Travel to China

[SunnySanDiego 17]

Hey all,

 

I am planning to visit China and I am filling out the tourist visa application. When it asks about nationalities do I just put American or do I also put my Canadian? I looked at the forums and could't find anything.

 

Thanks everyone!

[rasaco 39]

So you are a dual citizen?  If so, then you should list both.  The box on the application I'm looking at even says in English, "Current nationality(ies)"

[SunnySanDiego 17]

Yeah that is what I was thinking. However, a company that processes these types of visas told me not to put both, just the one I am traveling on.

[rasaco 39]

Hmm... sounds weird to me, but I am not a dual citizen and have no direct experience.  Hopefully someone else can chime in, but I disagree with what the company is telling you.  The form is pretty clear about wanting all current nationalities.

[SunnySanDiego 17]

It did not seem right to me either. I feel like I am misrepresenting or something. I was hoping for another dual citizen to let me know how they filed it out and what happened.

 

Thanks for helping Rasaco.

[Ryan H 3,812]

If I were you, I would not listen to that company.

[NAT2016 18]

It all depends on how you will present yourself to the Chinese immigration at the airport.  If you think and are very sure that you will travel as a U.S. citizen then submit U.S. passport for visa application.  If you list both U.S. and Canada then the consular officer at Chinese embassy will ask you the same question: which one do you want to travel under? 

[SunnySanDiego 17]

On 2/20/2017 at 4:57 PM, Ryan H said:

If I were you, I would not listen to that company.

I am just going to take my application to the embassy myself. I don't trust the answers I got from the companies that facilitate these types of visas. I put both on the application so we will see what they say.

[SunnySanDiego 17]

On 2/20/2017 at 6:41 PM, NAT2016 said:

It all depends on how you will present yourself to the Chinese immigration at the airport.  If you think and are very sure that you will travel as a U.S. citizen then submit U.S. passport for visa application.  If you list both U.S. and Canada then the consular officer at Chinese embassy will ask you the same question: which one do you want to travel under? 

The embassies in the U.S. will not process a request on my Canadian visa. I don't care about that and that wasn't my concern. I was just concerned because I was told by multiple companies that facilitate tourist visas to not put my Canadian dual citizenship on the application even though it asks for nationality(ies). I felt like I was withholding information. Anyhow, I am going to just take it myself and I have put both of my nationalities on there so I just hope it goes well.  Thank you for your help.