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metropolis
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seklarwia
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When you get a work visa, you can then sponsor your wife for a dependant's visa.
So she wouldn't be on your visa per se; she would have her own visa with its own set of rules - she can get special permission to work PT without the work type restrictions that you will have on your work visa - but of course she will only remain eligible for a dependant's visa as long as you remain eligible for a work visa. |
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Glenski
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| Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2011 9:52 pm Post subject: |
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| seklarwia is correct. Alternatively, if your wife would like to work full-time, she could also apply for her own work visa instead (or after she had the dependent visa, she could request a change of status of residence). |
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metropolis
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| Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2011 3:24 pm Post subject: dd |
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Glenski
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| Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2011 10:04 pm Post subject: Re: dd |
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| metropolis wrote: |
| thanks for the info. So is it better to get a school to sponser the visa first and then move to Japan or go there first and find a job? |
"Better" is a relative word IMO. Yes, it would be more secure to land a job before you arrive, but IMO you are not going to get interviewed sitting in Korea. Only a very rare employer will do that with Skype. You're going to have to be here to interview (or return to your home country for a few chances at interviewing with big outfits on their schedule).
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| And what about the work visa? Do you need original diploma and CRC just like Korea? |
Sometimes immigration offices are finicky that way, yes, but get a certified copy and sealed transcripts to serve as a substitute.
What is CRC? |
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G Cthulhu
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| Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2011 4:09 am Post subject: Re: dd |
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| metropolis wrote: |
| Just asking this point in relation to finding a job and the visa issue with my wife. |
There is no "issue" with a visa for your wife: you have the option of a dependent visa or, if she qualifies for it by having the right qualifications, a work visa. That's it. No "issues."
The only real questions is how *you* get a job, as glenski said. For that, try the archives. That's been discussed thousands of times. |
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isitts
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| Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2011 9:31 pm Post subject: Re: dd |
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| Glenski wrote: |
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| And what about the work visa? Do you need original diploma and CRC just like Korea? |
Sometimes immigration offices are finicky that way, yes, but get a certified copy and sealed transcripts to serve as a substitute.
What is CRC? |
CRC is a criminal record check. Has to be from the FBI. Korea used to accept state-level checks until a teacher with a pedophile record used a loophole and got their criminal background check from a different state than where he lived. The what-have-you hit the fan when he was discovered in Thailand with one of his students.
The FBI check can take up to 3 months to get back, and when you do get it back, you then need to send it to the Department of State in DC to get an apostille for it. That can take an additional 2 months (unless you live near DC and can walk it in or if you pay an absurd amount of money for a private courier to walk it in to DC for you).
Needless to say, people (esp. Americans) who have gone (or are going) through the hiring process in Korea have become very meticulous about getting started on that FBI check. And many are wondering if other countries are quite as difficult about it.
I, myself, have recently been accepted to EPIK (similar to JET), but I'm still waiting for my CRC to get back and as the program is first come first serve, it's possible I won't be able to get in because of this stupid background check. I should also note that I have an FBI CRC in hand but immigration won't accept it because it expires one month too early (after all that trouble, the CRC is only good for 6 months).
Anyway, that's the CRC. |
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metropolis
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| Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2011 4:36 pm Post subject: re |
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| How does the process work for adding someone on your visa as a dependent? Do you just need their passport number? Does she need to be physically present when I apply for my visa in order for her to be added? |
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Glenski
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Anglophony
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| Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2011 9:17 pm Post subject: legnth of visa |
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| Sounds like the length of her visa will be one year, repeatedly |
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