Getting Ready

The following important information is for new overseas hire teachers for school year 2003-2004. Download the checklist and related documents in the Download section then send photocopies of documents with asterisk(*)to TCIS care of Jinda by May 15. Bring the originals with you when you come to Thailand.

Download checklist & paperwork

Passport
Please make sure to have a passport that is valid for at least one year. Send us a copy of your passport (the page with your full name and passport number). We need it to prepare a letter for you to apply for a non-immigrant B. visa. If your spouse or children come to live with you in Thailand please give us a copy of their passport, too.

Non-Immigrant B. Visa
You have to apply for a non-immigrant B. visa before coming to Thailand. Non-Thai teachers employed at TCIS - and their accompanying dependents - must hold a valid Non-Immigrant Visa. Normally, a visa can be obtained from the Thai Embassy or the Consulate in your country that is valid for 90 days. The school will prepare a letter stating that we will hire you as a teacher in our school. We will mail this letter to you sometime in May or June so that you can apply for a non-immigrant visa. If you apply too early it will expire before you get to Thailand in August.

Online References for Visa and Passport Information
• US Passport Services & Information
• Royal Thai Embassy in Washington
• Canadian Passport Office
• Royal Thai Embassy in Ottawa
• Embassies of Thailand Worldwide

The Non-Immigrant Single Entry Visa, the first stamp in the passport, allows the teacher to stay in the Kingdom of Thailand for 90 days from the date of entry. New teachers should not arrive too early before the start of the school year as this may also cause your visa to expire early on.
Within these 90 days, TCIS, through the Government Liaison Office, will help the teacher to accomplish the following:

1. Register as a teacher with the Ministry of Education
2. Apply with the Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare for a work permit to teach
3. Request the Foreign Ministry for a letter of certification for visa extension

The School also processes (one-file) family visas - i.e. effectivity/ expiry of individual documents of family members fall on the same dates. All application fees must be borne by the teacher. The service charge for processing family visa is 500 baht per person.