Can I get a visa to do substitution work at different schools?

last updated 3rd October 2010

Firstly, there isn’t a lot of demand in Thailand for some kind of substitute teacher who flits between different schools perhaps covering for absent teachers, etc. In truth, there never has been a demand for this sort of position. Maybe one or two of the larger private language schools who supply teachers to Thai secondary schools might sometimes have a vacancy for a supply teacher, but you would still be classed as a ‘full-time’ teacher for that particular private language school (agent) The thing is you still need a work permit to do this type of work so technically you need a non-immigrant B visa in order to start the work permit process. Visas don’t entitle you to work legally (there is no such thing as a ‘work visa’) To work legally, you need a work permit. And it would be nigh on impossible to get a work permit as a substitute teacher working for several different employers. 

 

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