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| What did your employer say when you asked for your diploma? |
| My boss said, "Ok, here you go." |
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| My boss said, ""Sure no problem, let me find it". |
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| My employer walked away from me. |
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| My employer asked, "Why do you want it?" |
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| My employer said, "You can have it when you finish working one year." |
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| My employer was very rude to me and said, "No!" |
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| My employer did not say anything to me and gave it to me a couple of hours later. |
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| My employer did not say anything to me and gave it to me the next day. |
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alabamaman
Joined: 25 Apr 2006
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 Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 9:26 am Post subject: Diploma post II: What did your employer say when you asked |
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I wrote a note to my boss yesterday asking very nicely that he bring my diploma into work today. There were no problems and he gave it to me. He asked me, "Why do you want it back?" I replied, "Because I want it back." I have other duplicate copies as well that I brought with me when I came to Korea.
I'm just curious as to what responses other posters may have heard from their employers.
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icicle
Joined: 09 Feb 2007
Location: Gyeonggi do Korea
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| Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 2:20 pm Post subject: |
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When I asked for mine back I was initially asked why? and then told that they needed to keep it in case they were audited and needed to show it.
(this is not a hagwon). I then said that they cost a lot of money for me to replace and I wanted to make sure they were safe (which is true ... They would have cost me $75-100 each to replace and taken 1-2 months to replace .. and I had 3)
I offered to bring it in to school if that happened and it was needed and they took a photocopy and gave them back to me.
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ashke516
Joined: 01 Mar 2005
Location: on the beach
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| Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 3:17 pm Post subject: |
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| I didn't have to ask for mine back, she gave it back to me soon after I started working. |
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Tokki1
Joined: 14 May 2007
Location: The gap between the Korean superiority and inferiority complex
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| Posted: Sat May 19, 2007 4:17 am Post subject: |
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| Why would my boss have my diploma. |
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icicle
Joined: 09 Feb 2007
Location: Gyeonggi do Korea
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| Posted: Sat May 19, 2007 4:25 am Post subject: |
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| Tokki1 wrote: |
| Why would my boss have my diploma. |
Those of us who applied for our E2 visa from our home country needed to send it to them so they could do the first stage of visa application in Korea ... When the diploma came back from Immigration (who needed to see the diploma but not keep it) our schools kept the diplomas for us until we arrived in the country .... then we should have got it straight back ... as there is no need for the Employer to keep hold of the diploma.
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polonius
Joined: 05 Jun 2004
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| Posted: Sat May 19, 2007 4:34 am Post subject: |
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| Got mine back before I could ask for it. |
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Tokki1
Joined: 14 May 2007
Location: The gap between the Korean superiority and inferiority complex
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| Posted: Sat May 19, 2007 4:50 am Post subject: |
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| icicle wrote: |
| Tokki1 wrote: |
| Why would my boss have my diploma. |
Those of us who applied for our E2 visa from our home country needed to send it to them so they could do the first stage of visa application in Korea ... When the diploma came back from Immigration (who needed to see the diploma but not keep it) our schools kept the diplomas for us until we arrived in the country .... then we should have got it straight back ... as there is no need for the Employer to keep hold of the diploma.
Icicle |
You can also send a notarized copy (I'd never send the original). |
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spliff
Joined: 19 Jan 2004
Location: Khon Kaen, Thailand
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| Posted: Sat May 19, 2007 4:53 am Post subject: |
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| Tokki1 wrote: |
| Why would my boss have my diploma. |
So true...why would you give it to him? |
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PhD
Joined: 15 May 2007
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| Posted: Sat May 19, 2007 4:59 am Post subject: |
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Another group that may require a copy of your diploma would be the Ministry of Education. Therefore, go to the Korean Consulate and ask for 2 or 3 certified copies of your diploma to be made. They will make a photocopy and stamp it as official. Then they will give you the original and the copies.
There is a fee for this, but it prevents the "boss" from holding it hostage or selling it on the black market.
AND if you aren't here yet, this same procedure will suffice for getting your VISA. |
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pest2
Joined: 01 Jun 2005
Location: Vancouver, Canada
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| Posted: Sat May 19, 2007 5:01 am Post subject: |
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| first employer kept it for the year. second gave it back immediately after it wasnt needed. Current one is a public school, so they gave it back immediately. |
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Young FRANKenstein
Joined: 02 Oct 2006
Location: Castle Frankenstein (that's FRONKensteen)
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| Posted: Sat May 19, 2007 5:32 am Post subject: |
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| Option Other: employers have never held onto my degree, so I've never had to ask. |
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alabamaman
Joined: 25 Apr 2006
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| Posted: Sat May 19, 2007 5:35 am Post subject: |
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| Can teachers get certified copies of their diploma at the US Embassy in Seoul? |
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willneverteachagain
Joined: 17 Dec 2006
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| Posted: Sun May 20, 2007 9:08 am Post subject: |
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| no |
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poet13
Joined: 22 Jan 2006
Location: Just over there....throwing lemons.
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| Posted: Sun May 20, 2007 6:10 pm Post subject: |
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Mine said, "Why do you need it?" 
I said, "Because it's mine."  |
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