Archive for the 'Visas & Permits' Category

How to transfer your Z visa to another school?

This question could very well arise given a number of different situations. Maybe you want to quit your job or maybe you got a yearlong visa in the middle of the semester. Either way, you need to transfer your visa to whatever school hires you next. You simply can’t just start working […]

F visas are back!

This past week I received a number of emails from Hong Kong visa agencies saying in so many words, “We can do F visas again!”
Over the Olympics the Chinese government made it basically impossible to get your hands on any kind of business “F” visa. Before the Olympics, an F visa was […]

Can your school cancel your visa?

A true story…
Teacher X (Tom) had his Z, foreign expert visa revoked without knowing about it.
Tom was working as an ESL teacher for a school in China. His school provided him with a Z, foreign teaching expert visa as many schools do for their foreign teachers. His Z visa was valid for one […]

The paperworks

Start investigating the paperwork required to teach in China, and you’ll quickly find yourself paddling in an Alphabet Soup of bureacracy. Should your visa be X, F, Z or L? Do you need your FEC before or after getting your visa? At what point do you encounter the PSB?
In theory, […]