Requirements

Penalties for violating the administrative regulations on employment license and employment permit

According to relevant laws and regulations, foreigners who violate the administrative regulations on employment license and employment permit shall undertake the following consequences:

（1）For foreigners who refuse to have their employment permit inspected by the labor administrative authorities，change their employers and professions at will or extend their term of employment without permission, the labor administrative authorities shall withdraw their employment permit and recommend that their residence status be canceled by the public security organs.

（2）For foreigners and employers who forge, alter, falsely use, transfer, buy and sell the employment permit and the employment license, the labor administrative authorities shall take over the employment permit and the employment license in question, confiscate the illegal proceeds and impose a fine between ten thousand and one hundred thousand RMB Yuan. In serious cases which constitute a crime, the criminal responsibility of the perpetrators shall be looked into by the judicial authorities.