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Non-Immigrant B Visa Sponsorship & Assistance.
All costs related to acquiring the Non-Immigrant B Visa will
originally be the teacher’s responsibility.
Most teachers will be able to obtain their Non-Immigrant B Visa at
a Thai consulate or embassy in their home country prior to their
departure. If you fail to get your Non Immigrant B visa then as
next option you must try to get a 60 days Tourist Visa from the
Thai embassy in your country.
We aim at sending the entire set of relevant Visa papers to the
respective Thai Embassy / Consulate for processing, 1 month in
advance, before the ESL teachers land. Therefore, those who have
travel plans elsewhere before landing in Thailand may not get the
Non Immigrant B visa from the third country with the papers sent
for the Visa! (If you are traveling in Asia before landing in
Thailand). The alternative is to enter Thailand with 60-days
Tourist Visa (30 days Visa on arrival is not recommended) and
eventually get it transformed in Thailand, else appear for a
Visa-run. The charges involved would approximately sum up to 5000
– 6000 baht.
Important Note:-
* The Phuket Group startign from 29th September, please note you
are going to teach in a school group called Sri Siam School; this
school operates as ESL providers to Thai Government & Private
Schools all over Thailand. This Group will also give you a
specialized 5 days training in Bangkok after the TESOL in Phuket.
Recently we have noticed that when you apply for the Non Immigrant
B visa in your country and also get the same, in your visa the
school name is mentioned where you are going to teach. This means
you are bound by law to teach in the same school and that school
location only. If you are not doing that after landing in Thailand
then you need to go for canceling the visa and apply for fresh
visa again from the nearest Thai embassy. This is a big hassle,
and to avoid this hassle we have worked out a solution from last
semester.
You are requested to apply for a simple 6O day's tourist Visa from
your home country Thai embassy or any other country where you are
presently traveling. The School will convert your visa from
Tourist Visa to Non Immigrant B visa in Thailand itself. This will
not only solve the problem of canceling visa, but will also allow
you to convert in country instead of again going out of Thailand.
Secondly the cost factor also. The cost of Tourist Visa and
conversion comes to much less!
Work Permit
Schools will pay for the processing fees in obtaining the Work
Permit for teachers signing a longer contract. Teachers are
responsible for the cost of, supplying with, any required copies
of educational documents, passport pages, health certificate, and
pictures. The application for Work Permits cannot be made until a
Non-Immigrant B Visa is secured. Applications will begin roughly 2
weeks after teaching begins.
*In the case of changing school; if the
teacher has already received the work permit but prefers to change
to a new school (different province), the cost of obtaining the
work permit for the new school will be the teacher’s
responsibility.*
NB : Please make sure you have the following ready or can make the
following ready before applying our Special Project:
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Have a valid passport
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Your Degree certificate
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Your transcript
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TESOL Programs are accredited by USETTA
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TESOL Institute is state licensed in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA.
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TESOL Institute is a member of Central Florida TESOL Organization
located in Orlando Florida. 
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TESOL Institute is a Global ambassador school for iEARN ATI teachers
receive iEARN membership.
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TESOL Institute is a member of USDLA
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TESOL Institute is partnered with Interpark Communications and
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English language education at all levels, to undertake research in the
Teaching of English to Speakers of Other Languages, to offer
scholarships, to disseminate information, and to cooperate in
appropriate ways with other groups having similar aims and objectives.
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TESOL Institute is recognized by the Georgia Department of Education
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