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Police Check in Shanghai for Z Visa

 
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22Yossarian



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PostPosted: Thu May 26, 2016 9:33 am    Post subject: Police Check in Shanghai for Z Visa Reply with quote
Hello,

I previously held a Z visa in Beijing, I have lived in China for three years, and I have spent the last year as a student in Shanghai on an X visa.

I have just signed a contract for a new job, and I am having a major issue getting a Chinese police check done, because I have been a resident of China for over 2 years, I need a Chinese police check. I went to the police station with instructions written in Chinese and I was given an address that turned out to be the Shanghai Public Notary, which does not issue a police check.

This is a nightmare situation, my job is in Beijing, and the Beijing HR does not know what I need to do in Shanghai, and the offices I go to in Shanghai like to send me to other offices.
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OhBudPowellWhereArtThou



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PostPosted: Thu May 26, 2016 1:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Can the administrator of your prospective employer make a call for you?

This sort of thing makes you wonder if the crummy non-help that you get is a result of passive aggression, apathy, stupidity, or the common effect of incredibly large and complicated bureaucracy. I want to believe the latter.

Have you tried calling or emailing the American Consulate in Shanghai? (I'd email). Sometimes, the folks there are helpful. Sometimes, they are as helpful as the Chinese when you run into these barriers. A short note like your post would suffice.

Give it a shot.

Good luck.
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SH_Panda



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PostPosted: Thu May 26, 2016 3:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Get whoever sponsors your current visa to type up a letter stating that you have not committed any crimes. Take that to the police and have them type that up officially. Finally, take that to the notary office and get that all-important stamp.
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22Yossarian



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PostPosted: Sat May 28, 2016 9:27 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
OhBudPowellWhereArtThou wrote:
Can the administrator of your prospective employer make a call for you?

This sort of thing makes you wonder if the crummy non-help that you get is a result of passive aggression, apathy, stupidity, or the common effect of incredibly large and complicated bureaucracy. I want to believe the latter.



I think in the case of my school's HR it is mostly the latter, plus she is overwhelmed. I am going to a brand new school, they just hired 20 foreign teachers. What I find incredibly frustrating about China (I am saying this as a citizen of the federalist U.S.), is that nothing is streamlined or centralized.

But, I feel in general there is a profound apathy. It is an issue that I seem to find to be fairly common in Communist countries. Further, I get the sense if you made an accurate Chinese police procedural show, it would simply be reported crimes coming into the station, and the cops simply sitting around and smoking cigarettes and doing there best to do very little actual police work.

But, I will get paid starting August 1, regardless of if I am in Beijing or not. This is a real high school, attached to a well regarded university. So, I shouldn't get screwed over too much, even if my visa is late.
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LarssonCrew



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PostPosted: Sat May 28, 2016 10:33 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
It can be so annoying and some of the procedures and processes make no sense.

I was asked in Beijing for a stamp on my police check from the police headquarters in London, which they simply won't give. I said I could notarise and get the stamp from the government for the police check but no dice.

Sometimes things are requested that are just impossible and Chinese people don't really care. They'll shrug 'oh well, we need that.,'

Like how in your visa you need to provide flight booking....

But...I don't want to pay for a flight without getting a visa first....
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