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sharkey



Joined: 12 Oct 2008

PostPosted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 6:35 pm    Post subject: What would happen if ....? Reply with quote

What would happen if .... I decided to opt out of my contract that I have signed and sent to my recruiter? I am not in Korea and I do not have all the documents ready to go, however, I sent my recruiter a contract stating that I would join with a certain school. It is slated to start in early December. Can they take any legal actions against me, becuase I have signed this contract? Or can I just walk away a free man?? I am interested to know, please help. The reason I am considering this is because the notion of working on saturdays doesnt appeal to me.

please i am looking for guidance!!!
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polonius



Joined: 05 Jun 2004

PostPosted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 6:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

You can still opt out. You haven't sent them anything, they haven't even started applying for your visa issuance. Don't worry, keep looking, there are lots of jobs out there that don't require Saturday work. Just tell the recruiter that you are delayed 6 months because of this or that.

They might threaten, but they are empty threats. They can't do anything.
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expat2001



Joined: 28 Jan 2006

PostPosted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 7:48 pm    Post subject: Re: What would happen if ....? Reply with quote

sharkey wrote:
What would happen if .... I decided to opt out of my contract that I have signed and sent to my recruiter? I am not in Korea and I do not have all the documents ready to go, however, I sent my recruiter a contract stating that I would join with a certain school. It is slated to start in early December. Can they take any legal actions against me, becuase I have signed this contract? Or can I just walk away a free man?? I am interested to know, please help. The reason I am considering this is because the notion of working on saturdays doesnt appeal to me.

please i am looking for guidance!!!


they will put u on a blacklist. Which reallly means nothing.
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ttompatz



Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea

PostPosted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 8:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

polonius wrote:
You can still opt out. You haven't sent them anything, they haven't even started applying for your visa issuance. Don't worry, keep looking, there are lots of jobs out there that don't require Saturday work. Just tell the recruiter that you are delayed 6 months because of this or that.

They might threaten, but they are empty threats. They can't do anything.


What he said ^^^^ . There is NOTHING they can do to you.
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sharkey



Joined: 12 Oct 2008

PostPosted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 3:54 pm    Post subject: Re: What would happen if ....? Reply with quote

expat2001 wrote:
sharkey wrote:
What would happen if .... I decided to opt out of my contract that I have signed and sent to my recruiter? I am not in Korea and I do not have all the documents ready to go, however, I sent my recruiter a contract stating that I would join with a certain school. It is slated to start in early December. Can they take any legal actions against me, becuase I have signed this contract? Or can I just walk away a free man?? I am interested to know, please help. The reason I am considering this is because the notion of working on saturdays doesnt appeal to me.

please i am looking for guidance!!!


they will put u on a blacklist. Which reallly means nothing.


who will put me on a blacklist ? the school ? or immigration?
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antoniothegreat



Joined: 28 Aug 2005
Location: Yangpyeong

PostPosted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 4:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

the recruiter will put you on a black list, which means, you must go to one of the other hundreds of recruiters. Immigration will not care.
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sharkey



Joined: 12 Oct 2008

PostPosted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 4:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

thank you, kind sir
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sharkey



Joined: 12 Oct 2008

PostPosted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 5:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

so it doesnt matter that I had signed a contract, but, havent started the visa process ? i signed it and scanned it to them.....i just wanna make sure !!!
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sharkey



Joined: 12 Oct 2008

PostPosted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 5:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

so it doesnt matter that I had signed a contract, but, havent started the visa process ? i signed it and scanned it to them.....i just wanna make sure !!!
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sharkey



Joined: 12 Oct 2008

PostPosted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 5:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

so it doesnt matter that I had signed a contract, but, havent started the visa process ? i signed it and scanned it to them.....i just wanna make sure !!!
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dexter



Joined: 22 Oct 2008

PostPosted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 6:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I did that a couple of years ago. They did nothing to me. It was with Wonderland. I signed the contract and then found out how crap they are. So I told them my mother was sick and had to cancel.
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Juregen



Joined: 30 May 2006

PostPosted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 7:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

sharkey wrote:
so it doesnt matter that I had signed a contract, but, havent started the visa process ? i signed it and scanned it to them.....i just wanna make sure !!!


the pre requisite to the contract is the E2 Visa. Without the E2 the contract has no meaning.
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Cerriowen



Joined: 03 Jun 2006
Location: Pocheon

PostPosted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 9:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Juregen wrote:
Even with the E2 the contract has no meaning.


There, I fixed that for you Smile
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ED209



Joined: 17 Oct 2006

PostPosted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 9:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Just tell them you can't come to Korea. You haven't sent them your other documents, you'll be ok. Even if they find out later you started working here they are not going to care because they should have another teacher by then.
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dexter



Joined: 22 Oct 2008

PostPosted: Tue Dec 23, 2008 7:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Just for interests sake, what would happen if you had sent your documents (degree, signed contract, bla bla) and been given the insrance number, but not your Visa. What would happen if you decided to bail at this late stage?
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