Comments on: Visa question http://www.chinalyst.net/node/13157 Chinalyst - China blogs in English-Your China Blog Community en-US Tue, 10 Oct 2006 19:10:57 -0500 Drupal TotalFeeds Module Comments on: Visa question http://www.chinalyst.net/node/13157 http://www.chinalyst.net/files/chinalyst-red.png 101 32 Visa question http://www.chinalyst.net/node/13157%2523comment-7595 The two-year requirement is not universal to all fields and may not even be an official requirement, but rather, the whim of some bureaucrat. At the foreign school where I taught, three of our teachers had only one year of experience. I myself came into China twice on a tourist visa and obtained a proper Z visa while in China. On one of the occasions, I was stranded in Seoul and explained the situation up front to the consular staff, who cheerfully sent me back to Qingdao with a tourist visa. I have heard from other expatriates that it is difficult to impossible to arrange a work visa while in China on a tourist visa. Expats in Beijing or those who work in your field could best advise you. My feeling about China is that anything is possible with the right connections and for the right money. The two-year requirement is not universal to all fields and may not even be an official requirement, but rather, the whim of some bureaucrat. At the foreign school where I taught, three of our teachers had only one year of experience.

I myself came into China twice on a tourist visa and obtained a proper Z visa while in China. On one of the occasions, I was stranded in Seoul and explained the situation up front to the consular staff, who cheerfully sent me back to Qingdao with a tourist visa.

I have heard from other expatriates that it is difficult to impossible to arrange a work visa while in China on a tourist visa.

Expats in Beijing or those who work in your field could best advise you.

My feeling about China is that anything is possible with the right connections and for the right money.

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