I am getting a Spouse visa. Even that is proving a challenge
My suspicion, though, is that this is a spouse L.
like I may be taking a holiday Aug-Sept. Pity, I already have one planned in July too. bfbfbfbfbfGood on ya, Icebear, but you bring up a good point: I suspect a lot of foreign heads will start rolling around June or July as the public school contracts come to an end. A lot of public schools and unis are very reluctant to extend contracts or visas through the summer season even in uh...normal times, and the expedient of a short-term, F-visa job will likely not be as available as before.
I suspect a lot of foreign heads will start rolling around June or July as the public school contracts come to an end. A lot of public schools and unis are very reluctant to extend contracts or visas through the summer season even in uh...normal times, and the expedient of a short-term, F-visa job will likely not be as available as before.
New York Times coverage:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/24/world/asia/24china.html?_r=1&ref=todayspaper&oref=slogin
Note that they also mention police cracking down on Beijing bars where drugs are sometimes found. One might want to avoid such places, or exercise more caution if you do go.
I think if the large corporations can't get their experts into the country for inspections, reviews and onsite work, they should shut the company down until they can get their people in.I really hate to advocate playing hardball when there are (usually) mutually beneficial means of compromise, but this is beginning to look more and more like the fall-back position of choice. Don't most JV contracts have a "force-majeure" clause? This is what it's for, don't be afraid to use it.
Depends on how much money the Chinese partners would lose and how much guanxi those partners have in the system.This is IMHO the best answer on this subthread so far. I think the reality is that no country is going to be very eager to piss off our hosts here and the trillions in trade they'll generate; the stakes would have to be extremely high indeed before that happened.
This is just coming up as a general notice to readers that the visa situation in China is rapidly descending into madness. We are experiencing a massive crackdown on visas in the months leading up to the Olympics.
I am in Kunming on an F visa, and need to leave the country to convert to a z visa.
Does anyone know for sure whether a z visa can be obtained in Hong Kong?
Best regards
David
Does anyone know for sure whether a z visa can be obtained in Hong Kong?
The policeman told them "If you are too scared to carry your passport, then go back to America."Smartarse copper!! An opportunity to bignote hisself!! asasasasas
Pashley, why would they do that if the foreigner is perfectly legal?? Very strange....
And in that case ya won't need one, tastycakes. agagagagag
I fear the phenomenon of people working here on a 3- or 6-month F or L visa is on the verge of becoming extinct. Probably forever; I again see no reason whatsoever to think all this will end after Los Olimpicos.
If this is you, you need to be making different plans...either changing jobs, or leaving China. aoaoaoaoao
I can see how many people's lives will suffer from these new rules but, in the greater picture, is it not likely that this will improve the quality and standards in this, as have so often been pointed out, flawed educational system?
So really our best options are to have a 'proper' job with a gov't school? Freelancing could end up being very dodgy???DodgIER, yeah.
So really our best options are to have a 'proper' job with a gov't school? Freelancing could end up being very dodgy???DodgIER, yeah.
I fear the pure freelancer is about to be wiped from the face of China... asasasasas
As for standards improving...don't be absurd. Guys, there ARE no standards here, except perhaps for Net Margin. The bookkeeping is simply being tightened up, that's all.
I'd like to tell you that educated, degreed, certified teachers are a lot better at what they do than former bait-shop employees.
I'd like to, but I can't. llllllllll
Overall, the effective/wanker margin seems to be about the same for both groups.
And, I'm afraid...a chilling thought...Maybe better for us, though it is hard to tell.
Up until now, the schools here have had considerable ability to use their visa sponsorship as a weapon/bargaining trump card against us.
Just imagine what it's going to be like now that our visa options are much more limited...
I don't think many of the private schools will bother with SAFEA procedures. ... Too many restrictions and rules and regulations, and licenses to buy, and palms to grease.
This is why most of them call themselves "training centers" in the first place.My understanding is that, at least for teachers, there are no other legal ways.
I think most of them will either find other ways to get their foreign-labor licenses,
I don't really think much of SAFEA, anyway.My impression is that much of their function is to protect China from us. They write the contract boilerplate, for instance, that forbids romantic involvement with students, also drinking, smoking or gambling with them. Their regulations require schools to provide health insurance; I think mainly to protect against loss of face for China.
