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adventuramust · Joined: 14 Apr 2005 Posts: 126

I received two offers. The one said I need to fax health exam results so they could give to the school. The other said to come over on an F visa or that an L visa would be okay. The latter said I could get the medical done there for about ($35 US). I figured may the reason I wasn't told to get a Z visa was lack of the medical report so I am going thru the test right now. Looking into the visa companies it appears I would need to have the medical form notarieze and authenticated ($85). In that case I might as well do it again in China.

Doesn't an F and L visa limit me to 90 or 180 days only?

Advice please.

Thank you.

tw · Joined: 04 Jun 2005 Posts: 3898

Mephisto · Joined: 12 Jul 2005 Posts: 27

Hey TW, can you mail me the form as well?
email = [email protected]
Thanks,
Mephisto

Mephisto · Joined: 12 Jul 2005 Posts: 27

By the by, how much would I pay for new eye glasses/wisdom teeth removal in China? Canadian prices are kinda out of whack (2K for teeth I've been told) and I'm considering doing them there. What about computer prices, etc?

Cheers, Mephisto

tw · Joined: 04 Jun 2005 Posts: 3898

Mephisto · Joined: 12 Jul 2005 Posts: 27

Hey TW,
thanks a lot for both the form and the prices; I'm definitely waiting until I get there for all things dental. How about a decent laptop or a desk computer? I'm assuming it will be cheaper as well?
Cheers, Mephisto

frigginhippie · Joined: 13 Mar 2004 Posts: 188 Location: over here

China Embassy's download site for Physical Exam and Visa forms

tw · Joined: 04 Jun 2005 Posts: 3898

adventuramust · Joined: 14 Apr 2005 Posts: 126

By the way, Buckland Group is who made the offer, sent the invite letter and said to come over on the L or F visa.

Don't suppose there is a way to find out if there are legal to hire me?

Thanks much.

tw · Joined: 04 Jun 2005 Posts: 3898

Don McChesney · Joined: 25 Jun 2005 Posts: 656

Eyeglasses are cheap in China. For a multi-curved non-reflective lens that lets me read print, computer screen and distant, in titanium frames, one year warrenty etc etc I paid 1500Y or less than US$200. They would have cost me about A$2500 back home. (10 times as much.)

go_ABs · Joined: 08 Aug 2004 Posts: 507

Roger · Joined: 19 Jan 2003 Posts: 9138

I find this thread somewhat misleading and highly bizarre. Adventureamust: what is your first lingo? YOu are struggling with English, anyone can see that! If you want to teach in China be upfront with relevant details! Otherwise you mgiht be taken for a ride! Especially by recruiters.
Buckland is not a bad agent, I will say that.

As for the medical exam, I suppose that's changing again since the issuance of visas is now divorced from the process of applying for the resident's permit. The name 'work visa' might now be a misnomer since no one can work on a work visa any more. Thus, it doesn't matter what kind of visa you have when entering China; what you do need is an employer who can register you (sponsor you) with the authorities.
One of the criteria for hiring is that you be of good health; HIV-positive job applicants need not apply! Thus, you will no doubt have to undergo a medical exam IN CHINA; some medical check-ups performed abroad were in the past not recognised when the job holder arrived here; he or she had to undergo another check-up here.

The costs for your check-up and your resident's permit should be borne by your employer. The costs should therefore not concern you.

This explains why you can arrive here on a tourist visa. You were misinformed by someone who said a tourist visa is valid 30 days; this is true if you want it to be valid for that long a period; some consulates are known to stamp a mutliple-emonth visa in your passport. In some cases one-year tourist visas are available. The most common ones are for 3 or 6 months, single entry or multiple entries.

And don't save your money for medical services in China - dental work, new eyeglasses and the likes are not worth the money you spend since few CHinese are adequately qualified and sufficiently trained to perform such jobs! You save initially a few hundred only to regret it a while later!

Volodiya · Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2005 8:35 am Post subject:

I think this is to the point of the OP-

Pre-qualifying exam
1) a medical exam, conducted abroad, with the results forwarded to your prospective employer in China, may be required as part of the qualifying process for the issuance, from China, of the, "Foreign Experts Affairs Invitation Confirmation", a document you will need, among others, to apply for the Z visa, abroad; whether this will be required will depend on the practices and procedures in the Province of China where your potential employment is to be....

Mephisto · Joined: 12 Jul 2005 Posts: 27

Thanks Roger and others, will keep that in mind - is the dental/medical practice in China that bad? Am I bound to get Typhoid Fever from the doctors themselves if I go for a visit? Or are they not that bad, except for the proverbial bad apples?
Cheers,
Mephisto