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BrianInSuwon
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Location: Korea
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 Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2010 10:25 am Post subject: face to face interviews at the Korean Consulate required? |
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| In the past, I always just mailed my passport and Letter of Invitation to the Korean Consulate in NY. This year, the recruiter told me I needed to have a face to face interview at the consulate. Are all teachers coming from the USA now required to have a face to face interview at the Korean consulate? |
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fl4mers
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| Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2010 12:17 pm Post subject: |
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| Unless you live over 5 hrs drive away from the consulate I believe you now need a face to face interview. If you live further away than that then the consulate can consent to a webcam interview. |
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aweitzm1
Joined: 23 Mar 2010
Location: Florida
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| Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2010 1:02 pm Post subject: |
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| fl4mers wrote: |
| Unless you live over 5 hrs drive away from the consulate I believe you now need a face to face interview. If you live further away than that then the consulate can consent to a webcam interview. |
I know the Atlanta Consulate will not do any webcam interviews. I live 10 hours away and I need to fly there for my interview. |
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crisdean
Joined: 04 Feb 2010
Location: Seoul Special City
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| Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2010 2:24 pm Post subject: |
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| I was under the impression that if you've already held an E2 visa you were exempt from the interview. I know I was, but that was with the the consulate in Vancouver. Contact the consulate's office and ask. |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2010 4:27 pm Post subject: Re: face to face interviews at the Korean Consulate required |
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| BrianInSuwon wrote: |
| In the past, I always just mailed my passport and Letter of Invitation to the Korean Consulate in NY. This year, the recruiter told me I needed to have a face to face interview at the consulate. Are all teachers coming from the USA now required to have a face to face interview at the Korean consulate? |
The interview is not required IF you have had a previous E2 AND you have no black mark in your immigration file.
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SeoulNate
Joined: 04 Jun 2010
Location: Hyehwa
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| Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2010 8:46 pm Post subject: Re: face to face interviews at the Korean Consulate required |
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| ttompatz wrote: |
The interview is not required IF you have had a previous E2 AND you have no black mark in your immigration file.
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QFT.
Whoever was answering the phones in the NYC branch last year didnt know what they were talking about and told me that i had to come in for an interview (8 hours away from Cleveland). We drove there, lady at the counter gives me the WTF are you doing here look and tells me that we could have mailed it to them because i had already been in korea for a few years... F U new york embassy. |
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jamiemexi
Joined: 13 Feb 2010
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| Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2010 10:30 pm Post subject: |
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| Face to face interview is normally best. It shows you really want the job. |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2010 10:42 pm Post subject: |
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| jamiemexi wrote: |
| Face to face interview is normally best. It shows you really want the job. |
Not talking about the job interview... the consular interview is just for the visa issuance - hard questions like:
Do you have a degree?
Do you take drugs?
Do you have a mental illness?
Do you have a criminal record?
Where did you get it from?
How long did it take?
Do you like Kimchi?
Do you know anything about Korea?
By the time you get there (to the consulate) you already have the contract and confirmation number so it has NOTHING to do with your job.
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