Extending the working residence permit (WRP) in China

So, imperceptibly came time to renew our working residence permit. It turned, that flew for six months, our residence permit has been calculated up to May 5th, but we started to fuss even earlier and reminded about our employer has the permits for three weeks before the date of closure permits. Delay is not particularly steel, and at the beginning of last week, we took a passport, to make copies of, and prepare the next stack of documents, the next day, they were returned. On Thursday we have already taken to the immigration office, to sign several documents.

During his time in China, we have already managed to go to Hong Kong and Philippines, during the holidays, Police were important for all the dates of our departures and arrivals, but what is there to hide, the passport has shtampiki datami with stand. We thought, that we have to once again go to Shijiazhuang for a medical examination, but it was not necessary.

At the immigration office, we signed the papers in Chinese, our movements, a couple of signatures. It took a few photos, but it turned out, they, that we were with them are not suitable because of the background. I had to make new, right in the office, urgent photo stands there indecent 30 yuan per person, but it made no sense to run somewhere else for a new photo, so we made a new on-site.

We reassembled passport, and in return was given here is a document about our status and the date of issue with a new residence permit.

Four hundred yuan for each of these documents are also paid the employer.

Less than a week later we got our passports, where flaunts new sticker working residence permit, back.

Подытожим:

• No additional information and tedious procedures to obtain a residence permit this time it was not necessary, everything is much easier, than epic work visa and priezdom in China;
• Medical committee once again did not have to go too, although it never hurts to learn for free about your health;
• Working books foreigner, Our manager stores at, I saw them in a pile of documents, when we were in the immigration office. I do not know how much we need them, to keep on hand, may be useful, if another device on the job;
• Expenditure on the provision of documents, were due to employer, with the exception of photos. It is advisable to make a piece of their 20, not less, useful for different occasions.

New working residence is designed to 31 октября. Our contracts end on September 1st. According to the manager, if we want to work until October, there are no problems. If we do not want to work after the 1st of September, you have two options:

1. They cancel work permit and we will have to, for 5 days to leave China.
2. We remake a residence permit for a tourist visa for a fee for its issuance.

Such are the news and opinion on the work in China.

What turned the extension of working at a new place of residence permit, can be read here: Extending the working residence permit with a new employer.