Source: Yiwu sourcing agent Author: Gary Date: 2008-04-15
On April 2 Sylla Mamadou,a Mali businessman working in his company’s Yiwu office, went through the formalities for employment permit at a job service window for foreigners of Yiwu Employment Service Department. He completed relevant formalities quickly with all the valid certificates needed. On his departure he said to his interpreter that it was really convenient and quick, and now with the employment permit ready he could engage himself wholly in work .
Within the 9 months up to the end of March, 2400 foreigners have obtained their permit for employment in Yiwu. According to relevant regulations in China, foreigners who in tend to work legally in China for payment or business income should go about the formalities for employment permit for their engagement.
Without the employment permit their employment is illegal and would be punished by the police . According to Chen Sheng, director of Yiwu Employment Service Department, the formalities for foreigners’ employment permit are free of charge and require not much time. The employment visa can only be available with the foreigners’ employment permit and foreigners’ employment certificates .
Here are some tips on procurement of the permit: First, get two copies of application form for foreigners’ employment in Zhejiang in duplicate at the No.1 window of employment office at No. 389 Xiangshan Road (which can also be downloaded from the website of www.ywrl.gov.cn ) . Fill in the application form and have affix the official seal of the agency and then go to the Foreign Affairs Service Center ( on the third floor of Ocean Business Building) for signature and seal. Afterwards, submit the following original and photocopies of the applicant’s valid certificates to the No.1 window of employment office: passport, visa, resume, health certificate, employment certificate, agency registration certificate, organization registration code certificate, temporary residence permit and 3 pieces of two-inch bareheaded photos recently taken. Then attach the applicant’s photo and have a seal stamped on it at No.4 window of employment office. For foreign businessmen who invest or be employed in Yiwu, more documents are necessary, such as education certificate, occupational skills qualification certificate, employer’s business registration certificate, enterprise legal entity certificate, appointment letter or foreign investment enterprises certificate of approval .
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