ross10wilson

Hi,

Can anybody provide me advice on where to obtain a business visa?

I have been offered a teaching position here in Thailand. I was intending on going to Phnom Phen to apply for it but some people say the embassy there has stopped issuing business visas.

Can anyone advise me on if i can go to Phnom Phen to apply for the business visa or where i need to go?

Your earliest response would be much appreciated.

Thanks

i have been offered a job working for a college in Pattaya.

I am rather confused on where to go to do this.

Can anyone offer me advice?

I would prefer to fly to Cambodia and have it processed there. Visiting a friend at the same time but i have had some people here tell me that the embassy in Phnom Pen do not issue business visas anymore.

Can anyone clarify if i can go there or if not, where can i go? Laos or Malaysia?

Your earliest response would be appreciated

Hi, I am hoping some of you can make clear the requirements for teaching in Thailand.

I will be arriving in Thailand early next year in the hope of finding work as an English teacher.

For a school to apply for a work permit for me, what documentation should I give them?

CV

Copy of Degree (not a teaching degree)

Copy of Passport

Police check

Anything else?

Can I work towards gaining a teachers licence while working?

If so, where can I do that?

How much would it cost?

How long would it take?

How much is a work permit?

How long will it take to process a work permit?

Any other information you feel would be beneficial to me would be much appreciated.

Thanks

I have over the years purchased many books to learn Thai language. However, no 2 books are the same. If you are looking to practice before you come then Benjawan Poomsan Becker books have been helpful to me. Learn the alphabet. Don't ignore it. If you can't read and write you will never be able to speak well. There are 44 consonants and 32 vowels. The English language, as you know, has only 26 letters. There are sounds in the Thai alphabet we do not use in the English language. You cannot produce these sounds purely by listening. ต ป ง อื for example. You really need to be taught by a Thai though. A Thai teacher who really knows how to teach the language (a lot of people on these forums criticise unqualified English teachers) if you are heading back to Pattaya the best school, out of the 5 I have been to, is the Prince of Wales school on Pattaya 3rd road.

I am confused with regard to the Tourist Visa. Can someone clarify for me please?

I am a UK citizen under 50.

I can still apply to Hull Consulate for a triple entry tourist visa yes/no?

You can no longer, or very soon you will no longer be able to get back-to-back tourist visas at countries bordering Thailand yes/no?

Is the triple entry visa not basically a back-to-back visa?

Is it now you can only purchase a tourist visa from your country of origin?

What is the difference between people doing a border run to obtain a new tourist visa and having a multiple entry from your own embassy/consulate?

If I obtain a triple entry from the UK now, arrive in Thailand, use up my first entry, can I go out and come straight back in?

Can/may/will they refuse me entry?

I have already paid for the visa in the UK

You replies would be much appreciated

I am back in the UK about to sit a month long TESOL course. Like yourself I do not have a degree but I do have a diploma (in construction management. Irrelevant to teaching but just highlighting the fact I received further education) I also would like to return to Thailand to teach English. I have lived in Thailand on and off at times since 2007. I regard it as my home. I have taught voluntarily in Surin province and enjoyed it. Now I can also read, write and speak Thai which does help. I am more than capable of teaching Thai students basic conversational English giving them a platform to go on and progress at University. Surely there must be a demand for someone like me.

I better refine my question.

With not having a degree can a school still apply and obtain a work permit for you?

If you Thai is as perfect as you say, why not live in Thailand, but teach Thai to lovesick punters in the west via the internet.

Degree or no degree, you still need to think to get ahead...

Unfortunately, they have just changed the visa regulations. I would not be able to stay in Thailand for more than 2 months

With regard to the current visa crackdown in Thailand I would appreciate some feedback, comments or advice on my present situation.

I have just paid 975 pounds sterling to sit an internationally accredited 1 month long TESOL course. Not some 2-3 day weekend course, as I believe, like most of you who have voiced their opinions on other forums, that sitting a 2-3 day course, does not qualify you in anyway to teach English. To be honest, I am not yet convinced a month long course makes me qualified to teach English as a foreign language. I didn't design the course but it is used to teach English in many countries throughout the world. Hopefully I will receive much in depth knowledge and experience to teach English as a foreign language. I have actually taught English voluntarily in Surin province and enjoyed it. Not my preferred line of work but one I feel I can excel in and had hoped would allow me to stay in the country I want to live in.

When I moved to Thailand in 2007, I had my own company, paid taxes and did everything by the book. The company failed and I lost everything, but during that time I put myself, when I had the time, through various Thai language schools. Wanting to live in Thailand I thought it only polite to try and learn the language. Right now, I speak, read and write Thai to an advanced level and I am still learning. I have a reasonable grasp of the Thai way of life because of this. Tonally, I am pretty much 100% correct. It has taken me years to perfect. I have even taught myself how to type in Thai.

What I don't have is a degree. I have a diploma. Every job advertised in Thailand seems to require a degree.

Which is why I have opted to change career to allow me to work and live in the country I want to be in.

So my question is "is there anyway I can teach in Thailand now without having a degree?"

Now I have read two sides of the argument about English teaching in Thailand. Some of you say that many are unqualified and should be put out the country. Others say that rural areas will be deprived of English teachers.

Am I not educated well enough?

With the clamp down is that Thailand all over for me now?

Surely my years of learning Thai cannot be going to waste?