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« Reply #45 on: November 16, 2011, 01:47:57 PM » |
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In Canada, whether or not the 'Physical Examination Record For Foreigner' is required to apply for a Z visa depends on where one lives and thus has to apply for the visa (the embassy and consulates have differing requirements) -
PREFF required:
Chinese Embassy in Ottawa: Ottawa and the provinces of Quebec, New Foundland & Labrador, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island.
Chinese Consulate-General in Calgary: The provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan, Northwest Territories, Nunavut.
PERFF not required:
Chinese Consulate-General in Toronto: The provinces of Ontario and Manitoba.
Chinese Consulate-General in Vancouver: The province of British Columbia and Yukon Territory.
There's a consulate in Montreal, but it doesn't accept visa applications... go figure.
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« Reply #46 on: December 21, 2011, 03:57:01 PM » |
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Although the health exam is not required by the Vancouver Consulate to issue my Z visa, The Physical Examination Record For Foreigners form was required by the bureaucrats in Henan province in order for them to issue the Working Permit & Letter of Invitation neccessary for me to apply for the visa. Damn!  The total cost (with lab. work & chest X-ray) was $327.00 |
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« Reply #47 on: January 27, 2012, 06:01:39 AM » |
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It turns out the Vancouver Consulate changed the 'rules' last month and the medical exam is now required for a Z visa (I just applied).
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« Reply #48 on: March 08, 2012, 03:43:42 PM » |
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Although the health exam is not required by the Vancouver Consulate to issue my Z visa, The Physical Examination Record For Foreigners form was required by the bureaucrats in Henan province in order for them to issue the Working Permit & Letter of Invitation neccessary for me to apply for the visa. Damn! The total cost (with lab. work & chest X-ray) was $327.00 cruisemonkey, it seems like you have done this in Vancouver, BC. I am looking to get a Z visa for China but am not quite sure how to go about a health exam. Is there a one stop clinic in Vancouver like Wokon Clinic (they do US work visa health exams)? Or do I need to go to my GP and then spend a day going from one hospital to another. On the form from the Vancouver consulate it seems to expect one stamp and one signature. |
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« Reply #49 on: March 09, 2012, 04:12:31 AM » |
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egox, most cities have a local Health Department, whose services generally extend to travel-related needs. They should be able to either help you directly, or point you on to someone who can.  |
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cruisemonkey
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« Reply #50 on: March 09, 2012, 11:17:01 PM » |
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cruisemonkey, it seems like you have done this in Vancouver, BC. I am looking to get a Z visa for China but am not quite sure how to go about a health exam. Is there a one stop clinic in Vancouver like Wokon Clinic (they do US work visa health exams)? Or do I need to go to my GP and then spend a day going from one hospital to another. On the form from the Vancouver consulate it seems to expect one stamp and one signature.
I got the visa from the Vancouver Consulate (through a travel agent) - $173.00 The health exam was done by my doctor in Victoria at a walk-in clinic where he works on Wednesday afternoons (it would have taken two months to get an appointment at his offices). The blood work, ECG and X-ray were done at three different companies in the same building/complex. I had the results (and the completed PREFF form) in two days. I was tempted to forge the thing buy getting a fake stamp made... it would have been a hell of a lot less than $327.00 |
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« Reply #51 on: June 01, 2012, 01:19:57 PM » |
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I finally am posted, 6 month after I asked Raoul for an account and he gave it to me. Yes, I am slow. Anyways, some of you know me probably know me or you will get to know me and probably get pissed off at me. When my wife and I came here to China our school asked us for a medical exam before they got the invitation letters for us. From the internet, I KNEW that they would repeat it when we got to China. I told my US doctor this and let's just say, well let's not say it. We went to Hong Kong got our visas and we came here. We got our 1 year residence permit and we never had to do another medical. We are extending for another year and our school doesn't think we'll need to do another medical exam. So it can be said that you may not need to repeat your medical exam in China, depending on where you go....also don't believe everything you read on the net. I know, I know  |
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« Reply #52 on: June 02, 2012, 07:20:41 AM » |
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I got my Z in Jan or Feb 2010 from the Embassy in Washington DC. No health forms required. Instead, I got probed at the local evil foreigner examination center here in DG for about 300 kuai. I think the ultrasound is to make sure you don't have any sort of alien embryo waiting to rip out of your chest.  |
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« Reply #53 on: June 10, 2012, 01:44:54 PM » |
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I think the ultrasound is to make sure you don't have any sort of alien embryo waiting to rip out of your chest. Oh-oh, they may have found out about me. Anyone want an almost new Chthia-pet? |
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« Reply #54 on: June 12, 2012, 02:10:41 PM » |
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We did end up needing to get a medical exam this time around. No x-ray, no ultrasound, they checked my eyesight, blood pressure, weight, height, drew blood, and hooked me up to the heart machine. I did it in a community health center. I liked how the nurse drew the blood. She couldn't find a vein, she saw the long line so stuck me anyways, drew the blood, and I'm left with a bruise.  |
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« Reply #55 on: June 29, 2012, 04:03:06 PM » |
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Hi all, Travelling to Beijing to get my health exam for Z visa on the 5th. I am going to this place: The Haidian Branch of Beijing International Travel Healthcare Center No.10 Dezhenglu, Haidian District, Beijing Tel.: 010-82403675 Hours: 8:30am – 11am for exams Does anyone know if I have to book in advance, or do I just turn up on the day with my passport photos, passport and money? Also I leave on the 9th is this enough time? If not can I get someone to pick it up, or have it mailed to someone who then mails it to me in England? Thanks, Chief!  |
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« Reply #56 on: June 29, 2012, 04:46:21 PM » |
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Hi all,
Travelling to Beijing to get my health exam for Z visa on the 5th.
