Teaching At A Local College Is Eligeable For Work Permit?

[MiguelDelgado]

Dear All,

Looks like I will be teaching at a local provincial level college and getting an agreement with them for a year.

Anybody of you knows if they will be able to get a work permit for me or some sort of other authorization to work for them? Anybody got some experience on this?

Thanks!

[lopburi3]

You must have such a work permit and be here on a non immigrant visa entry to obtain it. Have they not said anything?

[Mario2008]

Normally it should not be a problem to get a work permit, teaching at a college. You will have to apply for it with the help of the school. But the exact type of school does matter, it is a real college (like a rajabat university) or more like for instance a local technical school.

A University type of school (higher education) doesn't require a teaching license, where a regular school will require one (or a waiver).

As said, also the type of visa you entered Thailand on will matter.

[MiguelDelgado]

thanks for the first few answers.

Yes, it is a real college (witayalai), actually community college. Well, they said that they can arrange something (without specifiying 'work permit') but they seem not to have much experience. As I am living in a real small place (meaning everybody does know what I do), don't want to take any chances and thought of inquiring with you guys, if it is not worth the potential hazzle will just drop it as it is financially not interesting.

I am on a non-immigrant visa (thai wife) since a while already, suppose at the immigration they can change that without me having to go oversees and applying for another visa first.

thanks for any further information.

[ubonjoe]

If you are on an extension based upon marriage you don't have to do anything with immigration, You can get a work permit and work without a problem.

[Mario2008]

I believe no teaching license is required for that, so that is one thing less to worry about and should make it easier to get a work permit.

Have the college contact the local labour office, they will need some forms from the labour office any way to apply for a work permit. It isn't that difficult, other then it is probably the first time they apply for a work permit.