In April, Guangzhou Foreign Experts Bureau issued two documents about new changes on China Work Permit application, which took effect from May 1. Please notice:
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The original center for dealing with China Work Permit formalities in Liwang, Baiyun, Zengcheng and Conghua, will be replaced by Guangzhou International Student Service Center.
The original center for dealing with China Work Permit formalities in Huangpu will be replaced by Human Resources and Social Security Bureau of Huangpu district.
Measure 1
Applicants who are selected to China's national plans for high talents can finish the China Work Permit first-time applying, extension and modification online, submitting paper documents are no longer required.
Measure 2
For Category A applicants, their employers are only required to submit related documents online for China Work Permit application, paper documents are no longer required.
Measure 3
Canceling the procedure related to submitting paper documents of China Work Permit extension for Category A applicants.
Measure 4
Canceling partial procedures related to submitting paper documents of China Work Permit first-time application for Category B and C applicants.
Measure 5
All procedures of China Work Permit related to cancellation, modification, reapplying can be finished online.
Measure 6
Applicants can directly submit paper documents for dealing with the affair related to the cancellation of Alien Employment Permit and Foreign Expert Certificate, online pre-review is no longer required.
Measure 7
For foreigners who have ever been granted China Work Permit, when they come to China work again, certificate (diploma) of highest academic degree is not required. If they apply for the same working position as the previous one, job qualification certificate is not required. If the new application is submitted at the time that within the validity of the previous Residence Permit for Work, non-criminal record certificate is not required.
Measure 8
Making it more efficient for China Work Permit application for Category A applicants, formalities related to cancellation and extension can be finished within 5 working days.
Above are the simple version of new changes on China Work Permit affairs, we will give more detailed information for each step next week.
If you want to check the Chinese original documents, copy and paste the links below:
http://www.gzfeb.cn/tzgg/201804/t20180424_276682.htm
http://www.gzfeb.cn/tzgg/201805/t20180502_276909.htm
Source: Guangzhou Foreign Experts Bureau