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🇨🇳 Mandarin Chinese · Advanced Level 1

PART 1 · LESSON 8 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Residence Permit

Change your residence permit at the exit-entry office: say what you've come for, give the reason in the written register, hear that the papers are complete and the case accepted, ask how long, hear fifteen working days, and ask about collecting it.

Audio instruction: English

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THE STORY

The exit-entry office of the Hangzhou police on an April morning, a row of numbered windows and a uniformed officer behind the glass.

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您好， 我 来 换 居留 许可。nín hǎo, wǒ lái huàn jūliú xǔkěHello, I've come to change my residence permit. Politely.
为什么 换？wèishénme huànWhy change it?
护照 要 留 在 这里 吗？hùzhào yào liú zài zhèli maDoes the passport have to stay here?
由于 工作 变动。yóuyú gōngzuò biàndòngowing to a change of work
由于 工作 变动。 我 开 了 公司。yóuyú gōngzuò biàndòng. wǒ kāi le gōngsīOwing to a change of work. I've opened a company.
受理。shòulǐaccepted, the office's word for taking a case: falling, then low
材料 齐全。 今天 受理。cáiliào qíquán. jīntiān shòulǐPapers complete. Accepted today.
要 等 多久？yào děng duō jiǔHow long do I have to wait?
十五 个 工作日。shíwǔ ge gōngzuòrìFifteen working days.
来 领取。lái lǐngqǔcome and collect it, the office's word: receive and take

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