Identified Recruitment Agents for Chinese Skilled Workers

Australia and The People’s Republic of China have a Memorandum of Understanding in place that establishes an ethical framework for Chinese recruitment agents to supply Australian employers with skilled overseas workers.  Chinese recruitment agents must agree to the ethical framework, which requires that they not charge the skilled worker any fee for their services. All recruitment fees must be contained within the costs charged to their employer.  The recruitment agent must also agree to ensure that all documentation provided in support of a visa application (by or on behalf of an applicant) is genuine and verifiable.  Under the arrangements, they cannot subject the overseas worker to any financial or other unconscionable or material disadvantage.

Chinese recruitment agents who agree to abide by the ethical framework and are subsequently registered as ‘Identified Recruitment Agents’ by the Chinese Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) will have their agency listed both on this website and on the MOFCOM website.  Any recruitment agent who is found to have breached the ethical framework will be removed from the websites and may be subject to further penalties under Chinese law.

List of Identified Recruitment Agents

The table below, provided by MOFCOM, lists the identified recruitment agents that have agreed to abide by the ethical framework.

Name	Phone	Fax
China International Intellectech Corporation	86-10-65611190	86-10-65615626
Cosco Manning Cooperation Inc	86-10-64912182	86-10-64912180
China Shanghai (Group) Corporation for Foreign Economic & Technological Cooperation	86-21-63861988	86-21-63861189
China Dalian International Cooperation (Group) Holdings Limited	86-411-83780401	86-411-83780186
China Weihai International Economic and Technical Cooperative Co.,Ltd	86-631-5285534	86-631-5224345
China Jiangsu International Economic-Technical Cooperation Corporation	86-25-3310555-712	86-25-83304526
China Light Industrial Corporation for Foreign Economic and Technical Co-Operation	86-10-58302600	86-10-82015681
China Marine and Seamen Service Corp.	86-10-64451115-867	86-10-64413737
China Xiamen Int’l Techno-Economic Co.	86-592-5858818	86-592-5855897
China Shandong International Economic & Technical Cooperation Group, Ltd.	86-531-87968688	86-531-87129836
Tianjin Haihe International Service & Engineering Corporation	86-22-23266636	86-22-23266625
China Tianjin International Economic and Technical Cooperation Group Corporation	86-22-23316851	86-22-23316213
China Shenyang Corporation for International Economic and Technical Cooperation	86-24-88512877	86-24-88507077
Suzhou Imp.& Exp. Co., Ltd.(Group)	86-512-68621756	86-512-68621759

Questions and Answers about Chinese skilled workers

Australian employers

Question: How do I recruit Chinese Skilled Workers?
Answer: The Australian Government has signed an MOU with China to facilitate the ethical recruitment of temporary skilled workers from China.  The Identified Recruitment Agents, listed in the table above, have declared that they will not exploit workers or charge any fee to the worker for their services.  There is no obligation on Australian employers to use an agent on this list.

Question: What are the advantages of using an Identified Recruitment Agent?
Answer: Identified Recruitment Agents have declared that they will not exploit workers or charge any fee to the worker for their services.  This gives employers added assurance that their prospective employee will not be subject to any charges for the recruitment process.

Question: One of my employees has alleged that an Identified Recruitment Agent has requested payment for their service. What should I do?
Answer: You can advise your employee that they can lodge a complaint with this Department. The Department will contact them to discuss their complaint and request permission for employment details to be released to MOFCOM in order to investigate the allegation.

Question: Where can I find information about becoming a Subclass 457-Business (Long Stay) visa sponsor?
Answer: Information on sponsoring a skilled overseas employee to work for your business is available on the Department’s website.
See: www.immi.gov.au/skilled/skilled-workers/index.htm

Chinese skilled workers  

Question: How do I find a recruitment agent that won’t charge me for placing me in a job in Australia?
Answer: The recruitment agents in the list above have signed a declaration saying that they will not charge potential employees for recruitment services.

Question: I have been charged a fee by an Identified Recruitment Agent for placing me in a job in Australia; what should I do?
Answer: You should lodge a complaint with the Department of Immigration and Citizenship. The Department will contact you to discuss your complaint and request permission for your details to be released to MOFCOM in order to investigate the allegation.  Contact the Immigration Dob-In Line on 1800 009 623 or the General Enquiry Line on 13 1881.

Question: Where can I find information about becoming a Subclass 457-Business (Long Stay) visa skilled worker?
Answer: Information on applying for a Subclass 457 visa is available on the Department’s website.
See: www.immi.gov.au/skilled/skilled-workers/sbs/index.htm