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Q: Work permit before invitation letter...???
My friend in the US has been told the school she's looking at working at has her work permit, even before they've done up the invitation letter....
I'm pretty sure that's not possible - but could be wrong.
Would someone please confirm or deny...
And, if my thoughts are correct, sounds like a con-job - yes??
11 years 15 weeks ago in Visa & Legalities - China
With the logical sequence in mind, it is not possible. Your friend, according to the Law, is supposed to receive the Letter of Invitation in order to apply for the work visa (Z). Once he/she has the work visa and enters China, BEFORE starting to work and within a prescribed number of days from arrival, she must go to the Labor Bureau and apply for the work permit (if recall correctly, within 10 to 15 days of arrival). With this, he/she will need to also get the FEC, or finish the required steps to get it, and also get a Health Certificate at an approved doctor or hospital. Then go to PSB (within 30 days or arrival) and apply for the residence permit, and to the local Police Station where resides to get her registration of Address form (PSB will request that, so better get it done prior to PSB). Once all of these steps are accomplished, then he/she can start to work legally, not before.
That is the procedure. Now, in China, if you have the right "guangxi" and connections, and do spread a few yuan around, you will be surprised at some of the things that could happen.
Shining_brow:
That's what I thought... so, next question - suspicious? Or connected??
What Happy said.
The deciding factor might be: did they ask your friend to come on a tourist or student visa?
She should get an invitation to take to the embassy to secure the Z visa, but a tourist or student visa (obviously?) won't allow that.
Hmmmm
without the invitation letter, how can you get the z visa from the China embassy.
I am so damn sure. coz we did it for foreigners for super long time.
A work permit is not the same as the Z visa. A work permit is the permission the school gets to be able to hire you. They then need to get you an invitation letter so that you can take that to the Embassy to get your Z visa. You then need to get your Residency Permit at the local PSB.
