• Retrosound [none/use name]
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    1 year ago

    A visa is a temporary permit. You work, you save money, you transfer the money back home after proving you've paid taxes on it, and leave. Class B foreigners (which is what English teachers are) aren't eligible. The moment they lose employment they get a call from the Entry-Exit Bureau asking them to stop by so their residence permit can be cancelled and be required to leave China within 10 days.

    • Vampire [any]
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      1 year ago

      A visa is a temporary permit. You work, you save money, you transfer the money back home after proving you've paid taxes on it, and leave.

      Well this isn't true at all. There are permanent and temporary visas.

      • Retrosound [none/use name]
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        1 year ago

        Nope! Techincally speaking China has a visa, which is a short term stay, and a residence permit, which is a 1 or 2 year stay.

        Permanent residence is heavily restricted to the highly educated or to high value talents. So much so that it's a joke, honestly. Most people who qualify for it wouldn't want it, for tax reasons.