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| valismp wrote: |
The general consensus among these teachers (which is more relevant to me, since they are in Beijing, and many of the posters in this thread are in other cities which apparently have other laws) was that Z visas are harder to come by because of the olympics. The government is trying to increase security, and this is one way that they're doing it. As long as you don't jump around and yell "look at me, my situation is questionable!!!", you should be fine.
They also told me that getting an F visa transferred to some other type (Z or X) is becoming more difficult to do without leaving the country.
So, there you go: some more opinions to add to everyone else's. |
I teach in Beijing and the Chinese government has caught a few protestor types from western countries that came into China under English Teaching jobs to organize protest. Some that were Canadian FT's were just kicked out with connection to a Tibet protest. Others are getting protest groups ready for various topics from Dafur to Global Warming and pollution.
To create an anchor for the groups to organize the protest the English teaching visa was the easiest method to have a long-term stay to organize these activities.
Therefore, they are NOW tightening the English teaching visa rules to keep activist from trying to stay by pretending to be FT's.
Also some are abusing the teaching positions to get a free-party residence during the games. The Chinese are wise on what is going on when it comes to Laowai so they are looking at visa issues especially hard in the Beijing areas.
This is another reason for doing this. |
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