CHINA-INTERNAL: SHANGHAI ORDERS NO HUKOU FOR FOREIGN GREEN CARD HOLDERS
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Hongkong's South China Morning Post reported on March 22, 2018 that Shanghai has become the first mainland city to enforce a ban on its registered citizens from holding permanent residency in other countries – for example the US green card.The new rule was announced on the municipal public security authority’s website earlier this month and said Chinese citizens “settling down abroad or obtaining other nationalities” should report to the police to revoke their permanent residency, which is known as hukou. Holding a hukou conveys a number of rights on householders, for instance access to social welfare services and local schools. Once lost or surrendered, it is very difficult to regain. The Shanghai Permanent Residency Management Rule which will be effective from May 1, states that those who have not already revoked the hukou should tell the relevant authorities. It adds that people who refuse to revoke their hukou or do not go to the police station to revoke it within one month of being given police notice will have their registration forcibly terminated by the police.
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