Frequently Asked Questions
1. Q: On November 1, 2016, the Shenzhen Municipality began to implement the pilot work of foreigners to work in China.
A: According to the decision of the Administrative Examination and Approval System Reform Office of the State Council, the original “Foreign Employment Permit for Foreigners” and the original “Work Permit for Foreign Experts to Work in China” were integrated into “Work Permit for Foreigners to Work in China”. The State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs decided to carry out pilot work for foreigners to work in China in other provinces and cities such as Shenzhen. According to the principle of “encourage high-end, general control, and low-end” proposed by the State Administration of Foreign Experts, the classification criteria and approval criteria for foreigners to work in China are implemented. During the pilot period (November 1, 2016 to March 31, 2017), the employer's application for a foreigner's work permit shall be reported in the “Foreigner's Service Management System for Foreigners”, specifically through the human resources and society of Shenzhen. The official website of the Bureau of Protection and the National “Works Management System for Foreigners in China” are provided with detailed policy and service guides at http://fwp.safea.gov.cn.
2. How to deal with the business declared after November 2016?
A: The new application for foreign work permit business after November 1st is new.
System declaration (website http://fwp.safea.gov.cn). The foreigner employment permit and foreign certificate business (re-employment, postponement, change, cancellation, and relocation) have been handled in the existing foreign-related employment system and foreign experts' work system in China during the pilot period. Foreigners' short-term work permits in China are applied in the original employment system, and the procedures and materials remain unchanged.
3. Does the new system require a browser?
A: The new system browser recommends IE10, Firefox, Google Chrome, and use the 360 browser to open the speed mode.
4 What is the process for foreigners to apply for a work permit?
answer:
1. Handling “Notice of Work Permit for Foreigners of the People’s Republic
(Accepting agency: Shenzhen Foreign Experts Bureau) - Administrative Service Hall of District B of Civic Center
2. Handling the "Invitation Confirmation Letter"
(Accepting agency: Shenzhen Foreign Affairs Office) - Administrative Service Hall of District B of Civic Center
3. Go to a Chinese embassy or consulate or port to apply for a visa to work in China (Z-signed)
(Accepting institution: Chinese embassy or consulate abroad, Shenzhen Port)
4. Handling "People's Republic of China Foreigner Work Permit"
(Accepting institution: Shenzhen Foreign Experts Bureau)—Shenzhen Talent Park Administrative Service Hall
5. Medical examination at Huanggang Port Hospital
6. Apply for a foreign resident employment visa, and apply within 30 days after entry.
(Accepting agency: Shenzhen Municipal Public Security Bureau Exit-Entry Administration Office)
Remarks: Before applying for the invitation confirmation letter and the professional visa, please consult the Foreign Affairs Office and the Embassy/Shenzhen Exit and Entry Department for relevant procedures and material requirements.
5. In addition to the official seal of the unit, can the application of the unit personnel department cover the chapter?
A: Yes, after November 1, 2016, the business applied for in the foreigner's work management service system in China, the unit registration account must also report the official seal of the unit personnel department. The application form is issued by the unit, and the official seal is affixed at the place where the payment is made, and the personnel department is listed in the blank space next to it.
6. How should the unit be declared by the intermediary company?
A: Employers and intermediary companies must log in to foreigners to work in China to manage their service system registration: http://fwp.safea.gov.cn, the intermediary enters the system and clicks the “Register” button to enter the intermediary registration, filling in the basic information. At the time, “whether it is an agency or not” needs to choose “yes”. When the employer declares a specific business, it selects an intermediary company that has been registered in the system to handle the business.
7. Do foreigners need to provide a certificate of no criminal record when they first come to China to work? Where is it issued? How long is the validity period?
A: Yes. It is issued by the applicant's country of nationality or the police, security, courts, notary offices, etc. of the country of residence, and is certified by the embassy or consulate of the country of nationality or the embassy or consulate in China. Frequent residence refers to the country or region where the applicant has left the country of nationality for more than one year and is not included in China. The certificate of non-criminal record issued by the country of origin shall be valid for a period of six months from the date of certification by the embassy or consulate of the country of nationality or the embassy or consulate of our country. If the Chinese embassies and consulates do not have this certification business, the applicants and units shall submit the information and provide the certification materials issued by the police, security, courts, notary offices and other departments of the country of nationality or regular residence.
Special note: Foreign high-end talent (Class A) can adopt a commitment system without providing certification materials.
