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Miguel12



Joined: 03 Nov 2007
Location: Louisiana, USA
PostPosted: Thu Nov 08, 2007 7:14 pm    Post subject: Consulate interview - Houston Reply with quote
Anyone have any insight/suggestions/warnings about having an interview with the Korean consulates in the US? I am going to have an interview at the consulate in Houston, and would like to know what to expect and how to prepare for it. Thanks.
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Satin



Joined: 26 Oct 2006
Location: Texas
PostPosted: Thu Nov 08, 2007 7:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Laughing You will the first! At least - that I've heard about. I don't think anyone knows for sure what the interview entails.

Please let the rest of us know!

I assume, you called and arranged a date and time?
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Jizzo T. Clown



Joined: 27 Mar 2006
Location: at my wit's end
PostPosted: Thu Nov 08, 2007 8:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
That sure is a shame, you having to drive all the way to Houston, no matter where you are in Louisiana. I have some questions for you:

1. Is your potential employer going to reimburse you for the cost of your gas (which is skyrocketing now, right?) and hotel? (I would also add mileage but I'm a bit of a tight-ass)

and

2. Were you already offered the job pending the interview, or will you find out your employer's decision after the interview?


You have the unique opportunity to help us out who are already in Korea! Smile
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reactionary



Joined: 22 Oct 2006
Location: korreia
PostPosted: Thu Nov 08, 2007 9:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I hope you got a VERY good job. Maybe you'd like to post the details? Don't jump through all these BS hoops and then land in a lame situation.

You know, for the amount of people who come here, then get screwed on their benefits...the fact that the korean government is making getting a visa a hassle would make those kinds of arrangements an even bigger slap on the face.

When I have problems with my employer, I usually shrug it off: "Well it took no effort to get here, you get what you pay for."

I know this has been said a hundred times the past week, but if Korea is going to up its expectations of teachers, it had damn well better do the same of its schools and academies.
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Bibbitybop



Joined: 22 Feb 2006
Location: Seoul
PostPosted: Thu Nov 08, 2007 9:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I was thinking about a situation related to this today: Does the interview grant you permission to get an E-2 visa for a certain period of time, or is it a contract by contract basis.

With the shady, lying hogwans operating, we've all hear stories of hogwans pulling out of the deal at the last minute. What if a trip to Houston was finished and the hogwan said "nevermind."
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slothrop



Joined: 03 Feb 2003
PostPosted: Thu Nov 08, 2007 10:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
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Optimus Prime



Joined: 05 Jul 2007
PostPosted: Fri Nov 09, 2007 2:48 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
slothrop wrote:
Bibbitybop wrote:
I was thinking about a situation related to this today: Does the interview grant you permission to get an E-2 visa for a certain period of time, or is it a contract by contract basis.

With the shady, lying hogwans operating, we've all hear stories of hogwans pulling out of the deal at the last minute. What if a trip to Houston was finished and the hogwan said "nevermind."


This is a VERY important point. It's already been said that those applying for interviews must have ALL these things turned in AT the interview(medical check, background check, notarized/apostilized diploma, all at your expense), i would imagine you'd also have to submit an actual contract/job offer from your employer, so what happens if after spending a few thousand bucks on all those things, a plane ticket, hotel while waiting for the results of your medical check and background check to come back(most state checks in the U.S. say 5-10 business days), then your employer backs out(maybe this all took too long so he BOUGHT a teacher already in Korea from another hagwan by having his contact TRANSFERED over. Are you left SOL? And what if you do all this and after you get to Korea your employer starts ripping you off? not paying your whole salary, deducting things from your pay that aren't warranted, or even just making your life a living hell? if after 6 months you quit, would you have to go back and set up ANOTHER interview and get a NEW medical checkup and backgound check, also at YOUR expense? I can really see unethical hagwan owners taking advantage of this situation. It basically puts English teachers in the same situation as 3D workers, one that is highly conducive to being ripped off and taken advantage of, with little or no recourse. This is a human rights violation waiting to happen.


Excellent posts. Though I kinda think this is a put-on. I didn't think any of this went into effect until December, and even then, no one at Immi has been given any details yet.

Anyone know where I can take Chinese lessons in Korea so I can get a jump on the language before I go to Taiwan after this contract?
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ddeubel



Joined: 20 Jul 2005
PostPosted: Fri Nov 09, 2007 4:16 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
You'll be fine.

DD
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Miguel12



Joined: 03 Nov 2007
Location: Louisiana, USA
PostPosted: Fri Nov 09, 2007 7:59 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Oh jeez, my OP seems to have been a bit confusing...I am going to have a consulate interview for a PS position in GWD. This has been standard practice for PS gigs, so I was seeing if anyone else has gone through this process. I wouldn't take a Hagwon position, personally, and certainly not if it required a consulate interview.
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22tea77



Joined: 22 Oct 2007
Location: United States
PostPosted: Fri Nov 09, 2007 8:05 am    Post subject: Yes...please tell us how it went...and also Reply with quote
did you actually have to show up with Police Check, Medical papers, notarized this and that all in hand? Did they guarentee you a job after the interview or are you still on hold???
Guess I choose the wrong time to apply for my first job in Korea. All these new rules put an ENORMOUS expense up front....the cost of that med exam alone is a small fortune (at least here in the US)....testing for Hep B and Hep C!! Wouldn't mind if these things were AFTER a SECURE and REGULATED job was in place, but as part of the application process, they have got to be kidding!!
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Bibbitybop



Joined: 22 Feb 2006
Location: Seoul
PostPosted: Fri Nov 09, 2007 8:40 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Miguel12 wrote:
Oh jeez, my OP seems to have been a bit confusing...I am going to have a consulate interview for a PS position in GWD. This has been standard practice for PS gigs, so I was seeing if anyone else has gone through this process. I wouldn't take a Hagwon position, personally, and certainly not if it required a consulate interview.


Consulate interviews are NOT standard practice, repeat NOT STA