Hello, a co-worker of mine is a Canadian. He did not bring his degree with him. He has been asked to produce copy of it (stamped by the Canadian TECO) for his application of his work permit. We are going through the channels with the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Canada to see what can be done but I am wondering if anyone has any experience or suggestions as to the most efficient way to solve this problem. To my knowledge, he would be able to send over his (original) passport and drivers license to a friend in Ottawa; his friend would then bring his degree and documents the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Canada, have them stamp a certified copy and then mail all said documents back to Taiwan to submit to the Taiwan government.
Sounds simple right? Is it? Does anyone have any experience with this type of situation, or even mailing home documents such as a passport? All of the above is, of course, to avoid him having to buy a ticket home to do all of this himself.
I am not sure, I heard, via our boss, that things had to be done in Canada. Does that make sense? It would be easier for everyone if he could have it sent here but that was never presented as an option. I will have to ask them why.
In theory you can get a work permit while still in Canada. But I don’t hear of many people doing this. I think most people come here on a tourist visa, get the paperwork underway, then go to Hong Kong and come back on the work visa (actually work permit + resident’s visa and re-entry permit).
So if you really can get it all sorted out while in Canada, so much the better. But that’s not the way most people do it.
I can see why you posted this in the Teaching English forum but I’m moving it to the work permit forum where I think it will be more useful.
[quote=“powderfinger303”] To my knowledge, he would be able to send over his (original) passport and drivers license to a friend in Ottawa; his friend would then bring his degree and documents the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Canada, have them stamp a certified copy and then mail all said documents back to Taiwan to submit to the Taiwan government.
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I had to do the same thing four years ago and what you are thinking must be done is correct, at least it was in my situation although I already had my diplomas here with me, but not sealed by TECO. Here’s what I had to do:
Send my diploma to a family member who then took it to TECO in Vancouver.
TECO - Vancouver authenticated and placed seals on photocopies (they made), charged a fee ( I forget how much) and told my representative that it would be sent to him by registered mail.
When the package arrived to him, he then sent the original and sealed copies back to me in Taiwan.
I turned them in to the MOE and they processed my work permit.
I sent my passport and my drivers license with my diploma, by signed express post.
** I would suggest that your friend also get a copy of their transcript (s) and have that sealed by TECO as well.
*** I also had to ask for an extension on my Visa in order to have time to receive the documentation. I did get it, but not easily and did have to make a visa run as it did not arrive in time.
It is not possible to do this in Taiwan as it must be processed by a TECO office in your province.
Unless things have changed drastically, this is still the only way to do this, AFAIK.
No, my diplomas were accepted for certification in the original English - no translation required. The Work permit application did require a translation, which was done by the office staff at the school and I just signed it. My work permit application and renewals since then have not required translations AFAIK,- if they did, I never had to sign them…