Month

	Activity
October – December	To send an application form to schools/institutes in Thailand. Schools/institutes in Thailand submit an application form with detail back to our project for setting up the recruitment in Taiwan.
December – March	Announcement of teacher recruitment in Taiwan, after we have received an application from teachers, we will forward the applications to the schools which applicants have been seleted. Selecting and interview process. (by schools/institutes in Thailand)  Announcement of successful applicants in Taiwan.
March – April	All successful teachers join the pre-departure training courses before going to Thailand. (30 hours) Schools/Institutes in Thailand proceed related neccessary documents to teachers to apply for VISA. (in Taipei, Taiwan)
May onwards	Teachers go to Thailand to start working as a teachers, and sign the employment contract with schools/institutes. Once teachers have arrived Thailand, all teacher must apply for Teaching certificate (excluding University level), Work permit, and Visa extension.

The employment of Chinese language teacher must be in accordance with the standard employment and regulations of hiring foreign teachers in Thailand, not volunteer or intern teachers. The support from the Taiwan Ministry of Education is for the living expenses of Taiwanese teachers, not wages for hiring teachers to work in Thailand.

* School/institutes in Thailand will be the employer and sponsorship of visa and work permit for Taiwanese Chinese language teachers. * Therefore, the various welfare and salaries that institutions in Thailand should provide to Chinese language teachers for employment are as follows:

• • Basic salary and welfares

1. 1. 1. Salary. (Should be in accordance with basic salary of hiring foreign teachers in Thailand)
      2. Other welfares, which should be in accordance with regulations of hiring foreigners/expatriates in Thailand.

• • Other welfares  (Non-obligatory)

Other welfares depends on the offer of schools/institutes to attract teachers to work in their schools/institutes, which is optional but mostly includes;

1. 1. 1. Accomodation. (school may offer on/off-campus accomodation or support full/partial expense of accomodation for teacher)
      2. Insurance and Assurance. (including Thailand social security)
      3. VISA fee.
      4. Work permit application fee.
      5. Visa and work permit extension fee.
      6. Pick-up service. (school/institutes in Thailand provide a shuttle from airport to school for the first time when teachers arrive in Thailand)

** Employment contract period depends on the agreement between employer (school/institute) and employee (Teacher), which normally should be at least 1-2 years. Our project is only responsible for coordinating and communicating between school/institute and the teachers.

To comply with Thailand’s labour laws for foreigners, schools/institutes in Thailand are required to certify the employment status of Chinese Language teachers and be a sponsorship to support the issuance of Non-Immigrant B (Teaching) Visa, as well as the work permit and teaching license for teachers in this project. Therefore, the project has specified the type of school/institutes in Thailand that can join our project as follows;

1. 1. Both government and private schools/institutes, which includes pre-primary school, primary shcools, junior high schools, senior high schools, vocational institutes, colleges, under the provision of Government agency
   2. Both government and privates colleges and univerisities, under the provision of Government agency
   3. Schools/institutes in Thailand must be sponsorship for Non-Immigrant B (Teaching) Visa, work permit application, and teaching license for teachers.

After the recruitment process for Chinese language teacher has been finished in Taiwan, and all teachers has been assigned to the desire schools/institutes in Thailand, our project will issue the notification letter to schools/insitutes to proceed related Visa documents in Thailand, and schools will need to send the original official letters to teachers in Taiwan.

According to Tailand Trade and Economic Office (Taipei), Visa application for Non-Immigrant B (Teaching) is required the following documents;

 

1. 1. 1. Passport with validity not less than 6 months and contain at least ONE completely empty visa page.
      2. Copy of ID document.
      3. One visa application form completely filled out.
      4. One copy of 2”x2” size photographs of the applicant, photocopies of photographs will not be accepted. (Photographs must have white background with a full-face view of the person without wearing a hat or dark glasses and must be taken within 6 months)
      5. Original letter from the school in Thailand. The said document must be addressed to theThailand Trade and Economic Office to confirm that employ the person and indicate the need to apply for Teaching visa (validity of the letter is one month)
      6. Copy of the school license  must be signed by an authorized person and affixed the school seal.
      7. Original and copy of highest degree certificate.
      8. Original letter of approval from school/institutes administrative agency in Thailand. (below college level)
      9. Original of verification stating that the applicant has no criminal record issued from Taiwan (the verification shall be valid for no more than 3 months).
      10. Original applicant’s employment history in English.
      11. Visa fee.

 

Schools/institutes in Thailand will need to prepare the above original official documents number 5, 6 and 8 and send to teachers in Taiwan for Visa application before their traveling to Thailand.

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** Note:  Non-Immigrant B (Teaching) Visa issued in Taiwan will be temporary single visa and the period of stay is 90 days, after teachers arriving in Thailand, they will be permitted to stay in the Kingdom for not exceeding to 90 days. Therefore schools/institutes in Thailand will need to proceed work permit for teacher and apply for Visa extension.**

For more details about the required documents for VISA application, please visit Thailand Trade and Economic Office (Taipei)’s website; 

English version 

Chinese version

Once teachers arrive in Thailand, and sign an employment contract with school/institute already, please proceed the following documents before the period of authorized stay expired (within 90 days of arrival);

1. Temporary Teaching license (Online application), the process will take around 2 weeks. (skip this document for university level)

Required documents  >> English     >> Thai

2. Work permit, at Labour office in Provicial Employment office, the process will take around 1-2 weeks. (Teacher will need to receive teaching license first, or show a proof that it is still in progress of issuance)

Required documents   >> English     >> Thai

3. Visa extension, at local Immigration Bureau, it normally can be proceeded witin 1 day. (once teacher has received teaching license and work permit)

Required documents  >> English     >> Thai

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Note: The above documents are required to be proceeded in order and each document may take longer time. Therefore, our project suggests that the school/institutes in Thailand should proceed these documents immediately for teachers after they have arrived in Thailand and have signed the employment contract. Because the visa that teachers applied outside the Kingdom of Thailand is valid for only 90 days which it is not a long-term visa. Failure to receive Visa extention before the period of authorized stay expired, teachers must leave Thailand immediately.