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[Eternal Hope]

Hello:


I answered an job advertisement with Chinesecities.com and was hired to teach American college prep (AP) classes on a tourist visa.

After the company brought me to China on a tourist visa, forced me to work illegally for four months, and had me sign an employment contract while I was an illegal worker, they got me proper Chinese Z work visa only after four months.

While working illegally, I discovered that the company recruited Chinese students by promising to get then into top American colleges, and charged these students lots of money, but most of the students could not speak, read, or write English!!!

After, eight months, of witnessing the students and me being exploited, I left without completing the school year. The school has claimed that I broke an employment contract that was sign while I was forced to work illegally on a tourist visa.

The school reported me to the Ministry of Foreign Experts and the local Municipal Security Bureau that published my name on their website as breaking an employment contract with the school. I contacted this office and wrote what I just explained above and instructed them to simply check their own immigration records for the dates and type of visa that I was working on, and compare it with the date the contract was signed. I received no response and my name is still on their public record for breaking an employment contract.


Is there nothing that I can do to clear my record and be treated justly???

[nimadecaomei]

For one you could not use the word forced when it was obviously something you did willingly.

[twowheel]

^^^I can't disagree with the above by nmdcm.

The OP has created a fine time for another Public Service Announcement:

DON'T COME TO CHINA AND WORK ON A TOURIST VISA!

NO, NO, STOP, NO, NO, "yeah but, yeah but" ... NO! STOP!

IGNORE NIKE AND ... JUST DON'T DO IT.

Sesame Street taught us well: today's episode is sponsored by the letter Z (and no, NOT by the letter L).

How many times has this topic come up on the cafe and been disregarded?

twowheel

[backtochina2017]

Well, I see a number of mistakes.

1. Teaching on a tourist visa is not a good idea. I would not teach but visit to see if I liked the place. Then if possible, go to Hong Kong for a visa run. Do it the correct way.

2. You are being hired to teach. You are not a co-owner or responsible how they do their business. If they paid you on time then it was you who breached the contract by leaving. If I could not take what an employer was doing, I would inform the students and risk getting fired. At least if they fire you they are more likely to give you a release letter, especially if you are willing to allow the paperwork show you are leaving and not getting fired. The school saves face and can get rid of you. Both go on their merry separate ways.

3. By informing Ministry of Foreign Experts and the local Municipal Security Bureau what happened, you are admitting you left. Common sense would tell me not to do that and find another province to try to get a job in.


I am curious how we can check this list. Where does one go to see the blacklist of teachers at either the Ministry of Foreign Experts or the local Municipal Security Bureau?

[twowheel]

[rogerwilco]