icnif77:

http://www.pathtochina.com/visa2.html

Procedures of work & residence permit application:

Step 1. Document collections and applicaiton preparation

Step 2. PtC Applies for a working license

Step 3. PtC Applies for a for a visa notice

Step4. With above 2 documents, employee has to visit HK (Note: in some cities of China, Visa authority doesn't accept employess to visit HK get a 1 month Z visa, you will have to return bakc to your home country with the VISA NOTICE to get 1 month Z visa from Chinese embassy, please double check with with PtC before heading for Hong Kong) to get a 1 month Z visa

Step 5. After back to China with the Z visa, PtC will apply for 1 year work permit

Step6. PtC applies for 1 year residence permit for the employee (Note: Due to the security reason, during the procedure, applicant might be asked to show up once at local visa office to take a picture there.)

biggj123:

Thanks for the info, so it boils down to what city or province that you are applying for a job in if you can get one in HK? hmm..still seems hard to find a straightforward answer.

icnif77:

Most of the people who know the A, they experienced it last year first time.

I guess, best way to find out would be to contact potential employer. Or just send job applications to Schools in Heilongjiang and see what they say about it.

Have a look at Dave ESL Cafe, China Board. You might find fresh A about HK Z pick-up there.

I'd say, count as almost certain she'll be required to return home and apply for Z at Chinese Embassy there.

Send an email to both Visa agencies above. You'll get the right answer there!

biggj123:

Seems you still can get it in HK with this company http://www.fbt-chinavisa.com.hk/index.html I read some post that people have been getting them from there after July of 2017. So i guess if you use an agent in HK you can get it done as long as you have all the proper documents.

biggj123:

Although since she has never had a job in china before would that matters? Im not sure. I told her to email this HK travel agent to find out for sure...she is canadian so she might be able to.

Hotwater:

I think she should be okay as she already has a resident permit (you said she was already here with her husband on a Q visa). 

biggj123:

Thanks for the info, Would it be possible for her to get it done in the mainland?..or do you still need to go to HK? But thanks for the info again...a lot of contradictory info about this subject online.

ironman510:

Its best for her to find the SAFEA office, they have a Q/A desk, example in Shenzhen its desk 25 or 26, Futian district. Something else other people don't know is that SAFEA has changed the whole office system now and so more relates to SAFEA for any of us wishing to work here rather than the company or PSB, so its best for her to walk in and ask, they will speak English because its Q&A desk and ask about the Q, than tell the new company that SAFEA gave the OK and get started with the WP card, I changed jobs last year and all companies told me my security check needed to be from America, but I have been in CHina over 11 years, so I asked SAFEA face to face and they said a Chinese check was fine, see my point? Don't trust the HR in companies to care or actually know what they are talking about, if I would have listened to them i would have lost or 20,000 RMB.

If SAFEA says no which they shouldn't but again it depends on the city, than Hong Kong will work fine. They need us so much, we have a huge shortage now.

biggj123:

Yeah i think she will. I emailed this company in hk and this is what they sent me back.Hi,. 1. You can apply Z work visa through our office 2. If your existing passport was issued within Oct. – Dec. 2017 or within the year 2018, you must also bring your old passport together with your existing passport for visa application 3. Documents required, fees & time frame of this visa application are as follows: For working Z visa Doc requirement: - Passport - HK arrival slip - White background photo (you can make photo in our office. Charges for HKD50) - Notification letter of foreigner’s work permit in PRC both in Chinese and English version. It must be stamped with Foreign Experts Bureau. (Sample is enclosed for your reference) Working visa is single entry. You have to apply for residence permit within 30 days from the date of entry. 2 days service Price: HKD2,080.- Ÿ Submit visa application successfully before 9:30am, collect visa on the next working day around 4:00pm REMARKS: 1. If the China visa application is rejected, customer must pay services charges for HKD950.- levied by Visa Centre for visa application. 2. Customers must pay full visa application fees in advance when they submit applications 3 days service Price: HKD1,530.- Ÿ Submit visa application successfully before 9:30am, collect visa on the third working day around 4:00pm REMARKS: 1. If the China visa application is rejected, customer must pay services charges for HKD500.- levied by Visa Centre for visa application. 2. Customers must pay full visa application fees in advance when they submit applications 4 days service Price: HKD1,120.- Ÿ Submit visa application successfully before 9:30am, collect visa on the fourth working day around 4:00pm REMARKS: 1. If the China visa application is rejected, customer must pay services charges for HKD290.- levied by Visa Centre for visa application. 2. Customers must pay full visa application fees in advance when they submit applications Best regards,