strange, your company should not only do it for you, but they should pay for it. when i was in BJ, the company paid 6k RMB for my visa extension at the time — expensive as hell, but those were different times. I am not sure what the company is like, but if they can’t get someone who speaks english, cant get you a visa and most likely will balk at paying for it, you might wanna keep yer eyes WIDE OPEN …. you could be teaching sooner than you think.