Can I still apply for a Chinese passport if I have an American passport?

You can keep your US passport and apply for a Chinese passport.

The application process for maintaining a U.S. passport and a Chinese passport at the same time is as follows:

1. First, you must apply for a Chinese passport and follow the regular procedures. After obtaining the Chinese passport, take the passport to the local public security department. , fill in the "Declaration on Application to Retain Chinese Nationality";

2. The next step is to apply for a U.S. passport. Follow the regular procedures. After obtaining the U.S. passport, choose to apply for a "Certificate to Leave the United States" in order to legally use the Chinese passport. Entering and exiting the United States;

3. If you return to China with a U.S. passport, you must apply for a "travel document to return to China" at the U.S. consulate before boarding the plane, and remind the Chinese border officials to hold a Chinese passport when entering China. Avoid legal disputes caused by being considered a stowaway.

The specific actual operations are as follows:

1. In the United States, use a U.S. passport to carry out various daily activities;

2. When returning to China, when entering and exiting customs Use a Chinese passport;

3. When applying for various documents at Chinese embassies and consulates in China and overseas, present your Chinese passport;

4. If you need to return to the United States, bring your Chinese passport and U.S. travel documents, return to China, and take a flight from China to the United States.

To sum up, you can also apply for a Chinese passport if you have an American passport. Foreigners applying for a visa should submit their passport or other international travel documents and relevant materials of the application to the overseas visa authority, go through relevant procedures and accept an interview in accordance with the requirements of the overseas visa authority.

Legal basis:

Article 5 of the "Nationality Law of the People's Republic of China"

Both or one of the parents is a Chinese citizen, and the person was born in a foreign country , has Chinese nationality, and should apply for a Chinese travel document when traveling to China. If both or one of the parents are Chinese citizens and have settled in a foreign country, and they have foreign nationality at birth, they do not have Chinese nationality and should apply for a Chinese visa when traveling to China.