What should I do if I don’t have an ID card when I stay in a hotel?

If you stay in a hotel without an ID card, you can verify your identity information and check in through the following methods:

1. Hotel staff will accompany you to apply for a temporary resident ID card.

Citizens who need to prove their identity when engaging in relevant activities have the right to use temporary resident identity cards to prove their identity. Relevant units and their staff may not refuse.

2. Produce other relevant certificates to prove your identity.

Such as passport, driver's license, student ID card, Hong Kong and Macau pass, etc. Taking a passport as an example, the registration items of an ordinary passport include: the name, gender, date of birth, and place of birth of the passport holder, the passport's issuance date, validity period, issuance place, and issuing authority. Naturally, identity information can be proven.

3. If you can use an electronic ID card, use the electronic ID card directly.

The electronic ID card is a trusted identity authentication based on the resident ID card and uses live face recognition technology. It is an online ID card application certificate jointly launched by an institute of the Ministry of Public Security and local public security agencies.

4. Others.

The process for re-issuing an ID card:

1. The applicant or the re-issuer must go to the public security bureau (usually the public security police station) where the permanent residence is located to handle the re-issuance procedures.

2. Fill in the "Resident Identity Card Application Registration Form".

3. The staff checks the household registration book and reviews the "Resident Identity Card Application Registration Form".

4. Pay the certificate production fee and receive the processing receipt.

5. 60 working days after receiving the collection notice or applying for the ID card, go to the processing location with the application receipt to collect the ID card.

To sum up, if you don’t bring your ID card when you stay in a hotel, you can ask the police to issue a certificate and check into the hotel with your ID card; you can click "Electronic Identity Certificate" in the document list on the Alipay platform and fill in the relevant information for facial recognition. After identification, apply for electronic identification and check into the hotel.

Legal basis:

"Resident Identity Card Law"

Article 2

Residing in the territory of the People's Republic of China Chinese citizens who are over 16 years of age shall apply for resident identity cards in accordance with the provisions of this Law; Chinese citizens who are under 16 years of age may apply for resident identity cards in accordance with the provisions of this Law.

Article 12

When citizens apply to receive, renew or replace resident identity cards, the public security organs shall handle it in a timely manner in accordance with regulations. The public security organs shall issue resident identity cards within 60 days from the date when citizens submit the "Resident Identity Card Application Registration Form"; in areas with inconvenient transportation, the processing time may be appropriately extended, but the extension time shall not exceed 30 days.

Citizens who urgently need to use their resident identity cards during the period of applying for, renewing or re-issuing their resident identity cards can apply for temporary resident identity cards, and the public security organs shall handle it in a timely manner in accordance with regulations. Specific measures shall be prescribed by the public security department of the State Council.

Article 13

Citizens who need to prove their identity when engaging in relevant activities have the right to use their resident identity cards to prove their identity, and relevant units and their staff may not refuse.

Relevant units and their staff shall keep confidential the personal information of citizens recorded on resident identity cards obtained during the performance of duties or provision of services.