Purpose and function of passport

1. Passport can replace ID card to buy domestic air tickets.

When we buy domestic air tickets, almost 99% of the adults in the world use ID cards, and many children who don't have ID cards use household registration books. In fact, in addition to ID cards, household registration books and other common documents, there is another kind of documents that can be used to buy domestic flights, and that is the passport. According to airline regulations, passport is one of the valid documents for purchasing air tickets. If you lose your ID card, try to buy a plane ticket with your passport.

Passports can be used to stay in hotels instead of ID cards.

Going out, such as traveling or business trip, staying in hotels is common. When staying in a hotel, you must provide valid documents, otherwise the hotel will not receive you, and we will have to sleep on the street. However, in China, we can not only stay in hotels with our ID cards, but also with our domestic passports, which are recognized as valid documents to prove our identity.

Passports can take the high-speed train instead of ID cards.

When we take the high-speed train, we often see that there is a special place for temporary id card at the railway station, and there is a "long queue", which shows that many people forget to bring it or lose their ID cards and have to apply for temporary id card. In fact, if this happens, we can use our passports to buy high-speed rail tickets. According to the Regulations on Railway Passenger Transport, passport is also one of the valid documents for ticket purchase.

Passports can't be used as calling cards instead of ID cards.

In China, not everything can be replaced by a passport. For example, if we apply for a domestic calling card, we can't provide a passport (foreign passports can). At this time, you must provide your ID card to do it.

Summary: Passport and ID card are both valid documents to prove identity, so we need to use them reasonably and legally, and try to avoid the disclosure of identity information in the process of use, so as not to give criminals an opportunity. In China, there are many things that can be handled with a passport, and there are also many things that cannot be handled. You can consult the exit-entry administration when you are uncertain. Warm reminder: There are electronic chips in the passport, so please keep them properly. When the passport is valid for less than 6 months, it must be replaced in time, otherwise it will affect everyone's travel.

Legal basis:

Passport Law of the People's Republic of China: Article 9 The registration items of diplomatic passports and official passports include: the name, sex, date and place of birth of the passport holder, the date of issuance, the period of validity and the issuing authority of the passport. The scope, methods, validity and specific categories of diplomatic passports and official passports shall be stipulated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.