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EugeneB
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Hi everyone!
I'm going to apply for the Z-visa tomorrow. I have received the letter of invitation and the foreign experts certificate. My school told me I don't need to fill out the visa form, just bring the two pieces of paper to the consulate. That does not sound right to me but this is my first time applying for such a visa. Can anyone tell me if I need to fill out the forms or not? |
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xzbakbook
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| Posted: Wed May 30, 2012 2:22 am Post subject: |
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| If you are applying for a visa in the US you need them typed and all filled in they do not allow handwritten visas in the US. Except for the signature, the signature needs to be in your own handwriting. |
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EugeneB
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| Posted: Wed May 30, 2012 2:29 am Post subject: |
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| If you are applying for a visa in the US you need them typed and all filled in they do not allow handwritten visas in the US. Except for the signature, the signature needs to be in your own handwriting. |
So I should fill out the forms? The school told me all I had to do was bring the 2 documents. Thanks for the info I am in the US. |
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DosEquisX
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| Posted: Wed May 30, 2012 4:40 am Post subject: |
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| EugeneB wrote: |
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| If you are applying for a visa in the US you need them typed and all filled in they do not allow handwritten visas in the US. Except for the signature, the signature needs to be in your own handwriting. |
So I should fill out the forms? The school told me all I had to do was bring the 2 documents. Thanks for the info I am in the US. |
Yes. You need the form. You might even need to take a physical (though I have never been asked for it before at the NYC consulate). |
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EugeneB
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| Posted: Wed May 30, 2012 4:45 am Post subject: |
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| DosEquisX wrote: |
| EugeneB wrote: |
| xzbakbook wrote: |
| If you are applying for a visa in the US you need them typed and all filled in they do not allow handwritten visas in the US. Except for the signature, the signature needs to be in your own handwriting. |
So I should fill out the forms? The school told me all I had to do was bring the 2 documents. Thanks for the info I am in the US. |
Yes. You need the form. You might even need to take a physical (though I have never been asked for it before at the NYC consulate). |
I'm going to the NYC consulate too. Thank you very much for the info you guys have been a great help. |
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teachingld2004
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| Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2012 4:36 am Post subject: Z Visa |
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Please send information about your visa trip. I just sent back my signed contract on Tuesday, and it should get to China in 10 days. How long did you have to wait till you got your visa number? And I would love to know what I should expect when I have to go to NYC for the visa.
Thanks so much! |
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Miles Smiles
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| Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2012 11:05 am Post subject: Re: Z VISA |
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| EugeneB wrote: |
Hi everyone!
I'm going to apply for the Z-visa tomorrow. I have received the letter of invitation and the foreign experts certificate. My school told me I don't need to fill out the visa form, just bring the two pieces of paper to the consulate. That does not sound right to me but this is my first time applying for such a visa. Can anyone tell me if I need to fill out the forms or not? |
When do your classes begin? You don't want to get a visa that will expire before your classes even start.
Unless things have changed recently, you WILL need to bring AT LEAST a photo (or two) to which the consular employees will affix to your Z visa APPLICATION. You may have to fill out the application and bring it back later, so I suggest that you download a copy of it which should be available from the NYC embassy as soon as it changes its website informing the public that it will be closed for the Memorial Day holiday.
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If you are applying for a visa in the US you need them typed and all filled in they do not allow handwritten visas in the US. Except for the signature, the signature needs to be in your own handwriting. |
Answers need not be typed in. The visas themselves require no signature.
Re: Medical exam signed by your doctor: this is iffy. People are reporting that this is unnecessary for the Z visa application process while others report that it is necessary. Be prepared to be told that you need a medical exam. |
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Ariadne
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I think the poster meant that the visa application needs to be signed.
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GlobetrekkerESL
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Does the Houston consulate require a medical even though my employer doesn't require it until I arrive in China? I hope not because this is very difficult to get in the USA, especially if uninsured in a system that requires you to schedule a doctor appt 1 month or longer in advance.
Once I receive the invitation from my new employer, is this when I can sell my car, make final arrangements, and book my flight? They told me not to book yet even though my expected start date is October 8th. I can get a better deal right now and might want up to 2 weeks to sell the car, say my goodbyes, and store my belongings. This will be my 4th time taking up a 1 year teaching contract, but 1st in China after several years on gimbop hermit rock kingdom.
I'm stoked about going to China and looking forward to one interesting odyssey to a far frontier of Sichuan province. If I get my invitation letter in 2 weeks from now that will give me 3 weeks to process the visa, sell the car, and fly over.
