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laconic2
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 Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 2:36 pm Post subject: Re: Some Teachers Forced to Return Home? Joong Ang Daily |
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nomad-ish
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| Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 3:14 pm Post subject: |
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does anyone think this part will be scrapped??
"Once arriving here, according to the release, the applicants need to go through a mandatory health check, including blood and drug tests, at a clinic or hospital designated by each school or education office." |
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sojourner1
Joined: 17 Apr 2007
Location: Where meggi swim and 2 wheeled tractors go sput put chug alugg pug pug
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| Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 3:21 pm Post subject: |
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| Oh, it does say candidates will be required to do a consulate interview. |
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indytrucks
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Location: The Shelf
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| Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 3:22 pm Post subject: |
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The new rules here will also require new applicants for an English teaching visa, called an E-2 visa, to undergo an interview at the Korean consulate closest to the town in which they live, the Justice Ministry announced.
English teachers are required to leave the country for their annual visa renewal. According to a press release the ministry issued on Friday, people who hold an E-2 visa will still be able to apply for the renewal at Korean consulates in a nearby third country, such as Japan or China. |
Wonderful. |
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nomad-ish
Joined: 08 Oct 2007
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| Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 3:24 pm Post subject: |
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| sojourner1 wrote: |
| Oh, it does say candidates will be required to do a consulate interview. |
yeah, they're all over the place. wasn't there an article about only having those for suspicious cases?
i really wish they would just settle on something and let us know asap! |
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Bibbitybop
Joined: 22 Feb 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 3:29 pm Post subject: |
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| nomad-ish wrote: |
does anyone think this part will be scrapped??
"Once arriving here, according to the release, the applicants need to go through a mandatory health check, including blood and drug tests, at a clinic or hospital designated by each school or education office." |
Public schools already require a once-a-year medical check up. They often tell the teacher to go to a certain doctor. I politely declined the Korean doctor (who no doubt will discuss everything about me, problems or not, with any other staff or teacher he meets). Instead, I went to my own, Western-trained doctor.
Can anyone verify if US background checks can be obtained out of the USA? |
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SuperHero
Joined: 10 Dec 2003
Location: Superhero Hideout
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| Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 3:41 pm Post subject: |
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| English teachers are required to leave the country for their annual visa renewal. |
this bit is going to go over like a lead brick.
good news for public school teachers who already have a job.
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| any teacher hired by the Education Ministry who is already employed can skip the criminal record check, according to the release. |
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nomad-ish
Joined: 08 Oct 2007
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| Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 5:03 pm Post subject: |
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| Bibbitybop wrote: |
| nomad-ish wrote: |
does anyone think this part will be scrapped??
"Once arriving here, according to the release, the applicants need to go through a mandatory health check, including blood and drug tests, at a clinic or hospital designated by each school or education office." |
Public schools already require a once-a-year medical check up. They often tell the teacher to go to a certain doctor. I politely declined the Korean doctor (who no doubt will discuss everything about me, problems or not, with any other staff or teacher he meets). Instead, I went to my own, Western-trained doctor.
Can anyone verify if US background checks can be obtained out of the USA? |
are we allowed to choose our own doctor?! (my PS hasn't asked me to go to one yet). that's my biggest concern with these new regulations, i hate the thought of being told which doctor/clinic i can go to. if i could choose a western doctor, i wouldn't mind half as much. |
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Fishead soup
Joined: 24 Jun 2007
Location: Korea
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| Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 5:45 pm Post subject: |
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| nomad-ish wrote: |
| Bibbitybop wrote: |
| nomad-ish wrote: |
does anyone think this part will be scrapped??
"Once arriving here, according to the release, the applicants need to go through a mandatory health check, including blood and drug tests, at a clinic or hospital designated by each school or education office." |
Public schools already require a once-a-year medical check up. They often tell the teacher to go to a certain doctor. I politely declined the Korean doctor (who no doubt will discuss everything about me, problems or not, with any other staff or teacher he meets). Instead, I went to my own, Western-trained doctor.
Can anyone verify if US background checks can be obtained out of the USA? |
are we allowed to choose our own doctor?! (my PS hasn't asked me to go to one yet). that's my biggest concern with these new regulations, i hate the thought of being told which doctor/clinic i can go to. if i could choose a western doctor, i wouldn't mind half as much. |
I chose my regular doctor. The secret is to not wait for them to request.
Do it on your own. Also don't let a Korean take you. I did that once and he blabbed to everyone about my high blood pressure. |
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Gwangjuboy
Joined: 08 Jul 2003
Location: England
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| I find it interesting that public school teachers don't have to submit a background check. Not all public schools demand one, and some accept Korean background checks. I work at a public school yet I have never had to submit one. |
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Young FRANKenstein
Joined: 02 Oct 2006
Location: Castle Frankenstein (that's FRONKensteen)
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| Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 6:23 pm Post subject: |
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| nomad-ish wrote: |
are we allowed to choose our own doctor?! |
Immigration told me that you can choose any doctor from a gov't-run hospital.
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English teachers are required to leave the country for their annual visa renewal. According to a press release the ministry issued on Friday, people who hold an E-2 visa will still be able to apply for the renewal at Korean consulates in a nearby third country, such as Japan or China. |
What exactly is their reasoning behind making do a visa run for a RENEWAL? A "5-minute write-on-the-back of my ARC an extra year" trip to Immigration is now going to be "spend 2 days in Japan"?
This won't last long. |
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hogwonguy1979
Joined: 22 Dec 2003
Location: the racoon den
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| Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 7:20 pm Post subject: |
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this stinks to high heaven, leave the country just for a renewal???
what about all the other people teaching here on other visas?
way to korea, going after a mosquito with a sledgehammer
Korea Tinkiling |
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jaderedux2
Joined: 09 Jul 2007
Location: lurking just lurking
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| Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 7:30 pm Post subject: |
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Again, squirrel hunting with a howitzer. CPN was here legally would have probably passed any test medical or otherwise. Had he not gotten caught he could still be teaching here. He had no record!
What do they think pedophiles are going to line up for jobs in Korea...Sometimes the insanity is just beyond my reach.
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Mix1
Joined: 08 May 2007
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| Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 7:47 pm Post subject: |
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The new rules here will also require new applicants for an English teaching visa, called an E-2 visa, to undergo an interview at the Korean consulate closest to the town in which they live, the Justice Ministry announced.
English teachers are required to leave the country for their annual visa renewal. According to a press release the ministry issued on Friday, people who hold an E-2 visa will still be able to apply for the renewal at Korean consulates in a nearby third country, such as Japan or China. |
Wonderful. |
The word "clusterf*ck" comes to mind as well. |
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Young FRANKenstein
Joined: 02 Oct 2006
Location: Castle Frankenstein (that's FRONKensteen)
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| hogwonguy1979 wrote: |
this stinks to high heaven, leave the country just for a renewal???
what about all the other people teaching here on other visas? |
Why would other visas have to do anything?
Only the E2s are complete scum. Only E2s smoke pot. Only E2s are pedos.
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| CPN was here legally would have probably passed any test medical or otherwise. Had he not gotten caught he could still be teaching here. He had no record! |
And he was on an E7, so he wouldn't have been asked to do all this crap anyway. He was not E2 scum |
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