Chinese Birth Tourism, The new invasion (6)
I am puzzled as to how this can work, China only recognises single passports, so Chinese couple with chinese passports and a baby with a USA passport would need a visa for the child to enter China. The visa would only last 3 months!! Afer 5 years of living in China, it is my understanding that unless full time employed, a chinese citizenship must be applied for,in which case the USA passport is cancelled.
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rizlared: I am puzzled as to how this can work, China only recognises single passports, so Chinese couple with chinese passports and a baby with a USA passport would need a visa for the child to enter China. The visa would only last 3 months!! Afer 5 years of living in China, it is my understanding that unless full time employed, a chinese citizenship must be applied for,in which case the USA passport is cancelled.
It must work or the practice wouldn't be so widespread. Maybe they hide the US passport and say the baby was born in China?
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ooby_dooby: It must work or the practice wouldn't be so widespread. Maybe they hide the US passport and say the baby was born in China? Maybe you could ask somebody over there.
Asked my students, they think it is not so common, but agree that it must happen, they also said that if the parents can afford the travelling and the fees, they can afford to bribe the customs officials!! Corruption being the norm in China
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What they're doing is perfectly legal. So who is your gripe with? the business people in the U.S. who capitalize on these people? or what?
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I was wondering that also. The U.S. also only recognizes single citizenship, so if China does the same, then how can this work.
My other concern is: Apart from the high risk of traveling late in the pregnancy, if a family has that much money, do they really need to go through the hokus pokus?
If they're wealthy, they can simple come to the U.S., say will invest 500K USD and the deal is done.
My other concern is: Apart from the high risk of traveling late in the pregnancy, if a family has that much money, do they really need to go through the hokus pokus?
If they're wealthy, they can simple come to the U.S., say will invest 500K USD and the deal is done.
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USA Baby Care's website makes no attempt to hide why the company's clients travel to Southern California from China and Taiwan. It's to give birth to an American baby.
"Congratulations! Arriving in the U.S. means you've already given your child a surefire ticket for winning the race," the site says in Chinese. "We guarantee that each baby can obtain a U.S. passport and related documents."
That passport is just the beginning of a journey that will lead some of the children back to the United States to take advantage of free public schools and low-interest student loans, as the website notes. The whole family may eventually get in on the act, since parents may be able to piggyback on the child's citizenship and apply for a green card when the child turns 21.
USA Baby Care is one of scores, possibly hundreds, of companies operating so-called maternity hotels tucked away in residential neighborhoods in the San Gabriel Valley, Orange County and other Southern California suburbs. Pregnant women from Chinese-speaking countries pay as much as $20,000 to stay in the facilities during the final months of pregnancy, then spend an additional month recuperating and awaiting the new baby's U.S. passport.
Many of the hotels operate in violation of zoning laws, their locations known mainly to neighbors who observe the expectant mothers' frequent comings and goings.
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