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Sign up with Google Sign up with FacebookQ: Is it true it's illegal for foreigners to work over 5 years in same place?
Was having a drink with a fellow expat and couldn't tell if he was kidding or not. Is there really a law in China against foreigners working 5 straight years at the same place?
12 years 22 weeks ago in Business & Jobs - China
That's the oldest one in the book. There are a bunch of variants and all of them are horse hockey. Or at least, I've met people who've been in the same place over five years, and there's nothing on any government web site.
The law isn't enforced but it's actually as a foreigner you must return home for at least 6 months after a five year stint in China, the law was created about 8 years ago when the US, Canada and other powerhouses were trying to force their way into the bank accounts of their citizens working abroad, it was a way to force the Expats back home where it would be easier to catch them with tax offenses