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fred23 · Joined: 23 Nov 2010 Posts: 10 Location: IRL

Hi,

I know this type of question has been asked many times, but I want to get up to date information and my searches haven't fully answered my questions. I'd really appreciate some input.

So I plan on landing in Vietnam in the next few months and I'd like to clarify what I need.

1. My degree. Do I need to get it notarized and apostilled like I did in Korea? I've read somethings about authentication, is this the same thing?
2. University transcripts?
3. Criminal background check?
4. Tefl cert. It's a poxy online cert which I know is useless, but it can't do any harm to bring it along, can it?
5. Certificate of employment which documents my 2 years experience in Korean?

Any advice on other do's/don'ts regarding documents etc would be great.

fred23 · Joined: 23 Nov 2010 Posts: 10 Location: IRL

Just want too add for the authentication issue, that I'm Irish. I'm guessing here that there are very few of on here to help me out, but do you think it would be the same procedure as Korea- get notarized at solictors office and have it apostilled at the Department of Foreign Affairs?

Also, I know the WP issue is very grey but is it possible (likely) to obtain a WP with uni degree but no Tefl cert (only a useless online one)?

Please give me some input, decisions need to made really soon and I'm struggling here. Cheers.

VietCanada · Joined: 30 Nov 2010 Posts: 185

You need a Criminal Background Check (CBC or CRC) from your country of origin, a health check done here at a sanctioned hospital, a bachelor's degree and a teaching certification to work in Vietnam. A TEFL or equivalent is considered to be a teaching certification in Vietnam.

All documents originating from your country of origin need to be apostilled or notarized if your country (Canada for example) is not a signatory to the apostille treaty. Your degree, teaching cert. and CRC should be apostilled/notarized before you enter Vietnam unless you have someone back home willing to do it for you. But mailing original documents back and forth takes time and perhaps entails some very small degree of risk compared to doing it yourself.