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MomCat · Joined: 02 Dec 2004 Posts: 297

Teach what?

English, no. Someone can only teach their native language.

I have no idea what the visa problems would be.

773 · Joined: 29 May 2005 Posts: 213

I think there are visa issues, too. I know that English teachers who are married to women with Chinese passports have difficulty bringing their wives to Taiwan with them. It is very difficult to get the visa.

zbird · Joined: 20 Mar 2008 Posts: 33

ok, yeah i was mainly concerned about visa problems. i know there is also discrimination against ABCs teaching english too but english is by far my best language and i started learning it at a young age so for all intents and purposes it can be considered a native language according to oxford dictionary. yeah but if anyone has anymore knowledge about the visa issues that'd be great.

MomCat · Joined: 02 Dec 2004 Posts: 297

zbird,

Unfortunately it's not your ability to speak English that makes getting a legal job possible. Your passport has to be from an English speaking country.

There doesn't seem to be any information in the English part of the govs web page on PRC visa holders. Sorry. But if you're not on the Mainland here's the link: http://iff.immigration.gov.tw/front/index.php

Good luck,
Cat

blackmagicABC · Joined: 03 Mar 2008 Posts: 68 Location: Taipei

I don't think Momcat meant that only native English speakers can teach English. I a fairly sure the intended meaning was that the government would only issue you a work permit if you are from a native speaking country nad that would also exclude coutnries such as for example Nigeria where the official language is English.
As for the political reasons and problems involved in getting a visa, I don't think this is the appropriate place to discuss this purely because I doubt if anyone who posts here really has all the relevant information or access to it.
I don't think there is as much discrimination against ABC's as many seem to think. If they are Taiwanese ABC's they just work with their Taiwanese passport and if they are ABC with another nationality (Malaysian, singaporean etc) they work on their American passport.
I wish you luck though.

MomCat · Joined: 02 Dec 2004 Posts: 297

BlackMagic, You're right, I tried to clarify it in the second post. A Canadian passport holder who was born in, say, Hungary can teach English. It's the passport, not the person's ability that counts. Thanks,
Cat

TRUBADOUR · Joined: 15 Sep 2005 Posts: 46

No luck here.

TaoyuanSteve · Joined: 05 Feb 2003 Posts: 1028 Location: Taoyuan