I am Chinese and have lived in the UK for the past 10 years, I am now working in the UK on a Graduate Visa which was obtained after my student visa ended.
In the next few years I will be able to obtain "Indefinite Leave to Remain" status in the UK, it's a settled status in the UK and doesn't give me citizenship. So it's basically a visa that never expires, I guess it's similar to a green card in the US which has already been confisticated in China along with their Chinese passports??? The official definition by UK Home Office is:
Indefinite leave to remain is how you settle in the UK. It’s also called ‘settlement’. It gives you the right to live, work and study here for as long as you like, and apply for benefits if you’re eligible. You can use it to apply for British citizenship.
I have not been back to China since 2017 and I am planning to go home later this year to visit my parents while still on my graduate visa. And recently I have read something like China will be strict with citizens travelling abroad unnecessarily. I'm really worried now that they will not let me out of the country once I return to China, or worse, they will confisticate my Graduate Visa or Indefinite Leave to Remain document.
I'm not planning to obtain British citizenship/passport at least as along as my parents are alive, which will be a long time and I will go back to China every year.
Should I be worried? Is there anything I can do? Is it safe for me to make this post on Reddit?
How do they even find out of visa status if It's a separate residence card instead of a visa vignette on my passport?
- Author: BluePul
- Created: 2022-06-29 18:28:23 UTC
- Score: 16
- ID: ie7u84h
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润逼的甜蜜烦恼 :)
- Author: 8964tank
- Created: 2022-06-29 18:43:39 UTC
- Score: 5
- ID: ie7wime
- Ups=5 | Permalink=/r/iwanttorun/comments/vnlx7u/i_am_scared_to_go_back_to_china_because_i_have_a/ie7wime/
都可以回,有什么不能回的
- Author: Key-Mud-6810
- Created: 2022-06-29 20:27:35 UTC
- Score: 4
- ID: ie8cbdt
- Ups=4 | Permalink=/r/iwanttorun/comments/vnlx7u/i_am_scared_to_go_back_to_china_because_i_have_a/ie8cbdt/
应回尽回
- Author: Hollande_Uranus
- Created: 2022-06-29 19:08:48 UTC
- Score: 14
- ID: ie80a15
- Ups=14 | Permalink=/r/iwanttorun/comments/vnlx7u/i_am_scared_to_go_back_to_china_because_i_have_a/ie80a15/
Hurry up and do whatever you can to become a naturalized British citizen, as for the mainland Chinese side, there is a way to retain dual citizenship. But as a Chinese person, why are all your postings and comments written in English and not Chinese in Reddit?
- Author: Runnie_Loonie
- Created: 2022-06-29 23:31:32 UTC
- Score: 3
- ID: ie92q45
- Ups=3 | Permalink=/r/iwanttorun/comments/vnlx7u/i_am_scared_to_go_back_to_china_because_i_have_a/ie92q45/
Yeah, I guess he's more native than we thought
- Author: whoooops-
- Created: 2022-06-30 00:18:37 UTC
- Score: 2
- ID: ie98ujr
- Ups=2 | Permalink=/r/iwanttorun/comments/vnlx7u/i_am_scared_to_go_back_to_china_because_i_have_a/ie98ujr/
Should be on Reddit. I guess op just wants to hone his English. Tho it’s hard to find his English excellent just by this post.
- Author: justarandomperson246
- Created: 2022-06-30 01:29:07 UTC
- Score: 2
- ID: ie9hxde
- Ups=2 | Submitter=true | Controversiality=1 | Permalink=/r/iwanttorun/comments/vnlx7u/i_am_scared_to_go_back_to_china_because_i_have_a/ie9hxde/
No, I simply just have questions and want some answers.
I made the exact same post in other subs first where people mostly use English. Then I discovered this post and I simply copied and pasted. This is Reddit not Baidu, it is expected that people could understand English.
- Author: whoooops-
- Created: 2022-06-30 01:32:40 UTC
- Score: 1
- ID: ie9idgj
- Ups=1 | Permalink=/r/iwanttorun/comments/vnlx7u/i_am_scared_to_go_back_to_china_because_i_have_a/ie9idgj/
You do know internet is circulating, don’t you? Especially American apps monopoly most of the common apps. You can go some country subs, like France where people don’t speak English. English is not the only language and it’s reasonable people don’t speak English on social platforms like Twitter or Reddit or whatever.
