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[fiveeagles]

e.. Degree: Middle Eastern countries generally require a degree. Korea requires that you have a 3-year degree in order to obtain a work visa, and Japan requires a degree for full-time employment, but you are able to find part-time and tutoring positions which do not require a degree, as well as study/work visas for people under certain ages without a degree. Outside of these countries and a few others, a degree is not required but may be recommended. People with degrees may receive more pay and/or better contracts, but due to the global shortage for teachers, many Global TESOL graduates have gotten hired without one.

What's a 3 year degree? A 4 year degree done in 3 years? Or 3 years of university?

[just because]

In Australia and New Zealand we don't do 4 year degrees but only 3 years.....

So there was a problem when immigration decided only to use 4 year degrees here as Australians and New Zealanders couldn't get an E2 so they changed the wording....

Basically it should just say university degree...

[mindmetoo]

[sheba]

Well, there are some 4 year degrees in nz... Mine is a 3 year degree but it took me four years beacuse I changed to a double major in my last year... anyway when i explained this they said it was sufficient for a 4 year degree because I spent 4 years at university. Interesting considering the fact that if I had decided to double major in my first year it still would have only taken 3 years.

I think their point is that a 3 year diploma is not good enough - it has to be a degree.

[Big_Bird]

[turtlepi1]

[crazylemongirl]

New Zealand (and australia) have a bizzare system

3 year 'general degrees' eg BA, BSc, BCom
4 year 'progessional degrees' Law, Engineering, Pharamcy, medicine (well actually 6 years for medicine) etc.
4/5 year 'honours degrees' 1 year of grad school attached to the end of most bachelors degrees
Conjoint degrees of various lengths.

I have two degrees, a BA and then a BA Honours. Korean immigration accepted both, though it kind of weirded them out a bit

[Wangja]

Are there not 2-year community college "degrees" in USA? Are they the target of the 3 year rule?

[Hyalucent]

Used to be that 3-year BAs were "Majors", 4-year degrees were either "Advanced Majors" or "Honours" at my uni. I checked through their current calendar and they do seem to lead off with the 20-credit/4-year programmes but there is still a reference to 15-credit/3-year degrees there. Perhaps that's only for upgrading purposes.

If I remember correctly, when the 4-year degree rule was brought in, they still planned on allowing 3-year degrees if it was in English, or if you were already teaching and just seeking a renewal of your work visa.

[Hanson]

In Quebec, we do 5 years of high school, 2 years of Cegep (College d'Enseignement General et Professionel) and 3 years of University. 5+2+3=10 years

In Ontario & other provinces in Canada (correct me if I'm wrong), they do 6 years of high school (or junior high + high school) and 4 years of University. 6+4=10 years

I think it's the same (as Ontario) in the States.

I also did a double major in university in Quebec which took me 4 and a half years only because I was also working full-time at the time. Instead of taking the maximum 5 courses per semester, I took 4.

In retrospect, I'm happy it shows more than 3 years of study on my transcript, just for this stupid Immigration rule.

[mindmetoo]

[Koreabound2004]

[sheba]

[Hyalucent]