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Q: Does the U.S care?
I'm going to apply to get my sons a U.S passport, just as a backup incase. Will the U.S embassy ask us to give up my sons Chinese Passport first? Or let it slide?
9 years 4 weeks ago in Visa & Legalities - China
It is always good to know the answer, or at least have some info and an expected answer, before asking a bureaucrat anything.
ScotsAlan:
Very true BHGAL. Very often the people who work in consulates have strict rules on what they are allowed to say. When my wife was refused a UK tourist visa the guy in the visa office was not allowed by law to give me advice. He had to be impartial. But.... his name was John and he did give some "off the record" advice. We got the visa. And because of that advice none of my mates have had trouble getting tourist visas for their wifes :-)
Nope they wont. I only know of a few cases but in every instance they dont ask for shit. Most normal countries recognize dual citizenship. They dont think much of China and their damn rules. Its not the US governments job to police chinese laws.
Ive met i think 4 that have done the same with their kids and never met one that regretted it.
ironman510:
Thanks man, yeah it makes perfect sense the way you put it.. I'll let everyone know the results when I apply this year.
Yup, as Mike said, the US dont care, and they wont tell the Chinese people.
But I knew a woman who had two passports, UK and Chinese. She got caught because she left China on her Chinese documents and entered HK on her UK one. They caught her because she tried to get back into China on her Chinese passport which did not have a HK exit chop. They sent her to the goldfish bowl office and demanded to see other passport. They ripped up her Chinese passport in front of her and sent her back to HK. Now she needs a visa to enter China, which is really strange given that she is Chinese born.
I can't say for certain from first hand experience, but a friend of mine who moved from China to the US as an adult had her passport taken, and torn up when she got an American one. I'd say to check with people who have had the experience, just to make sure.
USA does recognize dual-citizenship for minors. Check the embassy. Not us.
It is always good to know the answer, or at least have some info and an expected answer, before asking a bureaucrat anything.
ScotsAlan:
Very true BHGAL. Very often the people who work in consulates have strict rules on what they are allowed to say. When my wife was refused a UK tourist visa the guy in the visa office was not allowed by law to give me advice. He had to be impartial. But.... his name was John and he did give some "off the record" advice. We got the visa. And because of that advice none of my mates have had trouble getting tourist visas for their wifes :-)
