Chinese-born American: I just want a visa to stay here, why it is so hard?

Rachel, a girl from America who was born and brought up in China, speaks both Mandarin and Cantonese.
She has been a resident of Guangdong for more than ten years and regards herself as a Cantonese local, yet she is still worried about visa matters.
How difficult is it for a non-Chinese to get a Chinese visa and what is the procedure?

[@ngaimark2369]

不簡單，廣東話也說得那麼好。可以看出你完全熱爱它而溶入當地的生活文化裏。❤

[@galaxycrystal-bu2rp]

外国人说广东话 不容易。❤

[@MrZhang-cd6xv]

她从小在这生活上学，受这的文化熏陶长大，不能当作一般外国看待人，除了有个外国人的皮囊，本质已经算广东人了

[@kwokholuk8723]

@@MrZhang-cd6xv 說得對， 相信她是從小在廣州的中國人學校讀書， 不是在廣州的國際學校讀書。

[@johnsonlee9797]

(Rachel）讓我對美國人改觀 60%以上的美國人 太壞了 極端個人主義 個人利益 超過國家利益 攻打伊拉克 有80%民眾贊成 壞到流膿

[@SuperChouFeng]

@@galaxycrystal-bu2rp 星星甚至能区分广州白话和东莞白话的区别。

[@kevinding5366]

希望她永远待在她喜欢生活的地方，广州是一个很有魅力的城市，你需要静下心来慢慢体会，不光是美食，还有广东人也有文化内涵，一种坦荡、洒脱、勤奋的精神

[@user-so7mb9lv8y]

人家从小在这长大的，哥们😂

[@1313hyme]

I was born in HK. I also want to go back to China! I remember the first time I was back in HK, I was in tears. My motherland.

[@user-ob2zu4dy2v]

常回家看看😊

[@user-kn2hn9st1x]

常回家看看

[@jingyuan_o]

香港和大陆是血脉相通的，欢迎来大陆玩，生活。

[@420mtbrider]

omg. me too! HK born. i got really emotional when i went back for the first time.

[@AN-Thecouragetolookforward]

You are not chinese, though. Being born in China does not maje you chinese

[@chaixiyao]

很友善很有教养的女孩，到哪儿都受欢迎。

[@andytham4103]

真的很难得一个很可爱外国女孩对中国热爱这里生活 比起有些本地人根热爱 希望你继续留在这里🎉🎉🎉

[@nihaohola]

多了去了。这位一家东莞生活二十多年了，上学都在东莞，没有理由不会。

[@jingzhi2898]

主要是不喜欢的外国人就走了，喜欢的才留下来这么久

[@jiupika]

@左平勾 都不能工作还超国民待遇

[@sfzz8517]

@user-yz1zg7kq5v 确实有些学校为了达到某些指标，提供超国民待遇给留学生，不过也仅限于留学期间，留学完就没有了，中国绿卡还是没那么容易拿的

[@Athrunwong]

外國⋯？ 她哪裡外國了？完美粵語，完美中文欸？

[@linshunhao]

非常喜欢她开朗的性格，一口流利的中文和粤语，祝她在中国过的好

[@merlynlai]

Kelvin還是有機會，求婚要兩次（以上）就好啦！沒問題👌祝有情人總成眷屬❤❤

[@kwhleesan]

在中國住了十多年, 也只能拿得十天簽證, 太過份了, 希望有天妳能取得長期居留期, 祝福妳。

[@ritawang8979]

确实这个签证制度太过分了，真应该放松一些。

[@user-tp7ne1du1n]

她当视频博主，也就是自营职业者，当然拿不到普通的工作签证啦😅

[@iztop2018]

也挺正常的，线上远程工作者的签证问题在很多地方都是这样，有个专门的群体名叫数字游民

[@wenjinglin413]

你以为能入籍中国这么容易吗？

[@ritawang8979]

合法居住十多年，其实这个要求已经很高了，仅凭这点最起码也应该有资格拿永居吧。人生有几个十多年呢

[@Lea小爱]

小姐姐好棒，普通话说得好，粤语竟然也这么好，感觉你真的爱中国，爱广东，祝福你如愿以偿拿到永居🌹🌹🌹

[@jeffchan7435]

來香港

[@wuwoo8586]

而且說普通話有點廣東腔😂😂

[@Might_as_well_not_eat]

@@jeffchan7435 她已经有香港永居了，在香港出生的，她在自己的b站频道说过

[@reaganstillalive]

@@Might_as_well_not_eat 请问她B站号是什么呢？

[@Might_as_well_not_eat]

@@reaganstillalive RachelR星星

[@chunli8169]

很久以前中国人留学后都是想方设法留在外国，而如今很多外国人想方设法留在中国了。可见我们国家各个方面的发展有目共睹👍❤

[@hengzhou4566]

