Korean Job Discussion Forums

murmanjake · Joined: 21 Oct 2008

Anyone else on here have one?

My prospective employer directed me to the hiKorea site, assuming since my girlfriend speaks korean I'd be able to figure that jargon out.

It's not very clear.

I've read up a bit (using google's custom Daves search) but I'm still not sure of the requirements.

General consensus seems to be that it changes based on the situation.

So anyone go through my specific situation already, and wanna give me a run-down? (for editing/writing at a publishing company)

ttompatz · Joined: 05 Sep 2005 Location: Kwangju, South Korea

murmanjake · Joined: 21 Oct 2008

according to that I sound a bit under-qualified....

Would my company be getting me into something they couldn't handle?

I've had a relationship with them for some time now. The boss has seemed very capable. I wonder how I should approach the possibility that I may not be qualified for the visa....

Also, I'm not sure how I would approach immigration. It seems that my boss may be planning to pull some strings, and I wouldn't want to screw things up.

ttompatz · Joined: 05 Sep 2005 Location: Kwangju, South Korea

fustiancorduroy · Joined: 12 Jan 2007

What ttompatz is saying is certainly not wrong, but know that there are no strict rules dictating who and who does not qualify for an E7 visa. I worked at a writing job with an E7 visa. At that time, I had:

- A bachelor's degree in English with a writing concentration
- Two years of teaching experience
- Two years of ESL textbook writing experience

I was able to get an E7 with minimal hassle. But then again, the employer I worked at had quite a few people with E7 visas working for them already, so maybe they had a lot of sway at immigration or simply knew how to go about it the right way.

As long as you have some sort of degree in English or journalism or writing or whatever along with some writing experience, you should qualify for an E7. If not, well... you might get lucky. Or maybe not.

murmanjake · Joined: 21 Oct 2008

Ok thanks for the help both of you.

I've less experience than you Fustian, but at least I have a bachelors in English. Confused

I'll contact my potential employer to ensure that we are both on the same page as far as my qualifications go....

Let's hope he just knows the right people.

ttompatz:

you always give very sound and well-informed advice. Do you work directly with immigration? Just wondering where you've acquired this wealth of immigration-related knowledge....

ttompatz · Joined: 05 Sep 2005 Location: Kwangju, South Korea

dutchschultz · Joined: 01 Feb 2004

Based on my experience (I had an E7 and worked as an editor):

The standard for getting an E7 is:
Bachelor's degree with 5 years relevant experience
Master's degree with 2 years relevant experience.

Your potential employer also must get a letter from the appropriate ministry stating that only a foreigner can do this job and that the person they want to hire is qualified.

If the place has a lot of people on an E7 then immigration usually limits the number of E7s it will give that company. Had one offer for an editing job where they wanted me to go on an E2 because immigration wouldn't issue the company any more E7 visas.

As someone mentioned, it is not your responsibility to get the visa number. You should just be providing documents to your potential employer. I also found that the immigration website was not very informative about the E7 visa.