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JeannieAbroad
Joined: 27 Oct 2007
Location: Seoul
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 Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 9:12 am Post subject: Does anyone volunteer in Seoul? Info please. |
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A friend of mine invited me to volunteer with her at an orphanage last Sunday. It was an amazing experience. We cooked and played games with the kids.
Sadly, this opportunity is closed to additional volunteers. The only reason I got included was that she started volunteering there 9 years ago and is on the planning committee. Plus, its only once a month.
Does anyone else know of orphanages in Seoul that accept foreign volunteers? Most of the ones I've contacted haven't responded or are at capacity for volunteers, which is a good thing.
Any PM's would be great. |
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Areut
Joined: 18 Sep 2006
Location: Behind You!!!!
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| Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 9:17 am Post subject: Re: Does anyone volunteer in Seoul? Info please. |
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| JeannieAbroad wrote: |
A friend of mine invited me to volunteer with her at an orphanage last Sunday. It was an amazing experience. We cooked and played games with the kids.
Sadly, this opportunity is closed to additional volunteers. The only reason I got included was that she started volunteering there 9 years ago and is on the planning committee. Plus, its only once a month.
Does anyone else know of orphanages in Seoul that accept foreign volunteers? Most of the ones I've contacted haven't responded or are at capacity for volunteers, which is a good thing.
Any PM's would be great. |
Can't you be deported / fined for this. I would be careful. |
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OiGirl
Joined: 23 Jan 2003
Location: Hoke-y-gun
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| Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 1:56 pm Post subject: |
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Well, apparently Busan says it's okay now. I can't find the other thread right now.
Don't know if other Immigration offices will follow. |
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Bibbitybop
Joined: 22 Feb 2006
Location: Seoul
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Oigirl, or anyone else: Please post more information about volunteering (without registering and paying a fee) being legal in Busan. If it is legal in Busan, it SHOULD be legal in all Korea since it's an immigration (national) issue.
OP: Right now, you are legally supposed to register and pay a 60,000 to volunteer if you are on an E-2 visa.
See: http://www.immigration.go.kr/HP/IMM80/imm_04/imm_0404/sm9.jsp
Wouldn't it be great if we had a FAQ or sticky about volunteering? |
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Scotticus
Joined: 18 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 4:13 pm Post subject: |
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| Bibbitybop wrote: |
OP: Right now, you are legally supposed to register and pay a 60,000 to volunteer if you are on an E-2 visa.
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Gotta love a nation that demands you pay them, by threat of deportation, for the ability to help underprivileged children. |
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Ilsanman
Joined: 15 Aug 2003
Location: Bucheon, Korea
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| Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 4:48 pm Post subject: |
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Korea only had to do that once to discourage me from ever volunteering my time.
Can't give blood either, so I've heard.
Damn it sucks being an AIDS infested, fake degree holding, big nosed, loud, rude, uneducated, marijuana smoking womanizer. |
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JeannieAbroad
Joined: 27 Oct 2007
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 5:15 pm Post subject: Re: Does anyone volunteer in Seoul? Info please. |
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| Areut wrote: |
| JeannieAbroad wrote: |
A friend of mine invited me to volunteer with her at an orphanage last Sunday. It was an amazing experience. We cooked and played games with the kids.
Sadly, this opportunity is closed to additional volunteers. The only reason I got included was that she started volunteering there 9 years ago and is on the planning committee. Plus, its only once a month.
Does anyone else know of orphanages in Seoul that accept foreign volunteers? Most of the ones I've contacted haven't responded or are at capacity for volunteers, which is a good thing.
Any PM's would be great. |
Can't you be deported / fined for this. I would be careful. |
My boss knew I was going to do this. I just helped with the food. And I'll soon be on an F visa. I'm assuming on an F visa, it will be allowed, right? I hope so. |
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CentralCali
Joined: 17 May 2007
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| Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 5:56 pm Post subject: |
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| Bibbitybop wrote: |
Oigirl, or anyone else: Please post more information about volunteering (without registering and paying a fee) being legal in Busan. If it is legal in Busan, it SHOULD be legal in all Korea since it's an immigration (national) issue.
OP: Right now, you are legally supposed to register and pay a 60,000 to volunteer if you are on an E-2 visa.
See: http://www.immigration.go.kr/HP/IMM80/imm_04/imm_0404/sm9.jsp
Wouldn't it be great if we had a FAQ or sticky about volunteering? |
One of the questions I asked the Director of Busan Immigration Office during the Q&A session hosted by the Canadian Embassy last Saturday was, "What are the limits on volunteer work." His response was that you can volunteer for anything you want, you just can't charge money for it. You do not need to get any extra paperwork. When he gave that answer, I then told him in Korean why I asked: "My church's missionaries perform ten hours a week of community service, one hour of which is teaching English for free on Saturdays. I sometimes assist them with that and other community service." His response to that was, "That's perfectly fine."
