What are the requirements for foreign graduates to apply for a work visa?
2023-08-28
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Foreign students may want to work in China after graduation. Can their student visa be converted to work visa directly? As we all know, foreigners working in China must apply for a work visa. The most basic requirement is a bachelor's degree or above + 2 years of relevant work experience. So, newly graduated foreign students, without 2 years of relevant work experience, can they apply for a work visa?Can they convert their student visa to work visa directly? Can all graduates apply for a work visa?
The answer is: The outstanding college students can transfer the student visa into work visa directly.
According to the classification criteria for foreigners' work in China, other foreign personnel meeting the needs of the domestic labor market and in line with the provisions of state policies are classified as category C.
Category C Judgment Criteria 3: Foreign students and foreign graduates of overseas universities who meet the specified conditions, etc. (take Shenzhen as an example, those who graduated from a world-known foreign university within two years as well as Graduated from a domestic university within two years can apply category C)
The above is the national policy. We can understand that foreign graduates do not have 2 years of relevant work experience, and they can also apply for a work visa in China. Local policies are similar and slightly different. In Shenzhen, for example, foreign graduates who have graduated from domestic universities within two years can directly apply for work permits in China.
So, can all foreign graduates apply for a work visa? How to transfer a student visa into a work visa? How should fresh graduates apply for a Chinese work visa? The first step must be to find employers, then the employers can begin to apply for work permits, and complete the follow-up legal procedures.
The basic requirements for employers are:
Employers shall be established by law with actual business premises, pay taxes and social insurances according to law, without serious illegal and dishonest acts; the employment of foreigners shall be for special needs and the appropriate candidates are in short supply domestically in China; the salary or remuneration for those foreigners shall not be lower than the local minimum wage (Shenzhen:10449RMB/month).
The basic requirement for foreign graduates:
They have a good academic record (with an average score of 80 or more) and a transcript of their corresponding degree as proof. Other materials shall be provided in accordance with the new application.
To sum up, student visas can be directly changed into work visas.
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