WHat to do with Hukou?

[Chris&Mia 2]

I used the search function and couldnt find anything on VJ and lots of google searches were fruitless so here goes......

My wife and I are unsure where she should attach her Hukou before she leaves China.

She is currently working in Shenzhen and her Hukou is attached with her company there. SHe cannot leave it with the company after she quits from what I understand. Her family Hukou is back in her hometown but it would be very problematic for her to attach it back to the family since she is estranged from her parents due to our relationship.

What are our options? What would happen to her Hukou if she abandoned it in Shenzhen when she leaves for the USA? We have heard that there are companies where you can pay a fee to attach your Hukou in the city but they all look pretty shady. Has anyone dealt with this problem before? If so, how did you handle it? It is important for both of us that she not lose her Hukou should she ever have to return to live in China.....

Thanks,

Chris&Mia

[Darnell 8,478]

Does she own any property, or a flat, or an apartment, back in her old hukuo city? If yes, then is possible to get detached (or rather, not included) in her parent's hukou book, getting a new hukou book of her own for that city.

It will take some work and money at the old hukou city with 'that office' - but it's doable. Not easy, IMO, but doable.

Edited October 10, 2013 by Darnell

[DJ&L 83]

Out of curiosity, why must anything be done with the Hukou?

[Darnell 8,478]

oh, it's for many things, really -

some of them hinge around benefits, retirement, pension, etc.

a hukou book is 'the controlling' document for everything else, in China.

want a birth certificate? show a hukuo book first [that's just an example]

[Chris&Mia 2]

No, she doesn't own any property anywhere in china.

Our plan for now is just to hijack her Hukou when she detatches it from the company in Shenzhen and for her to bring her hukou page with her to the USA. Then if she ever has to go back she can fight to attach it wherever she ends up. Doesn't seem like the best plan to me, but thats the best we could come up with so far...... It seems like there would be some information out there somewhere on what most non-homneowners do when they emigrate.

[SBB 74]

My wife is still on her parents' hukou, though she's never been on any other.