Toeic Test South Africa

[Jackie Bullinger]

Iam a South African citizen teaching in Thailand. When I got my work permit, in December 2011, South Africans were still seen as native speakers. With the new legislation, passed in February 2012, South Africans are now no longer seen as native speakers (an insult that many of us have a hard time swallowing) and need to pass the TOEIC test in order to obtain a work permit.

My one year visa (and therefore also my work permit) expires on the 30th of November and I am going to be applying for a renewal as I am still with the same company. I would like to know the following:

Will I now need to complete the TOEIC test before I can renew my work permit or does the fact that my work permit was obtained before this requirement came into effect mean that I won't have to do the TOEIC test? I understand that I will need to pass the TOEIC test if I want to change jobs and have to apply for a NEW work permit, but in this case I am simply going to be renewing my existing work permit.

Hey man.. I am a south African too. I was told to do the Toeic test in order for me to obtain a work permit. This is Thailand man and it is only getting harder and harder for "non native" speakers, so it is always helpful and wise to get as much documents as possible.. Hahaha. The Toeic test is extremely easy, you don't have to study for it

Yes, the TOEIC, TOEFL or IELTS test for non-native speakers of English is a part of the requirements for the provisional teaching permit set by The Teachers' Council of Thailand. However, it's reported that both Immigration and Labour adopted this requirement, besides the degree requirement, in case application for a provisional teaching permit hasn't taken place yet. Obviously, this all for working in basic education schools.

Its interesting that the Thai authorities took SA off the list, i might add that they just placed Ireland on the list of countries that dont need the TOEIC or IELTS anymore so up until recently a country where 100% of the population spoke English was seen by the Thai authorities as non native speakers. I might also add that i dont believe that any thai department, Immigration or Labor even, knew that.

OK thanks, that shouldn't be too difficult for competent non-native speakers. I've had a number of EP M6 students get over 6.5 average for IELTS, and one got 8. So if the students can do it (get 5,.5), its only fair the teachers can too, especially those teaching english to upper mathyom.

Ireland had always been on the list of native English speaking countries. However, in April of this year it was decided to remove Ireland from the list. They realized the mistake after receiving a multitude of complaints and changed it back in September.

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