中国的发展是一方面，但更重要的是外国，尤其是美国，在民主党政治正确思潮的煽动下，一个又一个不顾自身实际的极左政策出炉，导致国家衰退，社会混乱，国际盟友离心离德。正所谓：天作孽犹可为，自作孽不可活。

[@bennyzheng5440]

关键是我们才是真正各种族都能愉快融合进来的一个大团体，不存在什么歧视问题

[@walker5998]

一码归一码，人家在这长大，教育及文化认同基本等同于中国人，你在国外长大你也不会想离开，天天厉害了我的国很无聊

[@syphonlo5112]

​@@bennyzheng5440 对了！非常赞同！不然全球每个角落都会有中华民族。。。

[@LindemanRichard]

@@walker5998 他说的是事实，确实是发展了才有外国人在这边长大还有留下来的想法，你发展的很烂，别说外国人，就是土生土长的都想办法走吧。另外，这种内宣类型的外国博主我不喜欢，他们都中国最有价值的是用他们的语言对他们的母国宣传中国

[@cral612]

这粤语真的很标准。普通话也很好。看得出来Rachel是真的下了很多功夫。

[@thhui3793]

普通話有廣東口音！🤣

[@Randolf-xe7iu]

​@Gaylen 。。稍微一听就知道那是广普啊，各地都会有一些各地的独特口音在里面。你们台湾普通话就是台湾腔，东北就是东北腔

[@cmwong2005]

@@thhui3793 俗稱廣普🤣🤣

[@rickyli9957]

口音不是很重，很清晰

[@ArdarMars]

@@rickyli9957 是很清晰，但是一听就是广东腔。

[@yanyan_taiwanchina]

瑞秋中文太好太多元了吧！不只會官方中文(普通話) 還會方言中文(廣東話)。真是希望她可以拿到永久簽❤ 😍 💪 每日都可以在公園遛狗狗milo

[@carlson9094]

廣東話原本不算方言，但慢慢被視作方言了。

[@yanyan_taiwanchina]

@@carlson9094 我知阿。廣東話 曾一度要當上國語 但一票之差落選。。 PS 方言意思，即「地方性語言」只要不是國語 那即是方言，而且廣東話是漢語方言。不是那種與我們毫不相干的蒙古語、回族語之類的那種少數民族方言。

[@MrLuhuazhao]

@@carlson9094 又来这一套了。广东话什么时候有过官方语言的地位？

[@MrLuhuazhao]

@@yanyan_taiwanchina 有回族语这种东西？

[@yanyan_taiwanchina]

@@MrLuhuazhao 維吾爾族 不是回族嗎？…

[@stevechan6244]

I was born in America but I love all Chinese people. I am also Japanese as my mother was actually a Japanese who lived in China after WWII and spoke fluent Mandarin and Chinese. My father was born in Chungking, but my Grandfather was born in the USA. My family has been in the USA with difficulty since 1862. It is difficult here to live as an Asian man let alone as a Chinese. I wish you a prayer of a thousand years and the Eternal Peach of Ever Lasting Life with the ones you so dearly love.他很帥氣 At least you are the authentic YOU. While I have to be two people all the time. 有效期

[@minge9]

Oh man, I'm 8th generation overseas Chinese. Currently living in the UK. It maybe time to move back to the motherland. The west just isn't quite it anymore.

[@stevechan6244]

@@未央笑笑生 The Japanese hate Americans and hide it. They are controlled. Even the Meiji Emperor around 1872 was put into power by the West? I learned everthing Japanese IS Chinese. The Japanese like Chinese and will marry us too. Here in America they lie and tell Asian Women we are like girls? I study Kung Fu and Kuntao in preperation for attacks on Chinese peopl as it happens so frequently. The conqerers want Asian women to hate the Asian man and to eliminate Asia through Asian Male Emasculation. The humiliation and the long history of murder of the Chinese and Asians are a story hidden and long in America. Chinese help built the transcontyinental Railroad and on payday they woul line up th get apd only to be all shot and murdered and then the Companies would bring in New and unaware Chinese and do this OVER and OVE and OVER again! The Transcontinental railroad was made under Budget and the Chinese were buried under the Transcontinental Rail roadtracks making the US Transcontiental railroad the largest Chinese Cemetary outside of Asia! How can I live knowing this? How can asian women and Chinese American Women live with this and say thiaswas so loing ago and then marry these two faced murderers who keep this out of the US History books? I am angry and I am sad that the Chinese contributed to US Military Techological Supremacy and they lie and MARGINALIZE us so much and hate us here. If I could go back to China I would leave now. My wife is Chinoy and so is slightly scared of living in China. I would rather die in China than die here with people who hate me and my family. America is not a GOOD place to be Chinese.

[@user-fg9op5jd7r]

​@@未央笑笑生不说那么远的，因为换算汇率高，其实那边消费一样。少部份国内的身在福中不知福民众难以理解。你说华人被打压，那不一定全是美国人干的，是那边住着世界各地人和带有政治目的攻击性的，那边枪支和毒品泛滥，人与人之间贫富差距太大，导致什么人都有，想开点，不在那边就没必要去添自己麻烦了，国内和平相处，好好工作，因为有好的政府维护，国内比国外更舒适，更安心工作，想出游也不少旅游景点，想热闹也有热闹的街让你自由生活的选择方式。你说60年代？那一代恐怕已经走了不少人了。因为那个年代确实经济不尽人意，所以想去外国留学的不少，现在恰恰相反了。

[@Madpett]

@@未央笑笑生 1998, brought back? Brought back by China government? Are you sure?

[@breeze_japanese]

@@minge9 Yeah, good luck with freedom of expression in your so-called "motherland."

[@Hoo88846]

Oh my goodness, your Cantonese and Mandarin are both amazing. ❤❤

[@kingskid935]

Thanks for the video. I can't imagine the anxiety each time you have to extend your visa. I wish you success in your getting legal status to remain in China for as long as you want.

[@wucaizhang]

热爱中国的女孩，希望早日拿到永居，祝福！

[@JPGODIE]

特别简单，领结婚证

[@kcleung6610]

粵語同普通話也說得非常好, 希望她可以拿到永久居留資格.

[@6296boy]

佢比起好多【同胞】更加热爱广府文化，好应该比佢

[@ritawinson1101]

十天一個月的到永簽的跨度還是有不少差距

[@roywong731]

全国一年一千多，美国一百多万。

[@swchan6152]

@leedx2008 美國特工是怎樣練成的？怎樣滲透的？看她就知道。真不容易啊！！大家要全面提高警惕防備！！！

[@gregwang8628]

@@roywong731 看看美國國內的反移民情緒，同時人口基數的懸殊，這個一百萬與一千的對比很有誤導性，同意嗎？😅

[@haocheng9303]

这个女孩子已经完全中国化了。虽然她的外表是一个外国人的样子，但是她的思想非常中国化。真的很好的一个女孩子！比起那些傻乎乎的美国人真的是好太多了！！！中国欢迎这样的女孩子！！祝顺利，开心!!

[@user-yr5sg3rm3x]

傻乎乎是因为生活在一个不用精于算计就能安稳生活的环境，人人想精明是因为傻乎乎经常被人坑的环境，人的特性主要源于环境的影响。

[@user-cl5fq7vw6t]

@@user-yr5sg3rm3x 难道不是美国的愚民政策，希望你可以去美国定居

[@haocheng9303]

@@user-yr5sg3rm3x 我所说的傻乎乎是指美国人的傲慢，无理，自我为中心，不尊重他国文化，做事情一根筋！

[@WhatDztheFrogC]

@@user-yr5sg3rm3x 对对对，反思！必须反思！🤣

[@gregwang8628]

@@user-cl5fq7vw6t 他告訴你了在路上了嘛😂

[@josechong8207]

Congratulations on your work visa Rachel... I love hearing stories like yours, Rachel. It was a treat to hear her speak Cantonese as not many vloggers in China speak Cantonese... at least not that I am aware of. My grandparents came from Huadu district in Guangdong province. We are Hakka. I wonder if Rachel also learned Hakka.

[@josechong8207]

@Gaylen I copied and pasted your statement into Google translate and what it translated didn't make sense to me. I was born and raised in the western hemisphere, in Central America, so I didn't learn written Chinese in school (only Spanish and English), though on my own I tried learning a few words in Chinese and was able to recognize some words. So I am not sure what you are trying to tell me since I can't read Chinese.

[@slp9012]

@@josechong8207 He misunderstood you and was being mean. I know it's hard for a third generation immigrant to speak their grandparents' morther tougue.

[@ianchen8582]

@Gaylen lol are you sure about that? There are many 2nd generation immigrants that can barely speak Mandarin, let alone read or write Chinese

[@yunshen]

@Gaylen 我是第四代海外华裔不过不怎么容易学我祖宗的语言包括粤语，闽南语，梅县客家语。现代还要学中国普通话，虽然不是我的祖语不过比较实用。还有我国家语言，和英语也要学。太多语言了。

[@antwango]

@Gaylen plenty of chinese in the world that dont speak chinese..... plenty of people who also dont speak their native language!? its the nature of this life this world the circumstances.... are you telling us youre perfect.....

[@kelvinho6211]

我也是廣州本地人，希望想留在廣州安定生活的所有人都能如願！❤

[@IwasUnknownUser]

就是中国人在广州都要办理居留许可 先考虑自己国情把

[@kelvinho6211]

@@IwasUnknownUser 請釐清邏輯才講話🤣🤣🤣

[@gregwang8628]

你要表達什麼呢？​@@IwasUnknownUser

[@IwasUnknownUser]

@@gregwang8628 我要表达那些洋人别动不动认为自己deserve什么什么，你作为外籍华人一样，不是中国人，不要代表我们中国人发言。

[@user-hi6gk4cy4w]

@@IwasUnknownUser 难道我住的是假广东吗？没有听说过居住证这个东西。

[@user-zj8cf3fq8e]

From what I heard, if you speak and write Chinese fluently, the people there regard you as one of their own or claim you to be Chinese in a way. So, the Visa is just a technicality. Culturally, they've accepted you as Chinese.

[@grouchypatch9185]

No, they don't. In the Chinese eyes, foreigners do not look like them. Chinese are kind, warm-heartedand lovely people. Being able to speak their language is a bonus point.

[@johnyossarian9059]

Cmiiw, but I thought according to Confucianism what separates Chinese and non-Chinese is culture. If a foreigner in China adopts Chinese culture then he/she is a Chinese Wasn't the imperial family of the Qin dynasty considered barbarians ?

[@wy306]

As a native Chinese, I agree with what you said personally.

[@1313fina]

The external appearance doesn't matter, as long as one has the Chinese culture in their heart, then Chinese people will accept them with open arms.

[@uwet.8826]

​​​​​​​@@johnyossarian9059Chinese identity didn't exist during Confucius era. So Confucianism could not have defined who are Chinese and who are not. China is a name given by the Europeans during the Qing dynasty as Qing was romanised as Ching under the Wade-Giles system. Then people were defined as citizens of the 7 nations where they were born. Rather Confucianism defines how a civil society should behave. I think you have mistaken Qin for Qing. Qin was the dynasty when the first emperor unified the 7 countries into the Qin empire. Qing was the last dynasty when a foreign race, other than the Han race, ruled China. Yes, they were considered barbarians but attained civilisation when they became more "Confucius". The terms to describe this assimilation are "sinicisation", "sinification", "sinonisation", "hanification", "hanicisation". Not sure I listed all the variations. A scholar once said it is easier to be born Chinese than to become Chinese. Every cultural practice, every idiom, every phrase and every Chinese character are coded with historical stories and background that someone born outside the system could not have grasped. The sinicisation of the Jurchens, the race which runs the Qing dynasty, took place over a few generations, not overnight.

[@kevinding5366]

中国人对待外国人基本态度就是善良友好，如果你会说中文，她们会和你走得很近，甚至不断的帮助你。因为中国人的包容心更大，反观西人只是极少部分人会这样

[@muck6345]

中国也是个大熔炉啊，中国文化特别有包容性

[@candrawijaya2107]

I like chinese culture❤❤ American culture👎👎👎

[@nanohana2973]

井底之蛙

[@yan678wang2]

你说得太对了！西方国家人大多数自私、易嫉妒，不愿看到你过得比他好，但他们表面功夫做得很好，所以千万要小心！

[@xingyuyaomt-bc6592]

white supremacy is at play here.

[@youtubetebie7799]

我是“非正式会谈粉” 追了6年多，Rachel的那一期我也有看，很好

[@swchan6152]

標準的精美份子？？！！

[@youtubetebie7799]

@@swchan6152 你是台独蛙？！

[@daxtynminn3415]

you know the name of the song at 0:30 ?

[@raeyang43]

“让爱回到陌生”@@daxtynminn3415

[@judykraska400]

I visited only once Guangzhou with a stop over visa, but l loved it. The people and the City were an overwhelming, positive, friendly happy experience. Nice to see Guangzhou always.

[@styleshine7947]

可以看得岀她真的喜歡廣州，希望她可以拿到更長的簽證

[@zhenjiang8360]

奇怪，做节目的公司出个邀请就行了啊，为啥不给出。

[@SuperWoo-mv6uc]

@@zhenjiang8360 你想简单了，有种东西叫做“配额”。不是所有公司都可以拥有雇佣外国人的配额的。 就像有的大公司可以帮你解决北京上海的户口问题，以人才引进的方式帮你办理入职，因为他们每年都有当地政府给的固定的户口配额。这些配额不是乱给的，是基于你公司的投资额度，税收贡献等因素给的。作为回报，当地政府给你户口限额，帮你吸引人才。 但是小公司，连自己的老板都办不到北上的户口吧。

[@daxtynminn3415]

you know the name of the song at 0:30 ?

[@sherleyshen7621]

@@daxtynminn3415 《 讓愛回到陌生 》演唱：楊美華

[@daxtynminn3415]

@@sherleyshen7621 thank you

[@cancanleung]

希望可以繼續聽到Rachel生活在中國 的分享❤

[@kevinkwong4417]

Wish you all the best Rachel! I hope you can get a longer Visa next time or a permanent one. 😊

[@cklam8722]

Home is where your heart follows. Life is a journey. Enjoy your time in Guangdong, China. Hello from Hong Kong.

[@stevenliew2507]

Fantastic you are able to speak Cantonese and Mandarin so fluently.👍🙏

[@kevinjiang5036]

It’s like how ABCs who grow up in USA are fluent in English and speak without any accent.

[@smashsmash5866]

You got my approval for the Chinese citizenship once I heard you speak Cantonese so fluently.

[@MrBlurpBlurp-hg3dj]

Rachel certainly speaks fluent Cantonese, cool. She has true longing for China, I hope she overcomes her visa problems. I too am longing to return to my homeland China although I'm a recluse in Alaska having salmon and halibut for lunch and dinner.

[@jackwei83]

她甚至普通话都带着广东口音🤣

[@yanyan_taiwanchina]

雖然我不是廣東的 但我也覺得她的腔調我聽著很親切❤ 來自中國 南方島嶼台灣

[@davidyuan9790]

标准的广普

[@sfa0075]

我也觉得像台湾腔。

[@kovacsmulder.billow6938]

不是，她这完全不是光广谱……像江浙

[@seaweed9999]

@@kovacsmulder.billow6938 广谱也不是只有你知道的那一种， 听听深圳本地人的普通话，就是类似这样的。另一个博主“不是柯桑德”在深圳长大，他的普通话也是这种腔调

[@chuiisabel9326]

Rachel 的廣東話和普通話比許多廣東人都要好，難得👍👍

[@spwgospaewe]

7080普通话比较差，90后普通话广东话都不差，0010后可能普通话比广东话好。

[@WateryJustin]

Thanks for sharing Rachel's experience. Hope she can keep staying in China and have a great life here.

[@kevinjiang5036]

I think it would be fun for someone to compare a Chinese person who grew up in the United States and an American who grew up in China and see their experiences.

[@user-mf4ut9yz3k]

你六岁就来了中国，在广州已经生活了23年。我22岁就出国留学了，已经在欧洲生活了17年。我太太是英国人，最近也是在为小孩的回国签证奔波。 比起时间来，你好像已经更像是中国人了😂。希望国家尽快给你和你的家人颁发永居。祝你好运。

[@xuzhao6320]

对文化的认同感很大一部分就是语言能力的掌握。每个人都有权利选择自己学习，生活，居住的地方，中国从古至今都是一个包容万象，多民族共存，共生，共荣的伟大地方，开放的中国欢迎喜欢中国的人。

[@majinbuu6278]

？

[@user-wf8ft8dz8p]

中国从古至今都是民族对立的战争史，从蒙古，满人，西夏，契丹，汉人战了上千年，一些民族已经消亡了。

[@IwasUnknownUser]

你是哪国人？ 你有什么权利想去哪就去哪？ 那些走路去美国的怎么不能随便就拿到美国绿卡在美国生活？ 中国不是你一个人的，不要代表我们发言中国如何如何

[@xuzhao6320]

我中国山东淄博张店区人，走路去美国省不了钱吧，能飞干嘛要走？对祖国的表达我用的是陈述句。拿不到签证是否是材料不齐全？也有很多拿绿卡的也不是很难啊。

[@swchan6152]

@@IwasUnknownUser 在西方白人的思維裏，整個世界，甚至宇宙，都是他們的，他們想到那裏就去那裏，對他們來說是理所當然的。

[@Iron_Martin]

Wish her to stay as long as she could and the best future in China. Thanks for the great video 📸.

[@dddd181818]

Super, Rachel...... Hope you enjoy your stay in China forever. Do visit Hong Kong and try out the food here when you are available 😊🎉🎉🎉

[@maxdc988]

😂 She has indeed visited HK with her BF as seen in this vid, kzbin.info/www/bejne/nmarh2mrf9lkeZY

[@Ahda108]

Sending you back to the U.S right now would be....hard since you pretty much grw up there in China. Glad you are able to ext your Visa

[@michael-hung]

普通話相比很多廣東人講得還要好，廣東話都能夠講得咁好，真係好勁

[@daxtynminn3415]

you know the name of the song at 0:30 ?

[@user-eo1qx4ti9d]

以前学生的签证长，现在她自媒体如果没有公司营业执照相当于属于无业人员，在任何国家办签证都会很难吧

[@emotion.musichannel]

@@user-eo1qx4ti9d 那就自己办一个营业执照，或者男友办一个公司，1000多RMB就搞定了，然后雇佣她，简单的多，不清楚为何？ 我们做电商的，经常1-2个人也要注册公司。一年各类费用2000内搞定。这样省多少事啊

[@rogerluo7021]

希望你心想事成，成功留下來为广州建設貢献自己的力所能及

[@daxtynminn3415]

you know the name of the song at 0:30 ?

[@daxtynminn3415]

you know the name of the song at 0:30 ?

[@daxtynminn3415]

you know the name of the song at 0:30 ?

