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Q: TEFL certificate or two years experience
If I do not have two years experince, will A TEFL be enough to apply for the Z visa?
I already have my Degree in Education and a clean police background check.
I am hearing different stories from agents and I don't know which advice is correct.
Thanks
1 year 8 weeks ago in Visa & Legalities - China
Don't trust agents - they will lie to you.
check with your nearest Chinese embassy for minimum requirements.
A TEFL is not enough without 2 years working experience.
icnif77:
I look at Z visa requirements and ... it's 'or' and not 'and' anymore ..., i.e. TEFL or 2-years of working experience ...
That is a novelty ... for us China old timers, he he
https://www.internationalteachersplus.com/post/teaching-english-in-china-what-are-the-visa-requirements
This one is 2023-updated ...
https://teflhero.com/blog/teach-english-in-china/
To keep this simple, let’s first start with the basic requirements to teach English in China:
*Passport from a native English speaking country
*Between the ages of 18-60 (men) 18-55 (women)
*A Bachelor’s degree
*A 120 hour TEFL (or 2-years experience)
*Criminal background check
*Good health
Blondie_:
must be a shortage of applicants if TEFL is accepted on its own without experience.
icnif77:
Yeah, shortage definitely ...
However, if I remember right 2-years of working experience wasn't required in English teaching. Any working experience would do ...
Don't trust agents - they will lie to you.
check with your nearest Chinese embassy for minimum requirements.
A TEFL is not enough without 2 years working experience.
icnif77:
I look at Z visa requirements and ... it's 'or' and not 'and' anymore ..., i.e. TEFL or 2-years of working experience ...
That is a novelty ... for us China old timers, he he
https://www.internationalteachersplus.com/post/teaching-english-in-china-what-are-the-visa-requirements
This one is 2023-updated ...
https://teflhero.com/blog/teach-english-in-china/
To keep this simple, let’s first start with the basic requirements to teach English in China:
*Passport from a native English speaking country
*Between the ages of 18-60 (men) 18-55 (women)
*A Bachelor’s degree
*A 120 hour TEFL (or 2-years experience)
*Criminal background check
*Good health
Blondie_:
must be a shortage of applicants if TEFL is accepted on its own without experience.
icnif77:
Yeah, shortage definitely ...
However, if I remember right 2-years of working experience wasn't required in English teaching. Any working experience would do ...
As I understood at my teaching start in China, LTA ... minimum of 2-years of working experience was put in place to prevent too young people to apply for ET job in China.
... and, yes, it will be enough, either TEFL or 2-years of working experience..
However, I'd say since Chinese .gov exchanged 'and' with 'or', 2-years of working experience might be required in English teaching, at least that's logical, but with Chinese you never know. They don't implement logical reasoning very often.
