# Work permit with online TEFL certification? **URL:** \ **Category:** Teaching English in Taiwan\ **Created:** [August 1, 2011, 5:38am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/work-permit-with-online-tefl-certification/66460 "2011-08-01T05:38:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 26
**Author:** ![bigduke6](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/fbc32d/32.png) [@bigduke6](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/bigduke6)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2011, 4:41pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/work-permit-with-online-tefl-certification/66460/26 "2011-08-05T16:41:43Z")
> [@irishmoe](#): > > [quote=“bigduke6”]No online TEFL certificates either. No type of degree, certificate, diploma ETC is accepted here if done online of by means of distance education. I beg to differ. A friend of mine from SA had issues with getting his arc and was told by the work permit folks to do a tefl course to go along with his SA diploma and he got his arc. I’ll have to mail him to get the exact details.[/quote] Very possible. I know this happens. The official position is that online/distance education is not recognized. However, this is Taiwan. In Taipei they might not accept it and in Taichung they might. The opposite could be true in 5 minutes time. The school in question might have a relationship with the official in question. My point is that you cannot rely that the online course will be accepted. --- _[View the full topic](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/work-permit-with-online-tefl-certification/66460)._