Read this by Peaceblondie in another topic

"Then, there are many teachers like me, who come to Thailand

with a real bachelor's degree (but not in education or English),

a one-year B work visa, and they immediately take a full TEFL course."

- and it left me confused -

I have a BA in Education and completed a TEFL course a couple of years ago.

I have now been teaching English part-time, internally for a Japanese company,

planning my own syllabus, lessons etc.

I finish my fulltime job in a couple of months and plan

to join my g/f in Thailand and would like to teach

English

From PB's post - is it possible to get a one-year B work visa

before getting a job ?

or is such a visa unrelated to teaching ?

tung tsz

You don't need to have a job to get the visa. What you need is an offer of employment letter or a sponsoring letter from your TEFL course provider which you present to a Thai consulate/embassy to obtain the visa before coming to Thailand.

Non-immB (business) are not too difficult to obtain in your homecountry. Single-entry gives you 3 months + a possible 1 month extension. Multi-entry gives you upto 15 months.

This is as I understand it

You don't need to have a job to get the visa. What you need is an offer of employment letter or a sponsoring letter from your TEFL course provider which you present to a Thai consulate/embassy to obtain the visa before coming to Thailand.

Non-immB (business) are not too difficult to obtain in your homecountry. Single-entry gives you 3 months + a possible 1 month extension. Multi-entry gives you upto 15 months.

This is as I understand it

Thanks Loaded,

That's a bit clearer

I did my TEFL in Thailand 2 years ago

I'll contact them and see if they can assist

tung tsz

Yeah a good provider will offer continual assistance.

In legal terms you need a work permit to work...in real terms it can be a long time a coming!!!