International-school teaching
MV-01Qualified teaching in Maldivian schools
Certified school teachers with a degree and relevant experience; English specialists should match the school's curriculum and age range.
Source-led route overview checked 2026-11-08; a recruitment page is not confirmation of a suitable open vacancy.
- Who should explore it
- Ajial International School's faculty page seeks certified teachers with at least two years' experience and requires a bachelor's degree, transcripts, teaching certification and references. These are that employer's criteria. Confirm any local teacher-registration, qualification-recognition and safeguarding requirements for the actual appointment; a short TEFL course alone is not established as sufficient for the school route described here.
- Pay evidence
- Ask for written details of salary currency, deductions, accommodation, utilities, medical cover and transport to the assigned island. Include inter-island transfers, arrival costs and return travel in the budget. Do not infer a teacher's savings potential from resort wages or an old vacancy's salary.
- Working pattern
- Confirm classroom hours, preparation, meetings, cover and paid holidays in the written offer; no national working-week estimate is established here.
- Length of placement
- Employer-specific; confirm start date, probation, renewal and notice before accepting.
- Work permission
- Maldives Immigration states that new expatriate arrivals need a valid Entry Pass linked to a work permit. The employer or authorised representative must obtain the digital Work e-Visa within 15 days of arrival through the Xpat system. Its current guidance says passport work-visa stickers ceased to be valid after 23 November 2025. Confirm both the entry documentation and the approved digital status, rather than relying on an agent's screenshot or an old passport sticker.
- Support and benefits
- Confirm housing, flights, relocation support and medical cover in writing. These are not assumed to be included.
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Documents, healthcare and remaining checks
- Professional recognition
- Match the employer’s stated criteria to your exact qualifications. Confirm any local registration or recognition separately; a UK credential does not itself grant immigration permission.
- Documents
- Confirm the authority’s current checklist and the employer’s safeguarding requirements; do not send originals or pay a recruiter until its identity and process are verified.
- Healthcare
- Obtain written evidence of cover, exclusions, emergency arrangements and any separate cover required for dependants.
- Initial costs
- Price document authentication, permit charges, travel, accommodation deposits and an arrival reserve for the actual location.
- First payment
- Not established by this overview. Confirm the first payroll date and which costs you must fund before reimbursement.
Evidence scope: primary sources with individual checks remaining. This label does not confirm that a vacancy is open or that you meet every condition. Snapshot: 8 November 2026.
