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drumbeat · Joined: 13 Jul 2004 Posts: 46 Location: Nanjing

I have been offered a job as a teacher in China and I have my B.Ed. I was told I have to send them (to the states) my original degree for my visa application.. it is an American school, and I am Canadian. I am tentative to send my original diploma to them after being told by my university that it is the only one that I can get.
I was going to phone the Chinese embassy here in Canada to ask if they can verify my degree and ask the school if they will accept that, or does anyone know an option other than sending this school my original degree? They said they will not accept a verified copy signed by my university.. that seemed to be the most logical option instead of sending my one and only original in the mail.

Also there seems to be quite a bit of work to be done for a visa.. do schools normally pay or reimburse for some of these costs?. eg. criminal record check, etc..

nomad soul · Joined: 31 Jan 2010 Posts: 11454 Location: The real world

Your post is a bit confusing because it seems you're using the terms school and university interchangeably. Which entity requires your original diploma: your US university or a school in China?

Non Sequitur · Joined: 23 May 2010 Posts: 4724 Location: China

Home country costs are usually teachers responsibility.
China the school pays.

Adeem · Posted: Sat Apr 15, 2017 9:58 am Post subject:

http://forums.eslcafe.com/job/viewtopic.php?t=115980&highlight=verify+certificates

Seems that if you are living in Canada, and you need to get your US degree authenticated, then a specialist service might be the way forward.

I have just being doing all this in the UK, and it is enough trouble when I live in London, let alone if I was elsewhere.

I would not expect this cost to be reinbursed, but since you only need to do it once, you could write it off as a cost that will benefit you in future as well?

jimpellow · Joined: 12 Oct 2007 Posts: 913

I thought the Chinese authorities would not accept degrees from outside one's home country. It pops on boards from time to time enough that it appears to be the policy in at least some jurisdictions.

JoThomas · Joined: 08 Jan 2017 Posts: 148 Location: Canada

The Chinese Consulate can only verify an original degree. I have just found out that they can't notarize or authenticate the original. I am in the process of figuring out if I can authenticate a degree within China.

tumdurgal · Joined: 17 Jan 2006 Posts: 10

Have you gone to a Notary Public within China? Not sure if they'll only do Chinese ones, or can do ones from outside of China.

JoThomas · Joined: 08 Jan 2017 Posts: 148 Location: Canada