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Guy Courchesne
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 Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2005 1:06 am Post subject: Teaching in Panama |
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pirateinpanama
Joined: 04 Feb 2003
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Location: Panama City, Panama
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I've been here seven years. Here, one gets paid in American dollars thus avoiding a fluctuating exchange rate. In most cases, the minimum pay for TEFL is about $10 per hour and can go as high as $20 (at Florida St.). My job is about $17.50 with the opportunity to work on government sponsered projects at about $15 per hour.
The drawback is that in recent times more and more schools (on all levels) are demanding work permits. This is a costly affair with attorney fees and paperwork. Figure about $600 total. If you have the time and money to hang around three months while the tourist visa and work permit paperwork is complete, it's not a bad place to be.
On a positive note; there are places that will still hire without a work permit, but that number will probably decrease with time as the government increases the pressure.
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tosr
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They expect you to pay for your own work Visa? That's outrageous.
I'm moving there in July, unless it takes longer to sell my house. Can you recommend any good schools? |
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Ben Round de Bloc
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| They expect you to pay for your own work Visa? That's outrageous. |
Were you being sarcastic? I know of no schools in the entire city where I live that pay for work visas for their teachers. The teachers pay for them. Is it common throughout Latin America for schools to pay for work visas for their teachers? |
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Justin Trullinger
Joined: 28 Jan 2005
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Location: Seoul, South Korea and Myanmar for a bit
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| Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2006 2:09 pm Post subject: |
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| Is it common throughout Latin America for schools to pay for work visas for their teachers? |
No.
At least nowhere I've been. It's common in some areas to hire teachers with no paperwork, though. This represents a substantial savings for both sides, because: as a teacher, you don't have to do any of that silly, expensive paperwork stuff; and, as a school, they don't have to pay any benefits, taxes, or frequently, your last months salary. Getting papers in order in many places is a pain. But NOT having them is an awfully vulnerable situation.
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tosr
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| Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2006 2:14 pm Post subject: |
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| Is it common throughout Latin America for schools to pay for work visas for their teachers? |
No.
At least nowhere I've been. It's common in some areas to hire teachers with no paperwork, though. This represents a substantial savings for both sides, because: as a teacher, you don't have to do any of that silly, expensive paperwork stuff; and, as a school, they don't have to pay any benefits, taxes, or frequently, your last months salary. Getting papers in order in many places is a pain. But NOT having them is an awfully vulnerable situation.
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I've never worked in Latin America, so I was shocked. I work in Indonesia, where the school pays your work visa, you flight to Singapore, hotel, taxi, etc. When I worked in Taiwan my school lso paid for the visa, medical check etc. So I as I said I was quite shocked by the situation in Latin America. Thanks for the info, better forewarned.. |
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