tung tsz Posted July 4, 2006 Share Posted July 4, 2006 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loaded Posted July 4, 2006 Share Posted July 4, 2006 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tung tsz Posted July 4, 2006 Author Share Posted July 4, 2006 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenkannif Posted July 4, 2006 Share Posted July 4, 2006 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!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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