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China — Citizenship Guide

Citizenship by descent is available; naturalisation is restricted; dual citizenship is generally not permitted.

Why China?

The China passport offers visa-free, visa-on-arrival, ETA, or e-visa access to 114 destinations, ranking it #117 globally.

Descent limited; naturalisation very restricted; dual not allowed.

Citizenship by descent

China applies jus sanguinis — citizenship can be acquired by descent from a citizen parent, and in some cases from grandparents or more distant ancestors.

Naturalisation

Naturalisation in China is restricted or not standardised — there is no straightforward residency-based route for most people.

Dual citizenship

China generally does not permit dual citizenship — naturalising usually requires renouncing your existing nationality.

Fees & timeline

There is no standard published application fee — costs vary, so check with official sources.

Compiled from the Citizenship Hub law dataset (approximate). Verify with official government sources before relying on this information.

Where the China passport can travel

Visa-free, visa on arrival, ETA, and e-visa access by destination. Hover for details.

Fiji — Visa-free Tanzania — Visa on arrival W. Sahara — Unknown Canada — Visa required United States of America — Visa required Kazakhstan — Visa-free Uzbekistan — Visa-free Papua New Guinea — Visa required Indonesia — Visa on arrival Argentina — Visa required Chile — Visa required Dem. Rep. Congo — e-Visa Somalia — e-Visa Kenya — ETA Sudan — Visa required Chad — e-Visa Haiti — Visa-free Dominican Rep. — Visa required Russia — Visa-free Bahamas — Visa-free Falkland Is. — Unknown Greenland — Unknown Fr. S. Antarctic Lands — Unknown Timor-Leste — Visa on arrival South Africa — e-Visa Lesotho — Visa required Mexico — Visa required Uruguay — Visa required Brazil — Visa required Bolivia — e-Visa Peru — Visa required Colombia — e-Visa Panama — Visa required Costa Rica — Visa required Nicaragua — Visa required Honduras — Visa required El Salvador — e-Visa Guatemala — Visa required Belize — Visa required Venezuela — Visa required Guyana — e-Visa Suriname — Visa-free Ecuador — e-Visa Puerto Rico — Unknown Jamaica — Visa-free Cuba — Visa-free Zimbabwe — Visa on arrival Botswana — e-Visa Namibia — e-Visa Senegal — Visa on arrival Mali — Visa required Mauritania — e-Visa Benin — Visa-free Niger — Visa required Nigeria — e-Visa Cameroon — e-Visa Togo — e-Visa Ghana — Visa required Côte d'Ivoire — ETA Guinea — e-Visa Guinea-Bissau — Visa on arrival Liberia — Visa required Sierra Leone — Visa on arrival Burkina Faso — e-Visa Central African Rep. — Visa required Congo — Visa required Gabon — e-Visa Eq. Guinea — e-Visa Zambia — Visa-free Malawi — Visa-free Mozambique — Visa-free eSwatini — Visa required Angola — Visa-free Burundi — Visa on arrival Israel — e-Visa Lebanon — Visa on arrival Madagascar — Visa on arrival Palestine — Visa-free Gambia — Visa required Tunisia — Visa-free Algeria — Visa required Jordan — Visa on arrival United Arab Emirates — Visa-free Qatar — Visa on arrival Kuwait — Visa required Iraq — e-Visa Oman — Visa on arrival Vanuatu — Visa-free Cambodia — Visa on arrival Thailand — Visa-free Laos — Visa on arrival Myanmar — Visa on arrival Vietnam — e-Visa North Korea — Visa required South Korea — e-Visa Mongolia — e-Visa India — Visa required Bangladesh — Visa on arrival Bhutan — e-Visa Nepal — Visa on arrival Pakistan — e-Visa Afghanistan — Visa required Tajikistan — e-Visa Kyrgyzstan — e-Visa Turkmenistan — Visa required Iran — Visa-free Syria — e-Visa Armenia — Visa-free Sweden — Visa required Belarus — Visa-free Ukraine — e-Visa Poland — Visa required Austria — Visa required Hungary — Visa required Moldova — e-Visa Romania — Visa required Lithuania — Visa required Latvia — Visa required Estonia — Visa required Germany — Visa required Bulgaria — Visa required Greece — Visa required Turkey — e-Visa Albania — Visa-free Croatia — Visa required Switzerland — Visa required Luxembourg — Visa required Belgium — Visa required Netherlands — Visa required Portugal — Visa required Spain — Visa required Ireland — Visa required New Caledonia — Unknown Solomon Is. — Visa on arrival New Zealand — Visa required Australia — e-Visa Sri Lanka — Visa on arrival China — Home country Taiwan — Unknown Italy — Visa required Denmark — Visa required United Kingdom — Visa required Iceland — Visa required Azerbaijan — Visa-free Georgia — Visa-free Philippines — Visa required Malaysia — Visa-free Brunei — Visa-free Slovenia — Visa required Finland — Visa required Slovakia — Visa required Czechia — Visa required Eritrea — Visa required Japan — e-Visa Paraguay — Visa required Yemen — Visa required Saudi Arabia — Visa on arrival Antarctica — Unknown Cyprus — Visa required Morocco — Visa-free Egypt — Visa on arrival Libya — e-Visa Ethiopia — Visa on arrival Djibouti — Visa on arrival Uganda — e-Visa Rwanda — Visa on arrival Bosnia and Herz. — Visa-free North Macedonia — Visa required Serbia — Visa-free Montenegro — Visa required Trinidad and Tobago — Visa required S. Sudan — e-Visa
  • Visa-free
  • Visa on arrival
  • ETA
  • e-Visa
  • Visa required
  • No admission

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