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flicknut
Joined: 23 Nov 2006
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 Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 7:40 pm Post subject: Changing Public Schools - What are my visa options? |
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I'm changing public schools In February/March. As for my visa, will I renew or transfer?
Will I have to leave the country?
Can I do everything before my current visa expires? |
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Bibbitybop
Joined: 22 Feb 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 8:02 pm Post subject: |
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| Will your contract change hands? I mean, are you working for GEPIK and going to SMOE? Then you will need a new visa. Will you be working for EPIK and just staying in the EPIK system? Then you don' t need a new visa. |
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mrsquirrel
Joined: 13 Dec 2006
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| Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 9:46 pm Post subject: |
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GEPIK says that if you change schools you need to start all over again.
No transferring.
Not sure if this is because they can't work why but that is what it says in their handbook. |
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Bibbitybop
Joined: 22 Feb 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 10:06 pm Post subject: |
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| mrsquirrel wrote: |
GEPIK says that if you change schools you need to start all over again.
No transferring.
Not sure if this is because they can't work why but that is what it says in their handbook. |
That's stupid. Don't you sign with GEPIK and they place you in whatever school they want, or have some teachers traveling to multiple schools? Why would a contract renewed with GEPIK need a new visa? |
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mrsquirrel
Joined: 13 Dec 2006
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| Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 10:08 pm Post subject: |
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Dunno.
It's in the handbook with konglish notes underneath each section explaining it to you.
From the handbook (available online) it sounds like it's too much work for the principals to figure out how much less they have to pocket or put back. |
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Bibbitybop
Joined: 22 Feb 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 10:14 pm Post subject: |
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| mrsquirrel wrote: |
Dunno.
It's in the handbook with konglish notes underneath each section explaining it to you.
From the handbook (available online) it sounds like it's too much work for the principals to figure out how much less they have to pocket or put back. |
Anyone in GEPIK and affected by this may want to contact immigration and clear things up. |
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Fishead soup
Joined: 24 Jun 2007
Location: Korea
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| Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 10:15 pm Post subject: |
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| mrsquirrel wrote: |
GEPIK says that if you change schools you need to start all over again.
No transferring.
Not sure if this is because they can't work why but that is what it says in their handbook. |
GEPIK Supervisers can't tell their @ss from a hole in the ground.
Most of them are operating on some level of sleep deprivation. |
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mrsquirrel
Joined: 13 Dec 2006
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| Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 10:18 pm Post subject: |
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I am trying to open the files for foreigners up but of course they are all in cnting Hanasoft format.
twAts |
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mrsquirrel
Joined: 13 Dec 2006
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| Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 10:25 pm Post subject: |
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No I can't cause all their HWP files are corrupted.
http://gepik.ken.go.kr/r/bbs/board.php?bbs_code=f_orientation
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※CONTRACT RENEWAL※ Can a TTG(Teachers To Gyeonggi) renew the contract but transfer to a different school?
It�s possible in case he/she has completed his/her first year service at the designated school.
I would think if you p1ssed out the window and watched what way it went you would have a better idea. |
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flicknut
Joined: 23 Nov 2006
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| Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2007 12:32 am Post subject: |
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I am getting out of GEPIK and into EPIK. I am moving from Gyeonngi-do to Busan.
Will I need to leave the country? Thanks. |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2007 3:54 am Post subject: |
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| flicknut wrote: |
I am getting out of GEPIK and into EPIK. I am moving from Gyeonngi-do to Busan.
Will I need to leave the country? Thanks. |
Unless there is a policy change with the new regs coming into effect, you WILL need to leave the country. |
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xCustomx
Joined: 06 Jan 2006
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| Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2007 4:55 am Post subject: |
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That's stupid. Don't you sign with GEPIK and they place you in whatever school they want, or have some teachers traveling to multiple schools? Why would a contract renewed with GEPIK need a new visa? |
The part that I don't understand with GEPIK is how they classify your employer. The school is your employer and not GEPIK. That way, if you change schools but remain in the GEPIK program, you're not entitled to the 2 week home leave that teachers get for re-signing at the same school, nor are you entitled to a 100,000/month raise for staying another year. |
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Bibbitybop
Joined: 22 Feb 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2007 8:24 am Post subject: |
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| Bibbitybop wrote: |
That's stupid. Don't you sign with GEPIK and they place you in whatever school they want, or have some teachers traveling to multiple schools? Why would a contract renewed with GEPIK need a new visa? |
The part that I don't understand with GEPIK is how they classify your employer. The school is your employer and not GEPIK. That way, if you change schools but remain in the GEPIK program, you're not entitled to the 2 week home leave that teachers get for re-signing at the same school, nor are you entitled to a 100,000/month raise for staying another year. |
I have no direct experience w/ GEPIK. It comes down to who do you sign with. Do you sign with GEPIK? Or with "Gwangju Sosi-dong Middle School"?
If it's with GEPIK, it seems like they can place you anywhere and you can change schools because your contract is with GEPIK, not a certain school. |
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some waygug-in
Joined: 25 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2007 2:33 pm Post subject: |
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Who is named on your contract? Mine is my school. If I change schools, even within this district, I will have to leave the country.
Teachers who changed schools last year had to do visa runs to Japan, so I think it's a safe bet that you will have to. |
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skulduggerry
Joined: 25 Sep 2006
Location: sontagn
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| Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2007 8:11 pm Post subject: |
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| I changed fom GEPIK to EPIK this year. You don't have to do a visa run, just visit immigration office in your new district and do a transfer, cost about 70,000 won. They asked me for a letter of release from my old school even though I had finished my contract, not sure why. |
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