Hi Ash, thank you for your comments and advice so far. It's reassuring to know someone else has jumped through these hoops without being burned. In your last comment you said you travelled to China a few times while your son's Chinese passport was still valid. Was that switching passports at the bor...

Hi Ash4uk, thanks for replying. It really is very reassuring. Can I just double check on one thing; does, or did, your son have a Chinese passport? Our son was issued with the hukou, then the ID card and then a Chinese passport all in his Chinese name. I am wondering why the Chinese Embassy would is...

Hello, My son was born in China to a Chinese mother and English father. He was issued a dual language birth certificate but lists only his real English name. He was then given a Chinese ID (hukou) and a Chinese passport both bearing a new Chinese name (very different). We applied for a UK passport w...

Hi Ash4uk, I also commented on another post you made, but this one is much more recent. I wish I found you one year ago as it seems we had very similar issues. The difference was the UK Embassy in Beijing would not allow me to renounce my son's UK passport only to regain it later. Can you confirm th...

Ash4uk, your post exactly resembles my story, except three years hence. I would be extremely grateful for you to explain how your son travels to China. The name in his UK and China passports are different and I trusted this would be enough to fool the China Embassy when applying for a returning visa...