Is it illegal for foreigners to apply for tourist visas to work in China? What are the rules?

It is illegal for foreigners to apply for tourist visas to work in China, and offenders will be deported.

The Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) on Exit and Entry Administration stipulates that:

Article 62? Foreigners may be deported under any of the following circumstances:

(1) Being ordered to leave the country within a time limit and failing to leave the country within the time limit;

(2) being refused entry;

(three) illegal residence and illegal employment;

(four) in violation of this law or other laws and administrative regulations, it is necessary to be deported.

Other overseas personnel under any of the circumstances listed in the preceding paragraph may be deported according to law.

Deported persons are not allowed to enter the country for one to five years from the date of expulsion.

Extended data

The Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) on Exit and Entry Administration stipulates that:

Article 59? Persons suspected of violating exit and entry administration may be questioned on the spot; After cross-examination on the spot, under any of the following circumstances, cross-examination may be continued according to law:

(a) suspected of illegal entry and exit;

(two) suspected of assisting others in illegal entry and exit;

(3) Foreigners are suspected of illegal residence or illegal employment;

(four) suspected of endangering national security and interests, disturbing public order or engaging in other illegal and criminal activities.

Interrogation on the spot and continued interrogation shall be conducted in accordance with the procedures stipulated in the People's Police Law of the People's Republic of China.

If the public security organ of the local people's government at or above the county level or the entry-exit frontier inspection organ needs to summon a person suspected of violating entry-exit administration, it shall be implemented in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) on Public Security Administration Punishment.

Article 60? If a foreigner has one of the circumstances specified in the first paragraph of Article 59 of this Law and cannot be ruled out after on-the-spot questioning or continued questioning, and needs further investigation, he may be detained for examination.

To conduct detention review, a decision on detention review shall be submitted within 24 hours and an inquiry shall be made. If it is found that the detention review should not be carried out, the detention review should be lifted immediately.

The detention review period shall not exceed thirty days; If the case is complicated, it may be extended to 60 days with the approval of the public security organ of the local people's government at the next higher level or the entry-exit frontier inspection organ. For foreigners with unknown nationality and identity, the detention review period shall be counted from the day when their nationality and identity are ascertained.

National Immigration Bureau-People's Republic of China (PRC) Exit and Entry Administration Law