According to Article 2 of Chapter 1 of People's Republic of China (PRC) Identity Card Law:

China citizens who have reached the age of 16 and live in People's Republic of China (PRC) shall apply for resident identity cards in accordance with the provisions of this Law; China citizens under the age of 16 may apply for resident identity cards in accordance with the provisions of this Law.

According to Article 5 of Chapter 1 of People's Republic of China (PRC) Identity Card Law:

The validity period of the resident identity card of citizens over the age of 16 is divided into ten years, twenty years and long term.

Sixteen to twenty-five years old, issued a resident identity card valid for ten years; Twenty-six to forty-five years old, issued a valid identity card for twenty years; Those over 46 years old will be issued with long-term valid identity cards. Citizens under the age of sixteen who voluntarily apply for a resident identity card shall be issued a resident identity card valid for five years.

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Requirements for taking ID card photos:

1. The ID card photo should be an avatar, and the head and face should not be tilted or rolled over when shooting.

2. There should be no sweat and oil stains on your face when shooting.

3. Take off your hat when shooting, and don't wear uniforms, such as work clothes, police uniforms and student uniforms.

4. Residents who are not allowed to wear colored glasses and often wear glasses must wear lensless glasses frames provided by the shooting point according to regulations, and the glasses frames shall not cover their eyes and eyebrows;

5. Hair should be tidied up when shooting, and those with long hair should show their ears. Never cover the corners of their eyes. Don't comb your hair too high and messy, apply hair gel and rinse it with water to dry.

6. Hair dye will be judged as unqualified photos by the system, and it can be dyed black and dried before shooting. It is not allowed to spray black at one time, because the hair will reflect light and will be judged as an unqualified photo by the system.

7. Photographers must clearly show their five senses and must not wear jewelry (such as hair, earrings, necklaces, etc.). ) or make-up (such as eye shadow, mascara, foundation, blush, lip gloss, etc. ). Eyebrows tattooers must restore the color of their eyebrows.

8. People who often wear glasses should wear glasses. The applicant's recent bareheaded color head portrait collected by digital photography or scanner scanning does not require standard clothing. Residents who often wear glasses should wear glasses. The portrait is required to be clear, with rich levels, natural expression and no obvious distortion, and the background color is white.

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