- Author: Much-Lawfulness1518
- Created: 2022-06-29 19:47:18 UTC
- Score: 3
- ID: ie8642w
- Ups=3 | Permalink=/r/iwanttorun/comments/vnlx7u/i_am_scared_to_go_back_to_china_because_i_have_a/ie8642w/
我觉得没那么夸张。很多网上误传的。你该回回。出来的时候找一个大城市机场。不会有问题的。
- Author: dietrich_sa
- Created: 2022-06-29 20:09:08 UTC
- Score: 7
- ID: ie89i5z
- Ups=7 | Permalink=/r/iwanttorun/comments/vnlx7u/i_am_scared_to_go_back_to_china_because_i_have_a/ie89i5z/
最好别回去,万一被卡了,移民监就凉了。ILR相当PR,在盐碱地没人权的。
- Author: SoftwareNo1030
- Created: 2022-06-29 20:15:15 UTC
- Score: 1
- ID: ie8afgo
- Ups=1 | Permalink=/r/iwanttorun/comments/vnlx7u/i_am_scared_to_go_back_to_china_because_i_have_a/ie8afgo/
润了就别回来了
- Author: Fabulous-Macaroon-28
- Created: 2022-06-29 20:23:45 UTC
- Score: -2
- ID: ie8bqbb
- Ups=-2 | Controversiality=1 | Permalink=/r/iwanttorun/comments/vnlx7u/i_am_scared_to_go_back_to_china_because_i_have_a/ie8bqbb/
中国人说啥英语
- Author: Key-Mud-6810
- Created: 2022-06-30 01:10:59 UTC
- Score: 9
- ID: ie9fmgx
- Ups=9 | Permalink=/r/iwanttorun/comments/vnlx7u/i_am_scared_to_go_back_to_china_because_i_have_a/ie9fmgx/
显然op图省事把同样的内容发在了各种中英sub……何必呢,这么无聊的问题
- Author: lastname-none
- Created: 2022-06-30 02:23:16 UTC
- Score: 3
- ID: ie9oqjo
- Ups=3 | Permalink=/r/iwanttorun/comments/vnlx7u/i_am_scared_to_go_back_to_china_because_i_have_a/ie9oqjo/
中国人还run什么?
- Author: Key-Mud-6810
- Created: 2022-06-29 20:27:15 UTC
- Score: 14
- ID: ie8c9ib
- Ups=14 | Permalink=/r/iwanttorun/comments/vnlx7u/i_am_scared_to_go_back_to_china_because_i_have_a/ie8c9ib/
现在我越来越觉得罗德妻子变盐柱是纪实文学了
- Author: Runnie_Loonie
- Created: 2022-06-29 23:31:02 UTC
- Score: 2
- ID: ie92nsr
- Ups=2 | Permalink=/r/iwanttorun/comments/vnlx7u/i_am_scared_to_go_back_to_china_because_i_have_a/ie92nsr/
圣经,我劝你多读
- Author: Junmo29
- Created: 2022-06-30 00:39:26 UTC
- Score: 1
- ID: ie9bk1o
- Ups=1 | Permalink=/r/iwanttorun/comments/vnlx7u/i_am_scared_to_go_back_to_china_because_i_have_a/ie9bk1o/
天火何时降……
- Author: [deleted]
- Created: 2022-06-29 21:00:24 UTC
- Score: 3
- ID: ie8ha6p
- Ups=3 | FlairColor=dark | Permalink=/r/iwanttorun/comments/vnlx7u/i_am_scared_to_go_back_to_china_because_i_have_a/ie8ha6p/
[deleted]
- Author: henrylondon1988
- Created: 2022-06-29 21:02:53 UTC
- Score: 7
- ID: ie8hnho
- Ups=7 | Permalink=/r/iwanttorun/comments/vnlx7u/i_am_scared_to_go_back_to_china_because_i_have_a/ie8hnho/
高中 大学 研究生 PHD , 时间凑凑就10年,很多人都这样
- Author: Runnie_Loonie
- Created: 2022-06-29 23:30:39 UTC
- Score: 3
- ID: ie92lwg
- Ups=3 | Permalink=/r/iwanttorun/comments/vnlx7u/i_am_scared_to_go_back_to_china_because_i_have_a/ie92lwg/
这玩意还能凑个整?美本鼠馋哭了
- Author: RecoverAcceptable366
- Created: 2022-06-29 23:53:33 UTC
- Score: 2
- ID: ie95ltd
- Ups=2 | Permalink=/r/iwanttorun/comments/vnlx7u/i_am_scared_to_go_back_to_china_because_i_have_a/ie95ltd/
Why the fuck are u writing in English in a Chinese sub? you aren't even an ABC and it's not that you don't understand Chinese.
