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[balex]

Hi, I’m a newbie there, but hope you will help me
A few weeks ago I was offered to teach English in Macau (Jolly Kingdom).
I have teaching experience in China, but do not have a degree in education as well as CELTA/TEFL. The company told me I need to work for a month (probation) at first, then they will offer a contract and apply for work permit, which can be done in July.
The salary in quite low (10000 mop for probation), but the company offers accommodation, so I am good with it.

As I know in China only native English speakers can get teaching positions and apply for Z visa, but how is it going in Macau? I have been searching in the Internet but can’t find any information about it (excepting that an employee should be qualified and so on).

I am also confused that the company have not asked me for a demo lesson (as usually all Chinese schools do) and at the first time they asked me to stay for a half of month in training center, because there are some problems with a landlord. However, after I told them that I am not going to live in school, they said they will rent another apartment.

Soo, I can’t find anything bad about the company, but the offer sounds quite suspicious. What do you think?

[nomad soul]

[balex]

[nomad soul]

[balex]

[blox]

Lol not having a correct work permit or legal visa is bad enough but surely they are having a laugh suggesting you live at the school haha.
You'll be in the zoo for show 24/7. I would not touch that job...with a stick...ever....

[jimpellow]

I think it would be great to be in Macau, but have to concur with the others that this sounds fishy and bordering on slavery. I think there were about 200,000 people in Macau a decade ago, and now there are like a million (pretty much all from the mainland and a fair number of the Portuguese have fled. My gut instinct would be that if they were Macanese Chinese you would more likely than not be alright, but they are probably Mainland Chinese bringing their style of capitalism to this little tasty corner of fantastic cuisine.

[Dan123]

[Shanghai Noon]

To the OP: I did some digging. You can find the information you need here: http://www.grh.gov.mo/downloads/procedures/TE/E/GRH-TE-L-E.pdf They have a website and a phone number.

There is no such thing as a "visa" for Macau except for select nationalities. They simply don't give them to westerners. The applicant or the potential employer sends the documents to the Macanese Human Resources Office. They send back a work permit. Then the applicant enters Macau the same way a tourist does and completes the application. I have entered Macau three times. They never asked me a single question.

[balex]

[balex]

[Markness]

I wouldn't touch that job with a 30-metre stick. 10,000 (probation period.. wtf), and then it goes up a little bit higher. Rent in Macau costs about that much, that is not including the food you are going to eat on a regular basis. I think you'll need about 40-50,000 to live a life similar to that of on the mainland and to be able to save nicely. The housing there is soooooo expensive. I was there just last February and accomodation was by far the most overpriced thing. Food was about 50 RMB a pop, but that wasn't doing any fine dining. Were talking about a cheese sandwich and ovaltine was that price. It is so expensive to live there, and that salary is not very accomodating. You will not live comfortably on that amount, that is a guarantee. From my research I saw that macau's economy went on a decline of 8 percent this year. That only foreshadows a price increase on all goods (and not an increase in your salary) .. stay away!

Macau is a great place to do an overnight visit as you go off to a nicer place like the Philippines, but I wouldn't live there unless they coughed up a nice amount of money.

[balex]

[nomad soul]

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