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seoulsteve
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 Posted: Sun Dec 16, 2007 4:00 pm Post subject: Have you taken any classes at a Korean University? |
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Sorry if this has been covered in old posts before, but I'm wondering if anyone out there has taken any classes at a Korean University before.
It seems like a few places offer classes in English. Is it possible to take classes part time in the evenings while I teach in the morning? Or do I have to change my visa status.
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Ginormousaurus
Joined: 27 Jul 2006
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| Posted: Sun Dec 16, 2007 4:58 pm Post subject: |
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| You don't need to change your visa. You can even take classes on a tourist visa if you should so choose to. |
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Milwaukiedave
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Location: Goseong
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| Posted: Sun Dec 16, 2007 8:32 pm Post subject: |
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| I have taken classes here, however that was in a TESOL program. Yes, some universities offer English classes including the one I work at (at least for the MBA program). I would think you would be ok taking a class on an E-2, but you might want to check with immigration. Then of course the answer may vary depending on who you talk to there. |
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the_beaver
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Sun Dec 16, 2007 11:25 pm Post subject: |
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| Ginormousaurus wrote: |
| You don't need to change your visa. You can even take classes on a tourist visa if you should so choose to. |
Unless something has changed, you aren't legally allowed to take classes on any visa except a study visa. True, I only know of one time when that law was enforced and even that could just be a rumor. |
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OiGirl
Joined: 23 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 12:52 am Post subject: |
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There isn't really a concept of "part-time student" in most Korean universities.
My university doesn't offer graduate courses (at least in my department) in the evening.
You can generally take Korean language and culture courses while on an E-2 visa, but anything else requires adding activities outside the status of sojourn to your visa. |
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Ginormousaurus
Joined: 27 Jul 2006
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| Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 12:54 am Post subject: |
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| the_beaver wrote: |
| Ginormousaurus wrote: |
| You don't need to change your visa. You can even take classes on a tourist visa if you should so choose to. |
Unless something has changed, you aren't legally allowed to take classes on any visa except a study visa. True, I only know of one time when that law was enforced and even that could just be a rumor. |
I studied for a while on an E-2 and at least one person at immigration was aware of it. Maybe it's just another one of those things that immigration can choose whether or not to care about. |
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the_beaver
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 1:18 am Post subject: |
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| I studied for a while on an E-2 and at least one person at immigration was aware of it. Maybe it's just another one of those things that immigration can choose whether or not to care about. |
I think you're right. Back in 2003 immigration sent some people to Sogang to find students who were using the wrong visas. The teachers weren't cooperative and because the immigration guys went at 9 (most students start at 10 so most rooms are empty) they didn't stay long. But, boy, were the teachers pissed. |
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Juregen
Joined: 30 May 2006
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| Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 1:27 am Post subject: Re: Have you taken any classes at a Korean University? |
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| seoulsteve wrote: |
Sorry if this has been covered in old posts before, but I'm wondering if anyone out there has taken any classes at a Korean University before.
It seems like a few places offer classes in English. Is it possible to take classes part time in the evenings while I teach in the morning? Or do I have to change my visa status.
Thanks! |
A student Visa allows you to stay for much longer.
I did an MBA here in Korea everything in English, I also know for a fact that some courses are thought in English at Korea University, bachelor and master courses. |
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Sucker
Joined: 11 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 2:24 am Post subject: |
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I studied at Sejong University for a time (MA). One of my classmates was a Vietnamese woman. She only studied part time and had a legal working visa (E-7). She worked for some sort of IT company.
At the end of 2005, she got in trouble with immigration because she tried to change her visa to a student visa. Immigration asked her "where do you plan on studying" and she replied "I am a student now. I have been studying for a year". They wanted to impose a huge fine because she had been an "illegal student".
She was fighting it, but we fell ot of touch and I don't know how it ended. |
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