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[quote=APAULT,256408]Ian.  What visa are you on now? Are you the guest that started the thread?

If you have a Z visa the employer is required to apply for your residency within 30 days, otherwise your Z visa lapses. So his application for you is within the time limit.  The foreign expert certificate is issued by a different body but is required to get your residency.

Yes, you will need a new health certificate as they are only valid for 12 months - so I am not sure how you managed to get by without a new one last year.  You can get one by visiting the designated health centre - make sure u have fasted that morning.

Provided that the application has been submitted within the 30 day duration of the Z visa you are fine.  If not, and you stay in China beyond it's expiry date you are illegal.  There are set fines for short overstays but I would think such a situation would interfere with further visa applications.  If your employer is unable to meet the deadline they are in essence saying that they don't want to hire you.  If they do not meet the deadline you should get yr passport back and exit the mainland.  I guess you can then apply for another Z visa - if you feel inclined to!

If you are entereing as a HK citizen, that web page says you must register within 10 days, I have no idea of the penalty for not doing so or whether you might be refused.  Of course you do not need to go through the residency permit stuff.   It appears that your employer should pay the Health Service Fund but of course your salary package may be structured to have it as an extra, or it might in effect be a deduction.  That's for you to negotiate.  The same is true for the health deduction from your salary (I ahve always argued that executive salaries are higher than they would otherwise be to cover the higher taxes imposed in most countries).

If you are on a Z visa, your Shanghai papers have no value unless officially transferred.  If you are from HK, then it seems from my reading of that web page that they are also not valid because you have changed employer.  However, you appear to have a right of residency on the mainland so you cannot overstay.

If you have dual rights, ie you have HK residency and you have some other passport, you can choose which to use.  One has the visa requirement, the other is cheaper (though if you plan to return to HK you get the health and retirement benefits).

Even though the employer seems legally liable, it also seems that some employers here are unaware of the tax and social payment requirements outlined on that site and are only deducting normal foreigner income tax, nothing else.

Good luck..and please let us know the outcome when you have time.

Disclaimer: I am not a  prefessional, I base my comments on having made a number of applications, spoken to various people and read the rules etc from time to time.[/quote]

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