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

You can stay in a hotel if you forget your ID card, as follows:

1. I don't have an ID card but I have other valid documents to stay in the hotel. Valid identity documents include temporary id card, police officer's card, passport, driver's license, social security card and residence permit.

2. If you don't have the original ID card, you can try to provide an Internet card stored in electronic identity or your mobile phone. The legal effect of the network card is the same as that of the ID card;

3. You can go to the public security bureau or police station near the hotel to issue identification documents, or you can stay in the hotel with identification documents;

4. Ask a friend to borrow an ID card or go to a hotel together.

In any of the following circumstances, citizens shall show their identity cards to prove their identity:

1, change of registered items of permanent residence;

2. military service registration;

3. Marriage registration and adoption registration;

4. Go through exit formalities;

5. Other circumstances that require the use of resident identity cards to prove identity as stipulated by laws and administrative regulations.

The meaning of ID card is as follows:

1, ID card is a document used to prove the identity of the holder, which is mostly issued to citizens by governments of various countries or regions;

2. It will be used as a tool to prove everyone's unique citizenship;

3. With the emergence of a large number of new technologies, ID cards can contain biometric information, such as photos, facial features, palm features, iris scanning recognition or fingerprint recognition. Other information that usually appears on the ID card includes: full name, parents' name, address, occupation, nationality, blood type and coagulation factor.

To sum up, if you forget to bring your ID card, you can stay in a hotel. Need to meet the appeal conditions, remember to bring your ID card when you go out.

Legal basis:

Article 3 of the People's Republic of China (PRC) Identity Card Law

The items registered in the resident ID card include: name, gender, nationality, date of birth, permanent residence address, citizen ID number, personal photo, fingerprint information, certificate validity period and issuing authority.

Citizenship number is a unique and life-long identity code for every citizen, which is compiled by public security organs according to the national standard of citizenship number.

Citizens applying for obtaining, renewing or replacing resident identity cards shall register their fingerprint information.