Documents required for NOTIFICATION LETTER OF FOREIGNER'S WORK PERMIT
1. Photocopy of passport PIP (at least 6 months validity)
2. Color photocopy of Academic certificate (translated into Chinese, both original and translated documents notarized by KPT, MoFA, and CVAC)
3. Proof of employment letter from your ex-company (Translated into Chinese, WITH COMPANY STAMP)
4. Certificate of Good Conduct (translated into Chinese, both original and translated documents notarized by MoFA, and CVAC)
5. Original letter proof of study from your university (for KPT verification purpose only)
*** KPT = Kementerian Pengajian Tinggi (Putrajaya)
*** MoFA = Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Putrajaya)
*** CVASC = China Visa Application Service Center (Jalan Tun Razak KL / Georgetown Penang)


Documents required for Z VISA
1. Original passport (at least 6 months validity)
2. VISA application form
3. Passport photos x 2
4. Notification Letter of Foreigner Work Permit


PROCEDURES:

1. First thing first, submit application to get your non-criminal record (Certificate of Good Conduct) here: https://ekonsular.kln.gov.my/
Note: Prepare and scan your passport photo (white background) and submit during online application, takes 1-3 weeks to complete, check the progress daily.

2. Once online status show "Ready for Collection", you may head over Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Malaysia to collect which will need to pay RM20 upon collection.

3. Go Institue Terjemah Negara Malaysia (ITNM) at Wangsa Maju to translate your ex-company referral letter, Certificate of Good Conduct and Academic Certificate into SIMPLIFIED Chinese. One page of certificate they charged for RM95.20, 3 days later come and collect. I opted for Express translation (collect on the same day) which they charged me double.
Note: Makhamah Rayuan no longer providing translation services, they already moved to Wangsa Maju permanently.
Tips: Certified (court) interpreter can do the translation too. Cheaper + faster.

4. Certify your Academic Certificate at Kementerian Pengajian Tinggi (KPT) Putrajaya, look for Helpdesk 6 (international student). Letter from your University is needed to proof that you have completed your study.
Note: Some told me that they are able to get over with digital copy of the letter from their phone. But it depends which officer you met at the Helpdesk. Mine was rejected by a fat lady officer.

5. Go back to Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Malaysia to notarize both Certificate of Good Conduct (translated) and Academic Certificate (ori copy and translated).
Note: Rm20 per copy.

6. Print this form: [url=http://www.visaforchina.org/KUL_EN/generalinformation/Downloadsauthentication/283181.shtml[/url] and complete it. Head over Chinese Visa Application Service Centre to have all the documents (Ori and translated CGC, Ori COPY and translated Academic Certificate) notarized.
Note: 4 working days RM164.80/copy, 3 working days (express service) RM378.80/copy. Legalization at Level 6, VISA application submission at Level 5. Go as earlier as possible as there will be a long queue before the center open.

7. 4 days later after you collected all the notarized documents from VISA centre, scan (*FRONT AND BACK*) and send your Letter of Good Conduct (original and translated), academic certificate (original COPY and translated), color image of passport PIP page, passport photo and ex-company letter (original and translated) to your recruiter in China.
Important: Embassy will notarize the document by putting a sticker on the back of the document, so you will need to scan the back page of your authenticated documents too.
Important: Health screening report is NOT COMPULSORY for NOTIFICATION LETTER. Your HR can submit "guarantee of good health" instead of health screening report. BUT, you will still need to perform health screening in China within 30 days of entry with your Z visa, before you can turn your Z visa into Work Permit.
Update: there are cases where Tung Shin's health report were rejected in ShenZhen and Shanghai. It is best that you do the medical exam in China.

8. Normally Notification Letter of Foreigner Work Permit (外国人工作许可通知) will be approved within 2-4 weeks. Wait for your employer to send you your notification letter once it is approved.

9. Bring your passport, VISA application form, passport photos x 2, Notification Letter of Foreigner Work Permit to Chinese Visa Application Service Centre to apply for Z-VISA. Collect 4 days later (Regular service, RM100).
More details: https://www.visaforchina.org/web/guidance/S...te_alias=KUL_EN

10. Z visa is valid for one entry only and duration of stay up to three months. The duration of stay is listed as "000 days" on the visa page. The holder of a (Z) visa should go to the local public security department within thirty days of entry into China and convert the visa into a work and resident permit, which functions as a "temporary green card" and allows for unlimited entry/exit.

Once touched down in China:

11. If you did not submit any health screening report during your application for Notification Letter, then you may need to perform health screening in China (check with your HR which local government hospital is available for Visa Health Screening package).
Note: 8 hours of fasting required.
Note: At least 4 BLUE background of passport photos are needed.
Important: NOT ALL local hospital can perform health screening for work visa application. Check with your HR or local authorities.

12. To convert your Z visa into work and resident permit, you need to submit ALL your original documents and certified photocopy, including application form and employment contract that your HR submitted during application of Notification letter. And you are compulsory to take passport photo again in China. A receipt (回执) will be issued after you took the photo, and that the receipt you will need to submit later during application of Residence Permit.

13. You HR will need to submit another application (境内外国人来华工作许可通知) online. If there is nothing wrong with the submitted documents, the system will show “受理中" after 2-3 working days. Your HR will then need to go to the 人力资源部 to submit original hard copy of your documents for verification.

14. Once 受理成功, system will shown "证件已打印" and "证件信息已查验". Now your work permit is ready to pick up at the 人力资源部.

15. After collected your working permit, your HR will need to go to the police station (派出所) to apply for temporary residence permit.

16. With the temporary residence permit and working permit, your HR should bring you to the local police station (市公安局) to apply for residence permit. Collect after 10 days.