For one thing, I think that believing they have any inclination to or interest in protecting US is a very dangerous assumption. They very likely exist to protect the schools FROM us.
And like many other national government agencies, it probably doesn't have much real authority at the local level.Indeed.
I suspect SAFEA is in a category along with our contracts, or any other illusory phantasm of the rule of law in China: It's there to invoke when it suits our employers' purposes, and to ignore altogether when it doesn't. Even in the State schools.I know just what you mean, but I'm hoping that we'll see some de-sleazing as a byproduct of rule-tightening that they have decided to do for other reasons.
If the rules and the laws had any real ability to clean up the sleaze, wouldn't they have already done so? At least a little?
But hey, maybe I'm wrong...
If only these training centers invested some money in actually getting the license for hiring foreigners and just charged them regular price or may be slightly higher. Then things would definitely be easy - legitimate and they'd still make a very good profit.
Have you ever heard of SAFEA intervening in any situation on behalf of a foreign teacher? I never have.
Have you ever heard of SAFEA intervening in any situation at all? I never have.
The latest rumour: I hear tell that the fuzz are seeking out foreigners who have not registered their latest place of resident. The fine: 5,000 RMB!
One of the high-powered boffins planning on coming to China for the conference I am at, couldn't get a visa from the Chinese embassy in the US. You can no longer just send your visa application in with the money. You must go in person!! How many Chinese consulates are there in the US?
After a recent business trip to Europe I went in with my landlord to register. They told him he's not allowed to register me?! Had no problems last fall
You were forced to move out? So you're just getting a new apartment on the fly? A still unregistered?
Yes, it is shaping up to look like quite the hard rain.Sho'nuff. What scares me is that I strongly suspect that an awful lot of expats here- and a lot of Chinese schools- still have little or no idea what's really coming towards them...
In Beijing they aren't issuing the student visas anymore. Apparently, even those students who have visas are asked to go home.
Chinese consulate in Melbourne is staffed with the most grumpy, unhelpful collection of rotting carcases I have ever had the pleasure of meeting.
Chinese consulate in Melbourne is staffed with the most grumpy, unhelpful collection of rotting carcases I have ever had the pleasure of meeting.Funny! When I went there in 2002, they were very nice and helpful. Visa back the same afternoon.
Funny! When I went there in 2002, they were very nice and helpful. Visa back the same afternoon.
QuoteChinese consulate in Melbourne is staffed with the most grumpy, unhelpful collection of rotting carcases I have ever had the pleasure of meeting.Funny! When I went there in 2002, they were very nice and helpful. Visa back the same afternoon.
Uh...if you don't have a visa that lets you enter China, how would you ever get to a PSB office here in the first place? mmmmmmmmmm Stamping them suckers as you enter is the normal routine;
I just got my new passport and it's currently devoid of any visa. Soon it will have a new Z visa. THAT visa will NOT have an entry stamp in it. If I traveled with only my new passport, I could be stuck at a hotel registration desk or PSB office trying to explain how and when I entered China. So, for now, I guess I travel with my cancelled passport as well, which DOES have an entry stamp.
As for hotels...you shouldn't ever be asked for an entry date there.
Yeah, that's us. The party animals.
Except of course for China, which was barking mad from the very beginning anyway. bfbfbfbfbf agagagagag
The didn't really think working with the Chinese was going to be that easy, surely? Surely? ahahahahah
"We don't have time to have patience."
ahahahahah ahahahahah ahahahahah
QuoteI am getting a Spouse visa. Even that is proving a challenge
Are you talking about the elusive 'D' visa or is this the spouse 'L' i have heard about.
New York Times coverage:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/24/world/asia/24china.html?_r=1&ref=todayspaper&oref=slogin
Note that they also mention police cracking down on Beijing bars where drugs are sometimes found. One might want to avoid such places, or exercise more caution if you do go.
