Treat every "high-paying job overseas" as a scam; if you are tricked into telecom fraud and come back, you may also be barred from leaving the country

The monthly pay is absurdly high, they do not ask about education or experience, they do not sign a proper contract, they tell you to gather first in a border city, and they keep your passport for you. If you take that kind of work, neither you nor the passport is in your own hands. If the papers are false when you exit, border inspection will stop you and will not let you through. If you break the law abroad, or harm national security and national interests, you may also be barred from leaving the country for 6 months to 3 years after you come back.

Cost

No money. The hard part is personally turning down a job that looks very good.

Benefit

The official description of this kind of case is direct. In recent years there have been people who "leave the country because they were deceived, or illegally leave the country on a made-up pretext, to engage in cross-border gambling, telecom and network fraud, and other illegal activity, seriously harming the safety of the public's lives and property." That means being tricked into going, or inventing a reason and slipping out, and then gambling and running telecom fraud over there. The new rule tightens both ends of this. On the way out: "The reason given for an application to exit or enter, or to stay or reside, shall be true and lawful." If you hand in false materials or tell a lie, the immigration authority has the power not to issue you documents and not to let you leave. On the way back: "Where a Chinese citizen engages in illegal or criminal activity abroad and harms national security and national interests, a decision may be made... that the person shall not leave the country for a period of not less than 6 months and not more than 3 years from the date of return." A person placed in administrative detention for obtaining documents by fraud, or for illegal exit or entry, is likewise barred from leaving the country for 6 months to 3 years.

Notes

The signs are basically fixed: monthly pay far above the same job, no requirement for education or experience, no proper contract, a first gathering in a border city, and someone else arranging the visa and keeping your passport. Northern Myanmar already has a specific consular advisory. If you actually go, your personal liberty and your passport are not in your own hands. Do not assume you can leave whenever you want to.

Sources · 1

1. 国务院 (2026). 关于出境入境管理的规定（国令第 841 号）. gov.cn/zhengce/zhengceku/202607/content_70771…（第三、四条）；司法部、公安部、国家移民局 (2026). 就《国务院关于出境入境管理的规定》答记者问. gov.cn/zhengce/202608/content_7077270.htm