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Q: How can I get a residence visa?

If I work for a foreign company?

13 years 6 days ago in  Visa & Legalities - China

 
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Your question is already answered in this question/answer:

What do I need to get a work (Z) visa?

http://answers.echinacities.com/question/565

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thedude:

Thanks, but I don't need a Z visa. I think I need a D visa? I stay here overseeing the production of our products before we ship them overseas. I work for a Canadian company that hires a local factory to make our products.

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Do you mean a residence permit? Once you arrive in the city where you will be living and have a apartment you go to your nearest police station with your passport and prove of address (in most cases they will need to landlord with you)
The police just loge you into the system and give you a paper.

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If you're working for a short term period in Shanghai, you don't get a residence permit neither a residence visa.

From what you described in your comment, you're entitled to get a F Business Visa. The F visa grants you the possibility to live in China for a duration of usually 6 months-1year according to your project. However, you won't be considered as having a residency here in China.

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There is no visa called D visa. What you need as indicated in your comment above is probably a temporary residence permit. Follow Fritze's suggestion to get your temporary residence permit that you were supposed to get within 24 hours of your arrival.

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A: No, it's not allowed to work under RP at 2nd job! I'd say, Z visa
A:No, it's not allowed to work under RP at 2nd job! I'd say, Z visa/RP sponsor can have an objections to your part-time job. I did the same at my English teaching in China and elsewhere, butT ... I casually mentioned at my prime job, some kindergarten or another school asked me to work with them part-time. Then, my Q: "Is that permitted?" ...  Answer from RP sponsor was always "Yes, but you can't be late or miss the classes at our school ..." with my reply: "No, our work schedule has a priority, and I'll arrange classes at kindergarten only in my free time." When I cleared that, I was undertaking any extra teaching hours at other schools and private students in my free time.Sometimes, teachers at my prime job asked me if I'm willing to have some extra classes elsewhere.I accepted after the talk with School's principal. I suggest, you test the felling at your Z/RP sponsor and once you see they don't object, you can work at 2nd job. Keeping your 2nd job as a secret from your employer won't work, 'cause you're laowai and Chinese know exactly what you do in your free time. However, despite your employer's agreement for extra work, you are still in violation of Chinese Labour law, and even if your sponsor agrees to your extra work, you can still get in trouble, because it's clearly written (somewhere ... ) that under Z/WP, one can work only at the Z-sponsor and nowhere else. Penalties ... I'd say, there won't be any warnings and you'll be required to exit China in short Exit time.It never happened to me, so I can't really advice how is when manure hits the fan ...  -- icnif77