The Returned Overseas Chinese Certificate has preferential policies in employment, life, study and other aspects.

1. When entering the country, you only need your Chinese passport and overseas Chinese ID card to enter the country.

2. According to the Law of the People's Republic of China and the Law on the Protection of the Rights and Interests of Returned Overseas Chinese and Their Relatives, returned overseas students, children of returned overseas Chinese and children of overseas Chinese in China will be taken care of in accordance with relevant national regulations.

3. The state has many preferential care policies for returned overseas Chinese and their family members. The two most important ones are 30% more compensation for house demolition price compensation; the other is an additional 10 points for the college entrance examination.

Conditions and applications for returned overseas Chinese

Returned overseas Chinese refer to overseas Chinese who have returned to the country to settle down. "Returning to the country to settle down" means that overseas Chinese give up their long-term permanent or legal residence rights in their country of origin and go through the procedures for returning to the country to settle down in accordance with the law. Foreign Chinese who have been approved to restore or obtain Chinese nationality and go through the formalities for settling in China in accordance with the law are regarded as returned overseas Chinese.

The application process requires filing at the Immigration Bureau (earliest entry time, entry and exit records), notarization by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, certification by the consulate, legal translation by the Ministry of Justice, judicial stamping, etc. The normal processing time is 10--15 working days.