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The bear
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 Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2016 10:59 am Post subject: Chinese embassy authorization of degrees |
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A few posts have emerged on this forum recently discussing the, apparently new policy in a few provinces, whereby foreigners have to have their degree certificate 'authorized' by the Chinese consulate/embassy in their home countries.
This is somewhat of a complex, and expensive, process. Not to mention that a lot of foreigners aren't aware they potentially need to do this.
I've a few questions about the policy, anyone with more information feel free to chip in.
This is the process for the UK for those interested:
http://www.chinese-embassy.org.uk/eng/lsfw/legalization/t1021894.htm
1) What provinces are requiring this? For sure I know of Hubei and Fujian.
2) Once done is the degree 'authorized' for life?
3) This is meant to be a nationwide policy, any idea of timescale? Next year? Next 3 years? Never...?
4) Has anyone done this process yet? From my understanding it only came in sometime around December 2015. |
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eihpos
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| Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2016 12:29 pm Post subject: |
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| I had to do this in December, for Jiangsu. I was required to go to the foreign affairs department first for a stamp, and then to the consulate. This was in Ireland. The problem I had was that the Chinese embassy in my country couldn't notarise my non - Irish MA, but I got around it by using my BA which is from an Irish uni. This could cause a hassle for people who have a degree in a country other than where they are located, as they will have to go to the hassle of going to the embassy of that country just to get the stamp. The process cost about 80 euros in total, and added almost 2 weeks on to the already long process of getting the visa. Not sure about questions 2 and 3. |
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Mutronik
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| Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2016 1:52 pm Post subject: |
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| @eiphos, what did you have to do to get your degree notarized in Ireland? |
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The bear
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| Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2016 1:58 pm Post subject: |
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| eihpos wrote: |
| I had to do this in December, for Jiangsu. I was required to go to the foreign affairs department first for a stamp, and then to the consulate. This was in Ireland. The problem I had was that the Chinese embassy in my country couldn't notarise my non - Irish MA, but I got around it by using my BA which is from an Irish uni. This could cause a hassle for people who have a degree in a country other than where they are located, as they will have to go to the hassle of going to the embassy of that country just to get the stamp. The process cost about 80 euros in total, and added almost 2 weeks on to the already long process of getting the visa. Not sure about questions 2 and 3. |
That's surprisingly cheap. I've started looking into the process by asking for quotes to notarize my degree, cheapest I've got is £65, and I've around 6 quotes. Most expensive was £200! Then the Foreign and Commonwealth legalization costs £35. Then the Chinese embassy/consulate charge £15. So..the cheapest I've got would be £105 (135 Euros). |
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eihpos
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| Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2016 10:58 pm Post subject: |
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| Yes, it wasn't too expensive. In fact, thinking about it, it was less than 80. The foreign affairs office stamp cost 40 euros, and they did it in a few minutes. The embassy stamp (which they would only do after the foreign office had done theirs) took about a week. There isn't much room left on it, so hope it is notarized permanently for China! |
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