Dear Frank,

Thanks for you reply.

I can see by the postings here that there are many against you. You may be right, some may be posting under different names.

It is hard in business when you upset some people and they feel cheated and hurt by actions beyond your control. I have done some research and have heard that you indeed have teachers that you have employed for many years in China. So all in all there are some happy working teachers you employ. Also, you have given advice to many without charging a fee to the school or teacher.

I feel on my reflection that it is a 50/50 thing and it would be difficult to help all teachers as some are clearly not teachers at all of which you employ.

There are also a lot of problems with the other area of so called teachers too and it must be difficult for you to police these criminals as you do not have the contacts to do so.

My view on visas are that they used to change L,F visa to Z visa in most of China but now the law is changing and many areas of China will not do this as the newly installed computer systems are now linking direct to Beijing. So the PSB will have little control over changing visas from L/F over to Z visa. It is always best to be sponsored by the school prior to arrival and invited so to arrive with the Z visa. If the PSB cannot change your L/F visa then teachers will then be expected to waste time and money by going out of mainland China to Hong Kong to apply and change their L/F visa to the Z visa with the documentation from the school, that being the Job offer letter and invitation letter from the Foreign experts Bureau.

Advising this information to teachers is risky advice and I advise teachers not to come to China without the Z visa in their passport as you may get a horrible surprise when you have to shell out money and go to Hong Kong to change it.

I wish you all a Happy and prosperous New Year

Good Luck!!!!