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[penfold]

Hi guys,

Despite the amount of money that our schools were throwing at as to stay we have decided to head home.

That said i've got a few questions:

1) Regarding how we extend our ARCs i found that at the korean immigration website you extend your stay electronically, thats is, you don't have to go to the immigration office and do it. At the moment I've got an official looking piece of paper that says my ARC is extended. Just wondering if anyone done this?

2) Our last day is on the 21st, we head up to seoul that day and leave korea on the 23rd. Regarding our pay, our schools have told us that we would be getting it on the 21st or 22nd. This is obviously not what we want for obvious reasons, while I'm sure the govt would pay us our severence plane ticket back, we are worried that if something goes wrong we would most likely be home and fixing it would be difficult.

Has any had their schools send you their final amount of money after you have left the town/country - how did it go

Has anyone got their school to pay them a few days early so they can
1) confirm the amount of money deposited is correct and

2) wire it home and confirm it got there.

How did you get them to do this - just ask them or did they do it on their own

Any ideas how we can minimize the problems this could raise. i.e. the school just to draw a check in our names?

While it has been a great year, this issue is starting to annoy me as they just don't seem to to understand/get our side of the problem and i can just see something going wrong at the last minute.

Thoughts or opinions would are greatly wanted/needed

penfold

[penfold]

oh and that govt website

http://www.g4f.go.kr/pt/CvlapplInfoDetailR_en.pt?pageSpec=&targetRow=&lafjOrderBy=&onlineApplYn=Y&appcYn=Y&sLOrgnCd=&sSOrgnCd=&sCvlapplNm=&cvlapplCd=12700000095&orgnCvlapplCd=J02&userId=&locale=en

[Smee]

Just remember to get your pension sorted out before you go. You need to go to a pension office and show them a few documents (passport, ARC [I think], bank account information for when they send the money back home) and your plane ticket. Once your school gives you your plane tickets, see if you can get a day or afternoon off to take care of your pension. If you don't have a free afternoon, you pretty much need to insist on it, as it's really important that you go to the pension office. There's three pension offices in Gwangju, and the nearest one is in Haenam. I'm not sure which one handles our jurisdiction, so maybe get a Korean to phone them.

List of pension offices in Jeollanam-do: http://wiki.galbijim.com/National_Pension_Offices#Gwangju.2C_and_the_Jeolla_Provinces

edited for clarity.

[ttompatz]

[penfold]

[ChuckECheese]

[penfold]

crap

ok what can i do?

I've asked asked them several times, I've explained to them why we want it a few days early but they just say it will be paid on the 21st and that it is not possible to receive it any earlier.

The best I can do is ask for it is early on the 21st and if it is not there start chucking a stink untill school finishes - again the problem is we are leaving that night to go to seoul.

Is this an unreasonable request - personally i think it is quite rersonable as we are leaving the country and would have little or no recourse if either the money is not there or the wrong amount is.

Penfold

[ttompatz]

[Roch]

[root555]

So how far in advance before one leaves do you suggest that one apply for the pension refund???

[root555]

And to receive it while still in Korea- how long does it take for them to process everything and deposit it into your account?

[Poemer]

It is my understanding that you can't get your pension deposited in a domestic account. That's why you have to take a plane ticket with you to the pension office; you prove you are leaving and then they wire the money to your foreign acct. I'm not sure how long the money takes to get there.

So, as soon as you have confirmation of your flight out it would be a good idea to head to the pension office and get things settled.

[ttompatz]

[jay-shi]

[Poemer]

So, if you don't leave the country between contracts you can still collect pension?