Overseas Born Chinese returning to China

Discussion in 'Chinese Chat' started by deliriouslybored, May 10, 2007.

  1. pirvee

    pirvee Well-Known Member

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    You have got the point.

    Actually, its quite difficult to go back to Chinese solely based on the claim that u are OBC. I was in China previous summer, and i asked this question to the local immigration/emigration department of the 'Gonganju' in Shenzhen.

    It is far more important to have special skills they lack in China. U will need a employer to sponsor u. Otherwise, u won't be granted anything more than a prolonged business visa.(no permanent residency visa). They don't take claims on any ancestrial thins for getting residency permits in China. (maybe it will be easier when u use the traditional connections 'guanxi'??)

    I believe it is even easier to get first to HK(and settle there), and then to China through HK.
     
  2. brown_bear

    brown_bear ☆‧° ☆﹒﹒‧ ☆ ﹒﹒‧☆‧° ☆

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    wow thats so cool so do you have to get a new one like every 10 years as well like UK's one?
     
  3. pirvee

    pirvee Well-Known Member

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    Yes, if u are 16 years or above....the passport is valid for 10 years, somewhat like the UK version (unlike the Dutch passport :s.

    Since the beginning of this years, HK has introduced a new version of the HKSAR Passport, with a biometrical chip (also like the UK and NL). But the design has improved a lot, it looks like Awesome now!!!

    See this site for images:
    http://www.immd.gov.hk/ehtml/hktraveldoc_1_u16_6.htm
     
  4. Testing

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    ha, i have 3 passport^^...
     
  5. hiake

    hiake Vardøgr of da E.Twin

    ^ Where from? -huh
     
  6. brown_bear

    brown_bear ☆‧° ☆﹒﹒‧ ☆ ﹒﹒‧☆‧° ☆

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    ^ aw hiake ya know them people who sell passports and wear long beige mac coats and sell them in back alleys -lol
     
  7. pirvee

    pirvee Well-Known Member

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    Whaa your watching to much old fashioned movies :p
    Ebay is much more efficient i think <_<
     
  8. hiake

    hiake Vardøgr of da E.Twin

    Well, if testing's like a passport dealer or something 3 would be too few wouldn't it???

    LOL
     
  9. pirvee

    pirvee Well-Known Member

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    Yes indeed...i have a frend who has 3.....two parents with different nationality...and third the nationality of the place he was born. ( NL/FR/US) nice if u have to travel very often...
     
  10. Veincentury

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    Wow that's like tri citizenship
     
  11. hiake

    hiake Vardøgr of da E.Twin

    Tri-citizenship... sounds nice -^_^

    I guess if you have a European and an Asian passport you are pretty much set for travelling (covers most of the places...)
     
  12. smallrinilady

    smallrinilady Well-Known Member

    i hate this limited citizenship crap
     
  13. hiake

    hiake Vardøgr of da E.Twin

    Well, they want their citizens to be loyal and patriotic to the country or something... @_@b

    I would say they regard themselves a little bit too highly...
     
  14. Veincentury

    Veincentury Well-Known Member

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    what country do you mean?
     
  15. hiake

    hiake Vardøgr of da E.Twin

    ^ Probably China...
     
  16. Veincentury

    Veincentury Well-Known Member

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    Really? that better not be limited American citizenship lmao.

    Btw this is so funny, I met this guy once whose parents were Nigerian but he was born in china, then moved to Japan, and finally to the U.S. So this african guy had chinese citizenship only, spoke fluent Japanese and fobbish chinglish/japanese english. Man that sucks to be him.
     
  17. hiake

    hiake Vardøgr of da E.Twin

    Poor thing... Japan is in fact quite strict in their citizenship (not unlike China)... But I guess he probably can have the green card and become US citizen in time and have to give up his Chinese citizenship...
     
  18. stormingblizzard

    stormingblizzard New Member

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    hmm interesting. i'd rather just go visit then come back though...
     
  19. Thyobear

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    haha actually, my mother has looked up geneology of my family name and my ancestors were Zhuāng Zǐ.. That's right, the influential Chinese philosopher who lived around the 4th century BCE during the Warring States Period. If my mom could get that information which dates way back past my 100x Great-Grandparents, i'm sure you won't have problems finding yours. :D
     
  20. dim8sum

    dim8sum ♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪....

    yeh pretty much the same. although the photo came out a lot better in my hk passport haha