People's Republic of China (PRC) Travel Card

Many people who go to the United States to return home after giving birth to their babies have issued two documents for their babies (birth certificates are not counted as documents), one is an American passport, and the other is a travel permit issued by the China Embassy. Needless to say, the American passport is a hawkish passport for giving birth in the United States. With this passport, it means that your baby is an American citizen (in fact, having a birth certificate is enough to prove that your baby is an American citizen). If you hold the birth paper in your hand again, on any day, even if your baby loses his American citizenship, he can enter the United States with his birth paper and restore his American citizenship (unless your baby has done something heinous to the United States). But many people may never really care about the travel permit issued by the China Embassy. What is this travel permit? Next, Overseas Migration Network will introduce the Travel Permit of the People's Republic of China in detail.

Let's imagine that a foreigner of foreign nationality wants to enter China. Formally speaking, how should he go to China? Many people will blurt out: apply for a visa to China. Congratulations, you got it right! But since your baby is an American citizen, why not apply for a Chinese visa in China? It is estimated that half of people will be dumbfounded by this question. Yes, the baby already has an American passport. He is already an American citizen. Why didn't he get a visa to China?

Provisions on the issuance of travel permits

According to the official website of China's consulates abroad, it says:? One or both parents are citizens of China, and I was born in a foreign country and have China nationality. When I go to China, I should apply for a travel document for China. If one or both parents are citizens of China and have settled in a foreign country, and I was born with a foreign nationality, I don't have China nationality, so I should apply for a Chinese visa when I go to China. ?

I see! That is to say, if one parent is of foreign nationality, or both parents are of China nationality, but one of them has obtained a foreign green card, and the China government agrees that a child born abroad can be of foreign nationality (of course, if you really want to become a citizen of China), then the child can apply for a Chinese visa normally if he wants to enter China. Most of the parents who came to the United States to give birth to children are non-foreigners, without green cards, and both of them are pure China nationals. Then, the regulation of China government was interpreted as: Both parents are of China nationality, and neither of them has obtained a green card. Even if the child was born abroad, even if the foreign government granted the child foreign nationality, the China government recognized the child as a citizen of China. Since they are citizens of China, of course, such children will not be given a visa to enter China, but they will not give you a serious China passport. Instead, they will produce such nondescript documents as a travel permit.

Definition of travel permit

Let's see what a travel permit is. People's Republic of China (PRC) Travel Card, referred to as China Travel Card or China Travel Card, is a substitute for the passport of the People's Republic of China and is valid for all countries in the world. The holder of the China Travel Permit is a citizen of People's Republic of China (PRC). The issuance, renewal, replacement and annotation of China Travel Permit shall be handled by the diplomatic representative offices, consular offices and other overseas institutions authorized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of People's Republic of China (PRC). China Travel Card is an international travel card that can be used instead of a passport and has the same effect as a passport. Travel cards are temporary documents issued to China citizens who are inconvenient or do not need to hold passports. It is a substitute for a passport and is valid for two years. China passports and tourist permits are only issued to people with China nationality. Non-China citizens who want to go to China should apply for a visa.

Travel permit application conditions

1. Hong Kong and Macao compatriots who hold valid Home Visit Permit for Hong Kong and Macao compatriots but plan to go to the Mainland.

2. Taiwan Province compatriots who do not hold a valid mainland travel permit for taiwan residents, but plan to go to the mainland, or need to go directly to Hongkong and Macao Special Administrative Regions from abroad.

3. Children born in foreign countries whose parents are both China nationals and have not obtained permanent residency in foreign countries.

4. Other persons who the consular officer considers inconvenient or unnecessary to hold passports.

Speculation on the reason of tourist card

At this point, everyone understands that the travel permit issued by the China government to the baby is actually an acknowledgement that the baby is a citizen of China, but we still have the same question: Since you acknowledge that my child is a citizen of China, why not issue my child a China passport directly? You have to give one to my child, right? China citizens who are inconvenient or unnecessary to hold China passports? Temporary documents just sent? What is the reason?

The reason is that, as we all know, China does not recognize dual citizenship, because a baby born in the United States must have obtained American citizenship, and if you issue a formal China passport to your baby, isn't that tantamount to giving the baby dual citizenship? China government's actions cannot conflict with its own laws, so babies become a special group and have travel permits.

