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Immigration Sweep of Schools on Wednesday, October 24
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Roch



Joined: 24 Apr 2003
Location: Seoul

PostPosted: Mon Oct 22, 2007 11:51 pm    Post subject: Immigration Sweep of Schools on Wednesday, October 24 Reply with quote

My co-teacher informed me that iimigration officials are going to go to all schools tomorrow to check out foreign teachers and their degrees.
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OiGirl



Joined: 23 Jan 2003
Location: Hoke-y-gun

PostPosted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 12:01 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

"All schools"??

Don't you usually take your degree to work with you on Wednesdays?

Whatever...
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ttompatz



Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea

PostPosted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 12:05 am    Post subject: Re: Immigration Sweep of Schools on Wednesday, October 24 Reply with quote

Roch wrote:
My co-teacher informed me that iimigration officials are going to go to all schools tomorrow to check out foreign teachers and their degrees.


That's funny.

Guess we're gonna miss them....
Tomorrow is our school's foundation day so we won't be there...
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rockstarsmooth



Joined: 01 Aug 2006
Location: anyang, baybee!

PostPosted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 12:12 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

public, uni or hakwon?
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SeoulShakin



Joined: 05 Jan 2006
Location: Seoul

PostPosted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 1:19 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Damn - that's a whole lot of school's to cover in just one day lol.
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TheUrbanMyth



Joined: 28 Jan 2003
Location: Retired

PostPosted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 2:12 am    Post subject: Re: Immigration Sweep of Schools on Wednesday, October 24 Reply with quote

Roch wrote:
My co-teacher informed me that iimigration officials are going to go to all schools tomorrow to check out foreign teachers and their degrees.


Immigration doesn't have that kind of manpower. One day? All schools? Not going to happen.
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Pak Yu Man



Joined: 02 Jun 2005
Location: The Ida galaxy

PostPosted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 3:29 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Immigration couldn't even cover one city in one day.

so this is a 'surprise' inspection, yet your bosses know it's coming.

If I was your boss I'd tell my illegal teachers to stay home tomorrow.
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dannylelievre



Joined: 11 Nov 2006

PostPosted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 3:54 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

we were notified today to prove our university was legit, bring in diplomas and transcripts tomorrow. seems pointless of course.
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spyro25



Joined: 23 Nov 2004

PostPosted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 3:58 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

not heard anything in busan.
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Pak Yu Man



Joined: 02 Jun 2005
Location: The Ida galaxy

PostPosted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 4:02 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

We gave our info in the summer. Nothing has happened. They probably saw all the papers and just said "must be good!"
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Col.Brandon



Joined: 09 Aug 2004
Location: Seoul

PostPosted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 4:53 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I got called out of class today and asked why my university didn't reply to their half-assed Konglishy letter requesting information on my degree (no doubt implying that there's something fishy about my qualifications).
I told them that my country has privacy laws and the school won't just hand out a person's private details to some random clown on the internet.

They said, "Well, the government has asked us to re-verify your degree." I said, "So, you want me to give you the information that you already have again?" They said, "Yes, everyone has to do it, even Koreans, and we need it by tomorrow"... this after the Konglishy letter that was sent 6 weeks ago got no response.

Sheesh. The funny thing is I don't even need a degree since I'm on an F-2.

Sometimes I despair of this place...
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shaunew



Joined: 17 Apr 2007
Location: Calgary

PostPosted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 5:05 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'm the same way, f-2 visa so I told them I have the f-2 if they want to bug me about this I can find a new job in 15 minutes. They then went to the office and looked at the photo copy of the degree I gave them and they said sorry.
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kprrok



Joined: 06 Apr 2004
Location: KC

PostPosted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 5:49 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Col.Brandon wrote:
Sheesh. The funny thing is I don't even need a degree since I'm on an F-2.


Ah, but you do need a degree to legally teach at a school or hagwon. You just don't need it for your VISA.

KPRROK
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Hopelessly Human



Joined: 03 Oct 2006

PostPosted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 7:41 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Immigration came to my hagwon today.
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Roch



Joined: 24 Apr 2003
Location: Seoul

PostPosted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 5:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

One of the Konglishey teach-uhs just told me that he does not believe that most foreign teachers are university graduates. He also said that many Canadians are child molesters. He even demanded that I show him the web sites of the places where I did my undergrad and grad work.

One of the other Korean English teachers claimed that this guy used to harass the last foreign English teacher until the instructor finally had enough of it and resigned.

I told the guy off in a polite way and asked him to stop insulting me. Really, he did not bugger off until I remembered what I'taewon Guy would have told the *beep* about The Republic of Corruption and their reputation for fraud in all areas of life.


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