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koreatimes
Joined: 07 Jun 2011
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| I needed a release letter from my hagwon or something of the sorts to leave the country in 2008. |
That's clearly not true. You only need a release letter for another school in the same country.
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| they might not let you out of the country in the airport if the hagwon tells them not to |
Again, this is not true. You would have to commit a serious crime to be detained at the airport. Leaving because you didn't like the students or school is not a serious crime. |
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Troglodyte
Joined: 06 Dec 2009
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| Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2011 4:57 pm Post subject: |
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| Hiromi C wrote: |
| If they're demanding that you work after they've fired you, they'd better be paying you cash up front. |
Right. Tell them that you're willing to work until they get the replacement teacher ONLY if they pay you on a weekly basis (or daily i you can swing it). Otherwise you might not get paid even if you did work all August. They'd find reasons to make some deductions and then tell you how they are so kind to not ask YOU to pay THEM. |
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Troglodyte
Joined: 06 Dec 2009
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| Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2011 5:04 pm Post subject: |
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I don't know what your visa situation is, but in my case, I needed a release letter from my hagwon or something of the sorts to leave the country in 2008. After that it wasn't a problem because I'm on a different visa now, but I would double check
Basically, what I'm saying is, they might not let you out of the country in the airport if the hagwon tells them not to...
I'm not 100% sure on that though, so don't start trolling me if the law changed:) |
I call BS on that. The school can't stop the teacher from leaving. Not now. Not in 2008. And there are no travel restriction on your visa. What's more, the immigration guys at the airport couldn't care less if you ARE doing a midnight run. They only care if you OVERSTAY your visa or if you are involved in some kind of criminal investigation. And before someone else suggests it, the school can't accuse him with breaking the contract before he actually does it. |
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Son Deureo!
Joined: 30 Apr 2003
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| Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2011 2:59 am Post subject: |
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And even if they did "report" him for breaking his contract, Immigration still wouldn't give a damn because it's a civil matter.
I've been here since 2001, and Immigration has never asked to see permission from my employer to leave the country nor have I ever heard of anyone being asked for that. |
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Stout
Joined: 28 May 2011
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| Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2011 7:36 am Post subject: |
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| Some hagwons in Japan also try to pull this type of stunt, and then some. I remember the first place I worked for in ol' Nippon even went so far as to say they were monitoring us on our days off! |
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chungbukdo
Joined: 22 Aug 2010
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| Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2011 7:52 am Post subject: |
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| I don't know what your visa situation is, but in my case, I needed a release letter from my hagwon or something of the sorts to leave the country in 2008. |
lol.... LOL. Just... lol.
Yeah your hakwon can force you to stay in Korea and you can't escape. You can't even go on vacation or visit your family if your boss doesn't approve. We all get release letters from our bosses to take a trip. The government will enforce this because its their top priority that foreigners never leave the country. If you are found attempting to leave the country without a release letter, they will drive you back to your school and force you to teach a class no matter what ungodly hour of the night. |
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