Immigration check

[BruceMangosteen]

Ok. I have just seen the letter that I mentioned in the first post.

It says that ALL new employed teachers must pass an immigration check before they can be employed.

There are no details as to what they have to do.

It doesn't say anything about whether they have a non-immigrant B or not.

So now the admin is running around in circles trying to find out what to do.

Interesting. Very interesting. In my experience, the Admin usually doesn't give a darn about stuff like this as it involves foreign teachers which overall are despised. To think they actually care and are as you indicate, doing something about their concerns is astonishing. Please tell us more. Thanks.

[tinat]

Ok. I have just seen the letter that I mentioned in the first post.

It says that ALL new employed teachers must pass an immigration check before they can be employed.

There are no details as to what they have to do.

It doesn't say anything about whether they have a non-immigrant B or not.

So now the admin is running around in circles trying to find out what to do.

Interesting. Very interesting. In my experience, the Admin usually doesn't give a darn about stuff like this as it involves foreign teachers which overall are despised. To think they actually care and are as you indicate, doing something about their concerns is astonishing. Please tell us more. Thanks.

Strange, because the admin where I work can not do enough for the foreign lecturers.

[BruceMangosteen]

Strange, because the admin where I work can not do enough for the foreign lecturers.

While I am certainly impressed with your use of "foreign lecturers" as a description of the foreigners aka farangs, I was referring to high schools, Government High Schools. The implication using "lecturers" is that of University professors although I think that is being generous considering the qualifications to "lecture" at some Universities here in the Kingdom being nothing more than a once again printed out Masters Degree from some off shoot online "University" etc.. No kind person, let's talk about Thai Government high schools hiring backpackers and others whom have no real teaching credentials and many of whom aren't even Native English Speakers. They aren't "lecturing" about anything. At most, they study the textbook provided and hope to grasp the content, then read it in a broken foul English to the class full of students playing games on their phones.

Please clarify your context.

[tinat]

Strange, because the admin where I work can not do enough for the foreign lecturers.

While I am certainly impressed with your use of "foreign lecturers" as a description of the foreigners aka farangs, I was referring to high schools, Government High Schools. The implication using "lecturers" is that of University professors although I think that is being generous considering the qualifications to "lecture" at some Universities here in the Kingdom being nothing more than a once again printed out Masters Degree from some off shoot online "University" etc.. No kind person, let's talk about Thai Government high schools hiring backpackers and others whom have no real teaching credentials and many of whom aren't even Native English Speakers. They aren't "lecturing" about anything. At most, they study the textbook provided and hope to grasp the content, then read it in a broken foul English to the class full of students playing games on their phones.

Please clarify your context.

Yet another person who does not know the difference between foreigner and farang.

:-(

[BruceMangosteen]

Yet another person who does not know the difference between foreigner and farang.

:-(

Brilliant. Now we are all clear and understand your use of the word "lecturers". Thanks and have a nice weekend.

[tinat]

Yet another person who does not know the difference between foreigner and farang.

:-(

Brilliant. Now we are all clear and understand your use of the word "lecturers". Thanks and have a nice weekend.

Seriously ? You need me to clarify where a lecturer works ?

[NanLaew]

Yet another person who does not know the difference between foreigner and farang.

:-(

Brilliant. Now we are all clear and understand your use of the word "lecturers". Thanks and have a nice weekend.

Seriously ? You need me to clarify where a lecturer works ?

I was a lecherer once. Didn't work in a uni and didn't need no stinkin' visa for it either.

[Scott]

I think it's time for Scott to ask one of TV's visa expert mods to answer this one.

I think that if people are really interested, they can check the visa forum. I think a number of member are more interested in arguing technicalities and terminology.

The question that is being posed is something rather vague about Immigration doing some kind of check on potential employees.

[new2here]

When I initially started, the university required a police clearance letter from my home countries national law enforcement agency. For second and further years (so long as there was no gap between contacts) they require a new clearance letter, but from the Thai Police, not your country.

They also paid (or reimbursed to be more accurate) my actual out-of-pocket costs that were documented, for the letters - up to B1,500.

I have some mixed feelings about the practical usefulness of this process, but in the end it does appear to be the right of the university to require it, and as they also pay/reimburse me for the costs I do incur, I can't say that I am "out" a whole lot other than some time.

[petedk]

When I initially started, the university required a police clearance letter from my home countries national law enforcement agency. For second and further years (so long as there was no gap between contacts) they require a new clearance letter, but from the Thai Police, not your country.

They also paid (or reimbursed to be more accurate) my actual out-of-pocket costs that were documented, for the letters - up to B1,500.

I have some mixed feelings about the practical usefulness of this process, but in the end it does appear to be the right of the university to require it, and as they also pay/reimburse me for the costs I do incur, I can't say that I am "out" a whole lot other than some time.

Yes, that seems to be the new procedure.

The university has also "tightened up" on who is allowed to teach graduate students. Up until now foreign teachers with a Master's degree have been allowed to teach graduate classes, but now they must have had publications within the last five years.

With the salary being offered, I think it's going to be difficult to fill vacant positions in the future.

[lostinisaan]

Same "excuse" was given to an African woman who applied for a job at my school. She didn't get the job.