The applicant needs to prepare the following documents and forms:

• Employment contract
• Passport and valid work-type residence permit
• Passport-size colourful photo in white background
• The applicant’s work permit
• Valid accommodation registration form
• Health check report (issued within the latest six months)
• Chinese translation of all documents in foreign languages
• Other documents required

You will need to apply for change of work permit when there is change in the applicant’s name, passport number, position, category of the work permit, etc within ten working days after the change incurs. You will also need to apply for change of resident permit when there is change in the applicant’s name, gender, birth date, type of residence, residence period, issuance date and address, passport number, etc within ten days after the change incurs.

Please pay attention: in case there is post change from one professional field to another, you will need to cancel the current work permit and re-apply a new one. For instance, if your post is changed from sales director to biotech engineer, you will need to apply for a new work permit by providing relevant working experience proofing documents as a biotech engineer.  

The work permit will be automatically revoked if no renewal is made before the date of expiry. The employer company shall apply for cancellation of the work permit and report to the entry and exit administration within ten days after the following situations occur:

• foreign staff changes his/her working city
• foreign staff terminates the employment contract in advance
• foreign staff resigns
• foreign staff cannot be contacted by the company
• foreign staff violates the immigration regulations
• foreign staff lose capacity
• foreign staff is missing or dead

It takes ten working days to renew, change or cancel the work permit and fifteen working days for reissuance of work permit.

Seven working days.