I was wondering if anybody can shed some light on whether it is needed to have 2 years post qualification experience to get a visa in:
Indonesia
Singapore
Malaysia
Thank you
Experience post qualification
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giraffe0345
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Re: Experience post qualification
Think Indonesia may be 5 years. Never heard of a restriction for the other two but may be wrong
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Yantantether
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Re: Experience post qualification
giraffe0345 wrote:
> Think Indonesia may be 5 years. Never heard of a restriction for the other
> two but may be wrong
giraffe is correct with the 5 yrs for Indonesia. (though that's somewhere to be cautious with right now anyway!)
Not too sure of the others, sorry.
> Think Indonesia may be 5 years. Never heard of a restriction for the other
> two but may be wrong
giraffe is correct with the 5 yrs for Indonesia. (though that's somewhere to be cautious with right now anyway!)
Not too sure of the others, sorry.
Response
Why do you ask?
None of those countries (including Indonesia) have a regulatory requirement of X years of post certification experience to get a work visa.
The issue is what those definitions are. First, A qualification is considered a bachelors degree, not your teaching certificate, though you can use your teaching certificate. Second, your experience is whatever you have on a resume, thats it, no notarized service records or anything. Third, the Manpower Office has a lot of discretion in determining who is and isnt qualified, and changes day to day and inspector by inspector. A lot of that has to do with relationships and "pull".
If your IS wanted to get you a work visa they could. The issue for your IS is that the fee is $1200 per applicant, and someone with 5 years experience post certification is very unlikely to be refused ITAS (Residence Permit) and IKTA (Foreigner Work Permit), and a school doesnt want to lose that kind of money on a weak application.
There is no government document stating professional educators need 5 years post certification experience. If that happened and was true the ESOL industry in Indonesia would collapse.
None of those countries (including Indonesia) have a regulatory requirement of X years of post certification experience to get a work visa.
The issue is what those definitions are. First, A qualification is considered a bachelors degree, not your teaching certificate, though you can use your teaching certificate. Second, your experience is whatever you have on a resume, thats it, no notarized service records or anything. Third, the Manpower Office has a lot of discretion in determining who is and isnt qualified, and changes day to day and inspector by inspector. A lot of that has to do with relationships and "pull".
If your IS wanted to get you a work visa they could. The issue for your IS is that the fee is $1200 per applicant, and someone with 5 years experience post certification is very unlikely to be refused ITAS (Residence Permit) and IKTA (Foreigner Work Permit), and a school doesnt want to lose that kind of money on a weak application.
There is no government document stating professional educators need 5 years post certification experience. If that happened and was true the ESOL industry in Indonesia would collapse.