Job Discussion Forums

Not Angry · Joined: 12 May 2004 Posts: 3

Ok, sorry if I am asking the same question as others before but I couldn't really find the info I was looking for on here.

I am going to come to Taiwan temporarlily. For 2-6 months. I am not concerned about saving any money but really don't want to use too much of my savings. (doing this to be with my boyfriend) I don't really want to go through the trouble of getting an ARC, and signing a contract for a year when I will be breaking it. (I also don't want to have another argument sprout here about the merrits or demerrits of teaching illegally) So basically I am looking for illegal work. How do I go about getting that? Do I just tell them I don't need an ARC? Or are there certain places I should be looking? Also, I guess I would just get a Business visa or a Student visa. It seems like with both of them you have to leave the country every 60 days or so. But what do I need to get let's say the Business visa? Do I need to get a health certificate, proof of business purposes on my end and in Taiwan? What about the student visa? Can I get one from just any language center or does it have to be a government recognised one. I know to renew in country it has to be government recognised, but to get the visa does it have to be? Also, I have heard you can't get a 60 day visa from outside your home country, is this true? Any one have any experience with the TECO in Seoul? Thanks for your help.

alamuerte · Posted: Tue May 18, 2004 7:05 pm Post subject: cheap shot

you, my dear, are a dilettante. when i started reading this forum last july
the powers that be would have shot you down in flames by now.
short timers are exactly what the "real" schools are angrily against.
frankly, i await the helpful replies you get, to get an idea where their heads are at.
i hold no animosity towards your goal, but i am categorically against your
plan.

Not Angry · Joined: 12 May 2004 Posts: 3

I can only assume by dilettante that you are refering to my love of the arts and not referring to me as an ameteur. You know nothing of me or of my situation and to post a completely unhelpful reply is just ridiculous. I have a masters in Secondary Education and will be returning to my country for the begining of the school year. But would like to spend some time with my boyfriend for a few months while we try to arrange his immigration. Why is it that so many people on these boards are such high and mighty pricks? If you don't want to respond, simply don't. But don't post useless and unhelpful posts. I only come here when I have a question, because people tend to be so vicious on here and I don't like to have that be part of my life. Give helpful, thoughtful answers, or keep your mouth shut. No one needs to hear your views on things that simply don't concern you. For the record, my question was about Visa's not, should teachers come here for short times or not? If you want to make a thread about that do so...

MTurton · Joined: 10 Mar 2004 Posts: 107

So many here are high and mighty pricks because, sweetheart, the government investigates people who give employment advice, hassling them, from time to time. I have been investigated twice for my website.

If you want to stay illegally you will need a one-year visa at least. Explain to the officer at the Taiwan Rep office that you want to help your B/F immigrate and need more time. You will need to renew once you are here. Do that at the local foreign affairs police station.

As for illegal work, that is easy to find, but unreliable. Try the university language centers and bulletin boards, where adverts for tutoring are always up. Western restaurants are another good source. But really, short-term work is difficult to find, since most people want long-term teachers, and they won't offer you private work without getting to know you first.

Good luck. Check out the pages on my website on visas and on short-term work for more information.

Aristotle · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 1388 Location: Taiwan

You won't have much trouble finding a job so long as you fit the prefered racial profile for English teachers the Republic of China on Taiwan prescribes.
Read this for visa info,
http://www.voy.com/113223/224.html
good luck,
A.

MTurton · Joined: 10 Mar 2004 Posts: 107

You know, your childish provocativeness spoils the fact that there was some useful information in that post. There is no need to be that way....

Michael

Fortigurn · Joined: 29 Oct 2003 Posts: 390

Advice just given to me:

alamuerte · Posted: Sat May 22, 2004 4:40 pm Post subject: getting a visa

dilettante - a person who dabbles in a subject for enjoyment but not
serious study.
"you know nothing of me or my situation"
- you said "doing this to be with my boyfriend."
"if you don't want to respond, simply don't."
- ah, but i did want to respond. i simply did.
"don't post useless and unhelpfull posts."
-useless, maybe to you but not to others (this is a forum).
-unhelpfull, yes, to you.
"no one needs to hear your views on things that don't concern you."
-ah, but these things do concern me, i'm an english teacher and if you
come with the intention to deliberately f**k up, we all look bad.
- for the record your question was "basically i'm looking for illegal work.
how do i find that?"
and if i should have ignored you , you should have ignored me.