Is it possible to get a Houkou for a baby, when not married

call ur embassy asap
they ve probably dealt with this kind of situation in the past

ps. but, i wonder, if ur gf is chinese, u ll have to get married anyway, it is still illegal for a single female to have a baby ???

If your not married then you can't have the baby in a hospital or get chinese citizenship.

Also if you have any kids in your home country your child will also not be able to get chinese citizenship.

It's a pretty long pain in the ass process it took about 6months for them to process my sons and we had all the paper work ready before he was born.

I have a Kiwi guy friend whose gf got pregnant but they were in Shanghai. I wonder if Shanghai and BJ has the same laws on this issue as they dont seem to encounter any problem. The son is with the mother in Shanghai while father travels occasionally to visit. Son has a NZ citizenship too.

Best bet would be your embassy. SHould you come to a dead end with your embassy, let me know and I shall call my friend in Shanghai.

Wow shizo, isnt the comment a bit harsh? Moreover isn't it cruel to think of the easiest solution which is abortion? Do you know what emotional turmoil women have to go through after abortion? I have friends who has breakdown, cried whenever they see children and full of regrets. Sometimes the relationship just failed because neither party is strong enough to endure the pain.

I am speaking from experience and trust me I make THE BEST decision when I decided to have my daughter/my princess!! She is the BEST thing ever happens to me!! No matter how tired I am after a long day work, terrible traffic, her smiles and cheeky action just brighten up my life.

There will always be good and bad days but hey that is LIFE!! As long as the couple is not jobless and totally poor, I dont think ABORTION is the answer.....

Shizo may sound tough, but he does raise some extremely valid arguments, such as the [b]child[/b] needs commitment ...

Many years ago, my Chinese girlfriend got pregnant, and we both wanted the baby.

I could not marry her because my divorce in the homeland was not final.

The baby was born in a Chinese hospital, nobody asked to see our marriage certificate.

A few days after birth, a birth certificate was issued (again, marriage certificate was not asked for, just our identification documents), which was also accepted by the consulate as proof for citizenship purposes in my home country.

After the divorce was final, girlfriend and I got married in her home province (the "Red" booklet). We got married about a year after the baby was born. Nobody at the marriage registration office asked if we had any children.

Baby was added to her family's Hukou ... Baby was issued a Chinese passport (proof of Chinese citizenship)

We are all living happily together to this day.

This can be done, but maybe harder in Beijing than some other places in China.

Shizo may sound harsh, but I sense the underlying message of "[b]do the right thing[/b]". Sometimes the process may seem like "the long and winding road", but as long as one is on the track to doing the right thing, the results should be well worth the effort in the [b]long run[/b].