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sarahmarie15
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 Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2011 1:27 am Post subject: New Visa rules in South Korea |
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| Hi, I'm currently an English teacher in Prague, looking to move to South Korea in the near future. Can anyone please help me and let me know the new visa rules there? Is it necessary for me to return to my home country to start my paperwork, or can I start the visa paperwork from abroad? Also, I was wondering if teachers are allowed to work while their papers are being processed, or if it�s necessary for everything to be completed in their home countries or abroad before arriving to South Korea? Thanks so much for any advice you can give me! |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2011 4:53 am Post subject: Re: New Visa rules in South Korea |
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| sarahmarie15 wrote: |
| Hi, I'm currently an English teacher in Prague, looking to move to South Korea in the near future. Can anyone please help me and let me know the new visa rules there? Is it necessary for me to return to my home country to start my paperwork, or can I start the visa paperwork from abroad? Also, I was wondering if teachers are allowed to work while their papers are being processed, or if it�s necessary for everything to be completed in their home countries or abroad before arriving to South Korea? Thanks so much for any advice you can give me! |
Assuming you qualify for an E2:
i) passport from one of: UK, Ireland, USA, Canada, NZ, AUS, S.Africa.
ii) Bachelors degree from one of the same 7 countries.
iii) CLEAR (no derogatory comment) criminal background check.
Then yes, you can apply from abroad PROVIDED you are a legal resident of the country you are in (not on a tourist stamp/visa).
You are NOT allowed to work before you have a visa in your passport.
The difficulty will arise in trying to complete the required paperwork from abroad.
a) You will need to obtain a copy of your degree (not the original) with an apostille from your country of passport affixed to it.
b) You will need to obtain a "national level" criminal background check from your country of passport and have an apostille (from your country of passport) affixed to it.
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lifeinkorea
Joined: 24 Jan 2009
Location: somewhere in China
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| Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2011 12:51 am Post subject: |
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| a) You will need to obtain a copy of your degree (not the original) with an apostille from your country of passport affixed to it. |
What does "copy" mean? Can I go to immigration or US embassy and have them make a copy? Or does copy mean I have to order up a copy only from the university? |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2011 3:20 am Post subject: |
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| lifeinkorea wrote: |
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| a) You will need to obtain a copy of your degree (not the original) with an apostille from your country of passport affixed to it. |
What does "copy" mean? Can I go to immigration or US embassy and have them make a copy? Or does copy mean I have to order up a copy only from the university? |
Copy, as in scan and print or photocopy.
If you are American you will need to send it home, have someone get a copy made, have the copy notarized as a true copy of the original then it has to go to the secretary of state for that state to have the apostille affixed.
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