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Application for Residence Permit by Foreigners Working in Sino-foreign Joint Ventures

  Foreigners working in Sino-foreign joint ventures, cooperative businesses and exclusively foreign-owned enterprises in China and their family members(spouse, underage children) should hold Visa "Z"(work) to enter China and apply for, within 30 days of entry, residence permit to the Division of Exit-Entry Administration of Beijing Public Security Bureau. The residence permit shall be valid for no more than one year within the validity period of the passport.

  I. When applying for residence permit, applicants should present the following documents and certificates:

    1. Valid passports and visa;

    2. Master copy and photocopy of the "Business License" issued by the Administrative Bodies for industry and Commerce;

    3. Master copy and photocopy of the "Employment Certificate", issued by Beijing Bureau of Labor and Social Security;

    4. "Health Certificate" issued by Beijing Exit-Entry Inspection and Quarantine Bureau;

    5. Two recently taken, half-length bareheaded and full-faced photos of 2 inch size(either color or black-white).Those applicants who work in Beijing for less than 1 year should apply for temporary residence permit, without presenting "Health Certificate".

   II. When applying for extension or alternation to residence permit, applicants should present the following documents:

    1. Valid passports and residence permits;

    2. Master copy and photocopy of the "Business License" issued by the Administrative Bodies for Industry and Commerce. Master copy and photocopy of the "Employment Certificate", issued by Beijing Bureau of Labor and Social Security;

    3. Should there be any alternations to the contents of the residence permits (name, nationality, occupation or identity, address, passport number, children), the permit-holders shall register, within 10 days, the changes at the Division of Exit-Entry Administration of Beijing Public Security Bureau. If there is any change relating to work units, occupation or identity, the permit holders should also present the documents certifying the termination of his/her work from the previous enterprises, as well as a certification of the present work unit. Should the permit holders move into or out of Beijing, they shall finish the transferring procedure before they move. After they reach the destination, they should handle the moving-in procedure within 10 days.

  III. The procedure of applying for a exit-entry visa

    With their passports and residence permits, applicants could apply for a single journey Exit-Entry visa which is valid for 3 months, or a double and multiple return visa valid for a half year, or a multiple Exit-Entry visa valid for a year (the term of validity of visa should be within the validity of residence permit).Applicants can apply for visa and residence permits at the same time.

   IV. Applying for the alternation to the category of visa

    Chairman of the board, vice-chairman of the board, general manager, deputy general manager, factory director and deputy director of the above mentioned three kinds of foreign-invested enterprises, who enter China with visa "L"(touring and visiting relatives)and visa "F"(visiting), can change their visa to visa "Z"(work) under some special circumstances after approval. When applying for the alternation to the category visa, they should present the following documents;

    1. Valid passports and visa,

    2. Master copy and photocopy of the "Business License" issued by the Administrative Bodies for industry and Commerce;

    3. Master copy and photocopy of the "Employment Certificate", issued by Beijing Bureau of Labor and Social Security;

    4. The resolution passed by the board of directors;

    5. Official letter provided by his/her work unit to state the reason for alternation.

V. Filling in the application form and points for attention

    1. When handling the above mentioned procedures, applicants should fill in the "application form for visa and residence permit", on which a recently taken, half-length bareheaded and full-faced photos of 2 inch size should be stuck.

    2. Applicants should fill in the application form with the seal of the host enterprises.

    3. The application form should be clearly and neatly filled in with blue-black ink pen or ballpoints.

 

Application Procedures for Permanent Residence Permit

I. Submit an application to a city-level Public Security Bureau or at the county-level branch of the Public Security Bureau directly responsible for the community of the applicant’s major investment or long-term residence.

    II. Provide the specified application documents.

    III. The public security body shall investigate and verify the conditions of the applicant according to the specified pre-requisites.

    IV. The local department will submit the application to the Ministry of Public Security for examination and approval.

    V. The ministry shall decide whether to approve or reject the application for permanent residence permit within 6 months of receiving the application.

    VI. Upon the approval of the Ministry of Public Security, the applicant will be granted a Foreigner Permanent Residency Permit by the Ministry of Public Security.

    A Chinese permanent residence card is not equivalent to Chinese nationality. Presently China does not recognize dual or multiple nationalities. Thus, if one wants to become a Chinese national, original nationality status would have to be cancelled.

    Those who obtain a Chinese permanent residence card should not stay in China less than three months in a year or less than a year in five years. Special causes will need approval from city level public security bureaus.

    Expats with a Chinese permanent residence card will still need to observe rules concerning traveling, temporary living in other cities, and visiting areas closed to the public.

    For further information or for a free copy of the "Chinese Green Card Guide," call Xiang Yang at the Beijing Zhongfu Law Firm at 6329-3541.

    Location: Beijing Commercial Guild Hall, Bldg 1 Yulinli, You’anmenwai

 

Requirements for Permanent Residence Permit

You Should Submit: (a) Valid Passport or equivalent; (b) Health certificate issued at state level; (c) Credentials proving no criminal record by China embassies or consulates; (d) Two passport photos, no hat; (e) Other relevant credentials if required.

    Fees: The fee for the new green card certificate is 300 yuan or about US$36. The cost of getting a new card is 1500 yuan or about US$180.

    Time: The agency is open from Monday to Saturday, 8:30 to 12:00 in the morning, 13:00 to 17:00 in the afternoon.

    In order to qualify for permanent residence status, you must fulfill at least one of the following criteria:

    I. Be a high-level foreign expert holding a post which promotes China’s economic, scientific and technological development, or social progress.

    II. Have made outstanding contributions of special importance to China

    III. Have made a large direct investment of over US$ 500,000 in China

    IV. Have come to China to be with your family, such as spouse, dependent minors or senior citizens.

 

Residence registration in Beijing

After a foreigner arrives in Beijing, the entity that he works for or that hosts him may send a note (official letter) to the Chinese visa authorities and apply for him a residence registration with the valid visa and the valid passport. Name, gender, nationality, type and serial number of passport, relations between the person and the entity and planned duration of stay in China should be specified in the note (official letter).

    As for foreign experts (instructors) working in Beijing and their dependents (spouse minor children) should hold "Z" (vocational) visa when entry, and process resident application procedures to Exit & Entry Administration, Public Security Bureau in Beijing within 30 days after entry, generally, the valid period of residence permit will not exceed one year, and not exceed the expiry of the passport, too.

    Must provide the following documents and evidential materials when process residence permit’s application:

    1. One’s valid passport and visa;

    2. Originals and copies of "Expert Certificate" issued by the National Expert Bureau of Foreign Affairs Office of Municipal Government;

    3. Original "Health Certification" submitted by Beijing Exit & Entry Inspection & Quarantine Bureau;

    4. Two recent, two in. bareheaded, full-faced photo (both black-and-white photophotochrome is ok).

    5. Adding the official seal of the unit when fill out "Application Form for Visa Residence Permit", and stick a recent, two in., bareheaded, full-faced photo.

    Working not exceed one year in Beijing, can apply for temporary residence permit, and the "Health Certificate" is waived.

 

Validity Period of Residence Registration

The validity period of the residence registration is normally the same as the validity period of the visa (the validity period of residence registration for foreigners whose country has mutual visa exemption arrangement with china is usually one year).

    If you cannot leave China before the validity of your residence registration expires, you must request the entity you work for or that hosts you to state to the Chinese visa authorities the reason and length of extension in a note (official letter) attached with valid passport at least three days before the expiry of your residence registration for extension of your residence registration.

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