Newland Chase offers clients expertise in all areas of Chinese Immigration, as well as advice and support wherever in the world our clients undertake business. Our team represents the best in knowledge, experience, and service to bring you immigration solutions customised to your business needs – solutions from temporary visas to long term residence permits to permanent residency and citizenship. Our immigration consultants provide clear, practical, and innovative solutions in China and globally through our 70 offices around the world.
Our mission is to help you effectively move your key people into Greater China and around the world. Our proven approach reduces your exposure to risk of non-compliance with local, regional, and national laws, while remaining flexible enough to meet your changing business objectives and assignees’ needs.
Our consultants provide exceptional guidance and support in the most complex of migration matters by:
- Acting as a trusted business advisor to minimise your organisation’s exposure to financial and non-financial penalties for non-compliance;
- Being a true business partner by providing strategic advice to assist your organisation in developing an effective and compliant immigration program;
- Reducing cost, time, and inconvenience spent transferring your assignees by using efficient, technology-enhanced processes;
- Keeping your HR/Mobility teams fully informed at each stage of the process from initiation of a case to its completion and being on hand for any follow-up queries once the assignee arrives in the host country; and
- Tracking and providing timely visa expiration reminders to ensure your organisation and employees remain compliant.
Newland Chase provides global business immigration advisory and consultation service – from both a strategic and practical process-based standpoint – to assist China-based companies expand their business into other countries. We are able to provide such advisory service in local language to help bridge potential communications challenges between local HRs in China and immigration professionals in the destination country.
Our People
Our China team consists of highly qualified consultants with in-depth skills and knowledge dealing with a range of clients and industries, from large multinationals to small start-up business. Our consultants have both in-house and client advisory experience. This experience ensures our advice and solutions exceed your expectations and the immigration process is handled efficiently, flexibly, and professionally.
Consultants You Can Trust
Our dedicated core team is comprised of team members, each with more than 8 years’ experience in the immigration industry. Their one-to-one concierge style consultation service focuses on strategic advice, up-to-date knowledge of the latest policy changes, emphasis on company compliance, and end-to-end immigration processing.
The Newland Chase China Team
Wendy Xie
Managing Director, China
As Managing Director of China, Wendy Xie leads the company’s corporate immigration service delivery to its growing client base of foreign companies operating in China and Chinese companies expand globally. Wendy joined Newland Chase after a ten-year career with a leading global immigration law firm where she served most recently as Director for China. In addition to her expertise in Chinese inbound and outbound immigration, Xie is a qualified solicitor in Australia and a registered migration agent with the Migration Agents Registration Authority of Australia. She is a graduate of the University of New South Wales, holding Bachelors in both Law and Commerce. Many in the mobility industry are well acquainted with Wendy as a frequent speaker at international mobility conferences.
Yuki Wu
Immigration Manager, China
As Immigration Manager, Yuki leads a team of Immigration consultants at the Newland Chase Shanghai office providing bespoke corporate immigration services to clients from our largest corporate clients to individuals relocating to China. Yuki has over 10 years’ experience in China in the global immigration and relocation consulting industry. Her expertise includes all categories of China immigration processes and project management. Yuki holds Bachelors in Hotel Management from Switzerland.
Jane Li
Assistant Manager, China
As Assistant Manager, Jane Li excels in identifying corporate needs for immigration and mobility services and tailoring and delivering industry-best solutions to meet those needs. With 11 years’ experience in China in the global immigration and relocation consulting industry, she provides world-class service to the company’s largest corporate clients with her proactive approach, outstanding communication skills, and high-level experience and expertise. She is a graduate of Nankai University with an MBA and Tianjin Foreign Studies University with Bachelors in English and International Finance.
Our Experience
China’s migration laws are complex and evolving. Our team possess expert knowledge not only on local immigration practice in the Greater China region but also on PRC Consular visas, ancillary document services, PRC nationality and citizenship matters, and global immigration outbound from China. With our unmatched experience, knowledge, and emphasis on service, we guide your organisation and employees throughout the entire process in all types of immigration and visa matters.
In today’s economy, the global movement of employees is an essential part of any successful business, thereby making immigration compliance a top priority. Companies must maintain robust, up-to-date processes and systems to effectively manage their employee mobility and ensure compliance with the various local, regional, national, and international laws. We can assist with the following:
We provide Chinese immigration consultation and training services to both small businesses and large multinationals. The global mobility of talent is an essential part of most successful organisations. As a result, maintaining migration compliance has become a top priority.
Your company must maintain robust processes and systems to manage the migration of your employees and demonstrate you are compliant with work authorization and immigration law and regulations. We provide the following consultation and training services to assist you in this.
