Please Help me regarding Chinese Citizenship Renunciation (Turning 21 this Apr)
Question
Context: 20 YO turning 21 YO this April. Was born in China, and came to Singapore when I was a baby. Have to take the Oath this Apr and submit
- Identity Card
2) Original Singapore Citizenship Certificate
3) Foreign Citizenship Renunciation Certificate
I have called ICA and they told me that I am dual citizen until I take the oath, and to come with those documents stated above.
I have all of them except the “Foreign Citizenship Renunciation Certificate”, and I asked the ICA how to get that. They told me to go to the Chinese Embassy to settle, but I went to their website and there wasn’t really anything useful at all. Not even documents to bring etc.
I’ve searched google but what came out was some Hong Kong website instead, and I have checked Reddit, and there isn’t exactly a clear list of documents to bring there, and which one to go (apparently there are 2??)
The phone number also does not work, no one picks up at all. I even went to dig all the other numbers, but none worked and there isn’t even a “call queue”. Once you call and put English/Chinse + Purpose, they just straight up tell you the call is busy, please call again later and hang up?!?! dafaq…
Can I check other than my Chinese Passport from 2004, Chinese Birth Certificate, Singapore Birth certificate and NRIC, what else do I need to bring? I am also printing 2 copies of each document above just in case (in B&W), not sure if it’s needed.
Do I have to bring my mother’s certificate of renunciation etc?
Did anyone only recently denounce their citizenship recently, and is able to share? I will really appreciate it a lot.
Netizen’s comments
Not a Chinese citizen but like what ICA said, you should visit the Chinese Embassy to declare that you wish to renounce the Chinese citizenship. Given the sensitivity of China internal politics now, I would expect such information will be obscure online.
Just walk into PRC Embassy, tell the guard / reception that you would like to renounce Chinese citizenship.
You likely will need to bring:
a) Singapore NRIC
b) Letter from ICA that demand u renounce
c) PRC Chinese birth certificate / passport / identity card
It should be a straightforward process. At the end of it, they should (or u demand) a documentation proof that you are no longer a PRC citizen… and you can bring that proof to ICA.