Two weekends ago the police raided Pure Girl, a group of bars on Sanlitun Hou Jie notorious for drugs and fake booze. Most of the Africans I know are now avoiding Sanlitun like the plague. In a lot of parts of Beijing being black these days is enough to to get you beat up and arrested. About a month ago an African was beaten to death in the Wudaokou police station. Keep in mind most of the Africans in WDK are actually foreign students.
So does this mean that those people now here on spouse visas won't be able to get divorced? RD and his typhoon are forever wed?
So you can get her a visa to the US and she can get you a visa to stay in China. Everyone is happy.
In relation to all this, I wanna ask a stupid question (not sure if anyone know the answer yet though)- I normally come to China through Hong Kong, as it's the cheapest option from Australia. Usually fly in, catch the bus over to Guangzhou, then train or cheapie flight from there to wherever I'm getting to.
Anyone know if this (ie. land crossing) could be out of the q now?
I'd recommend to anyone that has a choice, don't live in a country where the Visa situation is hostile or unstable unless you are ready to leave at any time.
Her visa expires this week - her contract at the end of July. So university is getting her a tourist visa for her remaining month of work! She has put in writing that she holds them responsible for any negative consequences of this move!
I'd recommend to anyone that has a choice, don't live in a country where the Visa situation is hostile or unstable unless you are ready to leave at any time.
This is very wise advice indeed...but I don't feel that China's visa situation has become hostile. Some individual functionaries related to the process ARE hostile, but they were that way long before the new laws took effect.
As much as we all, including myself, have suffered from these events, it can be easily argued that they are not intended to be punitive, but rather are badly-overdue and much needed reforms. Let's face it, guys...a lot of us have seen considerable benefit from the laxities and loopholes of the old laws, but those in authority and many locals probably don't see these as benefits for them.
A lot of people have been working here illegally. Many of us bitch about "illegal migrant workers" in our home countries; why should we expect the Chinese to make this easy to do forever here?
A lot of people are being hired as teachers who, at least on paper, have no credible argument for being hired as teachers. We've all seen people with no teaching background etc. turn into dynamite teachers, but when examining incoming people "on paper" is about all the Chinese have. I just can't see raising the bar for employment here as being necessarily a bad or hostile thing.
Increasing numbers of people are coming to China and...doing nothing. At least nothing except party and mess the local ladies. I love doing both of those things myself ( afafafafaf ) but at least I earn a near-living and maybe give something back for my presence here. Folks, in the big picture the Chinese don't really want us here in the first place. They just feel that they need us to aid their development. Why should they let foreigners come here to just goof off and raise hell?
I don't LIKE all the new visa rules myself, but at least up to a point I can't really disagree with them. And I don't see them as the kind of hostile action Mrozark cites.
Send two email to the visa service I used on my last trip asking about multi-entry visas for next year. So far, no answer. mmmmmmmmmm
I love the tit for tat 'this country does this so we'll do it to' thing.
We should be the same. For instance, all sites like sina, 163, youku, etc, should all be blocked in the UK, for the 'benefit' of Chinese overseas students in Britain. After all, these sites undermine the glorious reign of Queen Elizabeth 2 and our wonderful stable motherland.
Ruth,
How long left on yours?
Having said that, I stand corrected. I guess I've gotten a bit burned out on Asia in general, and its showing up in my conclusions and judgment. Statement withdrawn and replaced with: "I'm tired of Asia."
There doesn't seem to be any obstacles re. visa in Denmark. See, we're the happy people, prone to spending oodles of moolah when travelling, so everyone loves us...
n the fine tradition of bureaucratic shifts in China, the new policy has not been fully explained, and the uncertainty has precipitated furious discussions among expats about what the rules mean and how long they will remain in place.
"The hottest topic in China at present is the visa issue," Gary Bowerman writes in the latest China Business News.
He notes that a seminar held at the British Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai recently took the view that "the new visa issuing rules, though being implemented in advance of the Olympic Games, are not specifically for the Olympic period but will most likely remain in place as part of a reform of China's immigration practice".
"Those hoping for 'a return to the old days' in October will be disappointed."
They don't give "Z" visas to people already in the country! You get a "Z" visa to ENTER the country to work. Then you get a Residence Permit!!
but your wrongAnd YOU'RE wrong too! ahahahahah ahahahahah
They don't give "Z" visas to people already in the country! You get a "Z" visa to ENTER the country to work. Then you get a Residence Permit!!
