another question: can anyone confirm it is possible (or at least it used to be) to come on a tourist visa, register at the university and then change the visa to a student visa without exiting the country?
I totally get the school reasons to as for as much guarantees as they can. One explained to me that it is hard for them to get the work permits, they can only apply for a limited number per year and if they cancel too many (because the teacher is unsuitable), they might loose their agreement...
I'll wait until the end of the week because I'm still waiting for some schools to contact me but if I can't find anything, I'll go with the other options.
Any input on the homestay program? I'm a quite tempted. It would be great from a linguistic and cultural point of view, and of course much more affordable. I just want to make sure it's legit before I decide...
Thanks again!
Hi everyone!
I have been looking for a teaching job in Kunming for a while and everywhere I'm faced with the same problem: the school wants a face to face interview (and demo).
So I'm looking at options:
1. Come here on a tourist visa, do a bunch of interview, hope I get a job and the required papers before my visa expires (and the school is not a scam), and then make a quick trip to Hongkong. I checked, I can apply for a work visa there, it just costs like 1000RMB round-trip...
2. Apply for a language program (short-term) and get a student visa. Then do the interviews before my visa expires and it's Hongkong again. Is it true that you can work (a few hours) under the new student visa regulations?
3. Go with a program like "Homestay China", stay with a host family and then decide at the end of the year if I really want to get a job here or not. Can anybody confirm that this type of program is legal? It looks great but I want to make sure, I would be staying on a student visa then. Here is the link: homestaychina.org/
Any other idea?
Thanks,
Ansi
I'm really confused about those new visa. visaforchina.org, the Chinese visa center website (for Paris, France at least) has absolutely no mention of those new visas. Only the old ones with the old definition. Of course, no mention of the criminal records...
Well, I guess it is still the least of my worries as I still haven't found a company willing to sponsor me for a work visa. Most of the schools advertising on GoKunming ask you to come first (for an interview) and then they will provide you with a visa (how can they? I would need to get back to France to apply) if you are hired... This is really getting maddening.
QQ (Tencent QQ) is the Chinese MSN. Almost everyone in China has QQ and knows what it is. You can use QQ mail to send e-mails, QQ "music" (can't type in Chinese on this computer, sorry) to listen to and download music...
Honestly, if you are going to live in China, I recommend it (got it after one too many "do you have QQ?" on the net). There is an international version in English if the Chinese interface freaks you out, not sure about the mobile version.
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