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Jdculver
Joined: 30 Apr 2017
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Location: San Diego, ca
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 Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2017 10:45 pm Post subject: 3 month wait for Z visa in 3rd location (such as Hong Kong) |
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Normally, if time was tight, teachers could come (not interested in discussing legality) on a tourist visa and fly to Hong Kong (for example) to get their Z visa.
As I understand it, now China requires a 3 month stay in the 3rd location (such as Hong Kong). Anyone else have information on this and a potential workaround? |
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TrampledKlown
Joined: 22 Sep 2012
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| Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2017 11:04 pm Post subject: |
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Is it only Hong Kong?
The HK tourist visa is 90 days, so you wouldn't be able to apply until it expired.
I thought you needed to be a resident of another country to do it from there. |
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Jdculver
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| Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2017 11:18 pm Post subject: |
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| TrampledKlown wrote: |
Is it only Hong Kong?
The HK tourist visa is 90 days, so you wouldn't be able to apply until it expired.
I thought you needed to be a resident of another country to do it from there. |
From what I gather from my school's assistant, this new rule affects all 3rd locations, not just Hong Kong.
In my case, I'm a resident of USA.
Basically, I'm concerned that the Z-visa processing (on hold right now while waiting for my teaching cert.) won't be concluded until after my scheduled start date.
Ordinarily this wouldn't be an issue vis a vie, the tourist visa/Hong Kong Z visa process. But now this is all up in the air. |
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TrampledKlown
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| Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2017 3:23 am Post subject: |
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| If the school can't accept you coming late, I'd get a job that gives you resident status somewhere else and apply to China from there. |
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happeningthang
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| Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2017 12:47 pm Post subject: |
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I don't understand how they can insist on a 3 month waiting period... What they won't process papers until that waiting time is up - or they expect that's how long it takes to process?
OP what district or city is asking for this now - and does anyone have any other details?
The FE offices has changed a lot of things - some of it retroactively - to implement these new nation wide regulations - but this I haven't heard of... |
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nimadecaomei
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| Posted: Fri Jul 07, 2017 12:35 pm Post subject: |
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| I don't think wait was meant, it seems like you mean three months of residence on a country? Is that right? |
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