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Fired before 6 months-payback visa run fees?
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lip



Joined: 11 Oct 2007
PostPosted: Wed Aug 04, 2010 10:04 pm    Post subject: Fired before 6 months-payback visa run fees? Reply with quote
Hi,
I was fired after 5 months. The recruitor says I have to pay them back for the visa run fees. I was hired in Korea. My contract says nothing about this. i worked at a public school. Is that so?
Some people said no and others yes. What do you think?
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CentralCali



Joined: 17 May 2007
PostPosted: Wed Aug 04, 2010 11:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Maybe this will jog your memory?
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kprrok



Joined: 06 Apr 2004
Location: KC
PostPosted: Thu Aug 05, 2010 12:20 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Thanks for that link central. I had missed the original thread and it was a truly enjoyable read.
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Italy37612



Joined: 25 Jan 2010
Location: Somewhere
PostPosted: Thu Aug 05, 2010 1:15 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Cali, you hit the nail right on the head with your responses on the linked post.
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Richard Krainium



Joined: 12 Jan 2006
PostPosted: Thu Aug 05, 2010 2:01 am    Post subject: Re: Fired before 6 months-payback visa run fees? Reply with quote
lip wrote:
Hi,
I was fired after 5 months. The recruitor says I have to pay them back for the visa run fees. I was hired in Korea. My contract says nothing about this. i worked at a public school. Is that so?
Some people said no and others yes. What do you think?


lip wrote:
I worked there for five months. This is from my contract. EPIK contract.
"employee shall immediately pay back employer the air ticket and other expenses that the employer has incurred in the process of hiring the employee"


hmmm...
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lip



Joined: 11 Oct 2007
PostPosted: Thu Aug 05, 2010 5:17 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
wow you guys sound like cowards or actually you sound more like lovers.



"In many ways the work of a critic is easy. We risk very little. Yet enjoy a position over those who offer up there work and their sales to our judgement. We thrive on negative criticism, which is fun to write or read. But the better of truth that we critics must face-Is that in th e grand scheme of things, the average piece of junk is probably more meaningful than our criticism designating it so......"
-Anton Ego, from the movie Ratatouille
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huffdaddy



Joined: 25 Nov 2005
PostPosted: Thu Aug 05, 2010 8:41 am    Post subject: Re: Fired before 6 months-payback visa run fees? Reply with quote
lip wrote:
Hi,
I was fired after 5 months. The recruitor says I have to pay them back for the visa run fees. I was hired in Korea. My contract says nothing about this. i worked at a public school. Is that so?
Some people said no and others yes. What do you think?


Scenario 1: You have the money, they want it. Take it and run.

Scenario 2: They have the money. You're screwed.
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CentralCali



Joined: 17 May 2007
PostPosted: Thu Aug 05, 2010 6:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Scenario 3:

It's all malarley. The OP's just a troll.
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Young FRANKenstein



Joined: 02 Oct 2006
Location: Castle Frankenstein (that's FRONKensteen)
PostPosted: Fri Aug 06, 2010 12:42 am    Post subject: Re: Fired before 6 months-payback visa run fees? Reply with quote
lip wrote:
My contract says nothing about this.

Yes, it does:

lip wrote:
I worked there for five months. This is from my contract. EPIK contract.
"employee shall immediately pay back employer the air ticket and other expenses that the employer has incurred in the process of hiring the employee"

You didn't make it to six months, therefore you are responsible for paying their money back, including airfare for visa runs, recruiter fees, and any other costs they paid in the process of hiring you, etc. It says so in black and white in your contract. Nothing illegal about it, so Labor will uphold that clause. You owe the money, and it's too late to take your money and pull a runner, so expect nothing (or close to nothing) of your final paycheque.
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PatrickGHBusan



Joined: 24 Jun 2008
Location: Busan (1997-2008) Canada 2008 -
PostPosted: Fri Aug 06, 2010 5:22 am    Post subject: Re: Fired before 6 months-payback visa run fees? Reply with quote
Young FRANKenstein wrote:
lip wrote:
My contract says nothing about this.

Yes, it does:

lip wrote:
I worked there for five months. This is from my contract. EPIK contract.
"employee shall immediately pay back employer the air ticket and other expenses that the employer has incurred in the process of hiring the employee"

You didn't make it to six months, therefore you are responsible for paying their money back, including airfare for visa runs, recruiter fees, and any other costs they paid in the process of hiring you, etc. It says so in black and white in your contract. Nothing illegal about it, so Labor will uphold that clause. You owe the money, and it's too late to take your money and pull a runner, so expect nothing (or close to nothing) of your final paycheque.


Precisely.
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