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scratchpiece27 · Joined: 11 Mar 2011 Posts: 44

I had an interview with a school (which he set up) and was told I had the job near the end of last month. He told me that they would start processing the visa which takes 35-40 days, which is fine.

Recently though I've emailed him 3 times about an update which he didn't respond to. I finally caught him on Skype and asked him for an update. He assured my that I had a job and told me he would check for a status update and get back to me. This was 4 days ago and he didn't give me the update.

It will have been 30 days at the beginning of next week.

Am I stressing out too much?

Non Sequitur · Joined: 23 May 2010 Posts: 4724 Location: China

Did he give you details of the school?
He's hawking you around my friend. That would be my take.

scratchpiece27 · Joined: 11 Mar 2011 Posts: 44

Non Sequitur · Joined: 23 May 2010 Posts: 4724 Location: China

Bud Powell · Joined: 11 Jul 2013 Posts: 1736

I don't think he's yanking your chain. This is the way that China works: yes or no. You're in or you're out. The Chinese can't get their heads wrapped around the way in which the west does things.

I've gone through recruiters and I've gone (supposedly) directly through the FAO of the school. This is typical behavior. If you don't trust them, get something else going. Recruiters and schools time everything to buy the most time accorded them by the visa to get you in and processed. Prospective FTs can't understand why they can't come four months early. There's a time limit on the visa. I think that the visas have a thirty day fuse after which they are no longer valid. (I can't remember if it's thirty days or ninety days. I've seen both. I'd look but my passport is locked up).

A593186 · Joined: 02 Sep 2013 Posts: 98

Bud Powell · Joined: 11 Jul 2013 Posts: 1736

"...Why are you harking on something you already knew well in advance about and accepted the conditions (of)?..."

The idiom is "harping on".