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dragcity
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 Posted: Mon Oct 09, 2006 10:17 pm Post subject: TEFL in China and getting a job brfore going? |
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Hi I'm hoping for some advice about taking a TEFL course in China and sorting out a job for afterwards.
I am taking the TEFL International course in Zhuhai in January 2007 and when I originally booked this I thought I would get a job lined up in China for when I finish.
However, there seems to be a problem doing this beacuse of the visa situation, so I was wondering if anyone has been in the same situation and could give me some advice.
The problem is that I need an F visa to do the TEFL course and a Z visa to start teaching. However from what I can work out I can't apply for both simultaneously and I can't convert an F visa to a Z visa once I'm already in China. So it looks like I will have to take the TEFL course in China, then go to Hong Kong and get a job (and the Z visa) in mainland China from there.
Does anyone know a way around this? (i.e. how I can get a job and Z visa sorted beofre I go, and still be able to get a business visa for the TEFL course in he meantime)? |
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Calories
Joined: 17 Jun 2005
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Location: Chinese Food Hell
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| Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2006 4:59 am Post subject: |
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| It depends on where you will be and who you will work for. |
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prof
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Location: Boston/China
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| Visas are not as important as the salary you will be earning. |
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luckyloser700
Joined: 24 Mar 2006
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Location: Japan
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| Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2006 4:42 am Post subject: Re: TEFL in China and getting a job brfore going? |
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| dragcity wrote: |
The problem is that I need an F visa to do the TEFL course and a Z visa to start teaching. However from what I can work out I can't apply for both simultaneously and I can't convert an F visa to a Z visa once I'm already in China. So it looks like I will have to take the TEFL course in China, then go to Hong Kong and get a job (and the Z visa) in mainland China from there.
Does anyone know a way around this? (i.e. how I can get a job and Z visa sorted beofre I go, and still be able to get a business visa for the TEFL course in he meantime)? |
I had a job set up in China that would've had me teaching in a summer camp, taking a TEFL course, and then working full time at a university. The university assured me that the F could be Converted to a Z with their sponsorship. That was a few years ago, however. I didn't go because of a better job offer in Japan. I've heard that converting an F to a Z isn't impossible, or even that difficult with the support of a sponsor. But, without the experience, I can't say for sure.
I also received several job offers directly from universities using this website:
http://www.teachcn.com/
You can definitely line up a job without a TEFL certification; I didn't have one and I got job offers from some pretty well-known and well-respected universities. All interviews were done over the phone and, in some cases, I was able to talk with a foreign instructor after the interviews. Check it out if you're not dead-set on the TEFL thing. You can always take the course once your there. |
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