No one can tell you an answer for your specific situation. (But you have no specific situation, just doing your job)
cub:
englteached, my question was generic but as there are many different situations and variables i like to get a idea from different experiences of anyone who knows something about the subject i like being prepared by asking questions If u need to know the country this Chinese lady is going to move to is the US from china
My wife renews her PR card every five years in Canada. She enjoys the same rights as a Canadian citizen except she can't vote. China will not let her keep her passport if she becomes a Canadian citizen. Interestingly enough some of the Chinese here are also choosing not to give up their Chinese citizenship. Why should they? The future knows