8. Does the foreign language material need to be translated? Can I translate by the unit if I need a translation?
A: Chinese translations are required for non-Chinese certification materials (English certification materials can be translated by the unit itself, other languages except English must be translated by professional translation agencies), and the official seal of the employer is affixed, except for passports or international travel documents. .
9. Are there any age restrictions for foreigners to work in China?
A: Yes. Applicants should be at least 18 years of age, in line with foreign high-end talents (Class A) without an age limit; foreign professionals (Class B) should not exceed 60 years of age in principle. If there is a need, the age limit can be appropriately relaxed.
10. If there is an accompanying family member who needs to apply for a foreigner to work in China? How is the scope of accompanying family members defined?
A: Foreigners who apply for a foreigner's work permit in China after November 1, 2016, if they are accompanied by their family members, must register in the system at the same time. The accompanying family member refers to the applicant's spouse, parents, children under the age of 18 and spouse parents.
Remarks: If the follow-up family members do not enter the applicant at the end, they can delete the accompanying family information in the system when they follow the work permit.
11. How long can a foreigner's work permit in China be extended before it expires?
A: The application for a foreigner's work permit extension must be submitted 30 days before the expiration of the original foreigner's work permit, but not earlier than 90 days before the expiration of the work permit. If the applicant applies for an extension within 30 days (including the day) after the expiration of the validity period of the applicant's work permit in China, he/she must cancel the work permit for foreigners to come to China according to the domestic application.
12. Is it necessary to provide proof of work qualification when rehiring?
A: If the application position (occupation) is the same as the employment position (occupation) approved by the original work permit, it is not necessary to provide proof of work qualification;
13. Apply online for the Notice of Work Permit for Foreigners to China. Do you need to submit the materials to the window after approval?
A: Foreigners' work permit notices in China do not need to be submitted to the window and receive notifications. They are printed on the system themselves.
14. Does the highest degree (education) require certification? How to authenticate?
A: The highest degree (educational) certificate requires certification. The certification channels are:
(1) I am a foreign embassy or consulate; (2) the embassy or consulate of the country where the applicant is located; (3) the notary office of the country where the applicant is located; (4) the certification of the academic qualifications of the Ministry of Education of China.
Foreign high-end talents (category A) adopt the commitment system, the fifth category of “high-end talent classification standards”, “excellent young talents” (out of the world’s top 200 universities under the age of 35 or post-doctoral or effective in China) Young talents for postdoctoral research), except for the sixth applicant for “points with scores above 85”
15. Do you need to provide proof of work when you fill out the work experience when you declare your business?
A: If you have a bachelor's degree or above and more than 2 years of work experience, the applicant only needs to provide proof of work experience (recommended letter) for nearly 2 years. The work certificate (recommendation letter) requires the applicant's original work unit to issue proof of work experience related to the job position, including the position, working time or the project that has been done, the way to prove the contact, the applicant's original work unit plus Sign the official seal or the person in charge.
If the applicant's work experience in the past two years is accumulated in a number of units, it is necessary to provide proof of work provided by all units.
If you apply for a work permit through the score of the integral factor, you need to provide all the work qualification certificates related to the bonus points;
The system declares individual work experience as much as possible to report detailed work experience.
16. What are the special requirements for the contract signed by the unit and the foreigner?
A: The contract should include the place of work, content, salary, time, position, stamp (signature) page, and the contract start time is not required. However, according to Article 5 of the Regulations on the Administration of Employment of Foreigners in China: Employers hire foreigners to apply for employment permits for the foreigner, and have been approved to obtain the Employment Permit for Foreigners of the People's Republic of China (formerly known as the trial period) The People's Republic of China foreigners work permit notice) can be hired. Therefore, the contract shall take effect no earlier than before the notice of work permit is obtained.
17. Can foreigners who do not have a bachelor's degree and 2 years of work experience apply?
A: According to the specific content of the foreigner's work classification standard (trial) in China, if you do not meet the relevant standards, you can apply for the integral points, and accumulate the score according to the points of education, working years, Chinese proficiency, age, salary, etc. If you have reached 60 points or above, you can apply for foreign professional talents (Class B), and apply for foreign high-end talents (Class A) for more than 85 points.
18. If you change your nationality, do you need to apply for a foreigner's work permit in China?
A: Need
19. How does the unit judge which type of person is A, B or C?
A: The system will judge according to the applicant's information, and the detailed classification criteria can be found in the service guide of “Foreigners to China Work Management Service System” and “Shenzhen Human Resources and Social Security Bureau Official Website”.