Sorry George but you're wrong. I haven't left here since arriving on a tourist visa 3 & 1/2 years ago and since I've had 4, about to be 5 Z visas issued to me whilst in country.
I got down with fever and bloody cough recently. I stopped smoking and my gf brought me that black thick syrup that's sweet but too viscous. It works! Quitting smoking and swallowing that medicine gave me enough strength to shout at That woman called Jane who's job is to work for us which she does not.
So this noon when I got up, I went straight to her on 3rd floor and yelled at her asking about that goddanm document.All her arrogance and stiff-necked attiude vanished in the friction of a second.I told her in a straightforward way that I would get a lawyer and I would go to the police to report of this treatemnt of yours and not making that entry-exit document available to me.24 days are left for my visa validity.It expires on 30th July.
She got paranoid and promised me to arrange it for me by tomorrow. Lousy Bi**h!
That's the thing...a lot of recent deportations (such as Bugs) aren't really a result of new regulations, but stricter enforcement of ones that have been in place for a long time but up until now have been basically ignored.
....Maybe I've been here too long...
My new liaison gave me a form to be filled, stamped and signed by my previous FAO ... This form is required to get a new expert certificate.I am getting exactly the same line, from a Fujian employer. First time that has happened in several years in China.
One of my friends owns an Italian restaurant here - spent a fortune on getting it up and going. His visa expires Saturday and it isn't being renewed. Not a happy chappy.
Another friend of a friend - married to a Chinese woman, and been living in Qingzhou for 15 years, has had his visa renewal application refused.
These are not good times.
I wonder why the FAO does not know how to manage certain important things regarding paperwork to have the visa renewed, a presentable apartment.
If you're already here, you ARE getting 90 days.
I will meet some cop at PSB tomorrow or on Monday.I also had to go to the PSB but not for questions rather a digital photo of both me and my colleague.
It's really a " Hard Rain" falling upon me nowadays. My visa expired on 30th July but it was with the police by that time. I hope it's going to be alright soon.
A month later you go back out-and-in on entry #2 ...
they wont let her in[/u](to my extreme anger.)
....I called the head of my FAO and shoted at her at the top of my lungs.....
I got my residence permit renewed yesterday. Cheers everyone!
Yes, indeed. My passport as of last August was a good 40-50 dollars more than my fellows Brits' were, although I've heard that it's come down quite a few notches since then.
British passports cost 120 pounds (240 US$) these days. Which is ridiculous! The British government says it's because of all the new technology, but a French passport is only 40 pounds (80 US$) and has the same technology.
I have a choice between the two, so I know what I'm getting next time round...
British passports cost 120 pounds (240 US$) these days. Which is ridiculous! The British government says it's because of all the new technology, but a French passport is only 40 pounds (80 US$) and has the same technology.
I have a choice between the two, so I know what I'm getting next time round...
Pay the 120. Do you really want to be considered French!
Passport in Canada is $87 CAD. Exact change only.
Canadians need a passport to enter Amerika
Canadians need a passport to enter Amerika
Hey, this topic has long ago gone to the dogs anyway. So I can tell you:Canadians need a passport to enter Amerika
Hey, sorry. We don't need no more French-tinged Maple Niggers comin' down here, takin' away our jobs with their cheap frostback labor, staring luridly at our women, and trying to extend their insidious Socialist influences to our medical care. Go back to Saskatoon! asasasasas
I turned 60 last year which, at least in some provinces, creates problems with residence permits. In particular, Fujian is reportedly reluctant to issue them for older folk.Just saw a post on one of the TEFL China lists, from someone in Zhuhai, Guangdong saying her school had just had 15 visas refused for older staff. Good place, I think, and they are now fairly desperate. Anyone who needs details, PM me or check teflchina.org archives.
For your offer...if you'd like, you can post the offer details (maybe in the teaching section somewhere) and we will opine upon its peachitude...help spot problems or pitfalls.
it may also be possible in some cases
The need for this certificate is worth monitoring here.
