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[Gwangjuboy]

[indytrucks]

Just got off the phone with Daejon immi, yet again. They now tell me that as of Dec. 15th, people wanting to renew will need a medical check and a criminal check. Nothing about an interview. As for what manner of criminal check, the girl didn't speak English well enough to tell me. Same for the medical, and whether or not they want it from here, or from your home country.

[Hank the Iconoclast]

Aye, after reading that link with the new VISA requirements I can say it is much less likely I will be here next year. Who the hell wants to put up with all of that to renew their E2 VISA? Seriously.

[Netz]

[Hank the Iconoclast]

[hogwonguy1979]

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[jjk]

The school we are lloking at returning to Korea with in Daejeon (not a hagwon) has told me I need to submit the police check, but if it is the original, it doesn't need to have an apostille attached. They also said that they will pay for it when we get to Korea, with a receipt. The cost for a Federal Police Check here in Australia is $32.50, and takes approx. 10-15 days, according to the Federal Police site.

As for the medical, we have been given a self medical evaluation form to fill in, and the school will take us to a hospital in Korea, and pay for the checks when we are there. It seems the medical will be similar to that in Taiwan and China, though more targeted in Korea, as it is only for E2's. There anyone who applies for a visa of more than 180 days needs to provide the health check.

It seems easy enough, but there was no mention of an interview from the school. One would think that the fact we lived in Korea for 7 years without criminal issues would suffice for the Korean government, but there you go.

As said by others, it isn't the fact we have to provide the documents, it is the way it has been done. Also, it could be expensive- I would imagine that health checks are expensive in the US for newbies who have jobs there without insurance before coming over!

[Hank the Iconoclast]

[SuperHero]

[madowlspeaks]

Okay, so how is it that a USA citizen gets an Apostille?

and PLEASE stay on topic with this

[gimmesome3k]

All of this crap is a good reason not to stay in Korea! Even as it is, a visa run to Japan is costly if you end up signing up with a company that only retroactively pays for your airfare to japan and leaves you stranded there for two weeks telling you that "tomorow, tomorrow" your visa registration # will come through, so please don't travel around the country and enjoy yourself (sorry venting about unpleasant English Village experiences...lol) ANYWAYS

It seems as though these new measures, if adopted will cause unneccessary waiting times and financial burdens on all parties involved.

As it is, the stupid public school I'm working at now wasn't satisfied with my original degree and sealed transcripts. They wanted a photocopy of my alumni card and something that was roughly translated to me as "your name and your university name on same page from internet".

yeah. then they got confused when my alumni card # didn't match my student ID # on my transcript.

@$(*#&*$&#!!!!

[bodybydada]

[some waygug-in]

It seems to me that these new regulations will have the following effects:

It may encourage people to re-sign for a job that they would otherwise have
left. ( another year with a crap job is better than going through all this needless garbage just to change jobs, which may or may not be any better)

It may also mean that even more people are going to stay for 1 year only.

What it will do is eliminate people (like me) who came 1 year at a time and worked in different jobs each year. Not that this will be impossible, but it will be such a huge pain in the arse that no one will want to do it.

I don't know how this will make things better, if anything it will lower the quality of teachers because now even more will be the "I'm only here for a year and I don't give a flying f**k" type.


Well done scientists of Mars.