Do I have to report my green card to the police station when I return home?

Do I have to report my green card to the police station when I return home?

You don't need to report to the police station when you return home. A green card is a permanent residence permit for foreign citizens. Holding a green card means that the cardholder has permanent residency in the issuing country. When entering China, China green card holders need to go through the entry formalities according to the regulations of China Customs, and do not need to report to the police station.

Green card is a polysemous word with different meanings in different situations:

1. Green card, that is, the permanent residence permit for foreigners, is the permanent residence permit for foreign citizens. Holding a green card means that the cardholder has the permanent residence in the issuing country, and at the same time, holding a green card can exempt entry visas for a certain period of time. The word green card originated in the United States, because the earliest permanent residence permit in the United States was a green card. With the change of design, 20 versions were updated, but the name of green card was retained. Now other countries follow the example of the United States and call their permanent residence permits green cards.

2. The green card also refers to the American permanent resident card, which is an identity document used to prove that foreigners have the status of permanent residents in the United States. The legal permanent residency of green card holders is an official immigration benefit, including conditional permission to stay in the United States and get a job. The holder must maintain his permanent resident status, and if he no longer meets certain conditions required by the status, the holder may lose his status.

To sum up, you don't need to apply for a green card to the police station when you return to China, but you need to go through the entry formalities according to the regulations of China Customs.