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Immigration Sweep of Schools on Wednesday, October 24
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Roch



Joined: 24 Apr 2003
Location: Seoul
PostPosted: Mon Oct 22, 2007 11:51 pm    Post subject: Immigration Sweep of Schools on Wednesday, October 24 Reply with quote
My co-teacher informed me that iimigration officials are going to go to all schools tomorrow to check out foreign teachers and their degrees.
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OiGirl



Joined: 23 Jan 2003
Location: Hoke-y-gun
PostPosted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 12:01 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
"All schools"??

Don't you usually take your degree to work with you on Wednesdays?

Whatever...
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ttompatz



Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
PostPosted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 12:05 am    Post subject: Re: Immigration Sweep of Schools on Wednesday, October 24 Reply with quote
Roch wrote:
My co-teacher informed me that iimigration officials are going to go to all schools tomorrow to check out foreign teachers and their degrees.


That's funny.

Guess we're gonna miss them....
Tomorrow is our school's foundation day so we won't be there...
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rockstarsmooth



Joined: 01 Aug 2006
Location: anyang, baybee!
PostPosted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 12:12 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
public, uni or hakwon?
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Arrow right now i'm listening to: metallica - eye of the beholder
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SeoulShakin



Joined: 05 Jan 2006
Location: Seoul
PostPosted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 1:19 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Damn - that's a whole lot of school's to cover in just one day lol.
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TheUrbanMyth



Joined: 28 Jan 2003
Location: Retired
PostPosted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 2:12 am    Post subject: Re: Immigration Sweep of Schools on Wednesday, October 24 Reply with quote
Roch wrote:
My co-teacher informed me that iimigration officials are going to go to all schools tomorrow to check out foreign teachers and their degrees.


Immigration doesn't have that kind of manpower. One day? All schools? Not going to happen.
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Pak Yu Man



Joined: 02 Jun 2005
Location: The Ida galaxy
PostPosted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 3:29 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Immigration couldn't even cover one city in one day.

so this is a 'surprise' inspection, yet your bosses know it's coming.

If I was your boss I'd tell my illegal teachers to stay home tomorrow.
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dannylelievre



Joined: 11 Nov 2006
PostPosted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 3:54 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
we were notified today to prove our university was legit, bring in diplomas and transcripts tomorrow. seems pointless of course.
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spyro25



Joined: 23 Nov 2004
PostPosted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 3:58 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
not heard anything in busan.
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Pak Yu Man



Joined: 02 Jun 2005
Location: The Ida galaxy
PostPosted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 4:02 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
We gave our info in the summer. Nothing has happened. They probably saw all the papers and just said "must be good!"
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Col.Brandon



Joined: 09 Aug 2004
Location: Seoul
PostPosted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 4:53 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
I got called out of class today and asked why my university didn't reply to their half-assed Konglishy letter requesting information on my degree (no doubt implying that there's something fishy about my qualifications).
I told them that my country has privacy laws and the school won't just hand out a person's private details to some random clown on the internet.

They said, "Well, the government has asked us to re-verify your degree." I said, "So, you want me to give you the information that you already have again?" They said, "Yes, everyone has to do it, even Koreans, and we need it by tomorrow"... this after the Konglishy letter that was sent 6 weeks ago got no response.

Sheesh. The funny thing is I don't even need a degree since I'm on an F-2.

Sometimes I despair of this place...
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shaunew



Joined: 17 Apr 2007
Location: Calgary
PostPosted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 5:05 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
I'm the same way, f-2 visa so I told them I have the f-2 if they want to bug me about this I can find a new job in 15 minutes. They then went to the office and looked at the photo copy of the degree I gave them and they said sorry.
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