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Q: Hello, I have Q2 visa, Can I get a job in China with this visa? Or do I have to change it?

1 year 30 weeks ago in  Business & Jobs - Ningbo

 
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You'll have to change it to Z visa by applying at Chinese embassy in your home country.

 

Only legal working visa in China is Z visa and all other Chinese entry visas makes you illegal when caught working.

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You'll have to change it to Z visa by applying at Chinese embassy in your home country.

 

Only legal working visa in China is Z visa and all other Chinese entry visas makes you illegal when caught working.

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If you find a job, the employer is now able to change the Q visa to a Z with work permit.  I just had this done.  Not sure if it is normally like this, but since travel is so difficult now and schools are desperate for teachers, rules have changed a bit.

 

I came in on a Q-2 visa.  I had already talked to a few different schools that wanted to hire me, but only if I was already in country.  I didn't want to come over on just a "maybe" job offer, but once I had serious interest from 3-4 schools, I got a Q-2 visa (wife is Chinese) and headed over.  I accepted a job in Beijing and the school did all the work on changing my Q-2 visa to Z and WP.  They even handled getting the necessary documents (background check, notarized docs).  I just gave them what they asked for and they took care of the rest.

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They changed your Q2 visa into a work based resident permit. The Z-visa is only a single entry visa the gets you into China. That’s then changed into a resident permit

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You can't work with Q1 or Q2. Apply for Z visa. 

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You always need a relevant Z visa to work in China

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A: "... through ..."?  Only "through" comes to mind is "Shenzhen agent can connect you with an employer, who's authorized to hire waigouren ... and can sponsor Z visa." It's not like every 10th person you meet in Shenzhen's hood can sponsor work visa ...  The only way to change from student to labourer visa is just a regular way by: 1. Finding an employer, who'll apply for an Invitation letter; 2. Exit China and apply for Z visa in your home country's Chinese embassy; 3. Enter China in 30-days after Z visa was stamped into your travelling instrument ...As I am aware, you won't be able to switch to Working permit by remaining in China....,so make ready for a return to your home .... -- icnif77