@Spartans

Sheer genius. I applaude you.

I haven't done it but have seen the official guidelines that say work visa applications can only be done in:

1) Your home country.
2) A country (not China) where you hold residence.
3) Hong Kong.

Therefore I would believe it to be the case.

A normal work visa is 300 something RMB if you wish to collect the next day then this is an extra 300 on top.

If you had all the documents ready you could have your work visa done and dusted within 3 weeks. This would be no different if you were in or out of China.

The newer process is that all document are colour scanned and sent to the government. They don't leave Kunming nor do you have to submit original documents at that early stage.

If you are in China you'll still need to leave to get your work visa. Currently that can be done in your home country, any country where you have residence, or HK.

Han have been in Yunnan for more than 700 years. How Yunnanese do you want?

No one is saying its a language school. Its a private school that obiusly teaches some lessons to Chinese children in English.

The website says it uses private school curriculum from the United States. So could I, so could anyone, that doesn't make it an American International school. Nip to the bookshop, buy yourself something by Oxford or Cambridge to teach with, you're not a famous Oxbridge University.

When you see anything that is regarding American curriculum unless it mentions the body specifically then it could be anything. It could be accredited curriculum from a home schooling organisation, it could be something by a Mormon school. The term is vague and it could be like that for a reason. Completely different to if it said British/French/Australian curriculum accredited in that country as that takes away all the variables, but still doesn't make it an international school.

This website mentions "LJIA WILL SEEK accreditation on both international level and through the United States" again, too many variables and it looks like something further down the line.

There are non of the logos on the website that international schools would be busting to show: edexel, BSO, ACAMIS etc.

This school isn't an international school and I'm sure if you were to contact them directly they would not claim to be one.

Nor should anyone be getting upperty that it is because their kids go there, it is an international school. Looking at the costs its well under what international school education would cost.

Lijiang International school is probably fine for your four year old Will. At that age there's not much an international school would be able to impress you with anyway.

This is a private school who are using a foreign book to teach their students to better continue their education abroad as the market dictates. I'm sure they are very good at it and they seem to be growing fast. Good on them.

They are not though, an international school. There are no international schools in Kunming. The closest you get is a Korean school in Chengdu or the British school in Dhakar, Bangladesh.

Let's put this to bed. There is no international schools in Kunming, Lijiang or anywhere else in Yunnanat the moment, nor is there any applications in the pipeline for one in the immediate future.