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amandapanda · Joined: 25 Jul 2013 Posts: 6 Location: US

Hello,

I went through a recruiter to obtain a job at what appears to be a very reputable and well-connected boarding school. I sent all the info to them to process the visa and the like. On August 18th, I was told that they would apply for my expert card and then use that to get the visa. Whenever I ask how long this process is going to take, I never get a straight answer out of them. I was once told that Beijing has had some stuff go down recently so the process can take a long time.

What I want to know is:

How long should the process really take? At what point should I just throw in the towel and deal with the fact that something is irreparably wrong or that I got bamboozled?

And secondly, at what point should I begin freaking out that something is wrong? The Chinese are sort of difficult to deal with; I feel like a lot is lost in translation between cultures.

Thanks kindly, and I appreciate your responses since I'm sure this topic has been hashed out a million times already.

Cheers,
Amanda

amandapanda · Joined: 25 Jul 2013 Posts: 6 Location: US

The school is represented by an agency. I'm not dealing with the school directly. Thought I should clarify.

scratchpiece27 · Joined: 11 Mar 2011 Posts: 44

I'm going through something similar which I recently posted about. I was told that the Z visa takes up to 40 days to process. It's difficult for me to get updates as well, but my recruiter contacted me just last night (after I had sent him several emails) and said it's still in process. So my guess would be that you're ok

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jimpellow · Joined: 12 Oct 2007 Posts: 913

I would opine that it is nothing personal. You, like many others, have been caught up in the July 1st - September 1st changes. Confusion has always been the modus operandi in China as I would assume you know, but it has gone to a new extreme with the changes.

Obviously the boarding school needs you, and the recruiter doesn't get paid unless he physically places you, so I think it is safe to deduce that it is caught up at the governmental end.

I would stay stick with it you want the job and can afford sitting around, but if they start making suggestions that will cost you money like going to Hong Kong etc, walk away. I use that only as an example as people have recently been getting turned down there, and you know as well as anyone that they won't reimburse you for not doing their homework properly.

All the best!