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crlb2006
Joined: 03 Mar 2008
Location: Seongbuk-gu, Seoul
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 Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2009 4:59 pm Post subject: when can I have my 1.3 million won flight moneys (SMOE)? |
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i recall reading on this board some time ago about being able to get at these funds at orientation. can anyone confirm or deny? the timeliness of getting flight reimbursment funding will determine my ability to blow through a lot of money when I get to Seoul ahead of orientation or not.
as kenny powers once said, 'dollar, dollar, bills yall.' i'm hoping to go baller status here for a bit. |
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kprrok
Joined: 06 Apr 2004
Location: KC
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| Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2009 5:34 pm Post subject: |
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| Why don't you ask someone who might know the answer, ie. your boss or the district office instead of people on here who have no input or authority on the matter? |
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Goon-Yang
Joined: 28 May 2009
Location: Duh
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| Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2009 5:44 pm Post subject: |
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| Hey OP don't listen to that guy. Spend all your $$ this weekend. The cheque is in the mail. You can trust me. |
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romano812
Joined: 09 Dec 2008
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| Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2009 6:12 pm Post subject: check your contract |
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| Check your contract. The GEPIK contracts states 30 days after arriving/ starting work. |
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blonde researcher
Joined: 16 Oct 2006
Location: Globalizing in Korea for the time being
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| Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2009 7:01 pm Post subject: |
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You will get the refund of the 1.3 air fare allowance from your school after you have a bank account opened and after you get your ARC card from your local immigration office. Could be 3-4 weeks, or maybe on the first pay day?
Maybe you had better plan to not spend all your spare dollars you brought over at the orientation? |
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crlb2006
Joined: 03 Mar 2008
Location: Seongbuk-gu, Seoul
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| Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2009 8:23 pm Post subject: |
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| thanks a lot for the information guys, oddly misplaced hostility of that one guy not withstanding |
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crlb2006
Joined: 03 Mar 2008
Location: Seongbuk-gu, Seoul
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| Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2009 8:28 pm Post subject: |
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| kprrok wrote: |
| Why don't you ask someone who might know the answer, ie. your boss or the district office instead of people on here who have no input or authority on the matter? |
to borrow your insanely rude and humorless tone for a moment, why don't you refrain from giving unsolicited, superfluous advice in response to a specific, reasonable, and on-topic question? |
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wallythewhale
Joined: 12 Mar 2009
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| Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2009 8:58 pm Post subject: |
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| I believe it states that you will get it in your first check. Of course, that's to say that you will have your ARC done by then. |
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greasypeanut
Joined: 28 Apr 2009
Location: songtan
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| Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2009 9:29 pm Post subject: |
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| my school paid my flight back in cash a long with the first pay check |
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blonde researcher
Joined: 16 Oct 2006
Location: Globalizing in Korea for the time being
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| Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2009 10:40 pm Post subject: |
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Hagwons work on a different system of airfare refunds.
In EPIK SMOE and GEPIK public schools contracts you get the airfare allowance paid by the public school you are working at- as I said earlier. The school has to get the payment sorted for you,and you are dealing with government paperwork here ...so no cash on arrival from hagwon directors ! You should get the 300 000 won settlement allowance near to your arrival time though. |
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Carla
Joined: 21 Nov 2008
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| Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2009 11:46 pm Post subject: |
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| blonde researcher wrote: |
Hagwons work on a different system of airfare refunds.
In EPIK SMOE and GEPIK public schools contracts you get the airfare allowance paid by the public school you are working at- as I said earlier. The school has to get the payment sorted for you,and you are dealing with government paperwork here ...so no cash on arrival from hagwon directors ! You should get the 300 000 won settlement allowance near to your arrival time though. |
Ya, hagwons are individuals so it depends, you can work it out in your contract. My school is paying for my ticket up front, so there is no refund to worry about. |
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winterfall
Joined: 21 May 2009
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| Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 1:58 am Post subject: |
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| SMOE contract says within one month of your first working day. |
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chnike112
Joined: 05 Aug 2009
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| Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 3:23 pm Post subject: |
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crl baller status is all mental my man...i been ballin' all through college at 8.35 an hour. oh yeah  |
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crlb2006
Joined: 03 Mar 2008
Location: Seongbuk-gu, Seoul
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| Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 9:58 pm Post subject: |
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| Goon-Yang wrote: |
| Hey OP don't listen to that guy. Spend all your $$ this weekend. The cheque is in the mail. You can trust me. |
this was hysterical! if i might be so bold as to borrow your unbelievably clever sarcastic tone for a moment, may i suggest that you stop teaching tomorrow and pursue a career in comedy? |
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crlb2006
Joined: 03 Mar 2008
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| Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 9:59 pm Post subject: |
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| chnike112 wrote: |
| crl baller status is all mental my man...i been ballin' all through college at 8.35 an hour. oh yeah |
haha... you and i certainly can agree on this one. if there is one thing i am a self-styled expert on, it is in regards to achieving baller status |
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