BEIJING: More residents are now able to apply for household registration in northeastern China’s Heilongjiang province, which has removed a number of requirements to ease the process, according to a recently released announcement.
Those with their own houses or who rent properties can apply for permanent residence, or hukou, by providing relevant certificates, according to the public security administration corps of the provincial department of public security.
Those without properties or who do not rent can also apply for community collective household registration, it added.
“Take the capital city Harbin as an example. In the past, people could apply for registration only after renting a housing estate for over six months, but now they can apply with a shorter waiting period,” said Liang Dawei, deputy director of the corps.
“Now the policy can help them enjoy local social welfare much quicker since they can get local household registration much easier.
“We are making every effort to deepen household registration reform,” he said.
For example, residents whose name is not the same as the one on the permanent residence certificate, due to errors or technical limitations for example, may encounter difficulties when dealing with archives or documents, thus the police station could add their former or proper names. –The Daily Mail-China Daily news exchange item
