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Q: am i legal to work here?

i am married to chinese,and i got chinese resident permit?i want to know if i can work here without getting working permit?is it allowed by the law?thank you

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You are not legal to work on anything other than a 'Z' visa.

 

you can not work just because you are married to a Chinese person, you need to get the correct visa.

 

Anyone who tells you different is not honest, especially if they are offering you a job: they will take advantage of your illegal status.

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Unfortunately not.

 

You can only legally work on a Z visa or a D visa.  The difference between the two is that a Z visa is both job and company specific, and the company needs a license to hire foreigners.  A D visa is like a limited US green card,  it allows to to work anywhere, but it expires after a few years.

 

It's a silly law, but that's the law.

 

No work on a family visa.

 

BHGAL:

agreed ... I live here, am married here to a Chinese..... but I can not legally work here.

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my typing must be slower than yours 

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You are not legal to work on anything other than a 'Z' visa.

 

you can not work just because you are married to a Chinese person, you need to get the correct visa.

 

Anyone who tells you different is not honest, especially if they are offering you a job: they will take advantage of your illegal status.

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thank you guys!

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You can only work online and have the salary sent to a different country than sent back to you or have sent to your husband and that makes it legal.

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if u get s permnament resident card u can work here or s z visa

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A: I had a similar experience in HK. If I recall correctly, before or at
A:I had a similar experience in HK. If I recall correctly, before or at the Z visa application, I had to submit ME from the ordinary HK clinic, where I explained why I need ME and I asked them to examine only necessary things (I don't remember the cost ...), and then ... I got Z stamp and when back in China, I had to complete another RP ME, which was on the employer, i.e. included in the Contract ...We've never discussed refund of payment for HK ME with my employer. Year 2013 ...I'd say, that is a regular thingy embassies around the world require, before issuing visas for LT stay in the country. "Vladimir Vladimiro-Witch ras-Putin" (LOL@your pronunciation ..) demands the same thingy before granting LT stay in Ruski.  ... Haa, 2013 was the Snowden's year. I was in Kowloon at the time of his landing .. with all these files ... I'm-Still-in-LMAO-State ... Cost for the ME in HK was around HK$ 2000/200 EUR, and ME was kind of swift, quicker and way shorter than on the mainland ... -- icnif77