Strategic Analysis
A successful global mobility strategy requires strong leadership and a clear direction to be communicated across the company. A centralised approach with standardised procedures requires substantial buy-in from the wider business. We will work with you to understand your migration challenges and provide advice and support in developing a strategy that works for your business.
Migration Consulting
Most HR staff are not prepared or trained for the array of issues that can arise as a result of employee migration. We support our clients in developing a well-rounded immigration policy which clearly defines the process for employees and outlines the risks of non-compliance for their organisation.
We will work with your HR teams around the world to understand the specific nature of your business and develop a management policy and training program that is efficient, consistent, and robust. Effective corporate immigration policies include:
- Compliance assurance that your company has carried out the due diligence and is compliant with Chinese work authorization and immigration laws and regulations;
- Streamlined processes resulting in faster visa and permit issuance; and
- Improved communication within the company and clear understanding of roles and expectations of all parts of the business.
From reviewing policies already in place and making recommendations for improvements to developing and implementing a complete management policy and training program, we will tailor our services to your requirements.
Migration policies around the world are constantly changing. The consequences of non-compliance or being in breach of immigration requirements can lead to fines, entry bans for employees, and reputational damage to the business as a whole.
When employees go abroad – whether in traditional expatriation or on short term assignments and business travel – multinational companies face significant hidden risks with migration rules and regulations.
By identifying risks, applying the appropriate resources and an effective compliance program, and then monitoring exposure on an on-going basis, we help you to effectively manage these risks.
Newland Chase Immigration Audits
Migration authorities monitor and enforce compliance, scrutinising an organisation’s compliance after the grant of a company sponsored permit. Often this will take the form of a government audit, either announced or unannounced.
It is challenging for companies to keep up with the changing immigration law and policy, let alone adapting their own internal company processes to accommodate these changes. Your organisation needs to know what your compliance obligations are and identify any areas of risk and non-compliance that may be affecting your business, before working to address these through corrective or pre-emptive actions.
To assist your organisation in maintaining compliance, we provide the following services:
- Mock audits of your systems and processes to identify areas of risk and non-compliance;
- Audits of personnel files to identify missing documentation;
- Comprehensive audit reports with recommendations for addressing deficiencies; and
- Checklists and instructions to support you in this process.
We find solutions to complex China immigration problems for businesses and individuals, making the process as straightforward and efficient as possible for you. We will lead you with guidance through each step of the visa process. This is the personalised service that our clients are accustomed to receiving. The specific processes with which we commonly assist our clients include:
- Short Term Work Authorization (including pre- and post-arrival immigration support);
- Long Term Work Authorization (including pre- and post-arrival immigration support);
- Renewals, Amendments, Replacements, and De-registrations of Permits;
- Temporary Visa Extensions;
- Talent (R) Visas;
- Official Invitation Letters for Foreign Experts;
- Official Invitation Letters for China Business Visas;
- Visas and Permits for Dependents;
- Permanent Residency;
- Chinese Nationality;
- Student Visas and Permits;
- China immigration Exit Immigration Formalities, including PRC Mainlanders travelling to Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan; and
- Company Registrations for Immigration Purpose
Newland Chase provides global business immigration advisory and consultation service – from both a strategic and practical process-based standpoint – to assist China-based companies expand their business into other countries. We are able to provide such advisory service in local language to help bridge potential communications challenges between local HRs in China and immigration professionals in the destination country.
Through our 60+ Newland Chase global offices, our Newland Chase China team has access to staff, expertise, and in-country resources in hundreds of countries around the world. With this global reach, we can get your people to the right place at the right time anywhere in the world. We cover business and tourist visas and work and residence authorisation for our clients in China to virtually any country where they do business.
Ensuring your staff are able to travel on business where they are needed is key to running an efficient global business. Although the process of acquiring a business visit visa may appear straightforward, there are numerous pitfalls of which travellers should be aware. Whether it is the uniqueness of the destination or the particular circumstances of the applicant, we can identify and overcome potential obstacles. We also provide guidance on those grey areas of what activities constitute business travel and what activities may potentially be considered work requiring additional permits – ensuring that your organisation and your employees remain compliant in any country.
Our outbound services include:
- Initial consultation on eligibility and requirements;
- Advice, even if a visa is not required, on crossing the border on business travel;
- Overview of process, timescales and documents required;
- Review of supporting documentation; and
- Document legalisation
Shanghai
Room 1115-1117, 11F, Garden Square CentreNo.968 West Beijing Road
Jing an District Shanghai 200041, P.R.China
T: +86 21 5203 7515
Tianjin
TianjinRoom 4120, 41F, Tianjin World Financial Centre
No. 2 Dagubei Road,
Heping District, Tianjin 300022,
P.R.China
T: +86 22 5830 7661