Be interesting to know what folks up for visa renewal are being asked to provide and how they are obtaining these certificates, if necessary.
I know we need a certificate from the local police in Ontario (Canada), if we want to do any volunteer work. It only takes a day or two to get.
We had a thread about something like this awhile ago. You can't teach etc in Canada and I think Australia and NZ without a police check.
Youz know how far back they want & what type/level of crime is acceptable?
Only convictions? petty crimes committed against humanity when one was 18, 20-40 years ago?
. Smoking a spliff in uni campus and getting busted to relieving yourself in a side alley on the way home to driving convictions and speeding tickets.
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The immigration office in Zhuhai has issued some warning to teaching establishments that from January 2009 they will require all teacher's to get some special expert's certificate (seems like old ones will be canceled and new ones issued). However, anyone below 25 and above 60 will not be granted such certificates and whatever they have now will only be valid till end of this year. Nuts, isn't it?
1. Beijing starts issuing/extending F visas again within 1 month time
2. In Zhuhai now, if you entered on L visa and plan on changing to residency (dependent's), forget about it. You can only get 6 months SINGLE entry L visa on which you can leave and come back once.
3. The immigration office in Zhuhai has issued some warning to teaching establishments that from January 2009 they will require all teacher's to get some special expert's certificate (seems like old ones will be canceled and new ones issued). However, anyone below 25 and above 60 will not be granted such certificates and whatever they have now will only be valid till end of this year. Nuts, isn't it?
4. ESL certificate is required now in Zhuhai to apply for Experts'Certificate and residency with a purpose of employment. Native speaker or not, you are required to have one.
Now, RUMOUR has that this is going to be imposed on whole of Guangdong province.
The University FIL works for e-mailed it to teachers. Believe me, Zhuhai lives by its own laws. You won't find anything on websites. You tell them about the general rules, they tell you they have their own rules.
LOOOOOL I was wondering how come George's style has change! Love your ummm solidarity, folks!
P.S. Does that mean Babe knows everything that happens in George's inbox? :wtf: :wtf:
P.S. Does that mean Babe knows everything that happens in George's inbox?
For you folks still in China bjbjbjbjbj, has the storm passed visa-wise?I think that at this time we are in the eye of the hurricane and there is more to come.
Extremely offtopic .
Btw, HK gives 6 months visas now.
According to related Chinese Law, all foreigners need a work permit before they can work in mainland China. Then need to apply for working visa and resident permit. There are two different work permits: employment permit and foreign expert permit. The employment permit issued by local labour bureau, is mainly for people who work in companies; the foreign expert permit issued by provincial foreign expert bureaus, is mainly for people who works in education institution.
Compared to employment permit, foreign expert permit are more difficult to obtain.
Language teacher must have taught mother language and have at least two years teaching
experiences, other teachers must have at least five years teaching experience, etc.
and there is age limit. Without very special reasons, the application for
people over 60 years old is normally not accepted. Application for foreign expert permit
need more time, usually more than one
month.
Before May 2008, the Zhuhai Labour Bureau would issue employment permits to people
working in both companies and schools. Including our college, all institutions in Zhuhai had applied alien employment permits for their foreign staff. At present, according
to the guidelines of the province government, the Labour Bureau will not issue new
employment permits to foreign staff working in education institution. All foreign
staff working for education institution must apply for foreign expert permits from the
Guangdong Foreign Expert Bureau. The current employment permit could not be renewed
beginning 2009, the holder must apply foreign expert permit instead.
Figure out WHY a comment would be made in the thread.
Question though - what does that mean for working? Wasn't one of the problems before that people working on an F would be sent back home? I guess that's calmed down a bit?
Try more like over 60. The law is reinforced from Jan 1st.That's really, really bad news.
For the first time since I arrived here I had to have a medical to renew my visa. Blood tests, ECG, chest X-ray, blood pressure, ultra-sound for liver and kidneys. University took me there and paid for all of it.
The EMS took 10 days to get to me last time and 7 to get from me to them.
Which is why I suggested UPS or DHL in my last post.
Shit! Jinan isn't even on that list!! bibibibibi
Yay! Gotta me a visa.
It cost $40AUD for a single entry Z visa to be changed to a resident permit once I arrive.
