Korean Job Discussion Forums

bits · Joined: 07 Feb 2003 Location: Daegu, South Korea

I recently accepted a job in Korea and wanted to find out how long it takes the Hagwan owner to have my visa issued? (Just turn around time from the time they have my paperwork until the Korean government gives the owner my visa).

Thank you

Anda · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Location: South Korea

If you are in country on a tourist visa and have been offered a position then your future Hogwan boss should be able to write up contract papers in one to two days at which point you shold go together to immigration with aditional papers like an original copy of your degree and apply for a visa approval, This should only take immigration 3 to 5 days to process / grant. At this point you fly to Japan for one or two days to have a Korean Consulate stamp an E2 visa into your passport. After you arrive back you have 90 days in which to take your passport in to your loccal Korean Embassy and apply for an alian card ( this can be done straight away after you get back from Japan). This normally takes immigration 3 to 4 days to issue. That's it.

You can do everything without having your employer with you at immigration provided the paperwork is correct. Once you apply for your alian card you are locked in with your new employer so don't be in too big a hurry to get an alian card, You can back out of your contract if you haven't applied for your alian card but then you would have to go through everything again. As stated below it can be a headacke doing things out of country unless all the paperwork is in order.

Zyzyfer · Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2003 12:18 am Post subject:

It's gonna take a while. Try to blanket yourself with a month's time. It might not take that long, but inexplicable delays may arise.

Edit: Forgot to point out that I was referring to a person who stays in their home country to wait for the visa.

Squaffy · Joined: 25 Feb 2003 Location: All over the place

Mine took 5 weeks and I used DHL to deliver to SoKo.

Blue Flower · Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2003 6:28 pm Post subject:

Zyzyfer · Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2003 8:25 pm Post subject:

Blue Flower: Be sure to let your school know the deal. Keep them informed about this fact.

Blue Flower · Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2003 1:05 pm Post subject:

Thanks zyzyfer - I let my recruiter know, and he informed his partner in Korea. I know all my docs got to where they were supposed to. Yay for NZ post! Very Happy

I'm just waiting for the school to send the visa issuance stuff back to me. I was supposed to include paid return courier postage, but I refused. If the school can't afford to pay to send me the stuff I need to actually work for them, then i don't want to go there. So I told my recruiter that was what i was doing. He seemed fine with it. I guess I will find out if I've still got that job, but I'm not too worried. There's heaps more where that one came from. Cool