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Big Alf posted:Ok you should be fine getting a work visa. I would suggest getting some letters of reference from your previous work if at all possible as this seems to be something they are being picky with at the moment. Jobs are available any time of the year so doesnt really matter when you move over. Just FYI, there is inconsistent local enforcement of the two-year previous teaching experience requirement in certain areas (such as Henan) so mrgoodtrips may need to fiddle with the dates somewhat. My recruitment cycle (public uni.) runs from March with a peak in application early April (for a September start) but language mills are always looking. You need more advice, buy PMs.
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mrgoodtrips posted:Thanks for the info everyone! I'll probably have more questions later on. Aiming for a March/April arrival, for now. Push that to an August arrival and you'll have more options (i.e. the public sector too). Spend six months volunteering to teach or tutor kids with additional language needs and you'll be in a better place experience wise as well.
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Rental Sting posted:TPR recommended that I purchase a ticket to Hong Kong for the 29th, and my concern is that I won't receive the paperwork soon enough to bring everything to the Consulate and acquire the Z-Visa in time for my flight. Does anybody know the average turnaround in this situation? As far as I know, I'll have everything necessary to obtain the Visa smoothly, but I've seen widely varying estimates for how long it may take. I thnk you can pay for a same day rush service with your Z Visa, although you should pass the $30 cost for this on to the school (inform them that you will do this and state that if they object you can take a later flight). If you have bought the ticket prior to receiving the visa then you are a braver man than I. Normally it is not considered advisable to do this. Has the package cleared customs? Also, remember that what your employer tells you to do in this instance may not be based on very much. It's better than even odds that your contact in the school has never applied for a visa in their life and has no idea what the service and application process is inside the US. Show them how long it takes to get a visa processed by linking directly to the website of the local consulate and then politley tell them what you are going to do. General advice, do not trust your employer's judgement more than your own. GuestBob fucked around with this message at 03:23 on Aug 21, 2013 |
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VideoTapir posted:...good Asian airline. Apart from Royal Brunei no gin and tonics allowed!
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Rental Sting posted:...the school is directing me... It certainly is.
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Just Another Lurker posted:What hurdles would he likey to run into if he decides to go back to the UK? For the long term or the short term? I have never done this myself, but if it is for the long term (aiming at something like Indefinite Leave to Remain for his wife) then I know that things like joint financial records are important - providing evidence of having lived together for a substantial amount of time before and after the marriage. That's above all the general paperwork you'd expect. The process can be quite expensive but not prohibitivley so. https://www.gov.uk/marriage-in-china https://www.gov.uk/browse/citizenship/citizenship Yonder is what you want. [edit] List of funny things British Embassies and Consulates have been asked to do by numpties: FCO.go.uk posted:Enquiries received by FCO staff include: On another site I read a crash a burn story from a fool who came to China, didn't like his employer and called the US Embassy in Beijing to complain that his shower didn't work. If he'd called the British Embassy they'd have probably told him "naw mate, you want the Polish Embassy dahn the road, they do that sort of fing." GuestBob fucked around with this message at 03:33 on Aug 22, 2013 |
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Just Another Lurker posted:Her parents are separated so Your nephew will house the weaker, more embittered of the two.
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Just Another Lurker posted:Extremely happy to say it's my nephew and not me (i long ago embraced my role as strange uncle who lives in solitude). The strangest uncles have Asian brides you know.
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goldboilermark posted:Setting them up and knocking them down today, buddy. Every time TWM rises from a probation he comes back increasingly neurotic and obscene. Dig Yourself Lazarus! http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMTkxNzA4MDg=.html GuestBob fucked around with this message at 08:08 on Aug 22, 2013 |
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I was going to laugh at you for not knowing which forms she needed but the website of the Chicago Consulate is pish. The one in Houston has a much better section on visas, including both of the forms required and full instructions: http://www.china-embassy.org/eng/visas/fd/ FYI, someone applying to a university in Henan had their Z denied because the college screwed up section 7 on the "V...B" form - which is understandable because the loving visa form is wrong. There is such a thing as an "Alien Employment License Reference Number" which institutions licensed to hire foreigners are issued with by SAFEA (you can find lists of these institutions via the SAFEA website of your province). But what the form actualy wants is your work permit number, which for teachers begins WP...blahblahblah. It's a pretty retarded place to have an ambiguous translation which points to two different things! Sting, if you are in any doubt about completing the form then leave any troubling section blank and ask the staff at the consulate. [edit] Speaking of provincial SAFEA websites, the notice about "Strengthening the Administration of Foreign Experts" which announced the implementation of criminal record checks for new foreign education staff in Henan seems to have dissapeared from the website. Hmm. Clusterfuuuuuuck! Yeah. GuestBob fucked around with this message at 02:44 on Aug 24, 2013 |
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Rental Sting posted:Aw man. gently caress all that! I don't even have a Chinese address! You do: C/O Foreign Affairs Office [your employer's address] [your employer's address] [your employer's address] [edit] Does anyone care enough about the upcoming changes to the CET battery to want to hear about them? GuestBob fucked around with this message at 04:36 on Aug 24, 2013 |
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Eat This Glob posted:...followed by the duck... You got the fried bones at the end too though, right?
