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creztor · Joined: 30 Dec 2009 Posts: 476

But my basket weaving skills are strong.... young one...

mr bedtime · Joined: 15 Mar 2010 Posts: 18

Sorry, this isnt AA rleated, I have a BA and an online TEFL.

If I want to go to Taiwan and job hunt (I have been teaching in China for some time now), will I need to get my degree sent to me before I go?

I feel safe getting it delivered here through a private shipping company, but iffy about carrying it in my pack around Taiwan for a month.

I've never lost a degree (or had one stolen), and don't know what it takes to get it replaced.

I have never had a job ask me for an original copy, and I was always worried about traveling with it, as I had my passport stolen once, and my bag stolen twice.

zipper · Joined: 14 Dec 2009 Posts: 237

yamahuh · Joined: 23 Apr 2004 Posts: 1033 Location: Karaoke Hell

I've never been asked to produce my original and have always just used a high quality scanned image. Never, ever been a problem.

Rooster_2006 · Joined: 24 Sep 2007 Posts: 984

I have been asked to submit the original.

This may be an AA-related thing (transcripts aren't required for a BA but are required for an AA). However, I think it's safest to have your original or at least have a relative who can send it quickly if necessary.

I don't think anyone in Taiwan will steal it. I think that theft is much less of a problem in Taiwan than it is in China or whatever other developing continental Asian country through which you might have traveled (I'm a veteran of having money and a USB drive stolen in Zhongguo Dalu). As long as you generally keep your degree at home, I think you'll be fine.

mr bedtime · Joined: 15 Mar 2010 Posts: 18

Thanks. My concern of it being stolen was that if my bag or sidebag got stolen with it in it..I would be bummed.

I have had bags stolen in China.

Rooster_2006 · Joined: 24 Sep 2007 Posts: 984