icnif77:

I think, it would cancel it, 'cause Chinese Law doesn't allow 2nd citizenship, i.e. 2 passports. I read somewhere ...

biggj123:

Yeah it might, you would probably have to do some paper work and then the kid would be treated like a foreigner and have to get visa and so on when coming or staying in china. This situation is probably not so uncommon in china so it should be talked about online. My son was born in canada to a chinese national and hes treated the same way as me when i come to china with visas and so on.

ironman510:

The Chinese parent refused to go to the U.S embassy to sign for the passport so the only thing the American father can do alone is get the birth certificate from American than boom your kid is an American even without the first passport. He just is hoping this certificate would be enough to get the Chinese citizenship canceled with the passport thus the Chinese parent would be forced into getting the U.S before 30days from the PSB.

ironman510:

Yeah we took his disgruntled Chinese wife out for coffee told her about this option you posted about but she still stubbornly refused to go to the U.S embassy in Guangzhou and sign the agreement for the U.S passport. So he's taking matters into his own hands, he's going to to get that certificate of birth from abroad that proves American citizenship for the kid thus is also a ”document ID” and he'll walk into the PSB and see if this certificate will get his kids Chinese hukou or citizenship canceled because we believes it's that important for his kid to have a U.S passport someday. So you can see his plan 1. Get the certificate, 2. Show it to the PSB. 3. Hopeful the PSB will cancel the Chinese citizenship 4. He can force his wife's hand into getting his kid a U.S passport IF the citizenship certificate from American is enough to to get the Chinese citizenship canceled. Who knows.

biggj123:

Well if they dont plan on moving to the US anytime soon then I would not worry about it. You can always get the US passport thing done at any age but its hard to go back to getting a chinese passport in the future if you change to the US passport now. Its easy to go fromj china to the US than to US to china in terms of you status.

If they ever plan on putting their kid in chinese school or anything like that its going to be a hassle and pricey to do so if the kid does not have a hukou. Its a tough choice...I guess it depends on where they plan on settling down for the longest term.

If it was my kid I would keep the chinese citizenship as long as I could or until the last minute depending on where they plan on living fuill time. If its china, I woujld definatly keep the chinese one.....And getting a Passport for the kid could be done in the US too so thats not such a hard thing to do expecially if the father is a full on american.