Does the passport have to be applied for at the Public Security Bureau where the household registration is located?

It is not necessary to apply for a passport at the place of residence.

1. Passport application must be in accordance with regulations. To apply for a passport, you need to go to the entry and exit management department of the (county) public security bureau at or above the county level where your household registration is located. This cannot be entrusted to others. 43 cities It can be done in other places.

2. Starting from September 1, 2018, passports can be renewed in other places across China. Applicants who need to apply for group travel endorsements to and from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan in other places can apply for group travel endorsements at 17 entry-exit reception halls in the city with a valid second-generation ID card, a valid travel pass to Hong Kong and Macao or a valid travel pass to Taiwan.

Extended information:

Basic requirements

1. It is necessary to apply for a passport in advance and give the authority that issues the passport enough time. Do not wait until the date of departure is approaching to rush to apply to avoid delays.

2． When receiving a passport, the person in charge and the license holder should carefully check the name, gender, place of birth, etc. on the passport, and check whether the Chinese pinyin is correct, and whether the steel seal, seal of the issuing authority, and signature are complete. The holder of the passport should sign with a pen in the holder's signature column of the passport. If the name on the passport is incorrect, please do not sign for the time being and report it to the issuing authority.

3. Passport is an important identity document for people going abroad. The holder of the passport should keep it properly. All items on the passport must not be defaced or altered.

4． Prevent passports from being lost or stolen. If a passport is lost or stolen abroad, the person concerned should immediately report it in writing to our embassy or consulate abroad; if it is lost or stolen domestically, the person concerned should immediately report it to the relevant passport declaration unit or public security agency, and the newspaper declaration will be invalid. If you need to reissue your passport, you still need to follow the normal passport procedures. If an ordinary passport is stolen abroad due to private reasons, and if you need to apply for a new passport, the applicant must provide a written report on the theft of his or her passport and relevant documents that are sufficient to prove that he or she indeed has Chinese nationality.

5. Once a person holding an ordinary passport valid for official purposes returns to the country, the passport will become invalid. After returning to the country, people who hold multiple valid passports should return their passports to the original issuing authority for safekeeping. Those who do not leave the country for some reason after receiving the passport should also return the passport to the original issuing authority.

6． Those who want to go abroad again must present the approval document for the overseas mission, the approval document for the person going abroad, and a letter of introduction from the dispatching department to borrow the old passport.

Baidu Encyclopedia: Passport

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