Evidently, "activities beyond the current status of sojourn" means "paid activities." I would think that it's obvious that paid activities outside one's current visa are a violation. |
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Scotticus
Joined: 18 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 5:59 pm Post subject: |
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Evidently, "activities beyond the current status of sojourn" means "paid activities." I would think that it's obvious that paid activities outside one's current visa are a violation. |
Actually, it's not that obvious. Not all countries have the same visa restrictions that Korea has. Although I'm no expert on it, I know for a fact that in Japan the working restrictions on your visa are decidedly less draconian. |
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CentralCali
Joined: 17 May 2007
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| Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 6:55 pm Post subject: |
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| Well, American rules are pretty stiff, too. If you're not on a visa to the US that permits employment, that means no employment of any kind while there. |
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mark dew
Joined: 19 Oct 2007
Location: UK
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Here is a link of places you can volunteer.
http://seoulsnb.blogspot.com/2005/04/volunteer-opportunities-in-seoul-and.html
i used to go to an orphanage with SIRC years before once a month. The bloke in charge is a fine character called alan biggs. I don't know if they are still running but alan is still involved in charity work. He can be contacted from this article:
"If you would like to see the Myoung Ryun Children's Home for yourself, or would like more information about the Korea Red Cross International Volunteers and their work, contact the KCRIV Commander Alan Biggs, [email protected] "
Can't foreigners give blood anymore. I did in 1998. It was cheaper than having an aids test. They even told me my blood group.
I was in the immigration office lock up for 8 days and an african woman had been brought in for deportation as she had aids. She was pregnant and went to a doctor to get checked up and he reported her to immigration. Who raided her house and locked her up until she was deported.
So if you want to be checked out for any infectious diseases, just look for the red cross coach who will willingly take your blood.
Give them your real name and address and if you haven't been visited by immigration you can safely assume you are clean. |
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Areut
Joined: 18 Sep 2006
Location: Behind You!!!!
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| Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 7:17 pm Post subject: Re: Does anyone volunteer in Seoul? Info please. |
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| JeannieAbroad wrote: |
| Areut wrote: |
| JeannieAbroad wrote: |
A friend of mine invited me to volunteer with her at an orphanage last Sunday. It was an amazing experience. We cooked and played games with the kids.
Sadly, this opportunity is closed to additional volunteers. The only reason I got included was that she started volunteering there 9 years ago and is on the planning committee. Plus, its only once a month.
Does anyone else know of orphanages in Seoul that accept foreign volunteers? Most of the ones I've contacted haven't responded or are at capacity for volunteers, which is a good thing.
Any PM's would be great. |
Can't you be deported / fined for this. I would be careful. |
My boss knew I was going to do this. I just helped with the food. And I'll soon be on an F visa. I'm assuming on an F visa, it will be allowed, right? I hope so. |
I think having a F visa is different. But even if you boss knew what you are doing if you are not registered with immigration to be able to do volunteer work then you can be fined up to deportation. I know it is crazy to fine or deport someone for trying to help. |
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Scotticus
Joined: 18 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 7:24 pm Post subject: |
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| CentralCali wrote: |
| Well, American rules are pretty stiff, too. If you're not on a visa to the US that permits employment, that means no employment of any kind while there. |
But we're not talking about tourist/student visas, we're talking about work visas. My previous comment was in relation to work visas in Japan. The OP's comment was also in relation to a valid work visa.
In relation to your comment about "American" rules: I may be wrong, but I'd be willing to bet that most countries have work restrictions/bans if you're in the country on a non-work related visa... however that's not the topic at hand. |
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Atavistic
Joined: 22 May 2006
Location: How totally stupid that Korean doesn't show in this area.
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| Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 7:32 pm Post subject: Re: Does anyone volunteer in Seoul? Info please. |
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| JeannieAbroad wrote: |
My boss knew I was going to do this. I just helped with the food. And I'll soon be on an F visa. I'm assuming on an F visa, it will be allowed, right? I hope so. |
You need to quickly learn that bosses here often don't know jack or don't care that they know jack. Every single one of my bosses (including public school!) has offered me privates. I have refused. At my hogwons, the bosses KNEW the other teachers were doing privates. All of us were E2, totally illegal, the bosses knew.
It doesn't make it any less illegal.
And if you are doing something illegal, "my boss knew" isn't going to mean jack to immi. |
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Atavistic
Joined: 22 May 2006
Location: How totally stupid that Korean doesn't show in this area.
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| Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 7:33 pm Post subject: |
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| CentralCali wrote: |
| Well, American rules are pretty stiff, too. If you're not on a visa to the US that permits employment, that means no employment of any kind while there. |
How is God's name is that strict?
Non-working visa. No work.
Duh. |
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