Urgent - Working/Employment VISA

[arzbhatia]

Hi,

I'm a UI/UX designer with 7 years of experience and a new start-up company is looking to hire me full-time. The company office is in Shenzhen, China. However, there are huge problems in acquiring a working VISA for me. I'm only 19 years old and have no degree/diploma - However, like I mentioned, I still have 7+ years of work experience.

Do I have a way out of this? Really need to know urgently.

Thank you so much!

[gato]

Ask them to talk to a Shenzhen-based visa agent. There might be some local loopholes.

[zhouhaochen]

Officially no. You are both too young and do not have the necessary qualification (two years of work experience AFTER obtaining your degree).

However as Gato very rightly mentioned, a local visa agency might be able to help with this - exceptions are made, but this is on a case by case basis and nobody really knows why and how. Thats where an experienced agent comes in. Ask your employer to find someone.

[imron]

Is the job important or is moving to China important. If the former then as a UI/UX designer you should be able to do a lot of work remotely.

Also at 19, I sincerely doubt you have 7+ years of work experience, given that by work experience people generally mean full-time, professional experience.

[Matty]

Me being the extremist...

 

Start your own UI/UX business in China with a Chinese partner and get your visa as an investor of the business and either CEO or General Manager.

 

Have your company work with them on a B2B contract basis.

 

-- This may or may not work and you would obtain an Employment Permit instead of a Foreign Expert Certificate.