Good tips, thanks! I didn't find anything for Yanbian/Yanji, but I'm very bad at searching for stuff in Chinese (translation and copy/paste is my only way).
Well, hopefully the owner of the homestay will do the registration properly. I'm just curious to see if there is an easy online backup.
Good to hear!
Even though off topic here in the Trip thread, I thought I would update on my experience on police address registration. I had booked an apartment through Trip.com. It was listed as a Homestay on Trip and I knew there was no reception.
After getting the host's Wechat with the help of Trip's customer service I asked the host if they would do police address registration on our behalf. They said that it's not required for B&B. I said I think it is but that I will do it myself instead.
After arriving and checking in I went to the nearest police station. It was the wrong police station.
- "You stay on the
other side of the river, you should go to this other police station".
After a short Didi ride I'm told this is also the wrong police station.
- "No, we handle the area on
this side of the river, you need to go to this other police station" (This is another river than the first one!)
- "Are you sure, police station X told me to go here and that other police station is so far away?"
- "Yes sure, but go tomorrow instead." (As time was getting close to 5pm I guess it was a good suggestion).
At the third police station the next morning they confirm that I'm at the correct place. They understood what I wanted to do, I think (all communication is through translation apps), and it seemed like they started some process on their computer. Or they were only looking up information, who knows. However, after some discussion between the police officers, and verifying with me that I only stayed for a short time, they said that registration was not required. I asked again to verify, pointing to the arrival card stub where it says as the first point that foreigners who "reside or stay in domiciles other than hotels" shall go through "the registration formalities with the public security organs in the places of residence". The officer confirmed that registration was neither possible nor required and said that I should only do registration if I'm renting an apartment for a long time.
OK I thought, can't do more than this. Anyhow, no one mentioned anything about improper address registration when going through exit procedures at immigration and, fingers crossed, it won't cause any other problems in the future.