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Visa Clampdown
We're editing the job ads for print now and noticing an awful lot of English teaching jobs offered. It would seem the recent clampdown on visas is having an effect. We've seen it in our own organization with a volunteer/intern having to cut her stay short because she can't renew her visa.
And now a new rumour has drifted our way, one that could have crippling implications for some English language training companies: applicants for Z (work) visas born after 1983 would be denied. The rumour comes from All Roads Lead to China who blogged on this a few days ago.
"I recently was sitting in a clients office when their HR person gave us some bad news: Anyone born after 1983 can no longer get a Z visa."
We have no confirmation that this is true. If you have any hard evidence, please let us know, or if you have a visa horror story of your own, please share it in the comments below. I've got a bottle of Solid vodka to give away to the one with the worst (or best) tale to tell, but it's got to be true.