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montagdarko · Joined: 05 Oct 2014 Posts: 34

hi guys!
One school offered to work with a volunteer program with tourist visa.it will be for 3 months only and i wanted to ask you if you think it will be illegal.They say that volunteers can come and work without z visa.is this true??
Thanks in advance!
maria

OhBudPowellWhereArtThou · Joined: 02 Jun 2015 Posts: 1168 Location: Since 2003

How can you afford to work FOR NO PAY for three months while you visit China? And why would you do something like that?

Dan123 · Joined: 08 Jan 2014 Posts: 112

OhBudPowellWhereArtThou · Joined: 02 Jun 2015 Posts: 1168 Location: Since 2003

OP:

You're being scammed. Arrive on a Z visa or stay home. Any school that suggests otherwise isn't authorized to hire foreign teachers. Trouble awaits.

jimpellow · Joined: 12 Oct 2007 Posts: 913

Yes, volunteers can come and teach without a z-visa. There is a special visa classification for that. Obviously, the organization has to be authorized by the government for that type of non-profit work. Assuming you are actually volunteering, and the organization is on the up and up, it still begs the question as to why they want you to come on a tourist visa, which is the wrong visa and can land you in hot water.

This is fairly recent and would probably serve as a useful guideline for the particular situation.

http://www.chinalawblog.com/2015/04/short-work-stays-in-china-work-visa-now-probably-required.html

OhBudPowellWhereArtThou · Joined: 02 Jun 2015 Posts: 1168 Location: Since 2003

JP,

Thanks for the link. Great info there.