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Employer, title or city change
A new job is often a new immigration file. Starting work before the transfer can create illegal-employment risk.
First job Identify what must be cancelled or re-filed before the person starts the new role.
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Key considerations
- Has the current permit been cancelled or transferred?
- Is the city or title changing as well as the employer?
- What gap exists between last day and first day?
Decision map
Keep the question bounded.
- Close the old fileCancellation or transfer steps with the current sponsor.
- Open the new fileNew entity, role and city.
- Watch the gapStay and work can both break in the interval.
Timeline
Sequence and clocks that change the next action.
- Before last dayWho files the cancellation or transfer.
- GapWhether the person can remain and on what status.
- First day of new workOnly after the new authorisation exists.
Quick answers
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Curated resources
Open the asset that matches this job.
China immigration status control room
National map for visas, work permits, residence layers, change calendar and exit risk.
Changing employer without illegal employment
Cancellation, transfer and the gap risk when the job moves.
Employer, title and city change triggers
Which job or location changes force a new filing.
Helpful to prepare
Facts that make the next conversation clearer.
These items are orientation aids, not a legal requirement list.
- Current sponsor and proposed new employer
- City and title change, if any
- Proposed last day and start day
Local context
Add the city when the bureau practice changes.
Exit-entry processing and local file practice vary after the national status question is identified.
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