Formality B for Long-staying Foreign Experts Working in China

The long-staying foreign expert who holds Vocational Visa Z (hereafter “long-staying experts) and his accompanying family members shall handle Residence Permit at the local Public Security Organ within 30 days after their arrival in China. The working staff of the International Exchange Department of our university shall keep up-to-date with the entry date of long-staying expert so that they can handle the Residence Permit for long-staying expert in time. The procedures of handling Residence Permit are as follows:

3.1. Complete the Accommodation Registration

The working staff of the International Exchange Department of our university shall Keep up-to-date with your entry date, fill in the Accommodation Registration Form for Foreign Nationals and copy your passport and visa within 24 hours, and then type your accommodation information at the police station near your working place and print the Accommodation Certificate for Foreign Nationals with the seal of the police station.

3.2. Handle Health Certificate

When you assumed the post in our university, you shall handle Health Certificate within 10 days after your arrival in China at Hubei International Travel Health Care Center affiliated to Hubei Provincial Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau (CIU), located in 457#, Luoshi South Road, Hongshan District of Wuhan city. Following are the required materials:

a. The original passport;

b. All of your physical examination records in your own country, including physical examination form, x-ray film, electrocardiogram (ECG) report and blood test report, etc;

c. Two two-inch bareheaded and full-faced photos (take the photos in the Hubei International Travel Health Care Center if you are required to have a general physical checkup in the center);

d. To your accompanying family members, the materials required for handling health certificate are the same as yours. Members younger than 18-year-old are not required to handle health certificate.

Job Responsibilities for the Staff of International Exchange Department of Our University:

a. Collect all the above materials;

b. Draw the required forms for handling health certificate at the reception desk on the first floor of the Center. When filled in the forms, the staff shall verify your physical examination records in Foreign Physical Examination Department on the second floor. Assuming the verification goes well, you shall draw your health certificate within the speculated time (generally 2-3 days). Otherwise, the staff shall bring you to this Center for reexamination in accordance with the reexamination lists issued by the Center. Once verified, you shall draw your health certificate within the speculated time.

3.3. Handle Foreign Expert Certificate

When handled the Health Certificate, you shall handle Foreign Expert Certificate within 15 days after your arrival in China in Hubei Provincial People’s Government Foreign Affairs Office, located in No. 3, Bayi Road, Wuchang District of Wuhan city. Following are the required materials:

a. The original passport;

b. The original health certificate;

c. One two-inch bareheaded and full-faced photo;

d. The stub of your Working Permit in China;

e. The standard contract (provided by the Provincial Foreign Affairs Office) and its original annex;

f. To your accompanying family member, the materials needed for handling Foreign Expert Certificate are the original passport, the original health certificate and one two-inch bareheaded and full-faced photo.

Job Responsibilities for the Staff of International Exchange Department of Our University:

a. Collect all the above materials;

b. Log in the Foreign Expert Certificate Management System of SAFEA to fill in the relevant information of foreign teachers and submit them for verification. Once verified, the expert shall submit the relevant paper materials and handle Foreign Expert Certificate in Foreign Expert Department. All the photos on the Foreign Expert Certificate need stamped seals. Long-staying expert shares the same Foreign Expert Certificate with his accompanying family member, owned by the expert.

3.4. Handle Residence Permit

After handling the Health Certificate and Foreign Expert Certificate, both you and your accompanying family member shall apply for Residence Permit at the Entry-Exit Administration of Wuhan Municipal Public Security Bureau (Number 306, Shengli   Street of Wuhan city) within 30 days after your entry into China. Following are the required materials:

a. The original and photocopy of your passport;

b. Two two-inch bareheaded and full-faced photos;

c. The original and photocopy of your Health Certificate;

d. The original and photocopy of your Foreign Expert Certificate;

e. Residence Permit handled by the employer;

f. The Foreign Residence Certificate sealed by the Police Station near your working entity;

g. The photocopy of the Organization Code Certificate;

h. To your accompanying family member, the materials required for handling Residence Permit are the same as yours.

Job Responsibilities for the Staff of International Exchange Department of Our University:

a. Collect all the above materials;

b. When drawing and filling in the Application for Residence Permit, the staff shall conduct a conversation with the expert himself and his accompanying family member, together with the relevant police officers of Visa Section of the Entry-Exit Administration.(especially for those experts and the accompanying family members who handle the Residence Permit for the first time in Wuhan). After the conversation, the staff shall lead the expert and his accompanying family member to the Visa Acceptance Room to take electronic photos, handle the Residence Permit and get the receipt for drawing certificates. According to the date of drawing certificates (generally 7 days later), the expert shall go to the Entry-Exit Administration to pay for the fees incurred and then get his original passport, together with his accompanying family member’s original passport, which shall contain Residence Permit.