Korean Job Discussion Forums

[sojusucks]

It's notification about the recent changes to E-2 Immigration law regarding multiple employers and addresses. It may come to you through the mail at your school and the envelope is addressed in Korean except for your name at the bottom. The actual notification has your name and picture and your visa status at the top of the first page. It is two pages long and is in Korean and English, and then there's an extra page only in Korean.

If you're really lucky you'll get lots of questions from your Korean teachers about why Immigration is contacting you right after the holidays and vacation season. Did anyone else get their notification?

[hogwonguy1979]

no but i got my "your period of stay is expiring" letter from immig with what my options were, not really annoying

the really annoying thing was the text message i got from immigration at 4p every day reminding me that visa was going to end. that finally ended when i extended last week

[DIsbell]

I got mine today. Seems like some pretty exciting changes. From what I can tell, we are a bit closer to visa portability. It pretty clearly says that we can change or add employers, within the scope of our visa, without advance permission. We just have to report any changes or additions within 15 days of starting the new work condition. i assume this opens up possibilities for legit additional work (I wonder if we can register as tutors?).

Letters of release or "supporting document detailing evidence of unfair dismissal or layoff" are only required when resigning (NOT re-signing) for "self-imputable" (i.e. your fault) or being dismissed. And if you resign/are dismissed, you have to report to immigration within 30 days to get your visa modified (period or status).

What I'm curious about is if this means we won't have to resubmit documents for a continuous stay in Korea, i.e. if you finish one contract and move on to the next, can you just report the change to immi and get your visa modified?

[northway]

My coworker got one. What does it mean exactly?

[schwa]

[Summer Wine]

Well Schwa if what you say is correct then immi need to tell thier workers.

I was told so long as I had a new school to employ me, a contract and did it prior to my current visa end, I could simply extend my visa with the new school.

It means that I dont need to provide any new documents other than what is needed for a visa extension.

It doesnt seem too complicated to me.

[schwa]

Changing employers in-country with minimal fuss when one contract segues into the next has been doable for a while. Did it myself 10 years ago going from hagwon to public school. As far as I know, hagwon to hagwon switches have been viable for at least a couple years now.

I dont see any real advantages the new rules bring to the table. Enlighten me.

[sojusucks]

[northway]

[sojusucks]

[Radius]

I got mine yesterday, and even reading the site Sojusucks linked I'm still confused. I'm really slow when it comes to interpreting government jargon, in laymen terms, what does it mean?
All that is important to me is whether or not I can change employers at the end of my contract in July without getting new documents/prints?

[PEIGUY]

I received one before the holidays at my house.. looked at it.. and didn't see anything I already knew..

[Illysook]

I got mine today. It scared me because it seemed like someone had reported me for something and I didn't know what it was. I don't do privates...not that I wouldn't, but after one or two meetings, they don't seem to work out, so I don't usually bother. I hate reading English that has been interpreted from Korean without a good editor. It's like you have to interpret it a second time to figure out what it means.

[Illysook]

double post, very sorry

[misher]