Our China Departure Card - the paper, attached to the Arrival Card, on which is printed: "Retain this card in your possession, failure to do so may delay your departure from China" - clearly states that "Aliens who do not lodge at hotels, guesthouses or inns, shall within 24 hours of entry, go through accommodation registration at local police station. I merely took it a suggestion, but between two prodigious rule followers in the family, my mom and John, it was decided that we would pay a visit to the local precinct, to be on the safe side.
Upon presenting our passports, we were informed that we needed to show our host's property deed. How else could she believe our address?! I was dumbstruck. Who is their right mind would bother to make a pointless registration with a fake address? Property deed?! One has to surrender their property deed to all their houseguests?!
Not knowing where to begin, I stammered something about distant relative, just renting, privacy, etc. The young policewoman relented slightly - try to get the property deed, otherwise, an affidavit from the neighborhood association would do - by the way, there is plenty of time, we have 72 hours, not 24. On the way out of the precinct, I started to explain the whole exchange to John, almost got my head chewed off by John for lying to the police about staying with distant relatives....
When we got home, I was all ready to work on getting the affidavit from the neighborhood association, but my mom and John decided to go the property deed route. Another trip to the precinct, hardly having to utter any words, we came away with slips of paper of registration that may save us some bigger hassle later???
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So neighborhood associations still exist? What do they do these days? Certainly sounds like bureaucracy is alive and well!
Have fun in Taiwan. Jealousy....
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