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[unesco]

Ok I realise this topic has been covered in the past but with all the visa changes of late was wondering how things stand at the moment. At what stage of the whole visa process do you do the medical. Is that before you enter the country to get your FEC, or after you are in China?
I have no problem doing it wherever, just don't want to waste my time and money doing it at home only to find a have to do it again in China.
Cheers.

[North China Laowei]

MOD EDIT
The school will issue you an invitation letter; you will obtain a Z visa; you will enter China; at that point, or soon thereafter you will be taken for a medical exam; if you pass the exam, your papers will be submitted to the PSB for a residence permit; if you fail (and that could happen), you will have to exit the country within the 30 days of your Z visa.

[arioch36]

Requirements change based on your country of origin (and/or your nationality)
In America, still, as far as every report I have heard, a medical is NOT a requirement to get your z-visa.

A medical is required of EVERYONE after they get to CHina, unless they have paid for notarizing every medical document, and even then you will still probably be asked to do a medical after arriving in CHina. In Henan you would because they are now computerizing it all, and issuing a medical certificate similar to the FEC

[unesco]

The reason I ask is because my school is telling me that the medical check must be done before the issuance of the z visa. So is that true and if so how do I get my school to recognise that this is not necessary?

[SnoopBot]

The reason for this is a few schools have been burned wasting time hiring foreigners to find out they cannot pass the medical due to some problem.

Now the schools want the potential teacher to run the hoops before they will initiate any more time on the paperwork.

if the medical exam shows no problems they will complete the next steps of the paperwork.

However, it is not uncommon to do ANOTHER medical check here in China.

My suggestion is look for another school.

[eddy-cool]

[North China Laowei]

[jsteventon]

If you are applying for your visa from within SE Asia, you will be required to do a very comprehensive medical BEFORE you can apply for the z visa at the local consulate. In this part of the world you MUST hand in the full medical results with the Z visa application - whatever your citizenship...

[Joe C.]

[North China Laowei]

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[Anda]

Take the cheapest medical you can in your home country and do the standard medical here to get your resident visa. If you think you might have something wrong with your blood then check it out. In Korea for instance you can be thrown out for drug usage from drugs that still show up in your blood for weeks after having been taken if they test for drugs.


The Medical here costs from about 200 RMB to 300 RMB mainly and then upwards depending upon where you are in China. It has to be done at an approved medical centre and as far as I know any main base hospital for a city falls into this category. So say $50 US roughly shouldn't brake anyone much.


The blood test is the main thing they worry about that much I know, but yes they want a full medical done, which you can get the form off the Net with a search.

[Revenant]

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