Re: Hello from Toronto, Canada
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prince666
can't open link sounds like a fit up TA
We are all at your service and thank you for your deep and insightful MCM posts, do let me know and shall post several website screenshots taken approx. 5 days ago to refresh any missing memory, after all we are all here to help each other.
Once again, have an enjoyable and relaxed weekend ahead, don't get stressed out too much about life.......
Re: Hello from Toronto, Canada
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TB-Racing
We are all at your service and thank you for your deep and insightful MCM posts, do let me know and shall post several website screenshots taken approx. 5 days ago to refresh any missing memory, after all we are all here to help each other.
Once again, have an enjoyable and relaxed weekend ahead, don't get stressed out too much about life.......
I love screenshots and yes i am old now so my memory does fade at times
Re: Hello from Toronto, Canada
Re: Hello from Toronto, Canada
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felix
You guys are adorable.
Thanks Felex adorable i can live with .....moron / idiot club i can't
Re: Hello from Toronto, Canada
Hi Guy Plz help me out and thanks in advance!
Right I'm working in Zibo City Shandong and there rule is no 90 day visa can apply for license in this city :S I found out I can possibly do it in Shnaghai - BUT is there a closer location and lower costs then the agents 1500 yuan?
I have a New Zealand Bike and car license as well as a EU Car license so should be enough I thought.
I know I will need to do the basic medical and translate my license.
I was told I canot do this in Zibo and take to Shanghai
True false? Who can help out as Im sick of riding a bicycle and want to buy that cool lookingg dual sport Paiggio I seen in the shop for 8800 Yuan!
Re: Hello from Toronto, Canada
You're desperate to get a bike in December, max temperature in Zibo is Oc until February? I thought it was 90 days remaining as a rule across China unless you can get a temporary car license.
Your best bet is to change employer to one that can give you a longer visa, if you can get one I can help you get sorted by March, when the weather improves.
Re: Hello from Toronto, Canada
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NZBrakelathes
Hi Guy Plz help me out and thanks in advance!
Right I'm working in Zibo City Shandong and there rule is no 90 day visa can apply for license in this city :S I found out I can possibly do it in Shnaghai - BUT is there a closer location and lower costs then the agents 1500 yuan?
I have a New Zealand Bike and car license as well as a EU Car license so should be enough I thought.
I know I will need to do the basic medical and translate my license.
I was told I canot do this in Zibo and take to Shanghai
True false? Who can help out as Im sick of riding a bicycle and want to buy that cool lookingg dual sport Paiggio I seen in the shop for 8800 Yuan!
Wherever you plan to undertake the PRC D/L is where you are required to undertake the translation and medical. You also will have to undertake a theory test. Meaning you can't complete getting the medical and photos etc., in Zibo, Shandong then try and use the same with the authorities in Shanghai or anywhere else for that matter.
If you have only 90 days left on your visa, then you either need to extend the visa, or change the visa category (see my recent post on visa categories in the off topics section).
If your employer can't get you the proper visa e.g. a work visa, then that says a lot about the status of your employer. Also even though an employer can assist with obtaining a visa, everything pertaining to it, is the individuals responsibility and does not absolve the individual should anything be amiss in relation to a visa. Working on a business visa here is illegal - just in case you're not aware of that.
Also if you're thinking about getting a m/c and riding it without a PRC issued D/L then best think such a decision through, as many here (though not all) take a pretty dim view of such activities and attitudes, and don't condone such behaviour.
Driving/riding without a PRC D/L was pretty much well tolerated for a long time, but such attitudes and tolerance has pretty much come to an end especially given more recent events, and if you get yourself into an accident when unlicensed, then you can expect the worst. See the recent post about the foreigner on an unlicensed scooter without a valid PRC D/L that was involved in an accident in BJ very recently.
At the end of the day despite what one may think or feel about the laws, morals, ethics, norms, discrimination etc., whatever each of us as foreigners (temporary residents) do here (minority), resonates and leaves an impression concerning the rest of us foreigners as a collective here (majority) with/on the locals.
