1, under the age of 16 years old citizens apply for a resident's identity card is valid for 5 years. 2, 16 years old to 25 years old citizens apply for a resident's identity card is valid for 10 years. 3, 26 years old to 45 years old citizens apply for a resident's identity card is valid for 20 years. 4, 46 years old citizens apply for a resident's identity card is valid for a long period of time. First, how long before the expiration of the ID card replacement can be handled three months in advance, but also in accordance with the ID card lost at any time replacement. ID card replacement can generally be obtained within 20 working days, there will be a sheet for the time, there is a number on it, go to the police station for official business inside can check the progress. Second, the ID card expired process is how? I bring the household register to the location of household registration police station to apply for replacement procedures. ID card expires, the materials needed are ID card, household register. The processing time for the ID card before the expiration of the application, the processing time should be in the old ID card before the expiration of the application, so as not to affect. ID card expiration replacement can be divided into local hukou local processing, local hukou foreign processing two kinds. Specific processing methods are as follows: 1, the local household residents with their own resident ID card, resident hukou to the household registration of the population service management center or ID card acceptance point (generally refers to the household registration of the police station) for the replacement of the ID card procedures. 2, fill out the "Resident Identity Card Application Registration Form", and then register fingerprint information. 3, pay the cost of the document and to receive the processing of the receipt form. 4, it takes about 20 It will take about 20 working days to receive the notice of ID card, and then bring the receipt to the place of ID card to receive the ID card, and then you have to return the old card.