Residents in eight Guangdong cities can now apply for nine kinds of passports and visas over the phone in a service that started this month, reports Guangzhou Daily.

The service, jointly launched by the police and telecom companies, is now available in Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Zhuhai, Huizhou, Foshan, Dongguan, Zhongshan and Jiangmen. By placing calls to the "96897" and "12580" hotlines for China Telelcom (Guangdong) and China Mobile (Guangdong), respectively, residents can obtain "filing numbers" after supplying basic information to the operators.

When the applicants go to their local police exit and entry administration department at the appointed time, all they have to do is tell the officers their filing numbers, and an application form will be printed out for them to sign.

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