Korean Job Discussion Forums

dalem · Joined: 30 Dec 2008

I am a teacher here on an E2 visa. I want to open up an online jewelry maing shop, using Etsy (www.etsy.com). I know that i have to add the second 'job' (i'd be mosly doing it for fun, but some small money would potentially come in) on my E-2 visa by filling out the paperwork, but it would be a self-employed job. I believe that with the paperwork, you need an employer or something to sign off for you, don't you?

Anyone know anything about this?

Skippy · Joined: 18 Jan 2003 Location: Daejeon

Honestly I would not even waste my time applying. The other job with E-2 is usually just another teaching job. Besides this other job of making jewelery does not have an another physical address. If you opened a store front here in Korea I could understand registering. I think if you register for this you will just be opening a can of worms.

My advice is make your jewelry, try to keep the money you make stateside (meaning do not have the money coming here to a korean account), and be careful with the shipping.

isthisreally · Joined: 01 Sep 2007

Quite simply, there is no proof that you're working a second job. Your second job won't even be in Korea right? Don't waste your time.

I earn money online and there is no way the Korean government could find out about it. I would guess, though I'm uncertain, that this is not a violation of my visa since I'm using U.S. addresses for all of this.

dalem · Joined: 30 Dec 2008

From what i understand, the purpose of Visas is for tax information. How would this work for taxes, then? I am a canadian citizen, and am not currently paying any taxes at all in canada as i am not making any money there. If i start sending money to my canadian account, would this then mean i'd have to start paying canadian taxes again? Def. want to avoid that.

NYC_Gal · Joined: 08 Dec 2009

Use a bank account in your home country. Don't sweat it. It has nothing to do with this country.

Be sure to declare the income in your home country though! Exclamation

dalem · Joined: 30 Dec 2008

so, if i'm declaring income to canada, does this mean that i'll have to pay taxes every year then? I'm not interested in doing this and making the maybe 200$ year if it means i have to pay 2000$ taxes or something. As things stand, i'm not paying anything.

Just checking. I don't know a lot about taxes, either here or in Canada.