Been away for a while folks, just moved recently so been busy. Anyhow, They did the same thing to me when I started, giving me some nonsense about how it had to be sent away. This was of course BS. They held onto it for 3 whole weeks, giving me excuses again and again when I asked for it back. Finally I had to threaten to go to the PSB if they did not return it. Well, return it they did, with a paltry 3 month visa, which they tried to make me pay for. Also it was clear it had never left Yuncheng from the writing on it. Seems they will hold onto your visa for as long as possible, only returning it close to the expire date. At that point you'd have so little time left you'd be much more liekly to remain with them.

Yeah, this place is real crap, don't be fooled. They will make all sorts of promises, and keep very few of them. Be prepared for long days without compromise or concern for you whatsoever. It's a crap place to work for, and they are simply parasites, more scum that China doesn't need.

As foir their new teaching compound, most of their business is in Yuncheng, and this is their way of keeping an eye, and a controlling hand, on their foreign teachers. To tell the truth I would not be surprised if the place was bugged, that's the kind of people these Yuncheng IELTS folks are. Don't be fooled into working for these fools.