Had to provide flight details, working licence and letter from the university.
Yay! Gotta me a visa.
It cost $40AUD for a single entry Z visa to be changed to a resident permit once I arrive.
Had to provide flight details, working licence and letter from the university.
....flight details? Maybe it's an Oz thing, because I didn't.
I did get questioned before getting my boarding pass though - why one way ticket? Then I showed them my forms for the visa (letter from Uni and Work permit/SAFEA document) and they said, ok, very good, no problems - so make sure you have your original docs ready for boarding the plane.
So, yep, it's also fine to come on a one-way ticket, if you have the Z-visa in your passport - at least from Canada anyways.
Cost for switch from L to F visa:
L to F, 6 months----4,000RMB.
Cost for F visa extension:
F extension for 12 months--1,200RMB
F extension for 6 months--800RMB
F extension for 3 months--650RMB
Time needed: 7 days
Anyone who needs the services above,plz contact me on:
Mobile: 150 010 28493
Office:5815 6222-116
Email/MSN: jinnanwang2008@hotmail.com
Echo Wang
Cost for switch from L to F,half an year---3,900RMB
Cost for F extension:
F to F, one year--1,200RMB
F to F, 6 months--800RMB
F to F, 3 months--650RMB
Cost for Switch from L to F,half an year---3,900RMB
Government fee depends on what entry you need and what nationality you are.
Above is not only for foreigners in beijing, but for foreigners all over china.
Anyone who need the service above, feel free to contact me on:
Mobile: 150 010 28493
Office: (010) 5815 6222-116(extension number)
Email/MSN: jinnanwang2008@hotmail.com
Add: Room 707-708, CYTS PLAZA, No.5 Dongzhimen South Avenue,Dongcheng District, Beijing
Echo Wang
What nationality is this for?
Government fee depends on what entry you need and what nationality you are.
Above is not only for foreigners in beijing, but for foreigners all over china.
Subject: URGENT NOTICE FOR CHINA VISA FROM CHINESE GOVERNMENT!!!!!
Dear my friends,
We just got a urgent notice from PSB that all visa applied after 8:30am of tomorrow-15th of April will be only allowed to be valid till 30th of September,coz the 60 anniversity of China is on 1sth of Oct.
That means although your visa is extended for 6 months,it will be only valid till 30th of September,so you have to leave China on that day or before that, nobody knows when it will go back to normal after the national day celebration.
Cost for F extension:
F to F,one year---1200RMB
F to F,6 month---800RMB
F to F,3 month---650RMB
Cost for switch from L to F:
L to F,6 months---2800RMB
If you or your friends need handle visa recently,hurry up!!!
bibibibibi What's this gonna do to Schools applying for Res Visas for the next year? Re-signing contracts, etc???
We just got a urgent notice from PSB that all visa applied after 8:30am of tomorrow-15th of AprilWell, I hope so.
OK, let me get this straight. I get a letter form my Chinese employer and get a Z - visa which entitles me to get a foreign expert certificate and residence permit. After a year - then what? Do I have to pay a fee and go to Hong Kong or will they automatically renew it if I decide to stay on at the same school? What if I change jobs? Do I have to start the process all over again?
China has changed visa rules for citizens from the United States, which has reported the second highest number of swine flu cases in the world.
A notice dated May 3 on the Web site for the Chinese Embassy and its consulates in the U.S. said that all visa applications would now require six business days to process, with express and rush services for visa applications suspended until further notice.
It is unclear exactly why the rules have been changed, but it came hot on the heels of strident measures by China to contain any possible spread of swine flu, including quarantining of some foreign nationals.
The new visa regulation, effective as of May 4, appears to apply to all Chinese visas, including tourist and business categories. Visa applicants are also required to fill out a form declaring which countries and U.S. states they had visited two weeks prior.
Previously, U.S. nationals could obtain visas in as little as one day.
More than 1,400 people globally have been infected with swine flu, with Mexico reporting the most confirmed cases with 802. The United States so far has reported 380 cases in more than 30 states.
