Z visa without Chinese company?

Z visa without Chinese company?
Feb 1, 2010 20:32
JSUMMERVILLE Points: Join Date: Feb 1, 2010 Status: offline	To the Visa Experts: I work for an American company. We have a local distributor in China. My company would like to relocate me to Shanghai for 1-2 years to better support our distributor and their sales efforts. From what I have read on this forum, a Z visa requires a local company to employ me. My Chinese distributor cannot employ me - I must stay employed by the American company (although I have no problem paying local income tax as I will be staying in China more than 183 days). I visited several Visa services in Shanghai who said I would have no problem obtaining a Z visa if I have been working for this American company for several years. They will require some documents from my local distributor, showing our relationship, but they would not have to employ me. Is their information correct? If anyone has some advice on the above, it would be greatly appreciated! I am trying to avoid staying long-term on my F visa (which technically is not legal, but seems common practice). Thank you! Jared

Feb 1, 2010 20:32

JSUMMERVILLE
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Join Date: Feb 1, 2010
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To the Visa Experts:

I work for an American company. We have a local distributor in China. My company would like to relocate me to Shanghai for 1-2 years to better support our distributor and their sales efforts. From what I have read on this forum, a Z visa requires a local company to employ me. My Chinese distributor cannot employ me - I must stay employed by the American company (although I have no problem paying local income tax as I will be staying in China more than 183 days).

I visited several Visa services in Shanghai who said I would have no problem obtaining a Z visa if I have been working for this American company for several years. They will require some documents from my local distributor, showing our relationship, but they would not have to employ me. Is their information correct?

If anyone has some advice on the above, it would be greatly appreciated! I am trying to avoid staying long-term on my F visa (which technically is not legal, but seems common practice).

Thank you!
Jared

Feb 4, 2010 11:00	#1
APAULT Points: Join Date: Mar 11, 2006 Status: Offline	If you continue to be employed by your US employer, I see no reason why you should not continue to work on your F visa. You are here on business and the F visa is a business visa. You are not eligible for a Z visa unless you are employed by an accredited employer in China....and you won't be - though there are some umbrella companies offering a service to employ on behalf of others.

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