Procedures of apply for work permit in China
Sunday, May 25th, 2008Dear Clients,
Below are the procedures of apply for work permit. As the health report will be expired in 6 months, please prepare the health report ASAP before we obtained your company’s business license.
a. Work permit for Legal Representative or Chief Representative:
For work permit of the legal representative, you will have to do follow steps, if you have any questions about VISA, Please contact with Magic at magic@pathtochina.com :
1. Register in the Police Station to get a registration form of temporary residence [Registration Form Of Temporary Residence [ Click here to see the Example ]
2. Do the Medical checkup and get the health report(appointment tel. 6268-8851 6268-6171)
See this page for details: http://www.sithc.com/english/tijian/index.asp
They will ask you show a business license, and bring photos etc, please print out the attached business license, and check other documents that they required.
After you finish above process, you need to prepare following document, and handle them to us as soon as your company’s business license or Rep. Office’s registration certificate is ready:
- Passport
- 5 pictures [2 inch size]
- Health report
- Registration form of temporary residence
VERY IMPORTANT: LANDLINE NUMBER.
After you handle the above documents to us, please give us a landline number that could be reach with. Local Visa Authority will call the number that you provide to confirm that you are working for this company. Please make sure that this number will have people to pick up the phone and could answer the phone in Chinese.
Cost: Free service fee+government fee(according the the gov. receipt, around 800RMB)
b. Work permit for other staff of a WFOE:
For WFOE, If the company investment captial less than 3 million USD$. Then only legal representative can apply the working visa here in Shanghai without leaveing. All the other staff has to follow the following procedure:
You have to prepare:
- Passport copy( give me the original after Step 3)
- Resume or C.V. Written by yourself
- Registration Form Of Temporary Residence[ Click here to see the Example ] (give us after Step 3)
- Qualification Document ( Diploma of bachelor’s or Reference letters from your former company )
- Working Contract( give us after Step 3)
- Business License and Organization Code License of the company who employ you
- Health Certificate ( Appointment number: 021-62688851 or 62686171)( give me after Step 3)
- 5 Passport Photographs (2 inches size)
If your position reachs GM or Vice GM of the company, you have to provide following 2 extra documents:
- Company’s Articles of Association (Obtain from Administration of Industry and Commerce)
- Company shareholder list (Obtain from Administration of Industry and Commerce)
Procedure below:
Step1. Document collect and applicaiton preparation(5 working days)
Step2. We apply a working license(5 working days)
Step3. We apply a visa notice for staff(3 working day)
Step4. With above 2 doc. staff has to goto HK once to get a 30 days Z visa(depend on the schedule)
Step5. After come back with the Z visa, we will apply the work permit for your staff(3 working days)
Step6. We will apply the 1 year working residence permit for your staff (5 working days)
Cost below:
Total 1800RMB(service fee)+government fee(according the the gov. receipt, around 800RMB)
c. Family Member Visa:
Husband/Wife:
- marrange certificate copy
- Passport
- 2 pictures [2 inch size]
- Registration form of temporary residence
- Health report
Children(less than 18 years old):
- Birth certificate copy.
- Passport
- 2 pictures [2 inch size]
- Registration form of temporary residence.
No Health Report required.
Note: Even where all work permit and residence permit requirements are met, clients should not assume that they can gain it automatic. The Chinese immigration authorities, local Labor Bureau have the right to refuse any person permission to work and residence in China.