On Tuesday, Foreign Ministry spokesman Ma Zhaoxu refused to address the specific visa changes for Americans, saying only that "relevant adjustment (to the visa policy) is non-discriminatory and is not targeted at any country. The adjustment of visa policy will not affect the normal entry of foreigners and exchanges of people."
The new rules do not appear to be in effect for any other country, including Spain or Canada, where swine flu has also been detected.
L to F for half an year would be possible if you can provide two documents below:
1, if you work in a company, provide the copy of your company's duplicate business license with company's seal on.(only the company whose registration capital is more than 3500,000RMB can work)
2, an application report with your company's seal on( I have samples, anyone who needs the sample can contact me)
So obviously, if you are just a tourist and no any company providing you the documents above, L to F would not work for you.
Anyone who is in that situation and needs a half an year visa, feel free to contact me.
Meanwhile, till now the visa policy is updated like below:
1, All visa except for working visa are only allowed to be valid till 15th of Sept.
2, Not allowed to provide any invitation letter for Mexican.
3, Only Working visa can be beyond 15th of Sept, no restrictions on it.
Anyone who needs the service above, feel free to contact me on:
Tel: 150 010 28493
MSN/Email: jinnanwang2008@hotmail.com
This is what makes trying to advise people on this stuff so totally infuriating...and downright dangerous. Official rules notwithstanding, if you approach the right person at the right window at the right moment on the right day, pretty much anything could conceivably happen. Take that last sentence and substitute the word "wrong" for all the appearances of the word "right",and pretty much NOTHING could conceivably happen.
I was told that this would not have worked at any other consulate/embassy as HK was specified on one of my documents (invitation letter I believe?)ance
I had to get a new passport last month because the supplementary Form B for a Zvisa in New Zealand states that you need 12 months on the current passport, rather than the 3months required for other visas.
I had to get a new passport last month because the supplementary Form B for a Zvisa in New Zealand states that you need 12 months on the current passport, rather than the 3months required for other visas.
That sort of makes sense. A z visa converts to a Res Permit, and those can be for up to 12 months at a time.
Visa runners beware! The crackdown cometh
China state-owned media is once again reporting a crackdown on foreigners who live, work and travel the country without the proper credentials. This story began to make significant rounds on China Daily and its affiliates at the end of last year with the introduction of a new law that creates more administrative departments that would collect and store biometric data for improved organization. It would also enhance the tracking of arrival and departure from the country by foreigners and Chinese citizens. . .
Yeowtch! aoaoaoaoaoIt's not that serious. They don't want to keep it forever and ever. They just needed a day or two to take it to ??? (I don't know) to get it scanned. I was supposed to get it back today. Poor student intern working in the FAO office is trying so hard. She had to tell me that it wasn't ready this morning. The police officer (apparently only one guy can do this - you know how that is) was too busy due to the Big 20th Anniversary Celebration happening on campus today. I know. That's why I suggested waiting until after the holiday. He's the one who insisted it had to be done Right Away.
Do stop by and let them scan it, but can't advise letting them keep your papers. If trouble arises, get your Consulate involved right away!
Maybe mentioning that you want to notify your Consulate will bring resolution...?
Another option would be to just not take the FEC. If you have a Residence Permit, that's all you really need anyway unless you're needing to send money home frequently.
Clos:
First time I have heard that a TEFL is required for an FEC.
My thinking is that if you have:
1. a degree
2. 2 years of work experience
you should be able to get an FEC.
I am not sure if your consulate can help, but anything is worth a shot. A call to SAFEA in Beijing could 'clarify' policy in Zhengzhou.
I am not sure what kind of visa your school has in mind when looking at HK for a solution. The only appropriate visa they could issue is a Zvisa - and that would just put you back in Zhengzhou facing an application for an FEC from the same department.
A very wise person sent me a few PM's to help me get this mess sorted out. Most of it was just a communication problem between a group of Chinese people not wishing to lose face with each other.
Unsure if this is just a Shenzhen or Guangdong or even nationwide thing, but just got home from some work training & the guard of my building stopped me to fill in a police form, checking visas & res permits, basically checking up on where I live. Not sure if this is a regular occurence or directly related to the Beijing incident of late but I am possibly expecting a knock on the door in the next few days!