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Temporary residence permits hard to come byPosted by Joel Martinsen, May 9, 2008 4:21 PM
![]() Limited edition As China's foreign residents are complaining about visa problems, some Chinese citizens are facing difficulties obtaining the temporary residents permits they need to conduct business in cities where they do not have a hukou, or household registration. The Beijing News reports today on the case of Mr. Zhong, who recently tried to apply for a temporary residence permit. His first stop was the police station, which told him to take his forms to the local Migrant Population Management Office. He called the office at 11 am, and was told that he would have to wait until the next day, because the temporary residence permit department had already gone off work. The next day at 9 am, he arrived at the office only to be informed that the maximum 10 permits had already been issued. Mr. Zhong, who took two vacation days without anything to show for it, complained, "The migrant population is so large, if they only work at a speed of 10 a day, when will it end?" The newspaper visited the Management Office, located in the Beijing neighborhood of Balizhuang:
The Chaoyang branch of the Public Security Bureau said that it has never placed limitations on issuing temporary residence permits. Police computer systems aren't the most technologically sophisticated, so the Gaobeidian station's explanation makes some sense, at least. But in this case, it's the PSB itself that issues notices reminding non-residents that they ought to register, so you'd think that if they want to sign up everyone, they'd be able to handle more than ten records a day without crashing. Links and Sources
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