Tuesday, 7 June 2011

Odd. The company that I work for gets most of their Z visas done in Beijing for the foreign staff and none of them need to leave. 5 of our vendors get their Z visas done in Beijing and again, no one is leaving for those. Many schools in Beijing get Z visas done for their teaching staff. To the north of China in places like Harbin it is also common. It is not common in Qingdao or Guangzhou. It depends entirely on the province and the company and a few variables. I have also seen this in the south of China where people can get Z visas without leaving China. It is done on a routine and regular basis in some areas of China. The company I work for has over 2000 employees, and I would say that at least 300 of them all had Z's done in Beijing along with a medical exam done in Beijing as well. To date, none of them left and they are all in good standing.