sirchai Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 I've just heard from a Thai school coordinator dealing with visa and work permit issues for foreigners, that those being on a Non-B now with a legal work permit can continue working here, without any testing or having a teacher's license. Has anybody head anything about that yet? I'm just wondering if that's true. Wouldn't be that bad for many of us. Any idea? Let's hope the best, f........ the rest. (orget) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puchooay Posted May 18, 2012 Share Posted May 18, 2012 Elaborate please. Do you mean that they can continue for ever or only until the work permit expires? If the latter then everyone already knew that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirchai Posted May 18, 2012 Author Share Posted May 18, 2012 Elaborate please. Do you mean that they can continue for ever or only until the work permit expires? If the latter then everyone already knew that. Nothing is forever, I guess. Once having a Non-B and a work permit, you'll always get a new waver letter, even without a degree in education. That's coming from a Thai coordinator, not yet confirmed from anybody else. Hope it's true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chowny77 Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 From what I know the waver letter is only good for two years. When the two years are up, the school will need to re-apply for a new waver letter. It is a tiresome process but it is still in effect. I guess it is all down to your local work permit office/Immigration office if they want to cause a fuss over the teacher licence paper work. Last year I had the letter from the local Ed.department plus an actual stamped work permit with dates but when I and my two friends with the same docs went to the immigration office we were refused the visa stamps. We got the waver letters from BKK then all good. As far as I know the waver letter has nothing to do with Immigration but with the Labour office. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aidenai Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 As far as I know the waver letter has nothing to do with Immigration but with the Labour office. Please let me add to your knowledge then. ORDER OF THE IMMIGRATION BUREAU No. 305/2551 Supporting Documents for Consideration of an Alien’s Application for a Temporary Stay in the Kingdom of Thailand http://www.immigrati...305-2551_en.pdf And what you already knew. WP.1 and WP.5 http://wp.doe.go.th/...rm/form_tt1.pdf http://wp.doe.go.th/...rm/form_tt5.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mario2008 Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 Correct, the waiver is also an immigration requirement. Although only for teaching at normal schools. For teaching at Language schools and universities one does not need a teaching license or waiver. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
otherstuff1957 Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 BTW, I have never seen a waiver letter myself (my school handles the paperwork for me), but I seem to be on my third one at the same school! The only upgrade I have done was to take the Culture Course about 3 years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aidenai Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 BTW, I have never seen a waiver letter myself (my school handles the paperwork for me), but I seem to be on my third one at the same school! The only upgrade I have done was to take the Culture Course about 3 years ago. When you applied for a teacher license or provisional teaching permit/ waiver from The Teachers' Council of Thailand, you can check the status online. Use Google Chrome to get it translated in English when needed. http://www.ksp.or.th...ense_search.php 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
otherstuff1957 Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 ^ Thanks for the link! I can read enough Thai to make out a simple form like that. The top line is for at Thai ID number, the second line is for a passport number and the third asks for name and surname. If you use the third line, be sure to type in all CAPS! It looks like I'm good to April 19th, 2014. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aidenai Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 ^ Thanks for the link! I can read enough Thai to make out a simple form like that. The top line is for at Thai ID number, the second line is for a passport number and the third asks for name and surname. If you use the third line, be sure to type in all CAPS! It looks like I'm good to April 19th, 2014. You're welcome. I'm good until 24 November 2016. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
attrayant Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 Correct, the waiver is also an immigration requirement. Although only for teaching at normal schools. For teaching at Language schools and universities one does not need a teaching license or waiver. Can somebody tell me how the labor department defines "normal school" and "language school"? The latter seems self-explanatory but I don't like operating on assumptions. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loaded Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 (edited) Correct, the waiver is also an immigration requirement. Although only for teaching at normal schools. For teaching at Language schools and universities one does not need a teaching license or waiver. Can somebody tell me how the labor department defines "normal school" and "language school"? The latter seems self-explanatory but I don't like operating on assumptions. Thanks. The MoE categorizes schools as either: 1. normal private and government schools [15/1] IE Formal education schools 2. language schools [15/2] 3. free/merit [15/3] I guess the labour department also uses these categories. Edited June 8, 2012 by Loaded Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aidenai Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 Correct, the waiver is also an immigration requirement. Although only for teaching at normal schools. For teaching at Language schools and universities one does not need a teaching license or waiver. Can somebody tell me how the labor department defines "normal school" and "language school"? The latter seems self-explanatory but I don't like operating on assumptions. Thanks. Check out the links in post #5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walailak Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 BTW, I have never seen a waiver letter myself (my school handles the paperwork for me), but I seem to be on my third one at the same school! The only upgrade I have done was to take the Culture Course about 3 years ago. When you applied for a teacher license or provisional teaching permit/ waiver from The Teachers' Council of Thailand, you can check the status online. Use Google Chrome to get it translated in English when needed. http://www.ksp.or.th...ense_search.php I put in my passport number and full name but it dosent work; any hints? i cant read thai; thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevo2 Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 Would appear that there is some kind of problem on that page. I just put my name in and it said it couldn't find me. No problems last week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aidenai Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 ^ & ^^ All working for me. Please don't forget to type your full name in capitals and check all four boxes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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