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This is now the second time I have experienced a late-stage job reversal due to visa/work permit policy restrictions affecting Filipino educators in China. In 2024, I was successfully hired by a school, signed an acceptance letter, and waited nearly four months as my onboarding process moved forward. At the last minute in June 2024, I was informed that the process could no longer continue due to visa eligibility concerns reportedly connected to nationality and role classification. What made this experience even more confusing was that during the same period, another school in Beijing was successfully able to process and transfer my visa. This raised an important question for me: if one institution was able to complete the process successfully, why are other schools identifying the same issue only after interviews, offers, or advanced recruitment stages? Now in 2026, after completing two rounds of interviews for another STEM/Science teaching role, receiving highly positive feedback, and being told I was a strong fit, I was again informed that the school could not proceed because of policy restrictions reportedly affecting Filipino educators for certain STEM/Science roles in Beijing. Twice. Not because of qualifications. Not because of teaching ability. Not because of experience. Not because of interview performance. But because of policy interpretations, compliance decisions, and eligibility classifications raised only at later stages of recruitment. As a Filipino Mehr sehen

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