Chinese Naturalization

Posted by beersa (475 days ago)

Any foreign non-chinese national applied for chinese naturalization?

(I am based in Hong Kong)

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Posted by number7 (472 days ago)

Hi
I grew up in HK and used to have an Indian passport and got a HKSAR passport 2 years ago. I had to give up my Indian citizenship though.

(I am based in Hong Kong)

Posted by beersa (472 days ago)

Hi,

Did IMMD check for chinese language proficiency?

(I am based in Hong Kong)

Posted by aemom (471 days ago)

The most famous case of a non-Chinese person being granted a HKSAR passport (in 2001?) was Mike Rowse, currently the director of InvestHK and formerly in charge of HK's relaunch campaign after SARS.

Other non-Chinese cases were reported in the press and it was big news at that time (2001-03?). I think they did have to answer some simple questions in Cantonese or Mandarin. I remember that they had to renounce their other (if any) citizenship which would perhaps make getting a HK passport not so attractive for many people.

Lots of people just get permanent ID cards after 7 years residence here.

My children have right of abode and HKSAR passports and Canadian citizenship and passports. They got the HKSAR passport first and then later we applied for the Canadian one. HK Immigration officials have told us that their Canadian passport is just considered a "travel document".

But is a HKSAR passport what you mean by "Chinese naturalization?" Getting Chinese citizenship would be a different process.

(I am based in Hong Kong)

Posted by beersa (471 days ago)

Famous foriegn naturalize chineses are:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Rowse
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_Epstein
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidney_Shapiro
And
Chinese Natrualisation means...:
http://www.immd.gov.hk/ehtml/chnnationality_4.htm

(I am based in Hong Kong)

Posted by number7 (469 days ago)

Hi
I was very honest about my language skills, I told them I speak conversational cantonese and no mandarin at all. I used to speak to them in english though some cantonese will help. Are you prepared to give up your present nationality? You will have to if you're not chinese.

(I am based in Hong Kong)

Posted by gdbill (468 days ago)

The chances of them approving naturalization from anybody other than an overseas Chinese are extremely slim.

(I am based in Guangzhou)

Posted by beersa (468 days ago)

gdbill wrote:The chances of them approving naturalization from anybody other than an overseas Chinese are extremely slim.
Beersa Wrote: Some very useful links regarding this...
http://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/200301/15/0115183.htm
http://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/200505/18/05180179.htm

(I am based in Hong Kong)

Posted by gdbill (467 days ago)

^ Great information, albeit surprising. It's unfortunate that they do not keep statistics of whether or not applicants are ethnic Chinese as I suspect that 100% of the Indonesians mentioned are.

(I am based in Guangzhou)