What do you need to do when you first come to Shanghai? Here is some information that you'll need to know.

If you're here to work, study or travel, but you're staying at a friend's house, or a temporarily rented room, apartment or house, then you'll need to register at the police station nearest to the place that you're staying within 24 hours of arriving here in Shanghai.  

1. If you live in a hotel

The registration should be handled by the staff members at the hotel.

2. If you live in residential communities

The registration should be handled at:

• service windows of the public security substation providing household registration services and the public security service windows stationed in community administrative service centers
• platforms such as Overseas Personnel Service Stations and Immigration Integration Service Stations
• online self-registration platforms (Self-help Declaration System for Overseas Personnel's Accommodation Registration).

Guide for the Self-help Declaration System for Overseas Personnel's Accommodation Registration

(1) Use your WeChat app to scan the QR code or log in to the webpage on the computer:

You need to sign up first before registration. 

Please click here to open the website for signing up.

(2) Select a language and register.

(3) Select the certificate type after logging in and upload the certificate photo. (The system can automatically identify the image information, but please carefully check whether the identification information is correct.)

(4) After the information is confirmed to be correct, click the "Agree" of the Letter of Commitment and then submit.

(5) Wait for the review result. Upon approval, a Registration Form of Temporary Residence will be generated automatically. Please download and keep it for future reference.

(6) If the review fails, please carefully recheck the provided information for any omissions or errors. If the review still fails, please go to the nearest local police station for on-site declaration.

Source: Shanghai Public Security Bureau, City News Service