Might I have good timing? Anything else I missed? |
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Miles Smiles
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| xzbakbook wrote: |
| If you are applying for a visa in the US you need them typed and all filled in they do not allow handwritten visas in the US. Except for the signature, the signature needs to be in your own handwriting. |
Is this a new requirement (as in the past three weeks) on the part of the Chinese Consulate? Unless your doctor has a typewriter or access to the website from which the form is downloaded, he can't type in the info.
This came up a few weeks ago, and it turned out that it was not a directive from the Chinese Consulate, but a heavy handed bit of advice from a travel agency.
For the latest info re: required home-country med checks, your best bet is to talk to a visa courier service such as Travel Document Systems. They deal with all sorts of visas every day, and they see everything. Info gotten from a Chinese consulate site may be a year (or more old) and info from boards like this is not always reliable for several reasons ranging from BS to complete ignorance to the insane variability of information dispensed by allegedly reliable Chinese authorities.
Talk to Travel Document Systems if you're in the U.S.. If you hail from elsewhere, talk to a courier service that specializes in official international documents. |
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roadwalker
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| Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2012 3:55 am Post subject: |
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| Miles Smiles wrote: |
| xzbakbook wrote: |
| If you are applying for a visa in the US you need them typed and all filled in they do not allow handwritten visas in the US. Except for the signature, the signature needs to be in your own handwriting. |
Is this a new requirement (as in the past three weeks) on the part of the Chinese Consulate? Unless your doctor has a typewriter or access to the website from which the form is downloaded, he can't type in the info.
This came up a few weeks ago, and it turned out that it was not a directive from the Chinese Consulate, but a heavy handed bit of advice from a travel agency.
For the latest info re: required home-country med checks, your best bet is to talk to a visa courier service such as Travel Document Systems. They deal with all sorts of visas every day, and they see everything. Info gotten from a Chinese consulate site may be a year (or more old) and info from boards like this is not always reliable for several reasons ranging from BS to complete ignorance to the insane variability of information dispensed by allegedly reliable Chinese authorities.
Talk to Travel Document Systems if you're in the U.S.. If you hail from elsewhere, talk to a courier service that specializes in official international documents. |
Are we talking about the visa application form or the medical form? |
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roadwalker
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Does the Houston consulate require a medical even though my employer doesn't require it until I arrive in China? I hope not because this is very difficult to get in the USA, especially if uninsured in a system that requires you to schedule a doctor appt 1 month or longer in advance.
Once I receive the invitation from my new employer, is this when I can sell my car, make final arrangements, and book my flight? They told me not to book yet even though my expected start date is October 8th. I can get a better deal right now and might want up to 2 weeks to sell the car, say my goodbyes, and store my belongings. This will be my 4th time taking up a 1 year teaching contract, but 1st in China after several years on gimbop hermit rock kingdom.
I'm stoked about going to China and looking forward to one interesting odyssey to a far frontier of Sichuan province. If I get my invitation letter in 2 weeks from now that will give me 3 weeks to process the visa, sell the car, and fly over.
Might I have good timing? Anything else I missed? |
For the first bold, I would take Miles Smiles' advice and consult someone that deals daily with the consulate. The San Francisco consulate was requiring the medical check the last two times I needed to go there, but I had heard that the other Chinese consulates in the States didn't require it.
If you do need a medical check, you should be able to find a doc-in-a-box type clinic that can do the basic tests for a couple hundred dollars. I skipped the chest x-ray last time and had no problems. Get the blood and urine tests for sure (takes a couple of days usually to get the results) and have the clinic put signatures and insignias on the form and bring their own report with you just in case the consulate wants that as well. The Chinese form is available to download from the Chinese Embassy website under visas.
For the second bold, I wouldn't personally book the flight until I had the visa in hand, in case things go wrong. Will they reimburse your flight, or do they provide a set travel stipend? |
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JoeThePlumber
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| GlobetrekkerESL wrote: |
Once I receive the invitation from my new employer, is this when I can sell my car, make final arrangements, and book my flight? They told me not to book yet even though my expected start date is October 8th. I can get a better deal right now and might want up to 2 weeks to sell the car, say my goodbyes, and store my belongings. This will be my 4th time taking up a 1 year teaching contract, but 1st in China after several years on gimbop hermit rock kingdom.
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sistercream
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the insane variability of information dispensed by allegedly reliable Chinese authorities.
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parnett
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| You do need to type out both forms and bring them to the Consulate. If there is a problem, and they ask you to redo one of the forms, don't fret. There is a Burger King about two blocks away with a small internet cafe. You can type up a new form upstairs (in fact, that's the main reason the cafe is there). There is even a nice man who will help you. It was free, but everyone was tipping the helper. |
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