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JZer
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| I am hoping to make a long term move to Okinawa or Guam. |
As you're probably aware, Guam would mean absolutely no visa hassles whatsoever since it's our turf -- man, I love being part of an empire. 
Hawaii...
Saipan...
Guam... |
Except in Saipain you are not allowed to buy a property if you are not a native. |
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Rooster_2006
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| Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2011 2:55 pm Post subject: |
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| JZer wrote: |
| Rooster_2006 wrote: |
| JZer wrote: |
| I am hoping to make a long term move to Okinawa or Guam. |
As you're probably aware, Guam would mean absolutely no visa hassles whatsoever since it's our turf -- man, I love being part of an empire.
Hawaii...
Saipan...
Guam... |
Except in Saipain you are not allowed to buy a property if you are not a native. |
Awww man, that sucks. Since Saipan's population is entirely US nationals, though, how do they measure "native" for property-buying purposes? Blood? Some sort of Korean hojeok-style census registry? Indian Rervation-style blood quantum, like the Dawes Rolls? Length of stay in Saipan?
At any rate, I'm somewhat regretful that our massive, sprawling empire no longer controls the Philippines. Just think, 100 years or so ago, we not only had islands CLOSE to Asia, we HAD part of Asia... |
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JZer
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| Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2011 3:09 pm Post subject: |
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Interestingly, when I was in Palau, and I wouldn't be surprised that this happens in Saipan too that some locals sit around an collect paycheck while they use their name as a front so that Chinese, Taiwanese, Koreans, and Japanese can run large hotels in Palau. The receive money for being part owners legally and not doing a whole lot. From what I was told now locals cannot own the property.
I even met the President of Palau in a bar! |
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Rooster_2006
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| JZer wrote: |
Interestingly, when I was in Palau, and I wouldn't be surprised that this happens in Saipan too that some locals sit around an collect paycheck while they use their name as a front so that Chinese, Taiwanese, Koreans, and Japanese can run large hotels in Palau. The receive money for being part owners legally and not doing a whole lot. From what I was told now locals cannot own the property.
I even met the President of Palau in a bar! |
A Jewish rabbi, JZer, and the President of Palau are in a bar...
That is pretty cool, though. What was the dude like? |
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JZer
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| Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2011 2:16 pm Post subject: |
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| He didn't really talk to me. I shook his hand and that was it. Actually I was sitting in the bar in Palau and all the locals had to leave. The American lawyer who works in Palau told me that the president was coming. I thought he was telling stories. Actually I didn't believe him until the next day I looked up the presidents picture on the internet and saw that he in fact attending law school at the University of Washington. The presidents's name k is Johnson Toribiong. |
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nomad-ish
Joined: 21 Oct 2010
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Location: Moving up the food chain!
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| Hey JZer, is that by law or just a standard among private schools? I came across one private school advertising for licensed or unlicensed teachers. Not sure if it was legit, but seemed alright. |
It's the law.
I concur with JZer -- some schools may advertise that they require less, but they are probably getting you an illegal ARC through a cram school. This has been known to happen with public schools, as well.
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| I'm thinking I will go the cram school route, but I'm hoping to get 2 part-time cram school jobs, just in case there are troubles with one. What do people think of this idea? It doesn't seem like many schools pay for airfare and I heard that I could have two work places on my visa. |
Two part-time cram school jobs will not allow you to obtain a visa unless one of them lies about the hours. You must have at least one sponsor offering 14+ teaching hours, which is the legal minimum definition of "'full-time."
Here are the work permit configurations you're allowed to have:
1 FT only
1 FT + 1 PT
1 FT + 2 PT
2 FT
Your total hours must not exceed 32 hours by law. Additionally, legally, you must have at least 14 hours at one place to obtain sponsorship in the first place.
A "full-time" job must be at least 14 hours. A "part-time" job must be at least seven hours. Therefore, the combinations I mentioned above are the only possible combinations.
I will note that it is very difficult to get two full-time, ARC-sponsoring cram schools. This is because basically every cram school wants you to work on Wednesdays and Fridays. It is exceedingly difficult to find two cram schools that don't overlap at some point. The very few that don't overlap generally aren't full-time gigs, and therefore cannot legally sponsor a visa (although some employers may be willing to write in "14 hours" on the application form if they feel like it, which is technically illegal, but will never be discovered).
Many people solve this problem by getting a full-time cram school job in the evenings and a full-time kindy job in the mornings, but of course, kindy is illegal, so in my opinion, this option simply shifts the risk to another kind of risk.
OP, why, specifically, do you want to move to Taiwan? I can think of reasons for and against (I lived in Korea for five years and Taiwan for 1.5), but am curious to hear why you think life will be better in Taiwan. |
sorry to interrupt your conversation, guys 
and rooster, thanks for the info on the work permit configurations! i'll probably be looking at 1 FT or 1FT+1PT. also to answer your last question, it's not so much that i think life will be better in taiwan, but i'm just looking for something different and a new challenge. i (mostly) enjoyed my time in korea and i would love to just go back there, but i feel i need to explore some place new right now. simple as that 
the reason i chose taiwan specifically: (1) i already had a job set for japan, but i've been getting too many headaches from people telling me not to go right now, (2) less strict with visa workplaces than korea, (3) seems like there's enough of an expat community that if i want to take cooking classes, etc. finding one conducted in some english won't be difficult, (4) i'm still close to some great travel destinations, and (5) i'm really starting to like the idea of no snow! |
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