Teaching English In Thailand After 1 Year

[trickmaster51]

Hello all, I'm currently in the United States and I graduate with my Bachelors degree in May. I plan on getting a 120 hour TEFL certificate online in January and plan to teach in Thailand starting July or August. I was wondering if I enjoyed teaching English there could I get my one year visa renewed after expiration?

[chonabot]

If you stay at the same school you can get it extended each year, plus your work permit.

July/August aren't the best times to get a Teaching job however as these are mid term - March and OCtober are better..

[aidenai]

I plan on getting a 120 hour TEFL certificate online in January and plan to teach in Thailand starting July or August.

What about coming to Thailand in August. Do a real face-to-face TEFL/ TESOL/ CELTA course, try to find a job and start semester 2 in November 2013.

[trickmaster51]

Thanks for the advice, I just want some basic TEFL before going there. Then I'll do the face to face.

[mrtoad]

Thanks for the advice, I just want some basic TEFL before going there. Then I'll do the face to face.

I would be careful if you are going to do that with the husband

[trickmaster51]

Thanks for the advice, I just want some basic TEFL before going there. Then I'll do the face to face.

I would be careful if you are going to do that with the husband

nothing better than a private lesson!

[submaniac]

dear nong chai,

Have you ever looked into getting Thai citizenship? If either one of your parents is Thai you actually qualify. It is just a hassle in bringing the documents over to Thailand but it is doable. If you're going to live there full time, it might save you the grief with work permits and visas. Just throwing it out there cuz I think it may help.

[Scott]

I don't see any evidence that the OP would be eligible for Thai citizenship, but if he is, he still has to meet the criteria for being a teacher that is set forth by the Teacher's Council of Thailand. Of course, he would not be limited to teaching as a job.

[submaniac]

ah, Scott, he mentioned in another thread that he was half Thai. If either parent is Thai, he may be able to claim citizenship.

[trickmaster51]

If either one of your parents is Thai you actually qualify.

Pi Chai,

My mother was born and raised in Thailand but moved here 22 years ago. She's now a US citizen. Is there still any hope?

[Mario2008]

Yes there is. As long as your mother had Thai nationality at the time of your birth you are a Thai citizen also. She would have had to renounce her Thai citizenship, which is not very likely and not required to get US citizenship. Your mother probably has both nationalities and so have you.

What you need to do is contact the Thai embassy in the US and report your birth, with the help of your mother. Their website should have more details. At the same time you can apply for a Thai passport.

Both countries allow dual nationality.

[trickmaster51]

At the same time you can apply for a Thai passport.

Even if I'm 21 already?

[submaniac]

Yes Nong Chai,

age doesn't matter. Perhaps you should repost on the "immigration to Thailand forum" with your specifics. One poster, Samran, in particular is very very knowledgeable about this stuff. I would like you to post there so we can get more opinions. Even at 21, you can get it. Then you get a Thai passport, own land, enter national parks at a cheaper rate, etc.

P.S. you aren't getting anything "new" with Thai citizenship. You actually had it as a birth right. You just have not registered it and obtained the documentation for it. That's why "even at 21" doesn't really matter. You've always had it, you just didn't know.

Edited September 19, 2012 by submaniac

[thaicbr]

Yes Nong Chai,

age doesn't matter. Perhaps you should repost on the "immigration to Thailand forum" with your specifics. One poster, Samran, in particular is very very knowledgeable about this stuff. I would like you to post there so we can get more opinions. Even at 21, you can get it. Then you get a Thai passport, own land, enter national parks at a cheaper rate, etc.

P.S. you aren't getting anything "new" with Thai citizenship. You actually had it as a birth right. You just have not registered it and obtained the documentation for it. That's why "even at 21" doesn't really matter. You've always had it, you just didn't know.

what about the army conscription thing????

[Mario2008]

He will be eligable for conscription if he registeres at a household book.

[trickmaster51]

if he registeres at a household book.tabieen baan?

When I go back their to teach I have a very large family. However, I plan on renting a pad on my own and getting my life started. Could I register my rental pad under the tabieen baan?

[Mario2008]

A tabien baan, or house register, belongs to the owner of the house and lists the persons who are officially residing at that address. You would need the permission of the hosue owner to be put on a tabien baan.