ninman Posted September 7, 2013 at 02:19 AM Report Share Posted September 7, 2013 at 02:19 AM So I worked in China for a year until May this year, and after I left I didn't return my FEC to the school, because I didn't know I had to. I've since lost my FEC, and don't have a copy of it, and I recently got a new job in China. My new school tried to apply for a new FEC, but they can't until the old one is cancelled. I can't get the old one cancelled until I make a public announcement in a local paper, but that paper requires a copy of the FEC to post the announcement saying I lost it. I'm just wondering, is there any way around this? Will any newspaper do, or does it have to be a specific paper? What is the purpose of the public announcement? I have a job in China, and a signed contract, and this bureaucratic technicality is the only thing preventing me from going and taking up employment. Can anyone give me any advice? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lukoktonos Posted September 9, 2013 at 01:11 AM Report Share Posted September 9, 2013 at 01:11 AM From this site (http://www.fzwcbggw....12/1211/61.html) it seems that the newspaper just needs the info from the FEC, not a copy itself. The site just mentions the name of the employer and the number. Would you or your former employer have the number for your foreign expert certificate somewhere? Your former employer should (if they are competent) have a copy of your foreign expert certificate somewhere, but I know that's not necessarily the case. Would your new school be able to find that out from the people they are talking to about getting a new one? I'm sure that info is in a system somewhere... Also, what city are you in? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninman Posted September 9, 2013 at 07:01 AM Author Report Share Posted September 9, 2013 at 07:01 AM I worked in Xi'An, I'm back in the UK now. We asked my former employer Xi'An Jiaotong University, and they do not have a copy. How would I find out the number on the FEC, since that's the only piece of information that I don't have? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gato Posted September 9, 2013 at 07:12 AM Report Share Posted September 9, 2013 at 07:12 AM You can try asking either your new employer or old employer to contact the Xi'an Foreign Expert Bureau for information about your old certificate. The Xi'an bureau's contact info is listed on their website below: http://xian.caiep.org/xian_international%20cooperation/content.php?id=54714 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninman Posted September 9, 2013 at 11:42 AM Author Report Share Posted September 9, 2013 at 11:42 AM Apparently the Shaanxi government didn't need a public announcement. But my former employer called them to confirm it, which pissed them off, so they changed their minds and said now they do need it. I can't get the public announcement without a file from the government proving that I had an FEC in the first place, and the government won't give me that. What they're saying is "sorry, you can't work in China anymore". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roddy Posted October 11, 2013 at 09:08 AM Report Share Posted October 11, 2013 at 09:08 AM Did you manage to get this resolved? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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