Foreigners married to Chinese face challenges to work legally

Press "PandaGuides" above to follow us!Eva Sara Molaro and her husband on their wedding dayJulie (pseudonym), a 33-year-old Briton, still remembers the twists and turns of finding a job after she married a Chinese man years ago. The situation was so dire that she ended up making fake documents to get a work permit in Jiangsu Province. In 2009, her new husband, who graduated from a good Chinese university, was having a hard time finding a job, and when he finally landed one, it paid 2,500 yuan per month, not enough to support his family. It became critical for Julie to work as well. But because she was on a spouse visa, she was not allowed to work, and a Chinese green card is hard to get. Left with little choice, Julie decided to try to get a job anyway. But when she got one, another problem arose."I discovered that I needed two years of work experience to apply for the permit. I ………………………………