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Hi all,

The tickets have been booked and I'll be moving to Chile in the next few months. I recently applied for my Chilean passport (my mom's from Chile) and while I wait for it to arrive I'll be staying in Argentina with family. My plan is to find a job teaching in the Southern Region of Chile. I've received my Master's in Elementary Education and I also have a teaching certificate. Do I need to do anything with my diplomas and/or certificate? Like get them notarized? Or can I just bring a copy to show any future employer. Also, are there any other important documents I need to bring with me to make the move easier?

Thanks in advance for any help!

Maggie417 wrote:Hi all,

The tickets have been booked and I'll be moving to Chile in the next few months. I recently applied for my Chilean passport (my mom's from Chile) and while I wait for it to arrive I'll be staying in Argentina with family. My plan is to find a job teaching in the Southern Region of Chile. I've received my Master's in Elementary Education and I also have a teaching certificate. Do I need to do anything with my diplomas and/or certificate? Like get them notarized? Or can I just bring a copy to show any future employer. Also, are there any other important documents I need to bring with me to make the move easier?

Thanks in advance for any help!

Some prior discussions here
topic4058.html
topic1018.html
post42958.html?hilit=legalizing#p42958
and others on the forum... just use the search feature

"Procedures to request the recognition of Academic Degrees" can be found on Chilean consular websites such as this one in Calif

http://chileabroad.gov.cl/los-angeles/e ... e-titulos/

Univ of Chile page on revalidating US teaching credentials http://www.uchile.cl/?_nfpb=true&_pageL ... &url=49753

This is only a small part of it -- others have more explicit experience. I applied, had the applicable ESL credentials, was accepted to teach in the far south (XII Región), and decided.... not to. In my case it was for a public school that turned out to have the most unruly adolescent heathens on the planet, alternating between the influences of alcohol, lice, raging hormones, tobacco, barely hidden MP3 players, and psychotropics. For that reason, parents who can afford to, send their children to private/parochial schools, where the lice continue to be a problem. In other regions and other schools, mileage may differ. This was a public school of last resort, where children ended up after being tossed out of other schools. North American teachers around here tell me that teaching English for the private/parochial schools helps preserve sanity, is easier from a documentation standpoint, and generally pays better.