Registering Fingerprints for China Travel Permit

[PBPBPBPB]

Are you saying that if a thug robbed you of your passport, then your consulate can't help you?

Pain and inconvenience is pain and inconvenience, I guess.

[angeluscomplex]

Are you saying that if a thug robbed you of your passport, then your consulate can't help you?

How do you expect your consulate to confirm your citizenship without a passport?

[PLamHK]

How do you expect your consulate to confirm your citizenship without a passport?

Well this applies in general. Passports are not compulsory.

[aquaman]

A point that people keep missing: what if you need consular assistance when in China? Some thug thumps you one, and the police believe his story and the biased bystanders, and arrest you.

You'll wish you had brought your passport then!

ive never been thumped but i dont think the consular can help you in this situation. the best they can do is to send you a list of lawyers

[qhank]

How do you expect your consulate to confirm your citizenship without a passport?

How do you apply for a new passport at the consulate if you've lost your passport?

[goodluckduck]

Sharing my experience at Hong Kong West Kowloon HSR today. I have held the MTP for a couple of months but hadn’t registered fingerprints.

I was able to register my fingerprints at the booth to the far left of the China immigration gates (pre-entry). I asked the officer how long it would take for me to be able to use the E channel and she said ‘10 minutes’. I was a bit sceptical, but proceeded to the E channel gates and to my surprise (after no more than five minutes) I was able to pass through without any issues.

I had lunch at Coco Park in SZ and came back via West Kowloon HSR about three hours later, and again passed through e channel with no issues.

[Cheeky Kiwi]

That was an expensive lunch…

[newhkpr]

That was an expensive lunch…

I think people are just bored. That's why I went to Shenzhen (also Futian/Coco Park with HSR). Had a Peking Duck and Thai lunch/dinner. It's like a different country but also not, so... yea. Not eager to go very often.

[aquaman]

Went via SZ Bay this afternoon and returned a few hours later. Went upstairs immediately to do the fingerprint registration and was told the 2 day thing which I didn't really believe. Tried the auto gate on the way out and it worked totally fine. Feels like there may be some training issues with the border staff as others have commented.

do you go upstairs before or after going thru immigration?

[Morrison]

That was an expensive lunch…

I have been there recently to Coco park in a group of five, four adults over 50 and one teenager.
The bill was somewhat between 250-80 CNH ( I changed money in HK).
Same at a restaurant in one of the shopping malls at GangXia station.
That’s approximately 37 Euros….