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Q: When traveling in China is it okay to just bring photocopy of passport?
Say if you go to another city for the weekend and will be checking into a hotel. Will they accept a photocopy?
12 years 32 weeks ago in Transport & Travel - China
When travelling in China, you always need to have your original passport.
If you're resident in one city, you can keep a copy of your passport + copy of your visa.
A few years ago a photocopy would have been ok but now impossible you really need it to do anything, hotels, bus, train, plane tickets, random police checks, etc...
Anytime you go to a hotel in china you need your original passport.
to be on the safe side do carry your passport Everytime you go out.It is required at the Hotel and recommended that u carry it if you are using using public transport from going out of town
500 rmb fine can be given for not having passport, but international rules of notifying in 72 hours your death or injury to your embassy is the main reason you have to carry it, a dead foreigner without id makes them work to much.
A serious question with good answers, and everyone was downvoted. Here's an upvote for everyone.
Whomever has time to do that is a serious loser, lol.
No, as everyone said before, you need your original.
Actually, I have traveled on a color photocopy a few times w/o problem only because I lodged with friends on my trips. Should you over night in a hotel/hostel then you do need your pp b/c the establishment must record your visa number in addition to your pp number. Good luck.
