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[JZer]

Could someone tell me what happens to you if you have an ARC but get caught working a second job illegally?

What if it is a kindergaten job? Will you get deported or will your employer likely just pay the government off since he is breaking the law as well? I am curious to know what everyone's experience in these regards has been!!!

[clark.w.griswald]

The following answer applies to people with an ARC to teach, working at a kindergarten or taking a second job off the books. It does not apply to people who are working illegally without an ARC or appropriate visa.

JZer I have followed this one carefully over the years and therefore I can answer you with some certainty. Of course every persons experiences may be somewhat different but overall you should find the following to be true.

First of all you need to ignore the claims that people get deported all the time for working second jobs and working in kindergartens. This just doesn't seem to be true. The people who claim this do so on heresay, or possibly because they have an agenda. The fact is that I have never heard a first hand account (or even a legitimate second hand account) of anyone being deported for this.

So, can you be deported for working an illegal second job or working in a kindergarten? - Legally, yes.

Do you people get deported for working an illegal second job or working in a kindergarten? - In practice, never, or possibly extremely rarely.

This is conditional upon you having an ARC to work here, but just with another company.

So what happens when you caught working a second job, or working in a kindergarten. Going from individual peoples accounts, in the worst cases the police take you down to the station and make you sign a letter of wrongdoing. You may then be fined (although the fine seems to be rather minor and not levied often), and then freed and asked to find a legal job. It is highly likely that your employer is fined for employing you. In some cases teachers caught in these situations just receive a warning.

It seems to me that the authorities realize that we are just trying to make a living and that the school is the one that largely benefits from the foreign teacher working illegally. Provided that you have an ARC (this shows that you have the right to teach and the correct visa to do so) they will most likely cut you some slack.

Having said that, you would need to consider for yourself whether it is worth the trouble. Although the above all holds true, there is nothing to stop a cop like Peter Chen in Taidong from pushing the letter of the law and having you fined and deported.

[JZer]

Thanks for the info!!! I appreciate it.

[Aristotle]

Apparently there is way to put a second employer under your ARC.
The exact procedures for this are unknown and I presume it requires quanxi and/or cash to get it done.
Nearly all the teachers deported last year had an ARC issued through a third party.
Be careful.
A.

[clark.w.griswald]

[Aristotle]

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