1, foreign Chinese or Chinese who once had China nationality;
2. There are legitimate reasons: there are close relatives from China for work reasons (close relatives only refer to spouses, parents, children, brothers and sisters);
3. Have certain economic ability and housing conditions.
Legal basis: Article 15 of the Law of the People's Republic of China on Resident Identity Cards.
No organization or individual may detain a resident identity card.
Article 16 of the Criminal Procedure Law of People's Republic of China (PRC)
One of the following acts, given a warning by the public security organs, and impose a fine of 200 yuan. Illegal income, confiscate the illegal income:
1, using false certification materials to defraud resident identity cards;
2. Renting, lending or transferring resident identity cards;
3. Illegally detaining other people's ID cards.