PathToChina.com

Dear 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:

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:

If your position reachs GM or Vice GM of the company, you have to provide following 2 extra documents:

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:

Children(less than 18 years old):

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.

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