14. Enjoy your life in China!

MORE INFO:
1. Health screening can be done in Tung Shin Hospital KL ONLY, or in certain China hospital or China international travel healthcare centre after you arrived in China with your Z visa.
Note: To perform health screening in Tung Shin (Jalan Pudu), you will need the chinese form (link at below) to be printed out for your doctor to fill up. Important: You need to translate them into Chinese. I would prefer you to complete your health screening in China instead.
Health screening form: https://www.visaforchina.org/MEL_EN/general...ds/270951.shtml
More details: http://www.tungshin.com.my/packages/health...ening-packages/


Working Visa (Z): Visa needed to enter China for working purposes with a validity of 30 days. This document has to be replaced by the Resident Permit (which will allow foreigners to reside in China) within 30 days from the entry date.
Foreigner’s Work Permit: document delivered in China to foreign workers after proceeding accordingly with the local authorities.
Residence Permit: Document replacing the Working Visa on the passport in order to legally remain in the country and travel abroad without restriction during the employment duration.

Processing time:
1、《外国人工作许可证》 (Notification letter of foreigner's work permit) (Depends on your HR efficiency, 10-30 working days)
2、 就业者回国申请Z签证 (Applicants need to apply Z visa in your home country) (Depend on yourself）
3、《外国人就业证》(Work permit) & 《外国人居留许可》 (Residence permit) (15-20 working days)

REFERENCES

COMPLETE GUIDELINE PUBLISHED BY CHINA AUTHORITY:
http://fwp.safea.gov.cn/attached/file/2017...8182639_469.pdf

VISA APPLICATION FEES:
http://www.visaforchina.org/KUL_EN/yyxz/264516.shtml

CHINESE VISA APPLICATION SERVICE CENTER OFFICIAL WEBSITE:
https://www.visaforchina.org/KUL_EN/index.shtml

MY WECHAT:
CheeKiat
** I'm currently working in Guangdong. We have a chat group for Malaysians in China. You may contact me if you need help.

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About the cert of good conduct. They require I fill up "my last employer information in Malaysia". But my last employer in Malaysia was a 3 months internship. I have been working in Singapore for nearly 3 years. Should I get the cert from Singapore instead of Malaysia as I am a PR in Singapore.

This post has been edited by yinseng000: Feb 5 2018, 06:46 PM

I guess you will only need to disclose details of yourself working in singapore and get the cert from sg gov instead

This post has been edited by cheekiat95: Feb 5 2018, 07:09 PM

hi there, what about the medical checkup for the visa? do we need to do it in an authorized clinics or if any clinic is ok edy? and where did u do ur medical checkup?

thanks!

If im not mistaken there is only one hospital in msia that is recognized by china government - Tung Shin Hospital. Not really sure tho I suggest u to ask embassy or your employer. Better still you do your medical checkup after you got your visa and entered China, i mean do your med checkup in China.

Hey mind if i ask where do u work at? and are u alrdy working there now? and it seems that my employer asked me to do a medical checkup first before the visa can be applied along with other documents...

My condition is very rare and I don't mind to share with you. I was first applying for a Z visa and my application for employement permit was rejected by china gov due to my working experience is less than 2 years. Since my company is based in HK and I'm actually employed under a HK company, so my company apply a M visa (business visa) for me instead of the Z.

I'm currently working in Dongguan and will need to go HK every 60 days to have my visa "refreshed" on the duration of stay.

So sorry i couldnt help u with the medical checkup thing.

Can I ask, could i just follow the translation format and do it my own? Instead of heading to the (INTM) ?

Hi TS, thank you for this very helpful post! However, your link shown in number 6 is broken: https://www.visaforchina.org/KUL_EN/upload/...B7%E8%A1%A8.doc

Could you post the correct link to that form, or at least the name of the form, so that I can Google it?

Another thing I would like to know, after obtaining the Z-Visa, do I still need to apply for a single-entry visa to actually enter China, or does the Z-visa already allow that?

Thanks.

Hi, May i know that is my resume needed? and is it and referral letter from my ex-company needed to be translated into chinese?

I suppose resume is not needed. Any documentation that need to be submitted to Chinese gov will need to be translated into Chinese. You may have your ex-company to prepare the referral letter in Chinese if they are able to do so.

I was being told by Ministry of Foreign Affairs that they only recognize translated document from ITNM.

Just replied your DM.

I believe they removed the link. Here you go:
http://www.visaforchina.org/KUL_EN/howtoge...ion/index.shtml

You do not need to apply another single-entry visa as your Z-visa is actually a multiple entries visa with ~ 2 yrs validity.

Thanks for answering. Sorry, i have too many questions to ask... it is so troublesome to apply Z visa.

i saw from your steps that my degree has to be translated and notarized my KPT. i have to get it notarized the degree and also the chinese translated copy? or one copy will do??

i am now waiting for my CGC to be ready for collection. Then i plan to get the CGC and also bring my degree cert to be verified by KPT.
After that, bring these document along with my resume, "proof of employment and referral letter" from my ex-company to be translated into Mandarin.
Next only get notarized by MOFA for all these documents (CGC, academic degree, resume, proof of employment and referral letter and Mandarin version of these documents).

Is it good planning? hahahahah

Thanks TS! I hope both you and I will have a good working life in China

Thank you for sharing all these information. I took a 3+0 program previously and got my degree from a UK University thru a local college. KPT told me that this program was not registered in their system, so they could not legalize my certificate, unless the local college could present the Approval Letter from KPT on the said program. I was once told by the Chinese Consulate here that the next possible option would be to turn to the Chinese Consulate in UK for the legalization process I cannot afford to travel all the way to UK just for this. Has anyone face the same issue? Please share your experiences....

i have the same problem here, my cert is a 3+0 from Australia, KPT refused to certified my cert, so i m liasing with my college to help me out here, still not getting back any response yet