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[KoreanNam]

If I were going to Korea with a friend who did not have a BA and they wanted to have an extended tourist visa, what documentation would they need to do so?

[Ruraljuror]

Your "friend" should keep in mind there are two kinds people on this board:

1. People who went through the hard work of obtaining their degree, and don't appreciate people who come here illegally and cause every Korean to look at our degrees suspiciously...

and

2. People who are here illegally and who probably don't want to give a step-by-step guide to their criminal acts on a public forum.

So I'm not sure how much help you will get. Your "friend" better hope we don't work together or meet, as I don't take kindly to criminals teaching children and will report the proper authorities as to your "friend's" transgressions.

[T-J]

[lebowski]

KoreanNam,

If you and your friend can't figure out how to get an extension on your tourist visa, maybe both of you need to go back to school to learn a thing or two.

[polonius]

C'mon guys, give the OP a break here.

OP, call immigration before you get here, 82-2-2650-6212, and notify them of your intent to come to Korea on a visitor's visa, and that you will be extending the visitor's visa once you are here.

When you get to immigration in Korea at the airport, be sure to tell them that you plan on extending your visitor's visa.

You should provide them with an address and phone number.

[Cohiba]

I would say your friend has the right idea. Don't waste 4 years of your
life and 40-50 thousand dollars to get a degree. It is totally unnecessary
to teach English here. Even the government agrees with this with their
plans to import high school educated Filipinos into Korean high schools
to teach.

He won't get a job at a hagwon or uni, but who wants one. The real
money here is in teaching privates. In fact, there is no downside. No
stupid forms, papers, checks, probes or hospital tests just so you can
beg for 2,000,000/month.

Don't listen to the people who say freelancers are downgrading their
"profession". These "professionals" have an inflated and unfounded
opinion of what they do.

[Pojogae]

Selling out another foreigner to the authorities for illegal teaching, whether it riles you or not, is about the lowest thing an EFL teacher can do.

[T-J]

[Pojogae]

Whose the victim again? I think students are more likely to suffer from self-righteous bores teaching them than free-sprited law-breakers! But anyway, we're all victims in this game.

Yup, it is a crime, but an incredibly minor one, and to report it would violate the greater ethical crime of maintaining solidarity within your respective minority group against what is sometimes a very xenophobic host society.

Furthermore, I've always thought that one of the primary qualities of a good teacher is their ability to be a good colleague as well. Someone who puts cotton wool in their mouth and then anonymously phones up government agencies in the middle of the night to report on their co-workers is simply not someone I want to work with. I also think the character flaws that such behaviour displays is likely to find reflection in their classroom performances as well.

Not that I condone teaching without a degree...

[lawyertood]

I don't recall the OP mentioning anything about the friend doing illegal teaching. Your best bet is to check with the Korean Consulate in your area.

[T-J]

[TheUrbanMyth]

[maingman]

KoreanNam wrote :


If I were going to Korea with a friend who did not have a BA and they wanted to have an extended tourist visa, what documentation would they need to do so?

is she pretty hot?


Most foreigners who want to visit Korea just for a short-term tour or transit are permitted to enter Korea with no visa according to the principles of reciprocity or priority of national interests with a tourist/transit visa status (B-2, 30 days). Special status is awarded to Canadians(6 months) and Australian(90days).


g luck [/i]

[TheUrbanMyth]

[KoreanNam]

My "friend" is my "girlfriend". I was asking just specifically about extending her stay with me in Korea . Sorry I did'nt make that clear in the first posting. She has no intentions to teach illegally out in Korea. Thanks for the positive replies about the question.