Do I have to use the birthdate on my ID card?

I know that in China, things are different from here in the US. Since there are so many people, many of which were born in the countryside, it is possible that some of them don't have official birth documents. This could cause the situation he describes, but I'm not really sure. I was also told by many of my students (when I was teaching in China) that they use nominal age instead of the way we do it. The way it was explained to me was that they are 1 year old when they are born and turned 2 on Chinese New Year, even if they were only 1 day old at the time. I don't know if I understood that correctly, but that is the way I understood what they told me.

So you never really know for sure how old a person is.

Hello,you two!In China we usually remember our birth dates on Chinese Lunar Calendar,that way it can be on the same day every year.We always celebrate our lunar birthdays. I thought I didn't have to use the ID card birth date to register the myLot.But in fact the two dates are quite close,I'm truely quite old.If there's no trouble,I don't want to bother me to change it again.

In China, y ou must each have a national ID card. We do not have that yet here in the US. The most readily accepted ID is a person's driver's license. If one does not drive, he or she can get an ID card from the driver's license bureau. These are handled by the state in which one lives. If he or she moves to another state, they must register their car in the new state and get new driver's license with their new address on it.

Haha,here in China you don't have to prove,and you don't have the right to prove it,you just work or fulfill your responsibility until the age that you've given on your ID card though you are several years older than you are!

It seems that's quite complexed.My ID card can be used all over China.

I just typed the wrong birthdate instead of the one on my ID card,it's not complexed at all.

I would go ahead and stick with what is on the ID card since you don't have official documentation of the other date. If you want to share the old style birth date, you can, but it is basically your word against the official document (your ID card). Is there a lot of difference between the two? In my sister-in-law's case, the difference is only a month or so. I'm sure that in older times, it might have been more, especially if it was during times of stress. Have a great week!!!

That is to say,the birth date on my ID card is younger than the date when I was born.In fact every Chinese has two birthdays,and we remember and celebrate the Chinese Lunar Calendar birth date. Hehe,I can never find my birth certificate and my parents told me my birth date.Many people's birthday is in the parents' memery,maybe you cannot understand it---When I was born,it's a time of storm and stress. I've been using the birth date on my ID card,and it's used in my all profiles,it's counted by the New Style.But my true birth date is not on that date at all!

Hi,daeckardt!I have never cheated anybody and I don't want to tell lies here. In fact there's nothing serious because Chinese people use both the New Style and the Chinese lunar calendar,especially in the rural area. I can tell you that my whole family have two birth dates each,do you believe it?Hehe,the birth date on the ID card is from the New Style,meanwhile each has a birth date from the Chinese lunar calendar,mostly it's not as the same as the date from the New Style,of course the reasons are different,but the government just admits the birth date on the ID card,which is filed. Here at myLot I've used my lunar calendar birth date because of my carelessness,not the one on my ID card,and there is only some months' difference.I hope it never bring me any trouble if I register the Paypal.

Good luck

I'm sure I'm old enough,I hope everything goes well.

MyLot do want pesonal oinformation and they also state in the Terms that it should be correct: "By using the myLot services, you represent and warrant that (a) all registration information you submit is truthful and accurate; (b) you will maintain the accuracy of such information; (c) your use of the myLot services does not violate any applicable law or regulation; and (d) you are sixteen (16) years of age or older. Your myLot account may be deleted and your membership may be terminated without warning, if we believe that you have violated any of the Terms of Use Agreement. You will not be entitled to any accumulated earnings if your account is terminated for one of the reasons listed above." http://www.mylot.com/o/terms.aspx

Thank you two,and I think I'd better update my profile if they permit.

In fact the two dates are almost the same,there are not too many differences between them.

Have you have a Paypal account?Is it easy to apply one in the countryside?I've heard from one of your discussions that you have to pay 35 dollars for withdrawing the payout each time with a bank card,is that so?

If so,I think everything will be ok.

Hehe,sometimes telling the truth will also get you into trouble.

I just put into my true birth date instead of my ID card birthdate while I was registering myLot. They always admit the date on the ID card when I have to show my birth date.

If there's lots of trouble or money to register an account,I'll refuse to do that.Here when I wanna register the Paypal on line,first I have to have got a Chinese bank account,and they introduce a China Unionpay card.Can I get that in the countryside area?

I have been used the birth date on my ID card,but it turned out that it's a wrong date because of my parents' wrong remembering.But it isn't allowed to change the birth date since it's been filed........... And here at myLot I've used my true birth date but not the one on the ID card.That's that! Of course I use the birth date on my ID card to do everything concerned.

There are many such cases here in China,but they didn't do that on purpose when they were young.

Hehe,I use the birth date in the ID card to do everything,but I can never altered it since it's filed.

I hope what you said is really true in case I have to do more hard work to update my profile.

I don't like to lie at all. Here in China many people did so before for some reason,but now the file managements are seriously normalized,all the babys' birthdays are recorded in the birth certification,and we don't have to worry about forgetting our kids' birthdays.

Haha,my son's a major now,am I old enough?But it's heard that if I want to have a bank account,I have to pay 35 dollars!That case I'll never care about that tiny money here and I'll become lazy later.

I was aware of that after I had registered myLot,in fact there are only some months between the both.

I hope so,thank you.