Current China Entry policy
#1396
Join Date: May 2010
Location: AVP & PEK
Programs: UA 1K 1.9MM
Posts: 6,367
No offense, but your posts (and advice) still seem very Shanghai-centric, and only for a specific sector of employment/work permit.
There's MANY different ways to get a work permit & RP. Here's Beijing's website on this subject with some good info: Work Permit for foreigners
It's 28 nights+ for many, either cutting it very close, or already in need of an extension.
Definitely good advice, although presuming the agent is any good, I'd approach it the other way around: instead of "running my plan by them" and asking "Will this work?", I'd suggest to ASK THEM what will work, after providing them with the basic information. I've found the agents are far more versed in the intricacies of all the various approaches, that they oftentimes have ideas I wouldn't even think of.
-----> If you only ask a "Will this work?" question, you might only get a "No, it won't!" response!
There's MANY different ways to get a work permit & RP. Here's Beijing's website on this subject with some good info: Work Permit for foreigners
-----> If you only ask a "Will this work?" question, you might only get a "No, it won't!" response!
#1397
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Feb 2003
Posts: 10,236
China has decided to use Covid to shut themselves off from the world.
They aren’t giving out work permits for fake jobs anymore, they aren’t allowing agents to bypass regulations anymore and they aren’t welcoming foreigners anymore.
I don’t really understand why anyone would want to get a dodgy work permit and come to China now anyway. If you have no real job here making serious money, what’s the point of being here at the moment?
They aren’t giving out work permits for fake jobs anymore, they aren’t allowing agents to bypass regulations anymore and they aren’t welcoming foreigners anymore.
I don’t really understand why anyone would want to get a dodgy work permit and come to China now anyway. If you have no real job here making serious money, what’s the point of being here at the moment?
#1398
Ambassador, Hong Kong and Macau
Join Date: May 2009
Location: HKG
Programs: Non-top tier Asia Miles member
Posts: 19,807
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XqXnHF...utu.be&noapp=1
#1399
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: HKG
Posts: 1,318
Yesterday's Covid report from Shanghai had a Swiss citizen who travelled from Singapore without residency:
Shanghai Covid Report 20220228
病例16为瑞士籍,在新加坡旅行,自新加坡出发,于2022年2月21日抵达上海浦东国际机场,入关后即被集中隔离 观察,其间出现症状。综合流行病学史、临床症状、实验室检测和影像学检查结果等,诊断为确诊病 例。
Shanghai Covid Report 20220228
病例16为瑞士籍,在新加坡旅行,自新加坡出发,于2022年2月21日抵达上海浦东国际机场,入关后即被集中隔离 观察,其间出现症状。综合流行病学史、临床症状、实验室检测和影像学检查结果等,诊断为确诊病 例。
#1400
A FlyerTalk Posting Legend
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Shanghai
Posts: 42,065
China has decided to use Covid to shut themselves off from the world.
They aren’t giving out work permits for fake jobs anymore, they aren’t allowing agents to bypass regulations anymore and they aren’t welcoming foreigners anymore.
I don’t really understand why anyone would want to get a dodgy work permit and come to China now anyway. If you have no real job here making serious money, what’s the point of being here at the moment?
They aren’t giving out work permits for fake jobs anymore, they aren’t allowing agents to bypass regulations anymore and they aren’t welcoming foreigners anymore.
I don’t really understand why anyone would want to get a dodgy work permit and come to China now anyway. If you have no real job here making serious money, what’s the point of being here at the moment?
2. Meet with clients in person
3. Enjoy China
As an aside, RPs are superior to visas.
-eChannel
-no duration of stay limit
#1401
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Feb 2003
Posts: 10,236
Yesterday's Covid report from Shanghai had a Swiss citizen who travelled from Singapore without residency:
Shanghai Covid Report 20220228
病例16为瑞士籍,在新加坡旅行,自新加坡出发,于2022年2月21日抵达上海浦东国际机场,入关后即被集中隔离 观察,其间出现症状。综合流行病学史、临床症状、实验室检测和影像学检查结果等,诊断为确诊病 例。
Shanghai Covid Report 20220228
病例16为瑞士籍,在新加坡旅行,自新加坡出发,于2022年2月21日抵达上海浦东国际机场,入关后即被集中隔离 观察,其间出现症状。综合流行病学史、临床症状、实验室检测和影像学检查结果等,诊断为确诊病 例。
#1404
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Feb 2003
Posts: 10,236
I really don’t know where you’re getting all your info, but it’s all pretty bad intel these days! Let’s meet up for some Chili’s soon and chew the fat.
#1405
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: PVG
Programs: MU Platinum, HH Diamond
Posts: 833
Correct. E-Channel is unavailable for entry or exit. For foreigners it's back to filling out the exit / entry forms (which are now blue, by the way).
#1406
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: HKG
Posts: 1,318
In South Korea's case the rules are crystal clear as it's published on the Embassy's website, 30 days in the country and you are eligible for a green code. It's still not clear what the threshold is for getting a green code in Singapore.
#1407
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: HKG
Posts: 1,318
When I left via the Shenzhen/HK land border late last year there were no forms to fill for foreigners. Of course this was just one port so it's not necessarily representative.
#1408
Join Date: May 2010
Location: AVP & PEK
Programs: UA 1K 1.9MM
Posts: 6,367
Your post was SPECIFICALLY quoting a post that was referring to what is happening NOW, not in the future.
We all know eChannel will eventually will return.
#1409
Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: Bangkok
Programs: Marriott Bonvoy Titanium, BAEC Silver, TK Miles & Smiles Elite
Posts: 2,214
Really? Lucky you. When I crossed this border in March 2021 I had to complete one of those roughly photocopied Chinese forms all in Chinese which - to the best of my phone translator's ability - was entirely about location, contacts, and domestic travel history. It took me ages because there's nobody to assist, of course. They also put the frighteners on me before they let me out by telling me that if HK rejected me some 20m beyond the mainland border then I'd have to do two weeks quarantine upon return. I didn't have HK residency but I'd read nothing about residency being a requirement to enter by the land border (it was a requirement by plane at this time) so I nodded sagely indicating my acceptance of this potential fate and they let me pass, never to return. After sharing this anecdote, I think the point is that the land border port has always been treated differently to the airport as a point of entry to HK.