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polonius

Joined: 05 Jun 2004
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Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 6:45 am Post subject: Who is to blame? |
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So, 2 teachers take a four day weekend to Beijing. On Friday, they handed in their 30 day notice, as required by the contract. (No surprise, they didn't fit in) They leave for China on Saturday. They return to Korea on Tuesday. They are Canadian. They didn't get a re-entry visa.
Everytime I have had teachers leave the country before, they were notified upon depature that they needed a re-entry visa. And all teachers went to immigration at the airport and got their re-entry.
So my question is, is it possible that they were not notified upon departure that they required the re-entry, or ia it more likely that they were notified, and wanted a quicker way out of their E2 visa, as it was cancelled once they returned to Korea.
Cheers for any input. |
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Homer Guest
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Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 7:48 am Post subject: |
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With a single entry visa, once they leave, they invalidate their work visa.
However, they cannot get a new E-2 until their current employer cancels it at immigration. |
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Hyeon Een

Joined: 24 Jun 2005
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Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 7:49 am Post subject: |
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Don't know about your specific situation, but I do know of a Canadian who went to China a couple of months ago and neglected to get a re-entry permit. His E2 was cancelled and he was about to go to Japan on another visa run when I met him. He was ignorant of the immigration rules and wasn't informed of them when he went on his vacation.
Same thing might have happened with your teachers. But who knows.. |
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just because

Joined: 01 Aug 2003 Location: Changwon - 4964
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Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 6:22 pm Post subject: |
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I would put the weight of blame on the teachers...
Being ignorant about local laws doesn't make one not responsible....
immigration might have been super busy as it was chuseok weekend and just might not have had time to check properly and hence the oversight |
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polonius

Joined: 05 Jun 2004
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Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 8:00 pm Post subject: Blame |
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Am I correct in thinking that, when you enter a country, they stamp a visa in your passport, be it stamping your E2 or a visitor's visa, and when you leave, immigration will stamp on or next to that arrival stamp. Therefore, they should have been informed upon exodus that their visa was being terminated. I do understand that it was Soellal, and immigration might have been busy, but isn't it one cardinal rule of theirs to stamp out a visa upon leaving? |
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plokiju

Joined: 15 Mar 2005
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Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 8:36 pm Post subject: |
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Don't they usually ask for the ARC card as well? At least to see it? If immigration had been doing their job properly shouldn't they have confiscated them when they left without the re-entry permit?
Either the teachers knew everything or the guy who processed them out didn't know anything. But if their plan was to not work once they returned why did they bother coming back to Korea at all? A runner would've been easier unless are planning to start looking for new jobs now. |
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