What's the difference between a travel permit and a passport?

1. The travel permit is valid for one year, and the holder can enter and leave the country once.

2. Passport can make multiple trips to China within two years.

Second, the documents are different.

Passport: the legal identity certificate and nationality certificate issued by a sovereign state to its citizens for entry, exit, travel and residence in foreign countries.

2. People's Republic of China (PRC) Travel Card: It is a travel document used instead of a passport and has the same effect as a passport.

Third, the nature is different.

1. Passport is a legal document issued by the entry-exit administration to prove the nationality and identity of citizens. ?

2. A travel permit is an emergency application document when it is inconvenient to use a passport under special circumstances.

Fourth, the issuing units are different.

1, China passport shall be issued, renewed and reissued by the exit-entry administration department of the Public Security Bureau.

2. The issuance, renewal, replacement and issuance of travel permits shall be handled by diplomatic representative offices, consular offices and other overseas institutions authorized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of People's Republic of China (PRC).

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