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KYC
Joined: 11 May 2006
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 Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2008 9:46 pm Post subject: School calling airport/airline |
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| So, my ct tried to make me sign some sort of waiver. If I don't leave Korea, I will be penalized. Sooo, can the school actually call the airline to check if you've left the country? I wasn't aware that airlines gave out such personal info. Or perhaps...they can call immigration? |
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spliff
Joined: 19 Jan 2004
Location: Khon Kaen, Thailand
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| Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2008 9:52 pm Post subject: |
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Did you buy a ticket and get it refunded? If so where to and how much?  |
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KYC
Joined: 11 May 2006
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| Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2008 9:56 pm Post subject: |
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| It hasn't been refunded to me yet. It's to the states for 1.7 . This sucks because I just came back from the states out of my own pocket. Do you know whether or not they can check? |
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schwa
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
Location: Yap
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| Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2008 9:58 pm Post subject: |
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| Yes, public schools can check with immigration about your comings & goings. |
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KYC
Joined: 11 May 2006
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| Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2008 11:05 pm Post subject: |
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| will they report the destinations or just the comings & goings? |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2008 11:14 pm Post subject: |
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| KYC wrote: |
| will they report the destinations or just the comings & goings? |
Just your entry and exit. Immi does NOT record your destination on departure.
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KYC
Joined: 11 May 2006
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| Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2008 11:21 pm Post subject: |
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| ttompatz wrote: |
| KYC wrote: |
| will they report the destinations or just the comings & goings? |
Just your entry and exit. Immi does NOT record your destination on departure.
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And airlines do not disclose info whether or not you are on a certain flight, right? Argh, had my ct not lied to me about the summer camps in the first place, I would have happily went home during the time they wanted me to! |
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radioed
Joined: 24 Jan 2008
Location: Cheonho/Gangdong
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| Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2008 7:28 am Post subject: |
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I have a problem like that as well.
I'm finishing up my current job and bought my ticket to be refunded, but I don't know if I'm headed home/somewhere else/ or finding another teaching gig in Korea.
Funny thing is, my ticket cost 1,200,000W but my ticket says 1,980,000W since the ticket/receipt doesn't list discounts. Should I claim all of it or just what I paid? Dilemma, dilemma... |
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Tobias
Joined: 02 Jun 2008
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| Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2008 11:18 pm Post subject: Report what you paid |
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Ask yourself what you would want your employee to do if the the roles were reversed.
Report what you paid, unless you want a karma debt dogging you. |
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jadarite
Joined: 01 Sep 2007
Location: Andong, Yeongyang, Seoul, now Pyeongtaek
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| Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 7:51 am Post subject: |
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| How do you get the money, cause if you stay in Korea and refund the ticket, eventually you'll have to get a plane ticket at a later time or go to another school. |
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moosehead
Joined: 05 May 2007
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| Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 8:28 pm Post subject: |
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| radioed wrote: |
I have a problem like that as well.
I'm finishing up my current job and bought my ticket to be refunded, but I don't know if I'm headed home/somewhere else/ or finding another teaching gig in Korea.
Funny thing is, my ticket cost 1,200,000W but my ticket says 1,980,000W since the ticket/receipt doesn't list discounts. Should I claim all of it or just what I paid? Dilemma, dilemma... |
the price on an airline tkt can be the retail price - if it was purchased thru an agent, often there is a price differential - what was actually paid vs the retail price.
that is, if you walked up to a counter in an airport you'd probably pay premium for a tkt whereas your travel agent can get you a better deal.
only ask for the amount paid for the refund. yes, karma is important. |
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moosehead
Joined: 05 May 2007
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| Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 8:34 pm Post subject: Re: School calling airport/airline |
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| KYC wrote: |
| So, my ct tried to make me sign some sort of waiver. If I don't leave Korea, I will be penalized. Sooo, can the school actually call the airline to check if you've left the country? I wasn't aware that airlines gave out such personal info. Or perhaps...they can call immigration? |
that's a very bizarre situation - ? have never heard of such a thing.
however, whomever sponsors your visa IS responsible for you and can also be in trouble if you overstay your visa.
whatever the motive is, I don't think they have the right to ask you to sign such a statement - I would refuse, but that's just me.
you DO have to leave at some point - and I've actually received emails from employers where my visa was originally sponsored and later transfered letting me know immi was letting them know my visa was about to expire.
so - if they don't trust you to leave? donno - sounds like a place one wouldn't want to renew -  |
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KYC
Joined: 11 May 2006
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| Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 8:54 pm Post subject: Re: School calling airport/airline |
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| moosehead wrote: |
that's a very bizarre situation - ? have never heard of such a thing.
however, whomever sponsors your visa IS responsible for you and can also be in trouble if you overstay your visa.
whatever the motive is, I don't think they have the right to ask you to sign such a statement - I would refuse, but that's just me.
you DO have to leave at some point - and I've actually received emails from employers where my visa was originally sponsored and later transfered letting me know immi was letting them know my visa was about to expire.
so - if they don't trust you to leave? donno - sounds like a place one wouldn't want to renew - |
My visa isn't a problem. I've already amended my visa to my new employer....everything's taken care of and I did it all on my own time (never requested a day off from school). I have 3 days left at my school but technically they are no longer my visa sponsor.
It is just my ct that is the one stressing me. It is also because of him that I will not renew. Not all because of him but mostly him. He's the one I have problems with. He's just a very vindictive person and there is no way I can go through another year of that. |
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moosehead
Joined: 05 May 2007
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| Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 10:05 pm Post subject: Re: School calling airport/airline |
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| KYC wrote: |
It is just my ct that is the one stressing me. It is also because of him that I will not renew. Not all because of him but mostly him. He's the one I have problems with. He's just a very vindictive person and there is no way I can go through another year of that. |
I hear you - sometimes not renewing signals additional grief on top of whatever reason one had for not renewing in the first place 
hang in there - soon enough he will be history - just remind yourself he still has to live with himself while you get to go on and be happy elsewhere |
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radioed
Joined: 24 Jan 2008
Location: Cheonho/Gangdong
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| Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 5:22 am Post subject: |
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I did the honorable thing and just asked for what I paid.
I'm just wondering if they would ask me to pay it back if I do stay but teach at another school even though my contract says I get a return ticket home. |
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