Originally Posted by
steveb1955
With my escape flight from Shanghai to London, via a transit in Vienna, on November 29th fast approaching.....and with a hopeful return to China late February 2022, I thought I'd ask if anyone has had experience of arriving at Chinese immigration/border control with a new passport and their residency permit in the old one. My ever enthusiastic and sometimes helpful Public Security Bureau chief in Handan is saying, "no worries, no problems, just make sure they put the new arrival stamp in the new passport, everything will be ok"....but with having to fill in so many online forms just to get the green code I remain sceptical......
I believe the rule is you need to transfer the RP over to the new passport within 7 days of receiving it. But I have only done this when getting my new passport inside China. Not sure how it works if you get a new passport when you’re outside of China. If at all possible I’d hold off on the new passport until you’re back in China or switch the RP over before you leave.