Has anyone ever married a Chinese national and then gone on to get a green card. What are the procedures, requirements, costs,etc....
2007-09-14 05:00:05 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Travel ➔ Asia Pacific ➔ China
According to http://www.jcrb.com/zyw/n349/ca290630.htm, (in Chinese) Chinese Green Cards are given to:
1. "important" people, like CEO of a big company, Nobel Prize winner, professors, etc.. or "other people have made special contributions."
2. Invested more than 1/2 million US dollars in China.
3. Married a Chinese citizen for more than 5 years, and have lived in China for more than 5 years in a row.
According to http://www.gov.cn/banshi/2006-08/23/content_368234.htm,
you will need to provide immunization records, recent photos, etc., and fill in some forms.
According to http://www.gov.cn/banshi/2005-06/08/content_4931.htm, the cost is RMB1500 for application plus RMB 300 for the actual card.
2007-09-14 05:50:59 · answer #1 · answered by senor_mongol 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
In China, Green Card refer to the US Green Card.
In China, there is no such thing as Green Card. Either you are a Chinese citizen, with the right to get a Chinese passport or you are not.
It is very difficult for a non-Chinese race to convert into Chinese. There may be rules to do that, but you know rules in China....
Normally the procedure is reverse, you married a Chinese national, that Chinese national want to get a passport like yours.
2007-09-16 00:33:08 · answer #2 · answered by HK-boy 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Chinese green card started back in 2003. But so far very few laowai's have received one. It's more of an honorary award than a residence certificate.
Nowadays, you don't need to have a green card to live and work in China for a long period of time. You will receive a residence permit valid for 1 yr. It works just like a green card except that you need to renew it and stay employed.
2007-09-14 14:03:25 · answer #3 · answered by Summer0007 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've never married a Chinese National..the process seems complicated and the costs involved seem too steep
If you marry a Chinese National you would be eligible for residence in the PRC.
For more info try here:
http://english.gov.cn/service/marriage.htm
http://www.chinatattler.com
2007-09-14 12:40:59 · answer #4 · answered by Physicist 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
huh???? .... Some try to get Hong Kong permanent citizenship by marrying Hong Kong Chinese! Are you one of them??
We don't call it "green card" here! Green card is the nick name of something else (CITA safety certificate card) in building construction field in Hong Kong.
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P.S. to Summer0007
Do you mean the working visa? I got a 2 years working visa in mainland China but I'm a Hong Kong citizen... so it may be different?
2007-09-14 13:34:36 · answer #5 · answered by Aileen HK 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is virtually impossible to get a Chinese green Card - even if they existed. Marriage to a national is NOT a criteria. The principle about marriage is that you take your bride out of China and then send lots of money back to support the family. The main possibilities seem to be if you have invested (very) large sums of money in China or have performed some laudatory service to the Chinese state and people. After all citizenship of any country is a privilege - not a right.
2007-09-14 12:48:42 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 5⤋
There is such a thing as a greed card?
2007-09-14 12:56:48 · answer #7 · answered by White Shooting Star of HK 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