Korean Job Discussion Forums

[CheeseSandwich]

So if do i have to continually resubmit background checks everytime I renew my visa or am I good on that as long as I dont leave Korea?

I assume I always need a new medical check

[The_Source]

[ttompatz]

Originally, the rule was that you should submit it once and after that you would not need to re-submit it.

Since then however, it has been the practice for different immigration offices to require a new CRC for EVERY new visa application that is not an extension at the same employer or a transfer to a new employer.

1st E2- CRC required. Interview required. Medical required.
extend E2 = no new CRC required. No new medical required.
transfer E2 = no new CRC required. No new medical required.
NEW E2 (as in changed employer with a visa run) with previous E2 = New CRC required. New medical required.

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[CheeseSandwich]

Thanks for the infor.

Although, the way things move around here, I'm sure that might change.

[asalchert]

I have a friend that's looking into teaching over there with us and they have a DUI from 2004 - how and does this effect the Visa Process? Anybody know?

[creesschaef]

[Chet Wautlands]

[Whirlwind]

Korean immigration is stupid as hell. So, if you change jobs, but haven't left Korea, you still must turn in a brand new criminal background check. That's dumb. I knew that would happen. It's no surprise considering that they can't keep anything on file(like our degrees/transcripts). You have to submit, re-submit, and it goes on and on and on and on. Typical. I'll bet that pretty soon that whenever you re-sign with a school, you'll have to submit a brand spanking new criminal back. It's only a matter of time on that. Also, who knows what kind of new requirements that they'll have in the future. Maybe you'll have to wear an electronic bracelet 24/7 so that they can track your movements.

[poet13]

I'm curious about the VSS (Vulnerable Sector Search). To whom and when does that apply?

This thread seems pretty definitive, so I might as well get the rest in it...

[esetters21]

[ttompatz]

[asalchert]

[Bingo]

Although a DUI is a serious offence, it is nevertheless astonishing that immigration makes a huge deal about it. Koreans endanger peoples' lives every time they get behind the wheel. The ajoshi who stamps 'denied' on your visa application has probably run 500 red lights in nthe last year alone. Koreans are the last people to be sitting in judgment of others' traffic offences. Yet they will stamp 'denied' on your application form with such an elevated air of self-righteousness. 'That's one foreign criminal we've kept off the safe streets of Korea."

[philipjames]

There's also the fantastic irony of having to get a criminal background check before you can.....wait for it....work for a hogwan wangjanim!!! That's like being asked to provide a clean background check before you can work for the mob.

Go figure.