Letters

Long-term visas needed

As a foreigner I have been living in China and working legally for 10 years and I respect the rules made by the government. However, the problem with teachers working on tourist visas is because the Z visa has been made increasingly harder to get.

The reality is that getting a green card in China is almost impossible unless you marry a Chinese person or are very rich. In other countries, there are clear rules: work for five years and you can apply for a green card. With work visas becoming harder to get, long- term, more-than-one-year visas almost impossible to get: it seems that the door is being closed.