Go fuck yourself.
Also, if you're scared, just don't go back to China, period.
- Author: justarandomperson246
- Created: 2022-06-30 01:22:22 UTC
- Score: 0
- ID: ie9h2kk
- Ups=0 | Submitter=true | Controversiality=1 | Permalink=/r/iwanttorun/comments/vnlx7u/i_am_scared_to_go_back_to_china_because_i_have_a/ie9h2kk/
My my, how dare I use forbidden language on Reddit. You should have your head checked too since you can understand it..
- Author: SafeEastern6581
- Created: 2022-06-30 00:20:13 UTC
- Score: -3
- ID: ie992c6
- Ups=-3 | Permalink=/r/iwanttorun/comments/vnlx7u/i_am_scared_to_go_back_to_china_because_i_have_a/ie992c6/
Dude, I’m not an expert on this issue. But to those who mocked your speaking English instead of Chinese, let them rot in Zhina forever.
He’s asking question genuinely and he has lived there for years. Maybe longer than everyone here who is using VPN to reach the website. So stop talking about language.
Shut the fuck up.
- Author: Key-Mud-6810
- Created: 2022-06-30 01:18:50 UTC
- Score: 3
- ID: ie9gmcp
- Ups=3 | Permalink=/r/iwanttorun/comments/vnlx7u/i_am_scared_to_go_back_to_china_because_i_have_a/ie9gmcp/
Apparently he's posting the same boring stuff in multiple subs. And you are right, I don't think he could get anything from the rotten rats here. So maybe he shouldn't ask "how to get back" in a "i wanna leave" sub in the first place...
- Author: justarandomperson246
- Created: 2022-06-30 01:32:31 UTC
- Score: -1
- ID: ie9icr7
- Ups=-1 | Submitter=true | Permalink=/r/iwanttorun/comments/vnlx7u/i_am_scared_to_go_back_to_china_because_i_have_a/ie9icr7/
Yeah it's my bad posting here. Didn't really consider how fitting the sub is, just thought the more helpful information I can get, the better. And so far I haven't got much here..
- Author: justarandomperson246
- Created: 2022-06-30 01:20:53 UTC
- Score: 1
- ID: ie9gvug
- Ups=1 | Submitter=true | Permalink=/r/iwanttorun/comments/vnlx7u/i_am_scared_to_go_back_to_china_because_i_have_a/ie9gvug/
I find it baffling as well. This is Reddit, not Baidu. I made the exact same post in other subs (where people use English) first. Then I found this sub through a comment in a different sub where English is default language as well. I then simply copied and pasted here without realising everything is Chinese here.
Anyway, seems like a sub I should avoid and I don't really want to visit here again.
- Author: tadanobito
- Created: 2022-06-30 01:37:02 UTC
- Score: 1
- ID: ie9ixam
- Ups=1 | Permalink=/r/iwanttorun/comments/vnlx7u/i_am_scared_to_go_back_to_china_because_i_have_a/ie9ixam/
Don't worry, if you have your passport and visa, you can leave China.
- Author: humblehamster123
- Created: 2022-06-30 01:39:06 UTC
- Score: 1
- ID: ie9j6jw
- Ups=1 | Distinguished=moderator | Stickied=true | Permalink=/r/iwanttorun/comments/vnlx7u/i_am_scared_to_go_back_to_china_because_i_have_a/ie9j6jw/
偏离主题,锁贴了。这是跑路sub,主要指导如何从你国跑出来,op可以上别的sub或者中介进行咨询。