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[bluewalls]

Question:

Is a release letter only required if a contract is to end early? or is it required even at the end of a contract in order to have a seamless transition to a new school?

Constructive responses welcomed. Thanks.

[vikeologist]

It's required if you want to move to a school in the same province, even at the end of your contract.

[bluewalls]

What about a different province?

[xiguagua]

When moving from Guizhou to Hunan I had to provide my new school with a release letter. So it is likely that a school will ask for it regardless of going to a different province.

[choudoufu]

if you're on a tourist visa, it won't matter.

if a z-visa/rp, then you'll need the release letter.

(yunnan->hainan required release)

[GeminiTiger]

in order to move from one school to another (that is a legal job with resident permit and z-visa) regardless of location you will need to present a standard issue letter of release, not necessarily a recommendation.

the exact form can be downloaded here:

http://bizpanda.org/download-chinese-letter-of-release-reference/

thanks to choudoufu in another thread for this link.

-gt

[vikeologist]

If my school refused to give me a release letter, would that cause problems if I wanted to stay in or return to China to do something else, such as work for a foreign company or study?

(Incidentally I'm not going to have this problem, at least not at the moment, but any information people have about this would be genuinely helpful.)

[Miles Smiles]