If you're teaching illegally in Yuncheng, you're on a sticky wicket!

"Pair of Foreign English Teachers Deported for Working Illegally
A woman from the US and man from Pakistan

Charles Liu Charles Liu, August 25, 2015 8:55am

Two foreign English teachers have been deported from China after it was discovered they were working illegally.

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The expat teachers were discovered earlier this month by Chinese authorities and arrested by police in Yangquan, Shanxi. A 59-year-old woman from the USA and a 25-year-old man from Pakistan were sent home from Shanghai Airport on August 15, according to a statement issued yesterday by police. They say the school that employed the two expats did not have the proper certification to hire foreign English teachers.

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Without exception, every single English teacher working in China must have a work visa or risk penalties including deportation for violating Chinese regulations. Schools and training centers that illegally employ foreigners can face a fine of up to RMB 100,000. Foreigners caught teaching on a business visa face fines of up to RMB 10,000, along with possible detention and deportation.

In order to forgo a costly certification process that can take up to a year, some schools hire foreign English teachers under the table, falsely telling them they don’t require a work visa.

Harsher regulations have resulted in a decline in the number of available English teachers, raising demand throughout the country."

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