Getting Chinese mainland travel permit as a Hong Kong citizen with dual nationalty

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I'm a French citizen and also a Hong Kong citizen. I was born in HK but I lived for all my life in France. I got the HK residency card because of my birth.

I want to get a chinese mainland travel permit to make my trips to China, easier and less costly.

While discussing with some friends, they said because I have dual citizenship and I've used my French passport previously in China, China will not let me apply to the travel permit anymore because of new laws that were passed recently, barring citizens with dual nationalties and who have travelled with the other passport (French one for me) to apply.

Checking on Wikipedia, there are no such issues mentioned but I maybe wrong.






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Does China acknowledge dual citizenship?

Article 3 The People's Republic of China does not recognize dual nationality for any Chinese national.

Can I use Hksar passport to enter China?

Chinese nationals holding an HKSAR passport cannot use it to enter Mainland China, and the HKSAR Government has stated that "in line with the one country principle, it was considered inappropriate to adopt HKSAR passport as a travel document to enter the Mainland."

Is Hong Kong permanent residency the same as citizenship?

Although dual nationality (or citizenship) is not recognized by the Nationality Law of the PRC, legal system in Hong Kong is independent from PRC. Hong Kong permanent residents with Chinese ancestry may still be considered to be a Chinese citizen after obtaining foreign nationality (or citizenship).

What happens if you have dual citizenship in China?

The Article 3 of China Nationality Law holds that the country will not admit the dual nationality of a Chinese citizen. Moreover, the Article 9 of that law declares that as soon as a Chinese takes a foreign citizenship, he will automatically lose his Chinese citizenship.



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