United Kingdom (UK)
United States (US)
Canada
South Africa
India
Australia
New Zealand
China
Russia
Germany
France
Spain
Netherlands
Vietnam
United Arab Emirates
Italy
Poland
Thailand
Türkiye
Algeria
The Visa Desk: work visas for English teachers, country by country
The visa or permit behind every route on the board, from Korea’s E-2 to Spain’s NALCAP student visa, each with a link to the official page that owns the rules. No agencies and no middlemen, just the primary source, checked and dated, so you can read exactly what the immigration authority says before you book anything.
Paperwork, sorted
The Visa Desk
The visa or permit behind every route on the board, with a link to the official page that owns the rules. No agencies, no middlemen. Read it before you book anything.
South Korea
E-2 Foreign Language Instructor visa
EPIK and your school sponsor the visa once you accept an offer. Citizens of seven designated English speaking countries qualify.
Degree requiredKorea Visa Portal →
Japan
Instructor visa via JET
JET arranges the Certificate of Eligibility and visa for successful applicants. You apply through your home country embassy.
Degree requiredJET Programme →
Hong Kong
Employment visa, General Employment Policy
Your school sponsors the application under the GEP professionals route. NET Scheme hires are walked through it by the EDB.
Degree requiredImmigration Department →
Taiwan
Work permit plus resident visa
TFETP handles the work permit through the Workforce Development Agency, then you convert to a resident visa on arrival.
Degree + teaching licenceEZ Work Taiwan →
Vietnam
Work permit plus LD visa
Your language centre sponsors the work permit, then the LD working visa. Most teachers enter on an e-visa while it processes.
Degree requiredVietnam e-visa portal →
Thailand
Non-Immigrant B visa plus work permit
The school issues paperwork for the Non-B visa, then applies for your work permit at the Ministry of Labour after you arrive.
Degree requiredThai e-visa →
Spain
Long stay student visa, NALCAP
NALCAP placements run on a student visa issued by your nearest Spanish consulate once your placement letter arrives.
Uni students and gradsSpanish consular services →
France
Long stay visa, language assistants
Assistant posts come with a long stay visa marked travailleur temporaire. France-Visas is the single official application door.
Uni students and gradsFrance-Visas →
Checked, dated, corrected in place
Every figure on this desk comes from an official source, a ministry circular, an embassy notice or the platform’s own pay page. Each line carries the date we last checked it, and when something changes we correct it in place and say so. That is the standard the whole publication runs on.
