Entering China with residence permit after having left job

In order to renew the working/residence permit, you need to present the resignation document that must be released by the previous employeer. Otherwise, as happened to me just few days ago, you need to let expire the working permit first and get a new one after then. I will suggest you to ask to a good agent how and if you can get a working visa while you are staying in China. I’m doing so and it seems much easier than what other friends experienced at doing it by themselves. Cheers

Thanks for the response. Actually the new job would begin until after the previous job’s contract and residence permit expires so a release letter wouldn’t be necessary. I’m more worried about 2 things mainly. being able to enter china on my residence permit, and if i have to leave China while the new residence permit is being worked on.

You can enter China until the day of expiration of your actual working permit but you must exit on the expiration day and you can’t stay without a valid visa. In my case, I leaved China the same day of the expiration, went to HK and obtained a 30 days Tourism Visa and now I’m going to get a 1 year residence permit for the moment (I’m married with a Chinese). If you wish, send me a PM and I will let you have the contact of the guy who is doing the procedures for me, he speaks English and works for a trusted company. He knows how to do. Cheers

Few things. You will need a release letter either way, even if your employment contract has expired and you did/did not break the contract. You will need a release letter when you apply for your new work permit/RP. Without it, you will be rejected. Second, to answer your question – NO, you cannot enter the country on the same old residence permit, even if you have some time left on it. I have a friend who did that. She quit her job, the company didn’t cancel her RP, and she went to the States and got back. Now, she was able to enter the country without any hiccups, but when she started applying for a new RP with a new employer, she got into trouble. I’m not sure exactly how, but I guess the company’s HR has some hookups or something, she was able to get a new RP, but all I know is that she got into trouble for that. You should get a new visitor’s visa and then once in China, do the new RP.

Could you update me on any more information you’ve had regarding re-entering China on your residence permit? For the record, I was granted early release from my employer due to a family emergency that forced me home in December. My previous employer has been extremely supportive, and now that everything seems okay back home, I would like to come back to Shanghai to teach once again. I have been informed that my old school has found a replacement teacher for me. Still, they’ve been willing to write up a Letter of Release and have (apparently) mailed it to my address here in Canada. They are aware that I am seeking employment in Shanghai again. My new, prospective employer would like me to fly to China on the RP in my passport. It has not been canceled or cut and looks in-tact superficially, but is there any way I can find out if my RP has been canceled in the system at the Exit/Entry Bureau? Do you recommend simply contacting my previous employer after the vacation is finished to find out? My prospective employer has warned me against any further communication with my old school. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated! Cheers.

If anyone can help me out with my query (which is quite similar to the above posters) I would be very grateful. The situation is as follows: about 3 weeks ago I quit my university job and went to a different city. The university had provided me with a residence permit and foreign experts certificate. I left because of being constantly lied to by the administration. I wish to stay in China for the next 10 months just basically doing some part-time work and improving my Chinese. However, I have seen some posts online claiming that after I left the university would have cancelled my resident permit, and so when I attempt to leave the country after 10 months I could be fined and even arrested. I’m wondering does anyone have any actual experience with this kind of issue at all? If so are there any ‘exits’ from China that will scrutinize my passport a bit less? (I’m thinking perhaps the Hong Kong or Macau crossing?) And like the poster above I am curious if there is any way to check the status of residence permits etc. Anyway, I seem to have got myself into a slight situation – if anyone has any ideas please feel free to post them.