Facts.

1. 8 months left on a 12 month visa when teacher arrived at public school and signed a six month contract.

2. Part way through the first semester the teacher agreed to a second semester and extended the contract.

3. Into the second semester (May) the teacher remembers about the visa which is now one month overdue. The teacher had genuinely forgotten but thought that the school had an expert certificate.

4. They had not obtained an expert certificate since the teacher had been there because they said the bureau lost the old one and so they had to start from the beginning.

5.They bought a return ticket for the teacher. Teacher had agreed to a third semester.

6.They got an expert certificate and go to the immigration office to get the visa. This is the day before departure (July). The office says that they can't fix the visa in time and that the only choice is to go to the airport, pay the fine (5000rmb for more than 10 day late visa) and get an exit visa.

7. The school principal thinks that the coordinator in charge of the teacher should pay the fine. The teacher thinks the school should probably pay but accepts the responsibility for the VISA (one month late before notifying school), but not the expert certificate, and therefore probably should pay the fine so that the co-ordinator won't have to pay.

8. They give the teacher 2000 extra travel allowance which was never expected. Maybe they think it is to off-set the fine a little.

9. The teacher arrives at the airport goes straight to the immigration office and they inform the teacher that flying without a visa is impossible. They said that the visa is too late (more than 2 months) and that the teacher will have to go and get a new visa from an outside office (not the airport).

10. Flight has to be cancelled and ticket refunded (partially).

Question:

Who do you think is responsible for the fine for the late visa and the loss on the ticket refund?