Work Permit Application

Foreign friends who want to work in Guangzhou have to get a Guangzhou work visa/permit. Just turn to Webond Group limited. We endeavor to provide you with an efficient and cost effective service tailored to your specific needs

1. in applying for residence permits, you are obliged to answer relevant inquiries and submit the following documents:

1) The original and photocopy of your valid passport and Chinese visa;

2) A form of Application for Visa and Residence Permit which you have filled correctly, and one of your recent passport-size 2 inch photos (full face without hat);

3）Registration Forms of Temporary Accommodation for Aliens issued by local street police station (excluding those lodging at guesthouse or hotel);

4) The original and photocopy of your Press Card and photocopy of the Certificate of Resident Foreign Press issued by the Information Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs;

5) Official letters from Foreign Affairs Office of People’s Government of Guangdong Province;

6) Health Certificates issued by Guangdong Exit-Entry Inspection and Quarantine Bureau (for applicants aged 18 or above and will reside in Guangzhou for one year or more);

7) In addition, necessary documents from your family members are required as followed: marriage certificate for your spouse, kinship certificate for your parents; birth certificate for your children.  In case your family members apply for residence permits separately, they are required to submit the original and photocopy of your passport and residence permit.

If you enter China by holding visa J-2 and apply for residence permit as a resident correspondent, you are required to submit an official letter from the Information Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs or from the Foreign Affairs Office of the People’s Government of Guangdong Province.

2. Procedures and Processing Time 
1) Acceptance 
a. Only application materials prepared in a complete and full manner abiding by the relevant laws and regulations will be accepted. 
b. The applicant will be allowed to correct the mistakes in the application materials on the spot. For incomplete application materials or materials in conflicts with the relevant laws and regulations, the applicant will be given a written notice of lacking materials at once or within five days; if no notice is given, the application will be officially accepted on the date when the materials are received. 
c. For rejected applications (incomplete or improperly completed), the applicants will be notified of the reason. 

2) Inspection and approval 
Decisions regarding approval will be made within 20 working days after the inspection steps have been completed in accordance with the relevant regulations. Under special circumstances, a ten-working-day extension is permissible if it is granted by the leaders of the relevant administrative department. The applicant will be notified of the reason for the extension. 
If the approval is granted, the Work Permit (printed officially by the State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs) will be issued to the applicant and sealed with stamp of the Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs of Guangdong Province. 
No administrative permission by the State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs will be granted if any of the following circumstances occur: 

a. The application materials provided are incomplete or do not conform to the relevant laws and regulations or no steps are taken to correct the documents after notification; 
b. False information is provided; 
c. The applicants are not qualified to be foreign experts; or 
d. There are other circumstances, for which the State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs deems it not appropriate for the applicant to obtain the Work Permit.