The materials that foreign registered residents need to provide when applying for a foreign ID card are not complicated, and only the applicant needs to provide the residence permit within the validity period at the acceptance window. It is also acceptable for Shenyang police to require applicants who cannot submit residence permits or whose residence permits have not been issued, and students to provide student ID cards issued by Shenyang universities.
Extended information Not all non-local registered population can apply for an off-site ID card in Shenyang. This is because all national identity cards have technical restrictions on national languages, so at present, the registered population in these areas can not apply for foreign identity cards in Shenyang.
According to reports, these areas are Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Xizang Autonomous Region, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture, Changbai Korean Autonomous County of Jilin Province and Qianguoerluosi Mongolian Autonomous County;
Dorbod Mongolian Autonomous County in Heilongjiang Province, Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Guoluo Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture and Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan Province. Non-local residents need to go to their original place of residence to apply for temporary id card.
References:
Xinhuanet-Shenyang 14 Registration Hall for off-site ID cards.