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AfroNinja posted:...HR department. You're optimistic this morning.
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Pro-PRC Laowai posted:Once you go black... It's certainly been my experience that black cocks are bigger and carry more meat.
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Arglebargle III posted:The cheap poo poo with laver and maybe a little string of egg is the worst. You can tell it's just an incredibly And yet the customers are dutifully brought their little bowls of steaming pish. Why?
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soup that does really just taste of salty water with a bit of oil and seaweed in it.
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Sherlock Holmes. Dickens' short stories. Some Orwell. Lord of the Flies.
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Visa chat - the State Regulations relating to the new E/E Laws which were introduced in July are going to come out on September 1st and folk are wondering what's going down. http://www.haohaoreport.com/l/45086  Not much new in there but I must admit that I am surprised that the CRB Check rules in Beijing are not actually written down at this time. Seriously. GuestBob fucked around with this message at 13:36 on Aug 29, 2013 |
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BadAstronaut posted:I don't see it laid out in the OP - what are the vaccinations and shots and whatever else I need if I am coming on a Z-visa? Nothing is required. If you're yoda then you should probably get Hep vaccinations. Fun fact, two weeks after I first came to China there was an outbreak of plague in a village 90 kilometers from where I was working so, you know, maybe bring something to ward off miasma too just to be safe.
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Nobody cares about your baijiu and horse cock porn. Wear the pearls though.
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Eat This Glob posted:I'd need the matching earrings to pull of the look. If they are genuine (ha!) then they're going to be the only thing which would in any way threaten your allowances and you can get round that by wearing them. Seriously. Make it happen.
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Eat This Glob posted:I'd rock 'em all the way back home, but the only way I could make that happen is with some fishing line or something. You are aware that pearls need to be worn regularly if they are to keep their lustre.
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Big Alf posted:Unlike you Bob, you embittered and cold hearted swine, you. My heart was gelded long ago.
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Woodsy Owl posted:I'm still here in Xuchang. I managed to get out of my last terrible 'situation' smoothly. Now I am in something really cushy and nice. Good for you then. You are still on a Residence Permit though, right? I am still in Pingdingshan, I might be going through Xuchang a bit more now you have the fast train you see.
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VideoTapir posted:The sound effects on these shows are NOT added after recording, they are done in the studio as it is going on, and played through the speakers to the audience.  China's a circus.
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Unless you're in Henan, in which case you need none of these things - because the police don't really know what is going on. There's a new, much simplified registration form on the go by the way. If, for any reason, anyone wants a digital copy then I suppose I could email it to you: PM me.
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FearCotton posted:If my office buys me a train ticket from Hangzhou to Yuyao, do I still have to go to the ticket counter and present my passport to get a second ticket, or do I roll up with my printed ticket and just get on the train? There's just the one ticket - although you might need to collect it yourself from the ticket agent.
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Throatwarbler posted:If you put yourself in the cabbie's shoes you would ...because it is a city of 3.5 million people in which most bus services cease by 1930 and all have ceased by 2030.
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 Meet me at the South Gate. Is the South Gate the big gate or the small gate?  The "big" gate is four times the size of the "small" gate, so it's not like it's an equivocal description.
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ReindeerF posted:...perplexed by everything. Said was wrong, the Orient is genuinely vast and unknowable.
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I always forget whether it's a good strategy to buy the utilities or not.
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BadAstronaut posted:Buddy, I liked moms long before I got here. If you really like her, you should drink some hot water.
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"Golf Course" is a public school euphemism for "Brothel" by the way.
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Rabelais D posted:...NEVER stay anywhere more than two years old... Your fear of Oriental butts withstanding, the newness of hotels is a pretty good thing to keep in mind but you also have to remember that some of the newest places might have opened before half of the stuff is in place - it's a judgement call really.
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DontAskKant posted:What does "I'm a sunshine girl from China" mean? She probably won't swallow.
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LentThem posted:If you're only here for a few months, I'm not sure if companies will go through the effort of getting a work visa for you, since those are 1 year (maybe 6 months in some cases?) and take a month to process anyway. If you were here for longer, there's a chance you could be the white IT manager who bosses around the Chinese sysadmins at a multinational. Technical writing and copy editing might be a thing for the short term?
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El_Matarife posted:...propel me into management or an MBA... There's a Project 211 university in Shenyang with English language MBA and Software Engineering degree programs. http://www.sie.neu.edu.cn/en/index.asp
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