What should I do if my electronic tour guide certificate expires in three years?

The tour guide qualification certificate is valid for three years. If the tour guide certificate is not issued after three years, it will expire.

Documents required to exchange tour guide qualification certificate for IC card: 1: Two copies of the qualification certificate (the first and second pages of the qualification certificate are copied on the same paper) 2: Two copies of the job qualification certificate 3: Two copies of ID card (front and back) 3: Two copies of academic certificate (high school diploma or above or student ID card, school certificate) 4 : Two two-inch color photos with red background, affiliated with a tour guide service company or a travel agency, pay the corresponding fee, usually about 550 yuan, fifteen working days, but it depends on the efficiency, it can take a long time to get the IC There is no labor contract on the card, but when you swipe the card during the annual review, you will know which company or travel agency it is from. In accordance with the unified deployment of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, the project of issuing electronic tour guide certificates was launched at the end of 2016. The original IC card tour guide certificate was discontinued in 2017. The electronic tour guide certificate is valid for three years. The validity period can be seen on the identification card of the tour guide certificate, or on the electronic tour guide certificate in the mobile APP [National Tour Guide Home]. The electronic tour guide certificates issued in the first phase have now expired one after another. The 12301 National Tourism Supervision Service Platform will send SMS notifications of expiration and renewal of your tour guide certificate 3 months and 15 days before the validity period of your tour guide certificate. After receiving the SMS notification, please be sure to carefully check the validity period of your tour guide certificate to avoid delaying the replacement of the certificate and being automatically canceled by the 12301 platform system. The tour guide identity card will also be expired and cannot be used.

: The expiration date for renewal and replacement is 3 months at the earliest, which means that you can only apply for renewal and renewal procedures within 3 months before the validity period. Go through the renewal and renewal procedures about one month in advance before expiration.

Legal basis: According to Article 3 of the "Regulations on the Management of Tour Guides": To engage in tour guide activities within the territory of the People's Republic of China, you must obtain a tour guide certificate. Students majoring in tourism management in the School of Liberal Arts can obtain a tour guide certificate, and other students with hobbies can also apply.

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