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Rooster_2006 · Joined: 24 Sep 2007 Posts: 984

This has to be some kind of a joke. Has anyone here under 25 been approved for a Z visa recently? I just have trouble believing this, considering that someone on the "straight and narrow" track would have a master's degree by 24. Then China would proceed to refuse them.

Has China SERIOUSLY banned teachers under 25? If so, it puts a major dent in my plans. Maybe I'll have to teach in Indonesia instead. Hell, with Korea's new TaLK program, even Korea is looking more liberal than this...

killian · Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 4:25 am Post subject:

boxer rebellion immediately comes to mind.

Jordean · Joined: 12 Dec 2006 Posts: 238

They are getting them other places. I was in Chicago Monday getting mine, and two other teachers-to-be were at the Consulate visa office. Fresh out of college and neither had filled out the visa application, had photos taken, etc. Maybe there is a method behind this, if it's a practice?

Rooster_2006 · Joined: 24 Sep 2007 Posts: 984

killian · Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 12:55 am Post subject:

i would google up "visa service" and go from there.

arioch36 · Joined: 21 Jan 2003 Posts: 3589

visa services, and most of the airline ticket companies.

In New York City, I usually use one of the small (maybe 4=person office) companies to buy my plane ticket, they are cheapest. Anyways, as part of their service, they will also go to the chinese consulate and do your visa.

william wallace · Joined: 14 May 2003 Posts: 2869 Location: in between

Is there anyone OVER 25 teaching in Beijing that I don't know?

Rooster_2006 · Joined: 24 Sep 2007 Posts: 984

I talked with a recruiter today who told me that she had never heard of this age restriction, but they are ABSOLUTELY SERIOUS on going back to your home country to get the visa. She said you cannot send your passport back and have someone else drop it off and pick it up. It MUST be you.

Of course she's just a recruiter, maybe she's wrong or lying. Unfortunately, I'm in Korea right now and don't want to fly back to my home country and then to China -- ridiculous just to get a sticker in my passport!

Ariadne · Joined: 16 Jul 2004 Posts: 960

I, too, suggest using a visa service.

Visas need to be delivered and picked up 'in person'.. can't be done by mail directly with the embassy.. BUT.. a visa service can deliver/pick up for you. In other words, the person applying for the visa doesn't have to be the one who delivers it to the embassy for processing.

The applicant will need to provide all the necessary paperwork such as the completed application, invitation letter, passport, fees, etc. to the visa service. You can do that by UPS.

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Moon Over Parma · Joined: 20 May 2007 Posts: 819

arioch36 · Joined: 21 Jan 2003 Posts: 3589

FAOs will say what they want.

I gave the amount for my airplane fare. Very reasonable (I won't be going home, so I get the cash). The next day, the FAO worker (the person you deal with isn't truly the FAO, the FAO is an older party member who may or may not speak english), the worker said a Beijing copnay offered the round trip ticket for 2,000 RMB less. I asked the FAO worker to send me the details, company and flight.

Guess what! The next day she said my amount was okay and the school would pay me that amount. Who would have thunk it!