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Q: Changing jobs with one year residence - do I have to leave the country?
Current job offers 1 year residence permit and working visa and another employer offers the same, but tells me I still have to reapply completely and can't switch or transfer residence permit. I thought I wouldn't have to leave the country if I wanted to transfer from one job to another with a 1 year work visa?
11 years 44 weeks ago in Visa & Legalities - China
No, you do not have to leave the country. Just start the proceedings for the new work permit early enough before your old residence permit ends.
You will need a "release letter" from your old employer.
No, you do not have to leave the country. Just start the proceedings for the new work permit early enough before your old residence permit ends.
You will need a "release letter" from your old employer.
Your work permit and residence permit are tied to your existing employer. If you change jobs, need to change both permits with the new emploter's information on them. You have 10 working days to apply for the new ones, must have release letter from old employer, plus all documents from new emplyer. No need to leave the country at all.
Hey, I also want to change employer soon. I want to give the 30days notice as soon as I get my new contract, probably this week.
So I guess, after the notice period, the contract ends and my employer hands me the release letter with which I give to the new employer and the mentioned 10 days start?
I start working and my new employer transfers the resident permit and the working permit? Is that how it goes?
