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« Last post by Escaped Lunatic on December 11, 2023, 06:14:47 PM »China is relaxing visa requirements for tourism and business visas, but is getting MUCH more strict regarding illegal employment.
Working on the side as a student or tourist is a fast way to pay a big fine, spend some quality time learning about life inside of jail, and then get deported as banned from future entry (possibly permanently).
Work visas are tied to residence permits and employment contracts. That same crackdown on illegal work on a student visa also applies to work outside the scope of the employment contract. A person qualified to be an interpreter or translator with an employment contract to match, but caught teaching (or doing any other paid work not matching the employment contract) will be in deep legal trouble. The employer may face fines and possibly jail, but the employee is the one who gets fined, jailed, deported, and banned from entering China.
Yes, some people are still breaking the law by teaching illegally. Some companies are breaking the law by hiring teachers on contracts that say nothing about teaching. Enforcement is weeding them out faster than ever before. Tell your friends to cut off communication with anyone even suggesting that working illegally is an option.
Your friends need to QUALIFY AS FOREIGN ENGLISH TEACHERS PER CHINESE REGULATIONS in some other way. Possibly having a CELTA and/or an English or education degree from an appropriate institution (possibly a Masters or PhD might be needed for those not from the 7 primary countries). Before signing up for CELTA or a degree program, they need to check the current regulations and also chat with some potential employers so they don't end up spending a lot of money, time, and effort only to end up still not quite being qualified.
If they need a job to save up some money to get qualified, tell them to check the requirements to be English teachers in other countries. Some are not as strict as China.
Working on the side as a student or tourist is a fast way to pay a big fine, spend some quality time learning about life inside of jail, and then get deported as banned from future entry (possibly permanently).
Work visas are tied to residence permits and employment contracts. That same crackdown on illegal work on a student visa also applies to work outside the scope of the employment contract. A person qualified to be an interpreter or translator with an employment contract to match, but caught teaching (or doing any other paid work not matching the employment contract) will be in deep legal trouble. The employer may face fines and possibly jail, but the employee is the one who gets fined, jailed, deported, and banned from entering China.
Yes, some people are still breaking the law by teaching illegally. Some companies are breaking the law by hiring teachers on contracts that say nothing about teaching. Enforcement is weeding them out faster than ever before. Tell your friends to cut off communication with anyone even suggesting that working illegally is an option.
Your friends need to QUALIFY AS FOREIGN ENGLISH TEACHERS PER CHINESE REGULATIONS in some other way. Possibly having a CELTA and/or an English or education degree from an appropriate institution (possibly a Masters or PhD might be needed for those not from the 7 primary countries). Before signing up for CELTA or a degree program, they need to check the current regulations and also chat with some potential employers so they don't end up spending a lot of money, time, and effort only to end up still not quite being qualified.
If they need a job to save up some money to get qualified, tell them to check the requirements to be English teachers in other countries. Some are not as strict as China.
