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anonymous
Q: Quitting your job in China and Visa's
I recently quit a teaching job while on my work visa. At first they wanted to start cancelling things but I convinced them not to do that and they agreed to get me a release note so once I find a job I could transfer my visa over to a new company.
I now start a job in about one week and my old job is saying I need to pay them money to get my release note.
Is this normal? What happens if I don't get a release note, is my work permit still valid?
11 years 27 weeks ago in Visa & Legalities - China
Your work permit, and your residence permit, are both tied to your original place of employment. So, technically, when you quit those became void, and you had to go to PSB and tell them, and they would have given you a 30 days visa to either find another job, or leave China at the end if none was found.
Now, if you had secured a new job, and then quit the old one, you had 10 days to go to PSB and change the permits from the old company to the new one.
In any case, you will need a release letter from your former employee, and that thing is FREE, no charge what so ever for it. If they refuse to give you one, go to PSB and tell them, and they will contact your former employer and solicit it formally. It is their obligation to give you one once you no longer work for them.
And once more, your work permit will not be valid once you quit because, as said before, it is tied to your employer for as long as your contract is in effect, or until you quit. For a new employer, you will need a new one.
Good luck to you
