Can an English school deny work permit if your first language isn't English?

[Charlie_Jack]

From the past:

December 24: 2012:

Teach English w/o a passport from 1 of 'the 7 countries'?

Okay finally got around to making that call to the Buxiban Association. It was an eye-opener. I explained the question to him, and he said “The answer is simple.” He went on to explain how it depended on whether the language to be taught was an official language of the country. We specifically discussed Malaysia–impossible according to him–Singapore–okay–and the Philippines–okay. That squares with what is shown here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_co … l_language He mentioned that many would fa…

May 14, 2014:

European Moving to Taiwan with spouse!

Stephen the best information I have is that if English is the official language of your country you can teach here legally. You may want to review the more recent posts of this long thread forumosa.com/taiwan/viewtop … 5&t=116014 Note: some would disagree with my assertion above, and subscribe to the perhaps conventional wisdom that one must have a passport from one of the “7 nations”. I think it seems clear that legally speaking this is not the case. At the practical point of being hired by a…

June 23, 2015:

Teaching English as a non-native speaker

[quote=“Chris”]For legal English teaching work, you have to be a native speaker of English from the US, the UK, Canada, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, or South Africa. (I think. Please correct me if I’m wrong.) However, you may be able to teach French or German legally. French is somewhat popular here.[/quote] You’re wrong The official language of the country of your passport has to be the language you want to teach, and your degree has to come from an approved institution.

August 10, 2015:

http://tw.forumosa.com/t/possibility-of-teaching-esl-for-filipina-instructor/87484/7