Chinese Travel Document

People's Republic of China Travel Document
Chinese Travel Document issued in 2010
Type	Travel Document
Issued by	China
Purpose	Identification
Eligibility	Chinese citizenship
Expiration	2 years

People's Republic of China Travel Document (Chinese: 中华人民共和国旅行证) is a type of travel documents issued by Chinese embassies, consulates, and other foreign offices to Chinese citizens for their international travel to China and other countries. The bearer of the Travel Document is legally defined a Chinese citizen in accordance with the Nationality Law.

Circumstances of use

The Travel Document is issued to Chinese nationals in situations when it is inconvenient or unnecessary to be issued a People's Republic of China passport.^[1] Some cases include:

Chinese citizens who lost their passports while having short-term journeys abroad;
Chinese citizens who have soon-to-expire or already expired passports when they are abroad, but are not at the convenience of getting new passports due to the consideration of time needed;
Chinese citizens who are permanent residents of Hong Kong or Macau intending to enter Mainland China directly from other countries without a Mainland Travel Permit for Hong Kong and Macao Residents;
Chinese citizens who are residents of Taiwan intending to enter Mainland China, Hong Kong, or/and Macao without a Mainland Travel Permit for Taiwan Residents;
Chinese citizens who are residents of Taiwan intending to visit United Nations offices or countries which do not recognize the passports issued by Taiwan authority as legal travel documents;
Chinese citizens born abroad who legally acquire Chinese citizenship at birth for their international travel back to China.
A Chinese citizen may apply for a travel document for a child/children where only one of the parents is a Chinese citizen and the other parent the citizen of a different country.

Application regulations

The applicant shall approach any of the Chinese embassies, consulates, and other foreign offices entrusted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China in person to file the application. The application fee is lowered to US$18 (or the equivalent local currency) starting from 2019 in accordance with the new fee standard proved by the Ministry of Finance, while it was US$35 before.

Controversies

The travel document has came under intense criticism by overseas Uyghur groups due to its one-way nature, which only allows the holder to return to China and not leaving the country again. Chinese consular missions in Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Malaysia, Turkey and Kazakhstan are known for deliberately issuing one-way travel document rather than renewing Chinese passports to Uyghurs abroad, forcing them to renew their passports at their hometowns in Xinjiang, therefore exposing them to the risk of being taken into Xinjiang internment camps custody due to holder(s) overseas travel history.^{[citation needed]}

References

Citations

^ What's the difference between a Travel Document and a Passport? translated from Chinese Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China.

Sources

Chinese foreign ministry^{[permanent dead link]}

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