We can interpret it this way: the China administration also vaguely recognizes that the baby has American citizenship, but firmly recognizes that the baby is a citizen of China, which is a blank area in Chinese and American laws. So is this state a good thing or a bad thing? To be honest, we are not sure. We can demonize the travel permit as a shackle to lock the baby, because according to our existing nationality law, your baby is a citizen of China recognized by our laws. Don't go back to China unless you have the ability. As long as you return to China, the China government will give you a travel permit as a lock to lock your China nationality. The function of the travel permit is clearly explained. You are a China citizen with a tourist card, and you can't even admit it. Since you are a citizen of China, you must abide by the laws of China. The China government can legally impose a series of restrictions on you and even prevent you from leaving China. However, we can be a little optimistic. Since the China government gave the baby a travel permit instead of a serious China passport, at least the China government recognized that the baby had a foreign nationality (you had to show your baby's American passport when applying for a travel permit, and the embassy didn't ask you to give up your American nationality to get a travel permit. ) special people, the so-called? China citizens who are inconvenient or unnecessary to hold China passports? . And getting a tourist card is our parents' forced behavior, not our initiative. Because your China government's rule is that my baby is not allowed to apply for a Chinese visa to enter China with an American passport, then my baby is underage and must be supervised, and the parents as guardians cannot stay in the baby's nationality for a long time? America, what do you want me to do? Can only take the baby back to his own nationality? China went to raise him. I didn't voluntarily give up my baby's American citizenship (which citizenship the baby gives up as an adult is his own business, and our parents can't make decisions for him when he is a minor). We were forced by a series of regulations and had to apply for a travel permit. It can't be said that we voluntarily took China citizenship and gave up American citizenship.

About China Hukou

Many people may ask, since we have been recognized as China citizens by the China municipal government after obtaining the travel permit, why not apply for China hukou directly? It's all the same anyway. Here, we can't advise you to take it or not. It's your decision. However, the chief immigration consultant wants to remind everyone: you can say that you are forced by policy and have to do it; But if you apply for an account yourself, it is voluntary. So, please think it over, and if there is a problem in the future, you should be able to explain clearly the meaning of your voluntary behavior.

About replacing China tourist card

First, provide materials:

1. Fill in the Application Form for Travel Permit of the People's Republic of China (for Children) truthfully and completely (1 copy can be filled in and signed by parents of children).

2, recent (within six months) bareheaded small two-inch color passport photos in triplicate; Smooth paper, photo size 48mmX33mm, head width 15mm-22mm, head length 28mm-33mm, and white background.

3. The original and photocopy of the child's birth certificate.

4. Original foreign passport of children and foreign passport with photo information page.

5. People's Republic of China (PRC) Children's Travel Permit and People's Republic of China (PRC) Entry-Exit Pass and their photocopies (including pages with photos and information, and exit inspection and stamp pages for the last exit).

6. Original and photocopy of passport or other materials that can prove nationality and identity held by both parents when the child is born (including pages with photos and foreign visas).

7. Both parents now hold passports (including photo information page and visa page).

8. A written statement issued by both parents that the child has no foreign nationality and agrees to apply for a travel permit for the child.

Second, matters needing attention:

1. Children and their parents must go to China People's Certificate Office to apply and interview in person. If one parent can't come, he must provide a written statement signed by him and notarized by a Chinese notary office, stating that the spouse will apply for a travel permit for the child.

2. Single-parent children only need to provide the relevant materials of one parent, but one parent needs to issue a written statement that the other parent cannot be found and the child does not have foreign nationality, and at the same time provide the divorce certificate, the original and photocopy of the divorce judgment or the unmarried statement.

China nationality law

In addition, it also provides some legal references for friends who hesitate to go to the United States to have children:

China nationality law stipulates that

Article 9 A China citizen who has settled in a foreign country and voluntarily joined or acquired a foreign nationality shall automatically lose China nationality.

Thirteenth foreigners who already have China nationality may apply for the restoration of China nationality if they have justified reasons; Those who have been approved to restore China nationality shall not retain their foreign nationality.

Fourteenth China nationality acquisition, loss and restoration, in addition to the provisions of article ninth, must go through the application procedures. Persons under the age of 18 may apply on their behalf by their parents or other legal representatives.

According to the law, that is to say, we can treat our baby as a foreigner who once had China nationality. It is not that once you choose American citizenship, there is no turning back. You must be an American all your life. In fact, this gives the baby one more chance to choose. In my opinion, it is very worthwhile to spend hundreds of thousands of RMB to buy your baby another chance to choose life.