Get TEFL Certified for Mexico: Accredited Level 5 Diploma

To teach English in Mexico, you need a TEFL certificate and the legal right to work. Tourists cannot do any paid or voluntary work there, so most teachers enter on a temporary resident visa with permission to work, backed by a job offer. Premier TEFL's online courses, starting with the 120 hour Accredited Online TEFL Course, cover the qualification side.

Your employer starts the process. A school that wants to hire foreign staff first registers as an employer with Mexico's Instituto Nacional de Migración, the INM, then applies to the INM to authorize your visa. Consulates describe this visa as covering stays of over 180 days and up to four years. You book the consular interview through MiConsulado, and after you arrive you process your resident card within 30 calendar days.

The 180 hour ...