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Originally Posted by thomasjpak  I am a little puzzled  as to why you would want to apply for a "Chinese" passport while you are already a US passport holder? Do you understand by doing that you may lose your US citizenship for good? US does not allow dual citizenship.
Furthermore, when I became (US) citizen 36 years ago, I was warned that if within 10 years of naturalization, I decided to move to another country (even to my birth place) for a prolonged period of time, I might lose my citizenship also. The reason was that when we signed the naturalization application, we promised to stay in the USA and NOT reside anywhere else. Because of that INS provision, several of my friends who were engineers, forced to turned down many prospective lucrative overseas (e.g. Saudi Arabia, Dubai, Kawait) assignments. However, I have been a US citizen for over 32 years (way past the 10 year limit) since the day I was sworn in, I think I can now "safely" retire back to my place of birth.
If I were you, I would check with the INS prior to making any more commitments about applying for a "Chinese" passport. You are really taking a chance which you may regret. |
When I went to the Chinese Embassy, they told me that I could not just apply for the HK ID alone, and I have to apply for the HK passport also. However, if you go to HK immigration office in Wanchai, you can apply for the HK ID only without the passport.
As for Dual Citizenship, I don't think US cares about it unless you apply for a job which requires a security clearance. My brother in Law is a US citizen living in HK for more than 10 years and he was able to renew his passport, but someone in the US has to do it for him.
Like I said, if you apply, you need as much proof as you can. Like I have mentioned: your US Naturalization paper, proof of the date that you left HK permanently (I had my mother's proof of identity from HK). Make sure that your name in your US passport matches your birth certificate.
15-05-2008, 03:39 AM
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