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lotrgirl · Joined: 29 Jun 2009

Hi Everyone,

I applied to EPIK with my boyfriend. We had our interview in Oct and passed that and the asked us to send our documents to South Korea. They received our documents and said they were going to process our applications and that we have to wait 10-15 days for our Visa number. Recently, our recruiter emailed my boyfriend and notified him that EPIK had "canceled or failed" his application. They didn't really give a reason why.

Any insight on why this could be? Has this ever happened to anyone? Thanks to all of those that reply to this post. I appreciate all the info you can give regarding this matter.

juchangok · Joined: 15 Jan 2009

oh wow dang. Now I'm scared. I've gone through all that except I haven't sent of my docs yet. Never knew there was still a chance of getting denied even after the interview and such.

big_fella1 · Joined: 08 Dec 2005

cruisemonkey · Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 2:30 pm Post subject:

I suspect the reason is - your boyfriend is not a young, blond female.

andrewchon · Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 2:31 pm Post subject:

Tell him to forget about it and move on to another application.
This is like asking "why did he/she dump me?". Answering this question yourself destroys your soul. When you get the answer, it hurts even more. So, don't go there, girlfriend. Move on.

blonde researcher · Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 4:25 pm Post subject:

Are you even sure it was the main EPIK program you were interviewed for and accepted for in Oct ? Was it maybe a job that had an 'EPIK' contract promoted instead or maybe an after school job in a public school?'

The reason I ask is that it does not make sense to be told you were going to get your visa NUMBER issued in 10-15 days

EPIK does not issue visa numbers - only the immigration office does .
If you have a genuine EPIK job you will be getting a notice of appointment from the Office of education you are going to - and only in January - certainly not 10-15 days.

Also EPIK is not keen to hire couples, especially unmarried ones, let alone sort the housing for them. Were you both to be teaching together int his failed appointment?

Who is now holding your papers? If it is the EPIK office on Korea ( you can check the address on their website) or was it an agent getting them first in Korea ? You do need to investigate further, especially if you are being given no reason for the cancellation.

blonde researcher · Posted: Sun Nov 22, 2009 5:00 pm Post subject:

Did you ever get a reason as to why your EPIK jobs were cancelled ?

oskinny1 · Joined: 10 Nov 2006 Location: Right behind you!

Deep Thirteen · Joined: 18 Jun 2009 Location: Swamp Land

Yep, still takes quite awhile, and it can all be a crapshoot in the end with getting the position.

As usual, good observations from blonderesearcher, it would be interesting to know the exact situation with the OP's other.

Mosley · Joined: 15 Jan 2003

EPIK, & Korea generally, is getting more ****ed all the time.

JET is wonderful but the application process is long & involved(helps keep down the freak factor). This yr.'s deadline for Canadians is Nov. 27. Don't miss it.

cdninkorea · Joined: 27 Jan 2006 Location: Seoul

Nov. 27th for a September 2010 start or a March 2010 start?

TL · Joined: 30 Mar 2008

August 2010 start

matthews_world · Joined: 15 Feb 2003

I heard that the age limit for JET is 40?

TL · Joined: 30 Mar 2008

You can't be older than around 40 by April 1, 2010. I don't know why they say "around 40" in the eligibility section. I guess they'd let a 41-year-old in if they have an amazing application.

nautilus · Joined: 26 Nov 2005 Location: Je jump, Tu jump, oui jump!