Work Rules For English Teachers

[ironlady]

Yes. I've been "ratted out" for supposedly running an illegal office, cops showed up early in the morning, went through the whole place (finding, obviously, nothing but the piles of dirty laundry that every office keeps on hand), and I still had to shell out money to appear before an administrative hearing about alleged tax violations. All these accusations were reported ANONYMOUSLY by a Taiwanese national, without any evidence at all. So yes, as a foreigner you have no rights and no one will believe you (unless your laundry speaks for itself, that is.)

[ImaniOU]

...unless your laundry speaks for itself, that is.

You know, my mom used to warn me about this when I was a kid, but I had no idea it was true until now. Does yours get up and walk around as well as talk?

[ironlady]

If I could have gotten it a license to busk in the night market my work permit worries would have been over.

[helsic]

Hi everyone!
thank you for the thread! it's very useful!
I have a quick question that really concern me!

I got an email from a school in Taoyuan County offering me a teaching position. I'm very confused because I'm Colombian, I'm not a native English speaker but I hold a TEFL certification and my accent is pretty American. The point is that I had read that you must be from the native speaking countries in order to be hired as a teacher in a cram school.

But some other people had told me that is possible to teach being Colombian...
Do you have some information about this?

[funkymonkey]

Hi everyone!
thank you for the thread! it's very useful!
I have a quick question that really concern me!

I got an email from a school in Taoyuan County offering me a teaching position. I'm very confused because I'm Colombian, I'm not a native English speaker but I hold a TEFL certification and my accent is pretty American. The point is that I had read that you must be from the native speaking countries in order to be hired as a teacher in a cram school.

But some other people had told me that is possible to teach being Colombian...
Do you have some information about this?

You can't get a work permit to teach English if you only have a Colombian passport. Many non-native speakers get teaching jobs because they already have a JFRV/APRC visa which means they don't need a work permit.