Wednesday, 8 June 2011

Thanks for your post. I just thought I'd update the visa regs in Jinan for everyone's benefit. Those without bachelor's degrees can no longer get a foreign expert card. So, no Z visa province-wide. Those who want to convert L from outside PRC to Z in Jinan, PSB won't do. HK run necessary, but you'll need the foreign expoert card first. Student visas or business visas issued instead of Z visa by Jinan PSB to foreign teachers, you've not a hope in hell!

But I should say that doesn't take place in the whole of Shandong. Right now there are laowei teaching in Qingdao and Linyi with student visas or business visas. That's because the local PSB has decided to issue those visas to foreign teachers. Jinan PSB has no control over that, nor has the provincial education bureau in Jinan. I daresay there are also other places in Shandong who are bending the visa regs or breaking them.