James Cole Posted April 11, 2011 at 03:18 AM Report Share Posted April 11, 2011 at 03:18 AM A school that wants to contract me emailed me saying that since I only have my TEFL Certification and not a Bachelor's Degree I will be getting a "F" Visa for my one year contract in China to teach. To be blunt, Is this illegal? I'm not one who's willing to up and leave the States if the possibility of just "getting sent back to them" is realistic. I really do want to take a year off from college to visit and teach in China, I would just prefer to do legally. Has anyone done this before? Thanks in advance for any replies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbradfor Posted April 12, 2011 at 06:34 PM Report Share Posted April 12, 2011 at 06:34 PM Yeah, it's illegal. Will you get sent home? No idea, I don't think we heard of it happening, but there is always a first for everything.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Cole Posted April 12, 2011 at 11:29 PM Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2011 at 11:29 PM Thanks for the reply. I figured as much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zhouhaochen Posted May 6, 2011 at 01:02 AM Report Share Posted May 6, 2011 at 01:02 AM I dont think working on an F-Visa would really get you into trouble (LOADS of people are doing it here), but you have to be super careful to not state on your application that you are receiving a salary in China. This is illegal and we had a student who's company did that and while it was a big pain to get the F-Visum with several ten thousand RMB fines, the resulting comment on the personal police file later was worse (visa canceled, returned home). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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