Korean Job Discussion Forums

timetotravel · Joined: 02 Sep 2007 Location: korea

im sure this has been covered, but i cant find it....
no one can ever seem to give me a straight answer so if someone here can PLEASE help me I would really appreciate it....

I am canadian, and work at public school. My contract ends in the middle of september but i am re signing and staying at the same school for another year.
My contract for this year gives me a two week trip home for the last two weeks of my current contract....
So, how do I get a visa for the new contract year so that I can return to the country? My school showed me what I need and basically it was just passport, alien card, fee and some documents from my school. No mention of police check, health check and whatever else....

My school says that we will sign the new contract three weeks before the old one expires, buttttt it will be summer vacation! AND I will be in Canada....so I am stressed about when and how I will get all of this done. Anyone who has done this already, please please pm me or reply to this post.....

poet13 · Posted: Wed May 21, 2008 6:57 pm Post subject:

It s not a big deal. I renewed with EPIK in spetember also.
Doesn't matter when you sign the contract, just as long as it's done before the old one expires. A new visa is sipmly a matter of a trip to immigration with yoru documents and maybe 30,000 won. Again, easy-peasy.
Do not expect to take those two weeks while classes are in. Some people do, some dont'. I don't. It's hard enough to treated as a professional without pissing off during the school year. If you take your home leave, make sure you keep your tickets. The school pays for those.

timetotravel · Joined: 02 Sep 2007 Location: korea

awesome, this makes me feel alot better.
thank you!

poet13 · Posted: Wed May 21, 2008 7:38 pm Post subject:

You wont need a police check, but you will have to do a medical. Not as a condition of the contract, but sometime early in your new contract. I renewed in September, and did my physical in December.

timetotravel · Joined: 02 Sep 2007 Location: korea

what do you mean you get a health check, but not as a condition of the contract?

i read somewhere that anyone renewing after march 1 would have to submit a police check, so i got one just in case.

poet13 · Posted: Wed May 21, 2008 8:16 pm Post subject:

Public School teachers, Koreans as well as foreigners, have to get a medical check every year.

timetotravel · Joined: 02 Sep 2007 Location: korea

so you didnt have to get a medical check before getting your new arc???

poet13 · Posted: Wed May 21, 2008 9:24 pm Post subject:

As I said, "I renewed in September, and did my physical in December."

esetters21 · Joined: 30 Apr 2006 Location: Seoul

Doesn't anyone that signs a new contract after March 15, 2008 (whether it is with a new school or re-signing with your current school) have to submit a CRC and medical check to satisfy immigration?

WoBW · Joined: 07 Dec 2007 Location: HBC

^

That's what I thought.

timetotravel · Joined: 02 Sep 2007 Location: korea

bahhh this is what i mean! everyone has different answers!!!

poet13 · Posted: Wed May 21, 2008 10:37 pm Post subject:

esetters21 · Joined: 30 Apr 2006 Location: Seoul

poet13 · Posted: Wed May 21, 2008 10:58 pm Post subject:

Wow. Korea....I have no words. Getting a new CRC from a country you haven't been to in a year.... then again, some people can find a passle of trouble in their two weeks at home....

drcrazy · Posted: Thu May 22, 2008 1:19 am Post subject: