Can I stay in a hotel if my ID card expires?

You can't stay in a hotel if your ID card expires. After the ID card expires, it is invalid and it is impossible to handle all kinds of business, including staying in hotels. But if you have other valid documents, you can also use them for hotel check-in. According to relevant laws and regulations, the identity documents of citizens in China mainly include: China People's Household Registration Book, Resident Identity Card, temporary id card, driver's license, passport, seaman's card, Hong Kong and Macao Pass, soldier's card, etc. If the ID card expires, you can check in with other documents. When the ID card expires, it shall apply to the public security organ for a replacement in time. If you need to use your ID card urgently during the replacement period, you can apply for temporary id card. Otherwise it will bring a lot of trouble to your work and life. ? The ID card replacement process is as follows: 1. Applicants need to go to the public security organ (police station) where their permanent residence is located to handle the exchange procedures; 2. The applicant fills in the application registration form for resident identity card; 3. The staff check the household registration book (collecting portrait information) and review the registration form for applying for resident identity cards; 4. Documents for payment and receipt; 5. Take the receipt to the office to collect the ID card 60 working days after receiving the notice of collection or handling the ID card.

Legal basis: Article 12 of the National Identity Card Law of People's Republic of China (PRC). When a citizen applies for a resident identity card, the public security organ shall handle it in a timely manner in accordance with the regulations. The public security organ shall issue resident identity cards within 60 days from the date when citizens submit the registration form of resident identity cards; In areas with inconvenient transportation, the processing time may be appropriately extended, but the extension time shall not exceed thirty days. Citizens who urgently need to use their resident identity cards during the application, renewal and replacement of their resident identity cards may apply for temporary resident identity cards, and the public security organs shall handle them in a timely manner in accordance with regulations. The specific measures shall be formulated by the public security department of the State Council.