Apostille for TEFL/TESOL certificates
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TEFL/TESOL certificate is well-known as international evidence of getting teaching approaches and an ability to teach English as a second language. A lot of teachers around the world enroll in such courses to get an opportunity to work abroad and improve teaching skills. Needless to say, such a document is required by almost all institutions worldwide. However, getting the certificate isn’t the only thing that you have to do to teach abroad. Due to the fact, that TEFL or TESOL certificate doesn’t have a certain pattern or standard of how it must look like, there are a lot of scammers. This fact makes employers ask English teachers to prove the authenticity of the such documents. That’s a guarantee that a candidate is honest and provides only original proof. Getting an apostille is that thing. It makes documents legal and acceptable in other countries.
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What does an apostille include?
As soon as you complete the online TEFL/TESOL course, you will get a PDF version of the certificate. That’s important to order a hard copy of it, which will be delivered from Great Britain. The front page has some noticeable marks. There are two holograms and a QR code. Scanning the code leads to a web page, where it’s possible to check information about the certificate recipient. A unique certificate number reveals all information about the person on that page. Also, there is a stamp, a grade, and the date of completion. This document fits the bill if you are going to work in your mother country or show as evidence of your knowledge to your students. When it comes to working abroad, it also requires getting an apostille on the certificate.
Peculiarities of consular legalization for different countries
The process of getting an apostille may differ from country to country. But we provide this service to students of our courses and know necessary details. If you complete a course at International Certification, we will handle all things, and you will have nothing to worry about. In this case, we are talking about Vietnam requirements. Such stages are also similar for China and Thailand. Getting an apostille implies an approvement from embassy of Vietnam in London and a British solicitor. That’s important to say that all marks and stamps from those establishments will be on a copy version of TEFL/TESOL certificate. So, you will save an original hard copy. As soon as you get your copy version from Great Britain back, you may send it to an employer. There are a note and a stamp from a British solicitor on the front page, and two apostilles on the backside. The British apostille is confirmed by Her Majesty’s Principal Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Affairs. And, the second apostille is an approvement from embassy of Vietnam. Having all of these marks means that your TEFL/TESOL certificate is a legal document, which helps to get a work visa.
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Conclusion
If you are at the beginning of your teaching career, you should start with enrolling in TEFL/TESOL course to improve your professional skills. You will study learning approaches and teaching people depending on their age. Now you have a chance to purchase an online TEFL/TESOL course at a 50% discount. Go to our homepage to check it out. Also, we will help you to find a job abroad and get an apostille on your certificate. Feel free to ask questions in the section below, and we will help you to figure everything out. We hope that you found this article useful and knew some new details of working abroad.