Re: Hello from Toronto, Canada
As I said on the other thread....
Honestly there is no enjoyable riding weather until March, in fact it's often downright dangerous uncomfortably cold and icy until March. If you want to get around the city a mountain bike is best until then, bigger knobbly tires. If you want to ride a motorcycle you need a better visa, as someone employing you on the visa you have now is illegal. You have until March to fix the visa side of things then I can help you get a driving license.
Also you are saying you're not a 'native English speaker' and 'don't have a passport from a country that has English as a native language' and don't have a degree or do?
For a teaching residency visa in Zibo you'll need two or maybe three of the following.....
-Be a 'foreigner'
-White skin
-from a native English speaking country
-university degree
-1 years experience
That's not the official policy. :icon10:
Re: Hello from Toronto, Canada
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NZBrakelathes
I'd rather go to Shanghai and do my license or best yet get a correct visa do it local and all possible issues are gone
Down side I have a EU passport yet I'm NZ resident 30+ years and do not have any accent other then NZ
I'm working illegally yes - not best
So best try make it all good etc
What's the immigration requirements for non English passport? Bachelor in English? I can do something there etc wink wink
You do realise that wherever you want to 'apply' for a PRC D/L that you are required to be registered as living there with the proper PSB office, and have the temporary residence print out/slip of paper (required to be updated each year). So you can't just be living in Zibo and use that residence and go apply directly with SH Traffic Management Bureau.
The issue about employment visa depend entirely on what purpose/employment you are seeking. The issue concerning nationality might have some relevancy or be more aligned with what foreign expert certificate you are meant (required) to apply for.
Re: Hello from Toronto, Canada
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ZMC888
As I said on the other thread....
Honestly there is no enjoyable riding weather until March, in fact it's often downright dangerous uncomfortably cold and icy until March. If you want to get around the city a mountain bike is best until then, bigger knobbly tires.
Unless one is residing/riding further South...
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ZMC888
If you want to ride a motorcycle you need a better visa, as someone employing you on the visa you have now is illegal. You have until March to fix the visa side of things then I can help you get a driving license.
+1 on the visa. Though might be better to get a different employer.
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ZMC888
Also you are saying you're not a 'native English speaker' and 'don't have a passport from a country that has English as a native language' and don't have a degree or do?
For a teaching residency visa in Zibo you'll need two or maybe three of the following.....
-Be a 'foreigner'
-White skin
-from a native English speaking country
-university degree
-1 years experience
That's not the official policy. :icon10:
A REAL legally obtained university degree and not some fake, fabricated or diploma mill shiet (does a complete disservice and worse to those of us who have slaved away to gain legal/accredited and recognised degrees and credentials... just sayin...
+1 on the rest... depending on the 'type' of teaching though...
Re: Hello from Toronto, Canada
Don't worry NZ, Zibo is very different place to Ningbo, where bikerdoc is from. Many teachers in Zibo and smaller 3rd tier cities aren't fully qualified, and that's because the rules are laid down central government and in such places as SH and BJ the money paid to foreign teachers mean the standards of teaching need to be higher. Most schools in Zibo are happy to have pronunciation teachers that work hard and look the part, often the teachers are monitored and the students and parents are quite happy to complain when unsatisfied. Problems arise when they employ people on illegal 'visitor' visas, because it puts you unfairly at risk.
In Chinese law foreign nationals must have a University degree to be a teacher and have a resident permit, however in this area if there wasn't a 'workaround' there would be an insufficient number of foreign teachers to meet demand which cause an inflationary pressure on wages, which the schools don't want. So basically if you can find a new employer who is properly connected you can get a residency visa. And this are is considered 'quite strict' by provincial standards! Another city not far away you can just buy a 1 year residency visa for 5000 yuan, no questions asked. http://www.mychinamoto.com/forums/im...odern/lol8.gif