Foreign Experts Certificate Application Guide
Date:03/27/2017  
Item Name Foreign Experts Certificate Application Guide
Rights and Liablities Item No.
Issuing Authority
Service Subject Person
Implementing Basis
Application Condition Foreign experts who apply for Foreign Experts Certificate shall abide by Chinese laws and regulations, be in good health, have a clean criminal record and meet one of the following requirements:
1. Being foreign technical and managerial professionals who are employed to work in China for the purpose of executing inter-governmental, inter-organizational agreements, protocols, or China-foreign trade contracts;
2. Being foreign professionals who are employed to work in China in relation to education, scientific research, press and publication, culture, arts, public health and sports;
3. Being high-ranking foreign technical or managerial professionals who are employed to take up position above vice general manager or enjoy equivalent treatment in enterprises within the territory of P.R. China;
4. Being foreign resident representatives in China of foreign experts organizations or foreign talent agencies approved by SAFEA;
5. Being foreign technical and managerial professionals with extraordinary expertise of which China is in urgent need, who are employed to work in China in the fields of economy, technology, engineering, trade, finance and accounting, taxation and tourism.
Foreign experts referred to in the above 2 and 3 shall hold a bachelor’s degree or higher degrees and have at least 5-year work experience in related jobs (language teachers shall hold a bachelor’s degree or higher degrees and have at least 2-year work experience in related jobs).
Note: Foreign experts referred to in the above 2 and 3 shall hold a bachelor’s degree or higher degrees and have at least 5-year work experience in related jobs (language teachers shall hold a bachelor’s degree or higher degrees and have at least 2-year work experience in related jobs).
Application Materials 1. Foreign Experts Certificate application form, with one photo of the applicant;
2. Applicant’s CV (including education and work experience) in both Chinese and foreign language, with the official seal of prospective employer;
3. Copy of diploma from the highest institution the applicant attended or certificate of professional qualifications, with official seal of the prospective employee and, if necessary, the original of these materials;
4. Health certificate issued by or verified by a health and quarantine department with Chinese government recognition;
5. Employment agreement or contract and a copy, in both Chinese and foreign language;
6. In the case of cultural or education experts, a copy of the employer’s qualifications; in the case of economic, technical and managerial experts, the employer’s business license or certificate and a copy;
7. Applicant’s passport and visa, and copies;
8. Residence permit and a copy;
9. A one-inch ID photo;
10. If any family member is accompanying the applicant, a passport and visa and copies, a residence permit and a copy, a health certificate, and two one-inch ID photos;
11. Any related certificates or materials needed to confirm that the applicant is a high-level person or investor;
12. An official letter from the prospective employer.
Transaction Procdure 1. Registration
1.1 Log on the State Foreign Expert Affairs Administration’s government website and click on ‘SAFEA foreign expert work permit management system’ in the column ‘Online Services.’
1.2 Click on ‘Host Institution Registration,’ and submit a username and password.
1.3 Fill in the information, submit, and wait for it to be approved.
2. Application
2.1 Log in, click on ‘Foreign Expert Work Permit Application and Foreign Expert Certificate Application.’
2.2 Select the service required - ‘new application’, ‘extend’, ‘modify’, ‘annul’ and ‘post-register’ - and input information.
2.3 Zhengzhou Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs will preliminarily check the online information that the applicant provided, and the system will generate the Foreign Expert Certificate Application Serial Number automatically.
2.4 Once the application pass the preliminarily check, the application's status will be changed to "Preliminarily Check Passed", the applicant should submit all required materials in written form to Zhengzhou Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs for verification check.
2.5 Once the paper files pass the verification check, the Foreign Expert Certificate will be prepared.
2.6 The applicant can go to Zhengzhou Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs' office to get the certificate.
Transaction Time Limit Within 15 working days
Implementing Authority Henan Provincial Administrations of Foreign Experts Affair
Charge or not No
Fee Standard None
Fee Basis
Online Application or not No
Business Supervision Department
Office Hours Mon.-Fri. 9:00—12:00 13:00—17:00
Office Address 1st and 2nd floor of Building 1,No.85, Yabao Oriential International Plaza, Jinshui East Road, Zhengzhou.(Zip Code 450046)
Contact Phone 0371-67888535
Complaint Phone 0371-67880110
Relevant Forms
Flow Chart
Common Questions
Notes
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