In hindsight moving to China during the middle of Chinese New Year wasn’t such a great idea.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Trying to shuffle logistics with bureaucracy during the biggest Chinese holiday is problematic at best and very frustrating at its worst.\u00c2\u00a0 Then a year later you have to renew your work permit and you have to go through it all over again and its a headache.<\/p>\n
Chinese New Year is a lunar holiday, so the date shifts from year to year.\u00c2\u00a0 In 2012 the Spring Festival falls the earliest it can in the calendar : Jan 23rd through Jan 28th.\u00c2\u00a0 Our work permit and residency permit expires on 2\/16, you can start the renewal process 30 days prior to the expiration and you must file at least one day before the expiration.\u00c2\u00a0 The problem is that we are out of the country until Jan 29th (Sunday) which means the soonest we can start the process is Jan 30th, which is still fine except for the fact I have to be to mandatory meetings in Seattle starting 2\/6 and I am not finished until 2\/13, which leaves no time to return before the deadline of 2\/15.\u00c2\u00a0 So the plan is to renew first after returning from Chinese New Year and go to Seattle late.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Here is how the process should play out :<\/p>\n
Once again I got confused between the fact that a temporary residency permit is just your registration of where you live with the police station, you can and need one of these even if you are on a visitor’s visa vacationing in China. (Your hotel usually takes care of this for you).\u00c2\u00a0 But your Residence Permit is the right to live on a permanent basis in China.
\nWe’ll see how it goes, hopefully we can juggle all the steps and bureaucracy goes smoothly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
In hindsight moving to China during the middle of Chinese New Year wasn’t such a great idea.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Trying to shuffle logistics with bureaucracy during the biggest Chinese holiday is problematic at best and very frustrating at its worst.\u00c2\u00a0 Then a year later you have to renew your work permit and you have to go through … Continue reading