What do Green Card categories mean?

david2007 said:
Do you have to show them your green card? Did they ask you to show the GC?

I'm planning to go back to China too. We have the same status. I thought the Chinese Custom does't ask for your GC if you don't show them at the first place.
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yes, they asked me to show them GC. Without GC, they will not let you in and out China. One Chinese passport, China customs will not let you so free though they stopped so called " leave country permit" white paper card.
 
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The problem is that they require you to enter with a Chinese passport. So you are coded as Chinese in their system. When you leave they can do almost anything to you. Could be a different situation if they allowed you to enter with a RP (with a Chinese visa). As a matter of policy they do not give out visas to Chinese citizens even if you do not have your Chinese passports with you.

If you are Cambodian that government issues a visa on your reentry permit.
 
I wonder if this works for you guys?

Tell them you do not have (lost or misplaced) GC and show them your reentry permit.
 
jw1951 said:
I wonder if this works for you guys?

Tell them you do not have (lost or misplaced) GC and show them your reentry permit.
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they will lock you in China as I feel. China still control their people's in and out very strictly.
 
Eddy Wang said:
yes, they asked me to show them GC. Without GC, they will not let you in and out China. One Chinese passport, China customs will not let you so free though they stopped so called " leave country permit" white paper card.
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yea.....What you said does make sense....usually we need to have a valid visa on the passport, but since we don't, they assume that we must have some kind of document to enter US......

I'm also wondering if what jw1951 says can be possible. Now I'm starting to worry about if I will ever have chance to safely return to China. I'm as8 as well....but I guess Chinese custom doesn't care...

I will open a new thread to see if there are more people can share their story about reuturning and leaving their orginal country successful.
 
david2007 said:
I'm also wondering if what jw1951 says can be possible. Now I'm starting to worry about if I will ever have chance to safely return to China.
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If the Chinese border guard is looking for people who applied for asylum abroad, then he does not have to be a rocket scientist to suspect something if you say that you cannot show them your GC but have your reentry permit.
 
jw1951 said:
I do not understand; how would that help you with the Chinese border inspection?
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I have the same question.

Here is what I assumed. I think you can enter China as a regular Chinese Citizen thru any custom. The custom will check your passport or maybe anything. When you leave China you can go to HongKong by a travel document. Then you go thru HongKong Custom to leave China.

(PLS CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG! I'm not sure if that still works. sry for the Caps.)


I don't know if anyone really tried that before on this forum. Pls share more detail if anyone return to US thru HongKong.
 
david2007 said:
I have the same question.

Here is what I assumed. I think you can enter China as a regular Chinese Citizen thru any custom. The custom will check your passport or maybe anything. When you leave China you can go to HongKong by a travel document. Then you go thru HongKong Custom to leave China.

(PLS CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG! I'm not sure if that still works. sry for the Caps.)


I don't know if anyone really tried that before on this forum. Pls share more detail if anyone return to US thru HongKong.
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It is worth looking into this option. Ask your friends or relatives in the prc to go to the local public security bureau to inquire about the travel permit. Do they issue this to any mainland passport-holders? Do they require genuine residence on the mainland like a valid Chinese ID card or household register?
 
jw1951 said:
It is worth looking into this option. Ask your friends or relatives in the prc to go to the local public security bureau to inquire about the travel permit. Do they issue this to any mainland passport-holders? Do they require genuine residence on the mainland like a valid Chinese ID card or household register?
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good call. I will look into it. thanks
 
Is it possible?

If any body want to go cop, best way to do is get Reentry permit. when you get in custom with your possport have no problems anyway, they just double check your passport is real or fake.
when you leaving, just show the custom your RP and your passport if they ask you why you used your RP? you just said, you lost your Green Card, and you entry usa custom, you can use your GC and your possport.
 
jw1951 said:
It is worth looking into this option. Ask your friends or relatives in the prc to go to the local public security bureau to inquire about the travel permit. Do they issue this to any mainland passport-holders? Do they require genuine residence on the mainland like a valid Chinese ID card or household register?
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Here is someone shared how travel to China and back to US, he wrote in Chinese.
http://news.boxun.com/forum/yimin/6169.shtml
http://news.boxun.com/forum/yimin/6168.shtml

Also, I have a friend which is AS6 GC, she went back to China on May 2007 and return back to US directly, no problem at all.

I think it is important that if your family's name are in China's black list, if you are too famous, you better not back to China.
 
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