Fiance Has Dual Citizenship Already

[Florence and Tim 0]

Hello,

My fiance is from Hong Kong. She is a Chinese citizen since she was born in Hong Kong (she has also resided there here whole life). When she was young, she also became a full British citizen through her father who worked in civil service. The UK offered full British citizenship to families working in civil service in Hong Kong at the time (pre 1997).

So my question is, does it matter what I file her as? Chinese or British? I have Chinese down now as nationality because all of our trips together were taken on her Chinese passport (so the passport stamps are there). She only recently had her lost British passport replaced. Though I wonder if it would make it any faster or if it makes any difference at all if she files as a citizen of a country that is in the visa waiver program? I really never found anything about this anywhere. Heh, anyone have a guess at least (in any case, I'll probably leave it Chinese, since I'm mailing soon). Thanks a lot for any help you can give!!!!

-Tim

[Private 1]

I would think the British citizenship would come out better, but make sure to include both.

[Florence and Tim 0]

I already had her send me the G325A with just "China" under citizenship/nationality. Do we need to redo it with "China, UK" as citizenship/nationality? I think the form is sort of misleading because it never asks to list multiple. It is also expensive and delays our application a lot to have her print off these three extra characters and sign and send everything again. Just getting the I129-F together including the fee has cost me over $300 USD and her nearly $100 USD so far. Seems like it is never even going to get send

-Tim

[Florence and Tim 0]

I talked to someone at USCIS a few minutes ago. They said putting two citizenships would slow down the process and probably isn't recommended. They also said putting China would be better than UK. Though I worry that not putting both citizenships is concealing information. Going to call again later and ask someone else.

[misa 2]

They'll still look at where she was born and lives despite her current dual citizenship. If I were you, I'd put down China since she's living in Hong Kong, yes?