How many years can I use my passport?

Passport validity period: 16 years old or above, 10 years old, 16 years old or below. Passport will not be extended after its expiration. If it is an endorsement for visiting relatives, you can go back and forth multiple times without limit, but the longest time cannot exceed the validity period.

Passport is a legal document issued by a country to prove the nationality and identity of its citizens when they enter and leave the country and travel or stay abroad. Passport is a passport for citizens to pass through international ports of various countries. Therefore, some countries in the world usually issue passes instead of passports.

First, the passport processing process:

1. Acceptance: After accepting the application materials for ordinary passports, the exit-entry administrative organ of the public security organ shall ask the parties concerned. If the application materials are complete and conform to the statutory form, it shall be accepted on the spot; If the application materials are incomplete or inconsistent with the statutory form, the applicant shall be informed of all the contents that need to be supplemented at one time.

2. Examination and approval: after receiving the application materials submitted by the accepting institution, the examination and approval issuing institution will issue ordinary passports in the name of the Exit-Entry Administration of the Ministry of Public Security for those who meet the conditions for issuance; Do not meet the conditions, it shall explain the reasons in writing to the applicant, and inform the applicant of the right to apply for administrative reconsideration or bring an administrative lawsuit according to law.

3. Certificate-making: The certificate-making institution shall complete the certificate-making work within the time limit stipulated by the exit-entry administration department of the provincial public security organ.

4. Getting the license: The applicant must get the license on time according to the date notified by the entry-exit administration department. After receiving the certificate, please carefully check the contents of the certificate. If there are any mistakes, please correct them in time.

Two. Materials required for passport processing:

1. When applying for a passport, I must bring my ID card, the original residence booklet and a copy, and the copy should be copied on A4 paper (the ID card should be copied on both sides, and the residence booklet should be copied on the front page and the page with my name information);

2./kloc-people over 0/6 years old can apply for the exam. /kloc-under the age of 0/6, the household registration book must be brought, and the baby must bring the birth certificate.

3. The photo must be a 2-inch color photo (bareheaded, with white background).

Legal basis: Article 17 of the Detailed Rules for the Implementation of the Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) Municipality on the Administration of Exit and Entry of Citizens. The passport of the People's Republic of China is valid for five years and can be extended twice, each time not exceeding five years. The application for extension should be made before the passport expires.

In foreign countries, passport extension shall be handled by China's diplomatic representative offices, consular offices or other overseas offices authorized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The extension of passports of China citizens who have settled in China shall be handled by the public security departments (bureaus) of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government and the exit-entry administrative departments of public security organs authorized by them; The extension of passports of citizens living in China before leaving the country shall be handled by the exit-entry administration department of the public security organ at the place where the original documents are issued or where the household registration is located.