What I did was - engaged an agent that based in UK , email the scanned copy of UK cert , the agent will sort out the rest for you (E.g. public notary, FCO & China embassy in UK). The total cost was about £266 in total.

Have any of you received the notice below from HR recently?

根据【外国人在中国就业管理规定】，外国人入境后取得【外国人工作许可证】和【外国人居留许可证】，方可在中国境内合法就业。如有违规，个人及聘用公司将同时受罚。个人罚款5千到2万不等，聘用公司罚款1万到10万不等， 具体由出入境最终裁决。
In light of China Labor Law’s regulation, foreigner has to obtain work permit and residence permit prior to employment in China. Any violation will trigger penalty for both employee and employer. The range for individual is between 5k to 20k, while 10k to 100k for employer. The authority officer will make final judgment.
No work permit/residence permit, no employment. Please bear in mind.

HR told me this is effective since beginning of July.
I have got all documents ready - but now the challenge is that I cannot work in China until I have received my residence permit.
There will be 1.5-2 months in between entering China till getting Residence Application.


Enter China with Z visa -> Medical Checkup (approx 1 week) -> Work permit application (approx 4 weeks) ->Residence Application (approx 2 weeks).

The timeline above is provided by HR, still pending response from them on how to make the transition more feasible.
I am holding project currently & it's impossible not to work during the 1.5-2 months.

Is there anyone else affected by this new regulation?


Thanks.