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[starsmore]

Hey guys please help!!!

Having sorted out all my paperwork i am due to leave for South Korea next thursday and my flight has been booked and paid for.

Heres the problem. My Phd that i was due to start in september 2010 has been moved forward a year due to university finance issues and i consequently i will now only have return mid/late august. I have spoken to them and this cant be changed.

This means i am going to have to break my contract and i am STRESSING out about it.

Can somebody with experience please help me with this.

If i book a return flight is there ANY way that immigration or my boss in korea can stop me leaving?????

I am an honest person and ideally want to give notice but am concerned that if i land and within the first 2 months say i am going home i am going to be screwed over big time. And to some extent i can understand the school leader not being impressed.

However i really want to go to korea and also realise that if i dont fly out then the teacher is going to be without a teacher for a month which will equally be difficult to deal with.

Any help is really appreciated.

[Rory_Calhoun27]

Sounds more like you're screwing over your boss and school, by extension. Basically gambling for a two month working vacation, then hitting the first plane out of town.

If you were that set on coming, it can be done with a tourist visa. Getting out of the current contract would actually take you admitting your change of heart. That contract was a contract- a commitment of an entire year. If you can't honor it, taking ownership of the problem is best in the long run.