[@qguan989]

A fan here. It is great to see Rachel's story shared with more people.

[@user-he7lt5qe3n]

Is there any link to her blog/vlog? Thanks

[@clementyap1009]

Wish both of you a newly-married couple all the best in China.

[@kevinleong7708]

Great Video... So happy that Rachel got her Working Visa...

[@mingyeungfu2171]

真希望我們的政府能對那些愛中國，又能讲写流利中文視中國為第二家乡的外國人，尤其無論男女已与中國人結婚了的人，在國籍問題上做正面的灵活处理，让他們觉得他們爱中國，中國也爱他，以做一個中國人為榮

[@jimmyliu1866]

Rachel, we also follow you on Tiktok and other websites. Congratulations , now you got your visa for working in China 👍👍👍

[@yuwang2257]

中国人善良好客，即使现在中美关系紧张，中国人对你们也不会差的，加油👏

[@user-vq1sp4fl4l]

全家孩子都在廣州長大，如她母親所言，我不住在這能去哪？希望心想事成，能永遠住在妳喜愛的地方

[@jennyohara4011]

Beautiful people everyone...China is Beautiful

[@brokelaowaiinchina]

No matter how long we've lived in China, visa extension is still the thing we worry the most about.

[@paulmartin8299]

I hope all the best to her. Hope she gets to stay for long long time in Guangdong.

[@marisolflandez3964]

Best of luck on the visa. Seeing your video inspired me to continue with my mandarin class!

[@yanyan_taiwanchina]

Good luck to you too 💪

[@nggeniuz9709]

6歲就來中國，一口流利的普通話，粵語也說的不錯，居然還要每個月去拿visa，還真看不出片尾說的“包容”“歡迎外國人”在哪裡！

[@daxtynminn3415]

you know the name of the song at 0:30 ?

[@hotban]

Rachel 你好厉害！好犀利！精通两文三语！

[@swchan6152]

大把中國人精通兩文三語，又不見你稱讃他們？？？

[@jasonellsworth4046]

as someone who lives in Taiwan and had to go home during covid becaue of visa issues, I really get it. Good luck to you!

[@roger5429]

May you and your family be always happy!

[@user-im5wc4bn3v]

The mom's advise about her marriage is both wise and evil. Best wishes to the lovely Rachel.

[@yy4410]

厲害，廣東話也會說👍👍

[@Martin-lo4yl]

@Gaylen 蔡英文的闽南话就不好👎

[@daxtynminn3415]

you know the name of the song at 0:30 ?

[@alexcheung9538]

祝福妳。很高興妳喜歡在中國的生活。

[@user-zt3gn6se3d]

和之梦，竹内亮先生应当去访问一下，在大熊猫基地当熊猫奶妈的日本女孩，她为了能成为熊猫饲养员，经历长时间的努力

[@pumpedlemon]

其实人家妈妈也说得对，女孩子不要盲目接受求婚，特别是在某种压力下。当然也可能是丈母娘没看上这个现男友，我也觉得可以找一个更好的

[@freeassange6571]

哇，她的广式普通话太好听了吧！

[@lasercladjoe]

Heaven will bless you a permanent residency, so be patient and optimistic🙏🙏🙏

[@jaybleu888]

We've all been there Rachel. I still remember vividly the times when I had to travel to Luohu to get a fresh stamp on my passport every two weeks to avoid becoming an illegal alien. I'm glad those days are over (for me), and I wish you all the luck you need.

[@agusaffandi2347]

How? Did you get married with a local?

[@jaybleu888]

@@agusaffandi2347 Nope, I'm not married. I manage to acquire my permanent residency ("Green Card") by working/living in China for many a year. BTW, marrying a Chinese national (male or female) does not grant you the right to permanent residency status, you are, however, able to get a social visit visa much easier.

[@thimotyswrightyed7397]

@@jaybleu888 佩服，中国绿卡也不容易

[@The_Art_of_AI_888]

@@jaybleu888 How many years did you need to acquire the Green Card? And did you need to invest some money too?

[@jaybleu888]

@@The_Art_of_AI_888 I have been employed as an "A" professional. In my case, I had lived consecutively over 6 years in China, working for the same company. It took me app. 11 months to process the paperwork (this is the tough part) before my permanent residency was granted. I did not have to invest any money. Hope that helps.

[@alanbgtan]

I fervently hope all foreigners will have a channel or vlog on their stay in China, describing their ease or difficulty in anything at all. Rachel has done well to take us thru how foreigners are waiting for something important.

[@leehooipeng8274]

❤❤❤❤ Hope you and Kevin all the best year 2023🙏🙏🙏

[@playlvy]

D广东话讲得好唔错哦❤，祝你可以心想事成，继续留系你心仪嘅地方。一切顺利大吉！！来自深圳嘅一位大叔祝福

[@peterfabell154]

That was my plan many years ago. Unfortunately, the only companies who would hire me were schools needing English teachers, and after teaching English for so many years, I lost much of my Chinese. Work is really the only stable way to stay in country, unless you somehow get a green card. My wife has heard of people getting those, but I've never met anyone with one of those.

