When I came to work in China in 2005 I was required to take the physical IN CHINA. Didn't matter what physical I'd had in the States. (I'd not taken ANY...
Hi All, Roger has put a wiki online for teachers of English as a second or foreign language: http://wikigogy.org A wiki is a website where you can not just...
TEFLChinaJob@yahoogro...
Sep 1, 2007 10:43 am
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You can download the certificate from a website. I just looked, and I see that I didn't bookmark it the last time I needed it, years ago. Do a google search...
... In 2005 I downloaded the proper health form from the Chinese Consulate Office in Chicago website. I have not checked that site recently, but I am sure the...
It might be easier to get it done in China. In my experience the clinics here are well set up for an efficient process. On the eastern seaboard at least, the...
Do most of your schools pay for the cost of getting the health exam here in China? My last school always paid for it. Now I'm at a new school and when I went...
Vicki, The school wants a health certificate (although I have told them that they are so disorganized that I will look for other employment); and since I'm in...
Thomas, I looked at the website of the Chicago consulate [http://chicago.china-consulate.org/eng/qzhz/qz/grqz/t174771.htm] and there doesn't seem to be any...
Nancy, According to what I've seen the Z visa can be obtained without a health certificate; and I've not found anywhere where a health certificate form can be...
Funniest part of the exam, here, is the X-ray lady. Very old lady, short, lab coat, cigarette hanging from her mouth, not a SOUND of English ... biggest X-ray...
Same thing at the embassy web site, and on the new official form issued by the gov't yesterday Bottom line is the only "health certificate" recognized in China...
... Do most of your schools pay for the cost of getting the health exam here in China? My last school always paid for it. Now I'm at a new school and when I...
Ria Smit
tryria@...
Sep 3, 2007 2:20 am
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... Regardless of what you take to China, some employers will have you get a checkup there (you pay, or they pay). What you go thru is a TB check, STDs, and...
Nelson Bank
natlunla@...
Sep 3, 2007 2:21 am
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Do you like teaching Math? How would you like to come to Nanchang? Nanchang International School 1. Small classes 2. Salary 6000 Rmb 3.20 classes a week. 4....
Ok, I told the school that: 1. The Ottawa embassy does not answer the phone; 2. The Ottawa embassy does not answer emails; 3. Under the rules I do not need a...
I send you already a copy of the medical certificate thats what they need before they can send your application for Z visa let that form be accomplished and...
Michel, Essentially the school wants to make sure you are Ok and fit to work before they spend their time and money (yes invitation letters cost money for the ...
Exact procedures may vary from province to province or school to school, but my experience is: The school gives you an invitation letter. That gets you a Z...
Sandy Harris
sandyinchina@...
Sep 4, 2007 8:57 am
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Sandy, Thanks for the details and I am getting to understand the procedures. I am just very skeptical of this particular situation, both the school and the...
Hi Scott, I agree with you about the procedures and the reason for them, but I am not impressed by the TOTAL lack of cooperation from the school. I managed to...
Re:. I managed to (finally) get in contact with the embassy in Ottawa and they referred me to a visa service here in Montreal who emailed me the form. I'm...
... My logic is: "If the school doesn't care to take the time to forward you a medical form (or to investigate why you can't get one from the embassy), then...
Nelson Bank
natlunla@...
Sep 4, 2007 10:01 pm
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Nelson, I agree with you and last week I told them that I was still intent on teaching in China; but not for them. Gail, the Ottawa embassy didn't have an...
Hello All, I have been communicating with a staff member at Beijing Architecture Engineering University for the past 3-4 months regarding teaching English this...
Michel, Back in 2004 I had the recruiter and school end up fighting and I went somewhere else. Keep in mind there is some degree of "Penis Envy" in that you...
"I just don't like the idea of being employment by anybody who displays this kind of attitude and turns something simple into a major complication." I...
Agreed. 100%. And I have been here more than four years. Stephen McNeill ============================================== Martin Wolff <teachbesl@...>...
Stephen McNeill
chinesefiction@...
Sep 5, 2007 12:25 pm
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Andrew, sorry to hear about your trouble. It sounds to me like they already found someone to fill the position, possibly someone who is already in China (or...
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