Frequently Asked Questions
All TEFL Online Pro students have direct access to their online tutor 24/7/365 — and this level of support doesn't end at graduation. Our graduates continue to receive full support for job search inquiries, visa questions, and any other career-related matters.
Our three award-winning TEFL/TESOL certification courses (Int. CertTEFL/TESOL) are designed to prepare you to teach English confidently — whether in a classroom abroad/overseas or online from the comfort of your own home.
TEFL Online Pro also guarantees you a teaching job after completing your course, whether teaching English online or abroad/overseas.
We have head offices in New York, USA, and Prague, Czech Republic. Our international team provides support to students and prospective students around the world. Since 2019, we’ve trained more than 50,000 graduates who are now teaching English online and abroad/overseas, and we continue to provide ongoing support to our graduates as they build their teaching careers.
Have a question before you enroll? You'll find answers to the most common ones below.
Pay securely with any major debit or credit card, or via PayPal. Your payment is processed through our encrypted checkout, and we never store your card details. Once your payment is complete, you’ll gain immediate access to your course. Your login username and password will be generated automatically and sent to the email address you provide on the checkout page. With these details, you can log in via the ‘LOGIN’ link in the teflonlinepro.com menu and start your first module right away.
You’ll start receiving personal tutor support the moment you gain course access. Your tutor is your guide throughout the course and is there to answer any questions you have along the way. You can reach them through the course messaging system, or by email if you prefer.
Our online tutor team is available 24/7/365, and we typically respond to students within a few hours. Replies may take slightly longer on weekends, but we’re here for you every day of the year. We know how important it is to have someone to turn to when you’re stuck, which is why you’ll never wait longer than 48 hours for a response from your personal tutor.
The Fast-Track 60-Hour International TEFL Online Certification Course is suitable for people with TEFL experience. To qualify for this course, you must either be currently teaching English or have taught English in the past. This course is designed to provide certification for teachers who, for various reasons, began teaching English as a foreign language without official credentials. While it may sometimes be possible to teach without certification, new teachers without qualifications often find themselves quickly out of their depth—and hopefully realize that it isn’t fair to themselves or their paying students.
The Professional 120-Hour International TEFL Online Certification Course is the perfect solution for people with little or no TEFL experience, and is our most popular certification course.
The Hybrid 140-Hour International TEFL Online/Onsite Certification Course is the perfect solution for people with little or no TEFL experience who want in-class teaching practice.
There are no hidden charges or fees when you take your course through the TEFL Online Pro international certification program. Many TEFL/TESOL programs do charge hidden fees, but we don’t. This applies whether you purchase your course at full price or at a discount with a TEFL Online Pro coupon code.
Every TEFL Online Pro course includes a wide range of benefits, such as:
- 24/7/365 personal tutor access
- A fully accredited international TEFL/TESOL digital certificate
- An official letter of recommendation
- A guaranteed job
- Lifetime job support services
The Professional and Hybrid courses also include free units on Teaching Business English and Teaching Young and Younger Learners.
From time to time, we offer discounts, so please be sure to check https://teflonlinepro.com/discounts/ to see if we are currently running a course promotion. Unlike many other schools, we don’t run discount offers continuously throughout the year, so if you do see a limited-time discount on teflonlinepro.com, it truly will expire on the published end date.
The answer to this question is somewhat subjective, as everyone has different home and work responsibilities. On average, it takes 2–4 weeks to complete any of our three online international courses. However, you are welcome to take as much or as little time as you need—no stress! 🙂
Having a degree is not mandatory to take your international TEFL/TESOL course with TEFL Online Pro, but some countries do require a degree for the work visa process. For example, if you want to teach English in Europe, Central or South America, or most Southeast Asian countries, you won’t need a college degree. However, if your goal is to teach in China, South Korea, or Japan, you will be required to hold a degree as part of the work visa process.
Absolutely! While the majority of our customers are native English speakers, we also welcome students from non-native English-speaking backgrounds. Over the years, since 2019, we have trained customers from all over the world, and due to the high demand for English teachers, we have been able to maintain our perfect employment success rate for both native and non-native English speakers.
Digital certificates are issued within 48 hours of course completion, and there’s no charge for them, whether you’ve paid the full course price or a discounted price. Hard-copy certificates are also issued within 48 hours and typically arrive in your mailbox within 1-2 weeks. Additional costs may apply to hard-copy certificates. You can choose to receive either or both, and you can have your hard-copy certificate sent to any address in the world (with the one exception of North Korea, where our postal service has yet to find its way).
Most graduates find the digital certificate is all they need. Employers rarely ask for a hard copy these days, and of the more than 50,000 people we’ve trained since 2019, very few have ever been asked to present one.
Your official letter of recommendation is issued together with your certificate. And as soon as you’ve completed your course, you’re fully qualified and ready to begin teaching English online or abroad/overseas.
Every TEFL Online Pro certificate shows the number of hours you studied. If you take the Online/Onsite Hybrid 140-Hour International TEFL/TESOL Certification Course, it also shows the number of teaching practice hours you completed. All certificates carry the official signature of the Chief External Moderator, the fully accredited ACTEFLC logo, and your international identification number.
Your certificate doesn’t mention that you studied online, so it reads the same as one from a fully accredited in-person international TEFL/TESOL course.
Yes, you can. All three of our award-winning TEFL/TESOL certification courses are fully accredited and internationally recognized. The 120-Hour Professional and 140-Hour Hybrid courses are equivalent to a Level 5 TEFL and to the CELTA and Trinity CertTESOL qualifications.
Our graduates teach online and all over the world. Our International Job Guidance Team will help you choose your teaching location and support you throughout the process of applying for positions. Asia and Europe are currently the most popular destinations for teaching English abroad/overseas, and teaching English online remains a popular option too.
TEFL Online Pro certificates never expire. Once you’ve earned yours, it stays valid for your entire English teaching career, whether you teach abroad/overseas or online.
This is entirely up to you. Many of our customers choose to begin teaching English abroad/overseas or online immediately after completing the course, but if you need a break between course completion and starting teaching, that is completely your choice. You can start teaching at any time after finishing the course: if you want to begin straight away, our International Job Guidance Team will help arrange this for you, and if you have other commitments, the team will assist you when the time is right for you.
We can’t give a fixed figure for what you will earn, as salaries vary from country to country and from school to school. However, wherever you teach, you can generally expect to earn above the country’s national average. For example, it is possible to earn as much as $4,000 USD per month in South Korea, or as little as $10 USD per hour in Ecuador. Some customers prioritize location over salary, while others prioritize salary over location—and some manage to achieve both. 🙂 The TEFL Online Pro International Job Guidance Team will help you make a well-informed decision about where to teach English and which location offers the best potential for the salary you want to earn. This guidance also applies to teaching English online.
With an international TEFL/TESOL certificate from TEFL Online Pro, you can teach and travel in any country where English teaching is possible, from the exhilarating cities and exotic coastlines of Thailand to the medieval towns and Bohemian countryside of the Czech Republic. Teaching English online is also very popular among our graduates.
One thing worth knowing: you shouldn’t realistically expect to teach English on a beach. Some websites make it look that way, but in reality you’ll usually be teaching in a city or large town, often far from the coast, where your students live. Even when you teach online, a beach isn’t a practical office. Wi-Fi, glare, and sand don’t mix well with lessons.
Don’t worry, though. A beach is rarely far away, and one of the great perks of teaching English is the long weekends and holidays that give you plenty of time to enjoy one.
While teaching children is an incredibly rewarding experience, we understand that some of our customers prefer to avoid this age group. Your choice of students is not limited to children, as there is an equal amount of teaching English work available with teenagers and adults. So, if you want to teach children, the opportunities are there for you. Likewise, if you would rather teach teenagers or adults, you will have equal opportunities to do so.
Yes! We guarantee you a teaching job after completing your course, whether you teach English online or abroad/overseas. It’s one of the things that sets us apart from the competition.
Our International Job Guidance Team has years of combined experience in teaching English and travel, so you’ll receive expert, professional advice when securing a position. The team is available to you as soon as you graduate, and to date, we have a perfect record of helping our graduates find teaching positions abroad.
We’ll work with you on:
- Choosing how and where you want to teach
- Perfecting your CV/resume and application methods
- Country-specific advice
- Work visa guidance
- Expected salaries
We’ll be with you every step of the way, not only until you find your first teaching job but at any point throughout your teaching career. So, how and where will you teach English?
A note on job placement services
We don’t provide job placement services, and we’d encourage anyone considering a TEFL/TESOL course that advertises them to be extremely cautious. Some programs promise graduates great things, only to place them in far worse conditions than they were led to expect. In some cases, the TEFL program itself also takes a cut of the teacher’s weekly or monthly salary through a deal made with the placement school, and the teacher isn’t told about it. Our approach is different: we advise and support you, and you choose where and how you teach.
We don’t handle work visas directly, but we do provide information and advice. For example, we recently helped a graduate who had questions about Vietnam’s long-term visa requirements. She was confused by the conflicting information she found online and just wanted a simple, straightforward answer.
The trouble with researching visas online is that much of what you find is out of date, misleading, or simply wrong. Because we have contacts on the ground in Vietnam, we were able to get her the exact, up-to-date requirements for 2026 with just one phone call.
There’s no single answer to this one, because it depends on the recruitment policies of individual schools and, in some countries, on visa rules. Some schools and countries do set an age cut-off, and it’s better to know that upfront. In general, though, there is no official age limit for teaching English abroad or online, and many employers value the experience and maturity that older teachers bring.
Our experience backs this up. Since 2019, we haven’t had a single older graduate who was unable to find work. Our International Job Guidance Team can also point you toward schools and countries that welcome teachers of all ages, and advise you on any age-related visa requirements for your chosen destination.
At TEFL Online Pro, we firmly believe that age, gender, or race should never determine whether a person is suitable for a teaching position.
Absolutely! Whether you’re a recent graduate or simply looking for a change of teaching location, the TEFL Online Pro International Job Guidance Team is here to advise and assist you at any time during your teaching career, abroad/overseas or online. This ongoing service is free, and it’s available exclusively to TEFL Online Pro course graduates.
We’re proud of our service and love helping our graduates find their way in the world. We always respond to email requests within 48 hours, so whether you have a general question or an urgent request, please reach out and we’ll get back to you promptly.
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