20. Is the original foreigner employment permit and expert certificate valid?
A: Foreigners' employment permits and expert certificates can be used continuously and voluntarily exchanged for new ones during the original validity period.
21. What are the requirements of a foreign human body examination hospital?
A: Foreigners who have not entered the country can be examined in a formal, legal or hospital approved by the Chinese embassy or consulate in their country of residence. After entry, they will be examined at the Shenzhen Huanggang Exit-Entry Port Hospital.
22. What are the restrictions on the number of managers, how to amend the manager?
A: The employer can fill in 3 information about the manager, and the agency can have 2 candidates to fill in 2 managers. The modification manager can make changes in the system operation without approval. Go to the window to submit the materials selected to be registered in the system.
23. If the applicant does not meet the classification criteria and the points are less than 60 points, how to apply for a work permit?
A: The work permit system for foreigners coming to China follows the principle of “encourage high-end, control in general, and limit low-end”. If the applicant does not meet the classification criteria for foreigners coming to China and the points are less than 60 points, they cannot be processed. China work permit.
24. How long is the validity period for foreigners to work in China?
A: Foreign high-end talents (Class A) 3-5 years, foreign professionals (B category) 1-2 years, but the validity period of the application must be within the validity period of the labor contract, no additional materials are required.
25. If a foreigner is of dual nationality, how to fill in the nationality information when applying for a work permit?
A: Foreigners with dual nationality can only choose one of the nationalities to apply for a work permit.
26. What are the regulations for foreigners over 60 years of age to participate in insurance?
A: The unit is over 60 years old and is responsible for commercial insurance and provides a guarantee letter.
27. Can an intern apply for a foreigner's work permit in China?
A: Exercising students can not apply for a foreigner to work in China, except in the case of countries in category C.
28. If a foreigner is appointed by a foreign party, can the employer apply for a work permit?
A: Yes, a dispatch letter should be provided, indicating the dispatched personnel to hold positions, salary method, dispatch time, etc.
29. How do I forget the username and password?
A: The unit submits the password reset application, stamping the official seal to the window to query the user name and reset the password.
30, the system must fill in the full name of the unit in English, the unit does not have the full name of the English how to fill out?
A: Fill in the unit pinyin name.
31. The unit is a branch company. There is no registered capital. Can the system fill in the registered funds?
A: Branch registration funds can be filled in as "0"
32. Is it necessary for the system registration manager to submit the materials to the window?
A: Yes. The person submitting the materials to the window shall be the manager of the system and submit the identity certificate, otherwise the window rejects the materials.
33. Is there a requirement for photos to be uploaded in the system?
A: The photo must be a recent white-free photo with a file size of 150KB or more. A 1-inch recent white-free photo production work permit is required during the pilot period.
34. Does the Chinese address on the system refer to the place of residence or work address?
A: It refers to the address of a foreigner living in China. If the applicant has not entered the country and does not have an address for the time being, the information on the address of the employer is filled in.
35, the system needs to choose to apply for a visa, can you choose one?
A: No. The visa application area refers to the country (region) where the Chinese embassy is issued by a foreigner who has obtained a work permit notice.
36. Can a non-native speaker acquire a bachelor's degree or a teacher's qualification certificate in a native country? Foreign language teaching personnel in non-native countries have already applied for foreign employment permits and employment permits. Can the new policy continue to be processed?
A: The extension application can continue. The new application for work permit will no longer be accepted.
37. Does the legal representative of the unit need to provide work qualification certificate, highest degree and other materials for the new permission notice?
A: Yes. The legal representative must apply for an employment permit application on normal materials.
38. When the unit registers an account, what material is the “Industry License Document” in the Upload Materials Office?
A: If you are a special industry enterprise (school, catering, medical institution), you need to upload the corresponding materials (scholar license, catering license, medical license), etc. in the “Industry License Document”.
39. Is the change and extension business applied at the same time?
A: Yes.
40. Does the application unit register and apply for overseas work to apply for a foreigner's work permit in China? Do you need to submit paper materials to the window?
A: Unit registration and overseas application for foreigners to work in China do not need to submit materials at the window. When applying for registration, you only need to upload the application materials to the system. After registration, you can report the foreigner's information.
When applying for foreigners to apply for business in China, the application materials will be transmitted online. After the approval, the unit can print the work permit notification of foreigners to China online, and no need to submit paper materials to the window.
