Originally Posted by FlyingPetrucci

I've been told by several airlines / agencies in China that unlike in the past, they will not call you in for an interview and will not be processing your application at all, unless all limitations are removed from the license first.

Does anyone have any recent experience with that? I know that they used to allow you to start the process in the past. I also know that some agencies paid for the checkride. Now it seems like nobody is willing to offer any help in removing this thing...
Thanks!