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A Nonny Mouse



Joined: 14 Feb 2007

PostPosted: Tue May 22, 2007 8:10 pm    Post subject: If I ran off... Reply with quote

i'm thinking of leaving my school in a hurry (breaking contract), don't ask me why, i have my reasons. so i'm wondering, how will this affect being in Korea in the future? even if i'm done with the school i don't want to be done with the country. what is the school's procedure, do they contact the immigration department and cancel the visa? if i came back again would i be flagged for this? what about for finding jobs here in the future?
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Yu_Bum_suk



Joined: 25 Dec 2004

PostPosted: Tue May 22, 2007 8:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

You would most likely not be able to work in Korea again until your current contract expires. That way, if you love Korea but hate your boss, the sytem makes sure you end up hating Korea, too. What a brilliant way for a country to gain the international approval it so desperately craves, eh?
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cbclark4



Joined: 20 Aug 2006
Location: Masan

PostPosted: Tue May 22, 2007 8:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Why don't you just claim a family emergency and ask for a LoR?

My aunt Helen died I have to go home, I am very sorry, I am an emotional wreck we were so close, she married my ex-husband and this is just crushing me, sob, sob, wahhh, wahh, sniffle, sniffle. My Uncle Ben has cancer I don't think he'll last much longer we were very close and he's the father of my youngest son.

Give that a shot.

cbc
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kat2



Joined: 25 Oct 2005
Location: Busan, South Korea

PostPosted: Tue May 22, 2007 8:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Don't use the "my grandma died" thing. It takes away credibilty from people who actually do need to go home for a family emergency.

Ask for a LoR and give notice like a professional.

If they are so shady that you think they won't pay you then your only option is to run and teach in Taiwan or something for a few months unti your current visa expires.
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alabamaman



Joined: 25 Apr 2006

PostPosted: Tue May 22, 2007 8:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

http://www.efl-law.com/letter_of_release.php
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The Bobster



Joined: 15 Jan 2003

PostPosted: Tue May 22, 2007 9:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yu_Bum_suk wrote:
You would most likely not be able to work in Korea again until your current contract expires.

Almost right, but not exactly. It's not your contract that has to expire, but rather the visa you are working under at this time. If it's been six month since your E-2 was granted, you will have to wait another 6 six months before they will give you another one ... pretty sure this is right, and it amounts to just about the same as what ybs said above, anyway.
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Pak Yu Man



Joined: 02 Jun 2005
Location: The Ida galaxy

PostPosted: Wed May 23, 2007 1:25 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

The Bobster wrote:
Yu_Bum_suk wrote:
You would most likely not be able to work in Korea again until your current contract expires.

Almost right, but not exactly. It's not your contract that has to expire, but rather the visa you are working under at this time. If it's been six month since your E-2 was granted, you will have to wait another 6 six months before they will give you another one ... pretty sure this is right, and it amounts to just about the same as what ybs said above, anyway.


somantics. The contract ends when the visa ends. All Yu bum suk was saying is she'd be gone for the rest of her intended year.
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Richard Krainium



Joined: 12 Jan 2006

PostPosted: Wed May 23, 2007 2:04 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

If you run off? You'd only be living up to your username. Rolling Eyes
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yingwenlaoshi



Joined: 12 Feb 2007
Location: ... location, location!

PostPosted: Wed May 23, 2007 2:33 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

...you'd be gone. No big deal. You're free. Not in prison.
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skconqueror



Joined: 31 Jul 2005

PostPosted: Wed May 23, 2007 2:43 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

kat2 wrote:

Ask for a LoR and give notice like a professional.


hogwon professional?? haha.

The Bobster wrote:
Yu_Bum_suk wrote:
You would most likely not be able to work in Korea again until your current contract expires.

Almost right, but not exactly. It's not your contract that has to expire, but rather the visa you are working under at this time. If it's been six month since your E-2 was granted, you will have to wait another 6 six months before they will give you another one ... pretty sure this is right, and it amounts to just about the same as what ybs said above, anyway.


You're a tool
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