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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.

Start here

Start here

Key considerations

The first questions are about urgency, governance and preservation — before collection expands or interviews begin.

  1. Has the current permit been cancelled or transferred?
  2. Is the city or title changing as well as the employer?
  3. What gap exists between last day and first day?

Decision map

Keep the question bounded.

  1. Close the old fileCancellation or transfer steps with the current sponsor.
  2. Open the new fileNew entity, role and city.
  3. Watch the gapStay and work can both break in the interval.

Timeline

Sequence and clocks that change the next action.

  1. Before last dayWho files the cancellation or transfer.
  2. GapWhether the person can remain and on what status.
  3. First day of new workOnly after the new authorisation exists.

Quick answers

Need the short version? Start with one narrow question.

These explainers answer one question. They do not replace this topic route or a deep guide.

Quick AnswerChina Immigration: Employer, Title & City Change TriggersMap which layer is tied to the changing fact; block the employment move until the gate is clear.

Curated resources

Open the asset that matches this job.

01
Guide

China immigration status control room

National map for visas, work permits, residence layers, change calendar and exit risk.

02
Guide

Changing employer without illegal employment

Cancellation, transfer and the gap risk when the job moves.

03
Guide

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 employerCity and title change, if anyProposed 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.

Open city and province guides

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