To apply for a passport, you need to prepare the following documents: two recent 2-inch bareheaded color photos, your household registration book (for collective accounts, submit the registration form of permanent residents), and your ID card (or temporary id card). These are all needed for the application. I'll give you the application form then. Try to wear dark clothes. You can take pictures. Here are a few steps: 1. Bring your ID card and household registration book to the Exit-Entry Administration Office of the Public Security Bureau where your household registration is located to receive the Approval Form for China Citizens Going Abroad for Private Purposes. 2. Fill in the application form. 3. Submit an application, with special note: When submitting an application for a personal passport, you need to bring the following materials: my ID card, the original account book and the first page of the account book, my information page, change page and a copy of my ID card. Fill in the original application form 4. Immediately after the application is accepted, take a special photo of the passport, pay the passport production fee, and receive the Receipt of Exit Certificate for Personal Reasons. 5. Take your passport. After the Exit-Entry Administration Office of the Public Security Bureau accepts the application, it takes 7 to 14 working days to approve and issue the passport. When you apply for a passport, you must bring your ID card or household registration book and the Application Receipt for Private Exit Certificate.