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wormholes101
Joined: 11 Mar 2003
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 Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 5:57 pm Post subject: EPIK contact renewal and visa runs? |
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If one re-signs with EPIK (but changes schools), is a visa run compulsory?
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cruisemonkey
Joined: 04 Jul 2005
Location: Hopefully, the same place as my luggage.
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| Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 6:11 pm Post subject: |
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| Not if if the employer i.e. the superintendent of the POE, remains the same. |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 6:25 pm Post subject: Re: EPIK contact renewal and visa runs? |
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| wormholes101 wrote: |
If one re-signs with EPIK (but changes schools), is a visa run compulsory?
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IF you change your primary school AND the employment is continuous (concurrent contracts) you may not need a visa run BUT you do need to go to immigration and have the change noted on your ARC (apply for a change of workplace then extend your status of sojourn (60k + 30k) AND if you want a re-entry permit added tick that box too (+50k won). This is usually NOT considered as a renewal and you lose your home leave and airticket.
IF you change schools and the employment IS CONTINUOUS but changing cities or POEs and you have a LOR from the first school and a contract from the 2nd school you can do it without a visa run BUT you lose the return airticket from your 1st school (to qualify for the return airfare you must leave Korea within 10 days of your contract ending).
IF you leave Korea (take a beach holiday) and do a visa run at the same time/in the same country you get your time off (albeit without pay), airtickets paid for (1st school pays your way to the beach, 2nd school pays your way back to Korea) and start your job when you/they are ready.
Only your local immigration office know for sure whether they will make you do a visa run or not.
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wormholes101
Joined: 11 Mar 2003
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| Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 8:07 pm Post subject: |
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| Thanks guys for taking the time to reply. Really appreciated. |
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