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Overseas teachers visiting Queensland

I am a teacher from overseas escorting international students on a study tour. Do I need a blue card?

Yes.

Paid staff employed by an international school, education agency or foreign government escorting students on a study tour fall under the 'schools - employees other than teachers and parents’ category of regulated employment and will be required to obtain a blue card if their work at a school includes, or is likely to include, providing services directed mainly towards children, or conducting activities that mainly involve children, for at least:

• eight consecutive days; or
• once a week, each week, over four weeks; or
• once a fortnight, each fortnight,  over eight weeks; or
• once a month,  each month, over six months.

You can apply for a blue card by submitting a ‘Paid employee (P) application form” (PDF, 295KB) and selecting the 'schools –employees other than teachers and parents' category of regulated employment.

An application for a blue card must be completed by the employee and the organisation for which they are working.   

Please note, as a paid employee you can commence child-related work after you have lodged your blue card application with the Commission.

I am a teacher from overseas escorting international students on a study tour and will be staying in a house where home stay accommodation is being provided to children.  Do I need a blue card?

Yes. 

If you are an adult staying in a house where home stay accommodation is being provided to children, you will need a blue card for that purpose if you are residing there for a period of more than ten days or on more than two occasions per year. 

The blue card for paid employment can be used for home stay as well.

 

Last updated: 15 June, 2011

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