Korean Job Discussion Forums

[kimjoohui]

Just want to know, has anyone ever left a public school job early and successfully gotten another public school job? If so, how'd you do it?

[DosEquisXX]

I guess, sort of. But you'd have a long period of unemployment (probably as long as the time left on your contract).

If you leave early, your work visa is canceled, you lose your residence and you must leave the country.

You can only get a new work visa at your home country.

[sheba]

For PS jobs, you can only get a visa in your home country? No visa runs?

[DosEquisXX]

[tired of LA]

Unless things have changed recently, you are only required to obtain your first visa in your home country because of the interview requirement. Although there are exceptions to this rule. After your first visa, as long as you have completed 9 months, you are not required to get you visa from your home country anymore.

[sheba]

[lifeinkorea]

WOW Talk about misinformation.

[outkast_3000]

Short answer: yes. I changed PS schools my first year...but it can be tricky.

It is case dependent I think - technically you are allowed, but you have to jump through a ton of hoops to make it work.

All you really need to do to make it work is get a letter of release from your current employer. If you have a job lined up already, you will need to get 2 documents from the new school - a letter with the registration number of the school and one other that I cannot remember the name of. You will also need to bring a copy of your NEW contract to the immigration office. Basically once you have these documents, you just need to file for a simple Visa Transfer, and the form is available at the immigration office. So...as far as the technicality of it, it is a fairly simple process...

But the reality is different...good luck getting your letter of release. That is all I have to say. If you can offer your principal a valid reason for leaving his or her school, and you have not burned any bridges and he or she likes you, you might be able to get it. I was far away in Jeollabuk-do in my first year, and after 6 months I started the TESOL program at Hanyang, which is in Seoul, and that I would need to change to a school closer to Seoul. I told the principal I had to leave for education purposes, and he reluctantly allowed it - it did not hurt that we were on good terms.

The reason why it is hard to secure the letter of release is because it puts your principal in a dicey situation - he or she will need to find a replacement immediately. Try to give them some time if you can - but it could be difficult. The other way is to just quit and leave the country and come back again - I have no experience with this, so I will not speak on it.

Good luck to you.

[sheba]