Today I went to the giant new police station to register. The new police station is in a giant building with a giant sign written on it proclaiming it to be the "Wuhan Citizens Home". From a distance, I thought it was a sports stadium.
Inside, I was confronted with hundreds of windows and kiosks where the Citizens go to get things like building permits, registry of cattle, and various other bizarre bureaucracy. It was kind of daunting the magnitude of the bureaucracy.
After visiting three information desks, my Chinese guide and I went up to the second floor. I was instructed to fill out a form that requested the "color of the eyeball". Presumably, the color of my eyeball is an important statistic duly logged in the gigantic annals of the state.
My Chinese guide was another english teacher. She was very nice to take me on this odyssey. I deeply regret not taking pictures to describe the cavernous lobby and looming structure of the grand edifice that is the "Wuhan Citizens Home". My eyeballs were popping out of my head.
Next week, after about a month of submitting paperwork, traveling to Hong Kong, and providing in triplicate the color of my eyeballs, I will have the actual, usable work visa attached into my passport.
Last friday, I received a document much like my US passport called the "Foreign Expert Certificate". Below is a picture.
Inside, I was confronted with hundreds of windows and kiosks where the Citizens go to get things like building permits, registry of cattle, and various other bizarre bureaucracy. It was kind of daunting the magnitude of the bureaucracy.
After visiting three information desks, my Chinese guide and I went up to the second floor. I was instructed to fill out a form that requested the "color of the eyeball". Presumably, the color of my eyeball is an important statistic duly logged in the gigantic annals of the state.
My Chinese guide was another english teacher. She was very nice to take me on this odyssey. I deeply regret not taking pictures to describe the cavernous lobby and looming structure of the grand edifice that is the "Wuhan Citizens Home". My eyeballs were popping out of my head.
Next week, after about a month of submitting paperwork, traveling to Hong Kong, and providing in triplicate the color of my eyeballs, I will have the actual, usable work visa attached into my passport.
Last friday, I received a document much like my US passport called the "Foreign Expert Certificate". Below is a picture.
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