Korean Job Discussion Forums

[mcviking]

I won't get paid for atleast a month I don't have an Arc, and I need to cash a personal check... Is there Western Union is Busan, or a Korean money wiring service? I need money from my bank account and I don't have a debit card just checks. PLease help!

[moosehead]

I'd be willing to bet there will be a fee involved -

OP - if you have opened a bank acc here you can deposit it - but don't you realize it's going to have to clear before the bank will give you the funds? and there may be a minimum amount of time for that - heck - my bank in the u.s. takes 5 days for an out-of-state check to clear, minimum.

why on earth would you leave your home country with nothing but personal checks for your cash source? seriously??

all that aside, you probably need someone to wire you funds and you send them a check.

if you have a job (??) maybe your director/vp can deposit it in their acc and give you the funds now.

if you have no job and no director, then asking a friend overseas to wire may be your only option because the chances for a K bank to cash an out-of-country personal check are, well, nil.

I'd wish you good luck but sounds like what you need is a knock in the noggin

[mcviking]

I lost my atm card a day before I left (sigh). Yes I have a job. I have only been in the country two weeks, and I was mostly training that whole time. To be frank I was pretty broke before I came here, I don't have any credit cards and I just need to get my money from my account. Can any bank help me with wirring money?

[Kikomom]

Yes, it's gonna cost ya...
http://www.westernunion.co.kr/en/

After you get the cash you need to tide you over, get a replacement bank card mailed over to you somehow. They may not want to mail to a new, overseas address without a big written request runaround. Get someone at home, by email, to sign you up for a Skype account, and send you the bank phone number. Then you can call them from your computer. You can report the card lost and they'll send off a new one to your home address. Then the folks at home can mail it to you. If they have your bank statements at home, they may even be able to call the bank and request the replacement card (pose as you). This is assuming you have folks at home to help take care of business for you.

[Trevor]

How much is the check for?

[moosehead]

[moosehead]

hey Trevor - watched Ali last nite for the first time - what an awesome film!!

ha ha - I absolutey loved that man when I was a kid - I actually remember the Sonny Liston - Clay fight - ! and when he refused to go into the draft -

cool

[CentralCali]

[samd]

Can you ask your boss for an advance?

Do you have anything to use as collateral? If so get exchange it for cash with someone until you get an ARC.

[moosehead]

[CentralCali]