Hi everyone, I am planning to move to Taiwan because my girlfriend is there. So, I am wondering if I get any professional jobs as a non-native English speaker in Taiwan. I am getting a master’s degree in Teaching English as a Second Language from California State University. But, I am a Korean native speaker and do not have a passport of English speaking country. In this situation, would my job hunting be extremely difficult?
Yes it would be difficult
teach Korean. In high demand here.
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OP, I agree, I think getting a (legal) job teaching Korean would be less difficult in your situation. As Lao_Wang mentioned, Korean is getting more and more popular in Taiwan (at least with the high school students I talk with).
Global Village Language School offers classes in English, Japanese, and Korean. Perhaps check them out.
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I think there is a Korean school in Taipei.
Do you qualify to teach there?
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Once you and your girlfriend get married, it will get extremely easy.
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Getting married is a good option for you in many ways . You may as well if you are moving to Taiwan anyway .
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Yeah, but don’t get married just to make it easier to come to Taiwan. It can make your life more complicated in many other ways…
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There is a Korean school, and they’re a nice bunch of people. Their English teachers are mostly English speaking Asians. OP get in touch with them, it’s a good place to work.
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Teaching Korean has already been suggested. It’s a good idea.
However, I disagree that finding a job teaching English would be as difficult as people say. I’ve posted ads online and collected resumes for cram schools on two occasions (as a favor to the owners) and was surprised that perhaps 60% of the applications came from non-native speakers, most of whom had names you would recognize on their resumes. Two of the three hires that came from the search were from non-native speaking countries (according to the gov’t). However, all were in the country legally and had some other support for their ARC.
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this is the most important point, imo.
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Hence…Marriage.
If he’s serious about her it’s the easiest route.
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Yes, I was nearly done with my post when I realized the same.
I remember that a few people needed visas for the jobs, which were part-time and, as they were currently employed by chain schools, I sort of assumed they were being sponsored but didn’t dig in that deeply.
You know that she has to agree, right? 
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How far are you off finishing this? and is the course in taught in English?
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I am graduating this December. Yes, I am an international student here and all academic courses were taught in English in the United States.