DO

1. Sign a contract only if it is written in a language that you understand.
2. Ensure that your prospective employer is authorized to hire foreign workers.
3. Obtain a working “Z" visa from the Chinese Embassy (Manila, Cebu or Laoag).
4. Register with the Public Security Bureau (PSB) in your locality within 24 hours of arriving in China to secure your residence permit.
5. Stay with the employer/school/hotel who arranged for your working “Z" visa.
   

DON’T

1. Accept a job offer that is not signed by the prospective employer.
2. Agree to housekeeper/maid/nanny jobs in mainland China.
   Housekeepers/maids/nannies are not among the positions open to foreigners in China .
3. Believe agents (Chinese or Filipino) who tell you to go to China as a tourist so that they can convert your tourist “L" or business tour “F" visa to a working “Z" visa.
4. Pay anyone to get you a visa to Europe or the United States while you are a tourist in China. It cannot be done.
5. Entrust your passport to anybody - not your employer, not your agent, not your “friend."