How can you be traveling to Beijing to get a health check for a Z visa? Traveling from where? A Z visa or a Residence Permit? For Beijing or elsewhere? |
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« Reply #57 on: June 29, 2012, 05:15:19 PM » |
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My future employer says that I need to get a health check for my job starting in Changchun in Sept. He has sent me the mediacl forms via email that need to be completed. I am currently living in Hebei on an F visa having been here for nearly 6 months. I plan to travel to Beijing to get the health check done, fly home and then when in England apply for the Z visa with the appropriate paper work. Then I go back to China at the beggining of Sept and transfer the Z visa to a residents permit/ Foreign experts certificate???  This is my take on the situation, it is all very confusing at the moment as I have not done this before. Do you have any advice? am I going wrong anywhere? |
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« Reply #58 on: June 29, 2012, 11:44:02 PM » |
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My future employer says that I need to get a health check for my job starting in Changchun in Sept. He has sent me the mediacl forms via email that need to be completed.
I am currently living in Hebei on an F visa having been here for nearly 6 months.
I plan to travel to Beijing to get the health check done, fly home and then when in England apply for the Z visa with the appropriate paper work. I can't say for sure (can anyone about anything in China?) but what you propose makes perfect sense... and 'should' work. However, I assume your future employer sent you the Physical Examination Record For Foreigner (PERFF) form. A possible 'glitch' is the The Haidian Branch of Beijing International Travel Healthcare Center may refuse to fill out the PERFF on the grounds it is to be done by a Dr. outside of China... they do the 'internal' (to China) version. In my case (I was in Canada), I had my Canadian Dr. fill out the PERFF. I scanned and emailed it as an attachment to the FAO at my uni who used it (along with all the other documents) to obtain the WP & LoI necessary for me to apply for the 'Z'. When I applied for the visa, the travel agent told me the Consulate in Vancouver also wanted the PERFF (which was not on the 'list' of required documents), but which I 'just happened' to have with me - actually went back to my apartment (from the lobby/entrance foyer) and got it because I thought 'Don't be stupid... take your PERFF... 'just in case'. After I arrived in China on my 'Z', I went (with the FAO) to the Henan Provincial International Travel Healthcare Center in Zhengzhou to be vampirized, measured, probed, prodded, squeezed, hummed, and irradiated all over again. They used a completely different 'internal' Chinese form to the PERFF form. We had the results (a physical copy of the form) when we left the Center... and I had my FEC & PR a couple of weeks later. If I were you, I'd contact the The Haidian Branch of Beijing International Travel Healthcare Center before going there to see if they will do the PERFF. If they will only do the 'internal' Chinese version, I'd contact the Embassy/Consulate in England (easier said than done) to find out if the 'internal' Chinese medical exam will be accepted (in lieu of the PREFF form) in order for them to issue a 'Z'. The 'trouble' is every friggin' province/city in China has different requirements... and every friggin' Chinese Embassy/Consulate has different requirements (subject to chane without notice).  TIC... CYA!  |
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« Reply #59 on: June 30, 2012, 02:18:51 AM » |
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As far as I know there should not be any difference between doing the health checkup in China. I do not think the English government are bothered about letting me go to China rather the Chinese government are bothered about letting me in!
My reasons for doing this in China are cost 630rmb vs 4000rmb in blighty, also quite often English health examinations are not seen as official by the Chinese.
Ill give them a call and see what they say, thanks for the advice!
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