[@pandabearoceanpark]

I hope she can stay. China doesn’t provide an easy way for foreigners to stay. I remember watching a documentary about an American guy, Andy, who were born in Beijing, he was even an actor in Chinese movies, speaking perfect Chinese with a Beijing accent. He is now in his 50s and China is the only country he knows but he had difficulty staying. What he said was sad: What am I going to do if I have to return to the US? For humanitarian reasons, China should allow him to stay. I hope he turned out fine and I hope Rachel can stay also.

[@somaliu2387]

我也看过这个访谈，不知安迪现在如何

[@jingzhi2898]

This column also reported on an American girl from Guangzhou last year, who has been living in Guangzhou for 20 years.

[@hengzhou4566]

对不起，不是针对这个人，而是这个口子不能开。中国历史上有过教训。中国不希望仅仅因为感情冲动导致本可以避免的民族冲突、宗教冲突、意识形态冲突等等。感谢你们热爱中国，但是这么严苛的移民政策正是为了让你们所热爱的中国能够一直保持下去。希望理解。

[@pandabearoceanpark]

@@hengzhou4566 that’s xenophobia!

[@aggywarning]

@@pandabearoceanpark 就是这样没错，这也许是PTSD。历史上中国每一次的开放都是处于太平盛世，现在盛世还没来但也不远了，共同期待。

[@fortunaarcheryn6365]

看得出来，这个女孩对广州有着真挚的感情。

[@daxtynminn3415]

you know the name of the song at 0:30 ?

[@daxtynminn3415]

you know the name of the song at 0:30 ?

[@fortunaarcheryn6365]

@@daxtynminn3415 kzbin.info/www/bejne/mKWup3WvaK-crbMsi=dKZefflWaJSGIuCl

[@bennyho1393]

跟廣東男孩挺配的！祝福你們😊

[@YangqingLuo-mr7yg]

妈妈好像不喜欢😂😢😮

[@daxtynminn3415]

you know the name of the song at 0:30 ?

[@daxtynminn3415]

you know the name of the song at 0:30 ?

[@sdasdsdasd3726]

你比有些反中 黑中嘅所謂中國人， 你更加值得擁有這個居留權。 唔好放棄 ， 希望 中國政府關注 這一批 在中國 出生， 或者已經 在中國 居留 很 長時間，而且守法 的外國人能夠通融一下。

[@user-uz1tr7qt9b]

中国不是移民国家，我们是黄种人不需要白种人和黑种人

[@user-fq5rz6md2m]

台灣目前有些人就是在搞仇中，也不看看自己也是跟中國人同文同種，反觀瑞秋雖然金髮碧眼，但卻有一顆中國心，這個女孩比起那些漢奸更有資格做堂堂正正的中國人。

[@peterwang5272]

中国人雅思托福都卷到多少分了？美国人给中国人绿卡了？不都要博士？

[@muqiufeng]

应该要让这样真正热爱中国的外国朋友拿到永居

[@dic-pr9un]

Oh my god!!! She speak Cantonese!! Respect from HK

[@andyluo104]

妈妈很漂亮也很有气质，好基因完美的留给下一代了

[@wenshengzhu2193]

Beautiful Rachel! I've seen you along the River bank!

[@DarkNicoTine666]

非常濃厚的廣普，好可愛，哈哈哈

[@godalmighty5292]

1:43 大嬸說見過 Rachel媽媽推小孩車， Rachel 媽媽沒有聽懂。 但看見她的手勢，她卻聯想到一些naughty 的動作。 她向Rachel 重複這動作時，偷偷地做了個表情。 這老外媽媽太壞了😂

[@lv9657]

希望你們能夠拿到批准長期在中國居住，🎉🎉🎉

[@rickyteee]

Rachel seems like such a nice spirited person.

[@r.a.8618]

Foreigners Who live in Guangdong learn how to speak Mandarin and even Cantonese, while those who live in Hong Kong never bother to learn the language. That's the difference.

[@mohmeegaik6686]

Wonderful life in China. US people must watch this video. Pennies carefully saved, spent & invested in innovative production build China.

[@chen0798]

希望國家移民管理局可以真正的為熱愛中國的外國朋友提供方便！身為廣東人，希望更多好似星星一樣的外國友人留在中國和廣東，無憂無慮！

[@charmingst9850]

你對黑人會不會也同樣講這話呢?

