[roosterbabe]

Hey guys, my bf is a native english speaker. I wonder if he can teach english in HK? If yes, whats the requirements for him to teach in HK? I heard that he might need to have a certificate or something. Anyone has idea?
p.s my bf doesnt has a degree.. he quit uni.
please help.

[jimbo]

Could be a problem if he quit uni to be honest as a lot of places do want graduates.
The qualification he needs is TEFL at the very least and a fair bit of experience as well.

[roosterbabe]

Thanks for ur information.... any detail about that certificate?

[jimbo]

sure, just do a quick google search on TEFL and it'll give you all the details. You can even take the course online like I did.

[Ocean]

to teach english in HK there are a few choices (maybe as far as I'm aware)

If you want a legal, full-time, sponsored work visa teaching position you need:

a) HKID, if you have this there's a good chance of getting a job just by showing up in person, looking half decent and being able to string words together in english at close to native speaker level. I think a lot of places would take you without a degree, TEFL cert or experience - especially at this time of year and other busy periods.
Especially if you say you love teaching kids

b) A TEFL certificate (preferably Trinity(certTESOL) or Cambridge(CELTA)) and at least some teaching experience that you can prove with valid references. This required more for the visa than the school, but i've found a lot of schools will seem to take you without much teaching exp, just as long as you have some.

c) A bachelor's degree + above, this just widens your scope for jobs and increases your chances of getting your visa approved.

d) Chance it and work illegally (not that I'm recommending it!). I've had the impression that a number of places will happily turn a blind eye to the lack of a visa. Wouldn't expect the support, working hours or pay would be that fantastic though at a lot of these places.

For part-time or under-the-the table casual teaching you'll most likely need:

a) working holiday visa (only Australia, NZ and Ireland citz)
b) HK ID
c) a working visa through some other means I'm not aware of. Most places will only sponsor you to work full-time.
d) good running skills and luck if you go the illegal route - to run like hell should immigration ever catch up with you!

This is gathered from very recent first-hand experience. There may be other options, these are just the ones I can think of from the top of my head.

Oh and if you can say you love teaching kids convincingly, or even better actually love teaching kids, then your jobs prospects just tripled!

Anyone else have anything to add?

[Boneco]

Marry the guy, then he dont need a sponsorship or a visa approval ! Kidding, marrying is a very important thing and should not be used unless both of you don't have any other choices!
But yeah, try TEFL also CELTA, these are the 2 top teaching certificates to teach English as Foreign Language, anyways best of luck for u two and keep in contact with us

[goodbye kitty]

Ocean seems to have hit the nail on the head.

I just noticed an ad on this site for native English speakers (under classifieds) doesn't seem to need much experience and offers work visas. I know that you can get work without qualifications but your looking at at least half the wages of an experienced TEFL teacher - most likely not enough to secure a visa

[roosterbabe]

ok thanks guys !