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[Lancy Bloom]

It is required that one gives and envelope to ones old boss. It is often looked on as a gift that will ease the sadness of the departing employee and keep the office harmonious.

[lajdewinter]

All I know is that if you are employed under a Z-visa/Foreign Expert Certificate/Residence permit that your new company has to switch over the employer in your Foreign Expert Certificate in order to be legal and maybe extend your residence permit.

The Foreign Expert Bureau (the one who issue the Foreign Expert Certificates) needs a recommendation letter from your previous employer and if there are still some months left in your contract, a release letter as well. If you had no right to break the contract, your previous employer is also not obligated to give you a release letter.

Of course all the above is needed when you want to renew your residence permit or want to continue legal employment with a new employer under the same visa. Otherwise you will have to apply for a new Z-visa

Our university is usually quite easy when it comes to release letters, if teachers are really not happy in our university for some reason, and kindly ask to release the contract, the release letters are easily given out. If a Foreign Teacher just found a better offer and is basicly running off, there is no reason for the university to cooperate with them.

[lajdewinter]

All I know is that if you are employed under a Z-visa/Foreign Expert Certificate/Residence permit that your new company has to switch over the employer in your Foreign Expert Certificate in order to be legal and maybe extend your residence permit.

The Foreign Expert Bureau (the one who issue the Foreign Expert Certificates) needs a recommendation letter from your previous employer and if there are still some months left in your contract, a release letter as well. If you had no right to break the contract, your previous employer is also not obligated to give you a release letter.

Of course all the above is needed when you want to renew your residence permit or want to continue legal employment with a new employer under the same visa. Otherwise you will have to apply for a new Z-visa

Our university is usually quite easy when it comes to release letters, if teachers are really not happy in our university for some reason, and kindly ask to release the contract, the release letters are easily given out. If a Foreign Teacher just found a better offer and is basicly running off, there is no reason for the university to cooperate with them.

[HungGarTiger]