Brian,
That's an interesting way around a Z visa. this is from the embassy website:-
Business Visa (F Visa) is issued to an alien who is invited to China for a visit, an investigation, a lecture, to do business, scientific-technological and culture exchanges, short-term advanced studies or internship for a period of no more than six months. I suppose you could be giving a lecture or maybe it could be a cultural exchange!
Yes Jim no shortage of private students here! A popular way is to teach 3 or 4 students at a time and then they split the cost between them. You charge a higher hourly rate but because they split the cost it works out cheaper for them! Everybody wins,only problem is the number of people you have coming to your door!:icon_cheesygrin:
Ted, don't know how legit this is or how much they charge!
Dated: Nov 17, 2009
Hi, I am Feifei(Dara) from THATISCHINA, a professional China visa service company in Beijing and running for over seven years.
Our specific services as follows:
Working(Z) visa —— our specialty ?provided to one who is in Beijing now?
(there are two ways to get working visa:
Solution one: change L or F visa to Z visa directly without you leaving China
Solution two: apply for working invitation letter and need go to Hongkong or any other country to apply for two-month Z visa, and then return China to continue to do Z visa)
Our advantages on Z visa:
??If you have L visa or F visa, we can switch L or F visa to Z visa directly in Beijing; you don’t need to go out of China.
??If you have Z visa, we can also extend your Z visa directly in Beijing. However, on the condition that you have Z visa and without a working company, we can also do Z visa extension for you.
??If you don’t have BA degree, two-year working experience, less than 24 years old or even without a sponsor company, we could do Z visa for you.
??What’s more, if you are urgent, Fast-tract Z visa will be available for only few days.
??If you are holding Z visa, we could change Z to L visa directly
F visa extension for 3, 6 or 12 months and single, double or multiple entry.
Changing L visa to F visa for 3 or 6 months directly without you leaving China
Business invitation letter ( to apply for F visa in the oversea Chinese embassy),
Working invitation letter ( to apply for two month Z visa in the oversea Chinese embassy)
L visa extension for one month or three month
(it can be extended only for two times, each time only for one month)
Changing Z visa to L visa for only one month directly
Changing X visa to L visa for only one month directly
China job recommend ( most positions are full time or part time teachers)
Employment license, working permit, one-year residence permit
...
If you have any problem on visa, feel free to contact Feifei(Dara) any time. I shall try my best to offer my profession to you! Hope it will give some help on your visa!
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David, if one of your neighbours reports you to the police you will have two choices. Either pay off the police man or pay the fine. I would not be so blase about breaking the law here,until you get a bit of "Guanxi" going! You could always teach the local police chief's son English ! that would do it!:icon_cheesygrin: