joosiej85

Thanks for explaining the difference. As a lay person I like to keep things simple and for me the words "visa" and "permit" are more or less interchangeable but I can see why you thought I didn't understand there were two parts to the process - but I do, and as I said my recruiters are helping me with all of it. They go through it twice a year with 70+ new interns so I am happy they know what they're doing. 

With regards to my query about my degree certificate, I have now received an answer and found a solution. Thank you for all the comments. 

Work visa, work permit, whatever... sorry I got the terminology wrong but I'm sure it was fairly clear what I meant ???? I know all this already, it's exactly why I am currently sorting out all my documents and the recruiter is helping with the whole process, but thank you for your reply. 

1 hour ago, Tanoshi said:

Any School or University with any credibility, would require a legalised foreign decree.

It sounds as though this 'agency' is setting you up for employment limited to a government school, where the working conditions and salary are far from what you may be expecting.

Do they find you a job and take a commission?

 

LOS = Land of Scams.

Trust your instincts.

The job has been offered to me directly by a Thai company who run their English language curriculum at over 100 rural schools. They do not take commission, I do not have to pay them anything, simply cover the cost of my work visa. Yes, it is a government school. I have seen the contract and am happy with the conditions and salary etc. It is a one-semester contract and I am doing it purely to get some teaching experience so I am not expecting to make loads of money!

allane - thank you for the suggestion. 

Thanks for the replies.

heretostay - I have done exactly that on the advice of my recruiter and the university are going to issue such a letter. Unfortunately my recruiter has now, today, informed me that despite the letter I still need the university to give me a new certificate with the changed name - which the university have already told me they will not do. 

Tanoshi - I have not had to have my degree legalised as this is not required by the region where I'm doing my internship. 

Have to say at the moment it's not looking good! To be honest I have not been impressed with my recruiter and the whole process, but that is another matter!

nobody? 

Hi, I am 33 and from the UK.

I have been offered a place on a teaching internship but have run into a potential problem. The first name on my degree certificate is different to the name on my passport (an abbreviation, rather than an entirely different name) and my recruiter believes this may be an issue when applying for my non-Immigrant B visa. Can anybody shed any light on that please? I have never run into difficulties with this in other careers / countries so hadn't considered it to be an issue until now. But from what I've read I'm getting the impression that Thailand is super strict on this sort of thing? If it would be an issue is there any way to get around it?

NB I have contacted my old university and they do not issue certificates with name changes aside from in the case of gender reassignment.

TIA.