Visas · Marriage · Property · Business · Wills
Work permits and permanent residence, cross-border marriage and divorce, buying property as a foreign national, employment and company setup, lawful movement of funds, wills covering China assets, and departure tax clearance — handled in English from one desk in Shanghai.
在华外国人的工作许可、跨国婚姻、购房置业、设立公司、资金合规、遗嘱继承与离境清算事务，由德载外国人法律服务部以英文工作语言一站承接。
Where are you on the timeline?
在华人生线Visas, work permits & permanent residence
Z visa to work-type residence permit, the A/B/C talent classification, changing employers without losing status, and the routes to a Chinese green card — employment, marriage, investment.
工作签证与居留许可、人才分类、换雇主的身份衔接、永久居留的申请路径。
Marriage, family & children
Registering a cross-border marriage, which country’s law governs your divorce, prenuptial agreements, and what Chinese nationality law means for your children.
涉外婚姻登记、离婚法律适用、婚前协议、子女国籍与证件。
Buying property as a foreigner
Who is eligible to buy, the one-residence rule for self-use, Shanghai’s local purchase restrictions, how purchase funds enter China compliantly, and the taxes on buying and selling.
外国人购房资格、自用一套原则、上海限购衔接、购房资金入境与税费。
Employment & starting a business
Your rights under Chinese labour law, social insurance for foreign employees, what your work permit does and does not allow — and how a foreign individual sets up a company under the Foreign Investment Law.
外国雇员的劳动法保护与社保、工作许可边界、外国自然人设立公司。
Cross-border funds: the compliance framework
How China’s foreign exchange system actually works, what banks review before a remittance, why splitting transfers is a legal risk, and when your worldwide income becomes taxable in China.
外汇管理制度框架研究：银行真实性审核、拆分交易的法律风险、税务居民规则。
Wills & succession: your China assets
Chinese real estate always passes under Chinese law — wherever you die and whatever your foreign will says. Why a China-specific will is worth having, and how foreign heirs actually inherit.
中国境内不动产继承一律适用中国法；为中国资产单独立遗嘱的必要性与继承实操。
Leaving China: exit, deregistration & tax
Social insurance refunds, housing fund withdrawal, the final tax reconciliation, cancelling permits properly, and what happens to the apartment and company you leave behind.
离境社保清算、公积金提取、个税汇算、证件注销与留华资产安排。
Deep-dive practices behind this desk
相关专业栏目Cross-border marriage & divorce practice
Delta Law’s family department runs a dedicated cross-border practice. Its collaboration network centres on the China–Japan and China–Hong Kong corridors and extends to Paris, London, Madrid, the United States and Singapore. Delta Law is retained directly and remains responsible throughout, working with collaborating counsel abroad. (Chinese-language pages.)
跨境离婚由本所接受委托、联合境外协作资源共同办理，协作线以中日、中港为重点。
Property transactions & disputes
Sale-and-purchase review, title checks, lease disputes and mortgage issues are handled by the real estate department — this desk brings in bilingual support when a foreign party is involved. (Chinese-language pages.)
房屋买卖、租赁与按揭争议由房地产部承办，涉外交易由本部提供双语支持。
Employment disputes & executive exits
Wrongful termination, severance calculation and non-compete disputes — including for foreign executives — are handled with the employment department. (Chinese-language pages.)
违法解除、经济补偿与竞业限制争议（含外籍高管）与劳动人事部协同办理。
Not a foreign national?
This desk serves foreign passport holders. If you are a Hong Kong, Macau or Taiwan resident, or an overseas Chinese national (华侨) with identity-related questions, those matters — including foreign nationals of Chinese origin asking about their hukou or nationality status — sit with our inbound column. (Chinese-language pages.)
本栏目服务外籍人士；港澳台居民与华侨身份问题（含外籍华人身份事项）见港澳台侨栏目。
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Why Delta Law
WHY USYour whole China timeline, one point of contact
Most firms sell expats a visa service here, a property review there. We organise the work the way your life actually runs — arrive, settle, own, work, move money, plan succession, depart — so the lawyer reviewing your purchase contract already knows your visa status, your marriage regime and your tax residency. One desk, full context.
按人生线组织服务：审你购房合同的律师，已经了解你的签证、婚姻与税务居民状态。
A full-service Shanghai firm behind the desk
Delta Law is a full-service law firm. When your matter deepens — a contested divorce, an employment arbitration, a property dispute, a company liquidation — it moves seamlessly to the specialist department, with this desk staying on as your English-language interface throughout.
综合性律所协同：案件深入后由专责部门承办，本部全程担任英文对接界面。
Conclusions first, in plain English
Chinese rules change, and much of what circulates in expat forums is outdated or half-right. We answer with the current rule, its source, and what it means for you — and when a threshold is under revision, we say so instead of guessing. We never promise outcomes; we promise grounded judgment.
先给结论、注明现行依据；拿不准的直说，不承诺结果、只承诺判断有据。