BEIJING, Aug 15 —The Malaysian Chamber of Commerce and Industry in China (Maycham China) has urged the Malaysian Foreign Ministry to shorten the process of issuing the Good Conduct Certificate (GCC) from two months to about two weeks.
According to the ministry's website, it takes one to two months from the date of the application submission to issue the GCC.
Maycham chairman Godwin Cheng said the long process time might result in Malaysians losing working opportunities in China.
"The employers may hire other candidates who obtain the GCC earlier," he told Bernama after a roundtable meeting on the new visa rules for foreigners with representatives of the Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau, here, Thursday.
The call was made following the introduction of China's new immigration and visa rules for foreigners on July 1, which also require foreigners to present a certificate of good conduct in order to obtain a work visa here.
The new rules will take effect on Sept 1, 2013.
The number of visa categories have also been increased from eight to 12. Issues involving the "Chinese temporary residence permit", which requires foreigners to register at the nearby police station within 24 hours of arrival, and review of the extension of the visa renewing period for foreigners from one month to two months were also brought up at the meeting.
Cheng said the bureau would update the relevant information on its official China's Twitter-like Weibo. — Bernama