[@chen0798]

@@charmingst9850 人人生來平等，黑人也是地球村的一員，人類命運共同體的一部分！怎麼？你問噶尼句說話，係唔係有D問題？

[@peterlee8277]

有一定貢獻的是可以入籍中國的！！！

[@chasedownblocks1736]

They are a beautiful couple. Cheers to them and wishing them a blessed future together 🥂

[@pumpedlemon]

以她的语言能力，考个同声传译的资格证，估计工作签证就好办了

[@70svd]

Wah listening to you speak both dialects is amazing😮

[@theodorezheng9870]

广州确实是一个很令人感到舒服的地方 广东的岭南文化慢悠悠的 人也很和谐~~

[@baoshenyi]

Congratulations to get longer visa. Hope you could stay the city that you love. 😊

[@ksyam8995]

她具備生活在中國的條件（連難掌握的粵語都可通），她很珍惜並想取居留卻實不容易。

[@user-zt1dl2wq6s]

粵語也不是那麼難學吧！我家祖宗廣東梅縣，但我不會講客家話，粵語也不是我的第一語言，學了半年就可以交流了。

[@wahoocool]

我覺得是思想及認同忠誠到什麼程度。

[@ksyam8995]

@@wahoocool 思想與認同各人都會有異。最大問題是［忠誠］（涉及道德、意志及原則）就很難去考量，而且時機變化亦會薄弱認同感！

[@helengyang]

@@wahoocool 中国不是移民国家，目前只吸收高级移民，例如科学家、技术人才。这些年陆续有十几位诺贝尔物理学家拿到永居，中国政府根本不在意你是否忠诚，只在意你对中国发展是否有用！

[@jeffchan7435]

來香港

[@kylinlee]

我第一次看到这位美国姑娘的视频，很惊讶她讲的普通话是广州口音的普通话。可想而知她已经完全融入了广州的生活。

[@joeden6879]

很厉害，普通话和粤语都说得很好。

[@swchan6152]

為甚麽一個能說流利標準普通話、廣東話、上海話與及美式英語的中國人沒有多少人會說他/她厲害？？

[@user-ws3db1jw3x]

让我想起了司徒雷登，司徒雷登即是美国人也是中国人，对中国帮助很大，谢谢你，司徒雷登先生。

[@edwardlin2941]

hope everything works out for you

[@alexlee7403]

Wishing Rachel all the best in China...

[@irisluo2014]

其实她可以找个翻译工作，或电视台主持工作，再做自媒体。

[@yanglinluo]

Keep trying Rachel and wish you all the best

[@zzzzzz-ly7sw]

中、英、廣東說也那麼好😇！希望妳們可承為真正中国😊！，為中国發聲！加油吧！

[@user-tl1bw4wp1c]

普廣英啦

[@amyfung9274]

​@@user-tl1bw4wp1c為中國發什麼聲？一定會被拉去坐牢,咪攪, 說一些吃喝玩樂的就好.

[@user-tl1bw4wp1c]

@@amyfung9274 就是要抓你這樣的港怂漢姦去坐牢呀！

[@kayflip2233]

I'm Asian American, born and raised in America and I consider her to be Caucasian-Chinese. Doesn't matter what her race is, it matters how she is socialized. It's psychology 101, you can't escape it. Although there are already millions of Western expats all over Asia, many who have raised their kids there from Singapore to Shanghai, there will be many more Western looking Asians as the economic power and opportunities shift to Asia.

[@OvenZheng]

我希望他们可以顺利的拿到更长时间的签证，还有如果她们都愿意的话，我建希望广州市政府可以考虑给热爱中国喜爱广州这座城市的Rechal一家放宽审核条件，让她们拥有在中国的永久居留权，在这里我衷心的祝愿她们一家心想事成，一切顺利！

[@user-mw4br8to2b]

一家人来中国23年连个长期签证都没有才是你应该觉得奇怪的事情！一味的优待外国人并不会显得你开放包容，只会让有些人认为人傻好骗有够easy~~

[@batigol6456]

这就是对所有外国人的公平态度，如果符合条件早就办了，不能是因为你热爱、喜爱就放宽条件，那么那些更多的另一个或其它族群的人，也说热爱、喜爱这里，你要不要都放宽？我们人口已经够多了，外来族群多了，相应的社会问题就会变的更多，看看美国和欧洲。这不是种族歧视，这是当下真真正正存在的现实问题，移民政策紧一点不是坏事儿。

[@smithweil682]

连申请绿卡这种很低的条件都不符合，没看出哪里热爱了

[@China-in-2185]

民意反对的太厉害了。政府不可能轻易改变政策的

[@IwasUnknownUser]

@@smithweil682 中国人很多很蠢 中国的长居申请很容易的 只要符合条件，去看条件低的可怜 就这样它们都不符合 说明什么？ 而且绝大部分洋人不过是享受在华优待而已 除此以外，我看不出他们热爱中国或者喜欢中国人

[@Jellybean-gz4cj]

Thanks for sharing your experience, Rachel. It was informative for me as I wish to move my family from the U.S. to China.