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[adbru]

Hello,

Another newbie looking for an answer

We (my wife and myself) are looking to do TEFL as a career change in a couple of years time. I will have my Bsc by then but my wife doesnt have a degree.
If I were to take a job in a country which requires a degree would she then be able to get an 'open' work permit as a spouse which would enable her to work ??

i.e. If I were to get an IT job in Canada and got a work permit my wife could get an 'open' work permit to allow her to do any job she wanted, does a similar thing apply for teaching jobs ??


I hope I have explained that properly lol.

Crazy thing is that she has been working as a classroom asst in a primary school for 10 years so has much better teaching skills than me but I will be the one with the degree...

Thanks in advance

Adrian

[Glenski]

You're going to have to name a country to get a straight answer.

As for Japan, if you get a job (and work visa, of course), she can get a dependent visa and work part-time. Over 1.1 million yen/year for her, and you can't claim her as a tax dependent.

If she can prove a total work record in teaching of 3 or more years, she qualifies for a work visa in Japan even without a degree.

[tttompatz]

The aye or nay would depend on the country.

In many cases the answer is no; examples would be Korea, China, Thailand.

In other cases she can get a job except for the language problem - hard to work as a store clerk if you don't speak the local language.

Another option would be for her to get a TESOL certification and look for countries that do not yet require a degree to teach. This would give you both the ability to work.

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[adbru]

Hi Guys,

Thanks for the replies, We would both do a qualification in order to teach, however her lack of a degree would limit the choices somewhat.
There is still some choice to allow for building a c.v. though

Plenty time yet as planning a couple or three years down the line to allow for our kids to leave home (then I'll change the locks lol )

In that time I plan to finish my degree, both do our quals, do some volunteer tesol teaching here etc etc.

Sounds easy when you write it down, just need to put it into action !!

Cheers

Adbru

[nickpellatt]

She could probably complete a degree within your timescale via a program of distance learnng. I started my degree in Feb 2007, and completed it in October 2009 with the OU in the UK.

Even if she didnt complete it, she could certainly get a heck of a lot of it done!