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pangaea
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 Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2011 7:16 pm Post subject: Anyone with a child who has gotten an E-2 visa... |
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| I might end up moving back to Korea to be with my fiance after our baby is born. I would just like information from anyone who has found a job and gotten an E-2 visa and brought your child with you. Did you have any trouble finding a job or obtaining the visa? Thanks for any help. |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2011 11:16 pm Post subject: Re: Anyone with a child who has gotten an E-2 visa... |
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| pangaea wrote: |
| I might end up moving back to Korea to be with my fiance after our baby is born. I would just like information from anyone who has found a job and gotten an E-2 visa and brought your child with you. Did you have any trouble finding a job or obtaining the visa? Thanks for any help. |
Getting the F3 is easy. All you need is proof of employment and proof of family relationship.
Getting the job, as a single mom with a dependent, especially in the current market is another matter.
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Skippy
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
Location: Daejeon
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| Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2011 11:41 pm Post subject: |
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My general advice is people that have baggage will have it harder. When recruiters and people who do the hiring see things like - baby or pet or some health problem, they will likely just say to themselves - too much trouble next! Unless you have something to really offer like a education degree or experience or F-series visa you will have it harder.
Doubly so with a baby. A older kid might be no problem but a baby means missed days and future problems with your work.
Good Luck! |
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koreatimes
Joined: 07 Jun 2011
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| Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2011 1:45 am Post subject: |
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| I might end up moving back to Korea to be with my fiance after our baby is born. |
I don't think your real issue has been addressed. You aren't worried about your child's visa, but more so you coming to Korea getting a job.
Also, "to be with my fiance". Does this mean your fiance is also a foreigner (I am trying to get the facts, I am assuming yes, otherwise you wouldn't need the E2).
Does this mean he has a job already in Korea? How do you plan on caring for the baby when you are working? That's the problem that will determine how and where you work. I think uni jobs would be impossible. Public school jobs don't have the facilities for your baby.
However, you are more likely to be welcomed by the Korean parents who want their "baby" to write thesis papers. You could bring your baby and try to teach the other ones. There could be some kind of caretaker arrangement while you teach.
Along with this, I would set up a backup plan by meeting with other parents. Probably, you'll want to only work in Seoul or Busan in this case. I hope that is where your fiance is. Out in the rural area would be a nightmare I would think. |
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pangaea
Joined: 20 Dec 2007
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| Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2011 8:16 am Post subject: |
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| I know it will be harder to find a job when I have a child, but I know people have done it in the past. I would just like to find out what their experience was like. An F-3 visa is not possible at this time because my fiance and I aren't married. You can blame the staff at the Cameroon consulate for that. My fiance is a student and will be finishing his PH.D. in Korea. I am just looking for a way for us to be together in the near future. |
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koreatimes
Joined: 07 Jun 2011
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| Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2011 3:45 pm Post subject: |
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| Tourist visas are 90 days. |
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PatrickGHBusan
Joined: 24 Jun 2008
Location: Busan (1997-2008) Canada 2008 -
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| Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2011 8:09 am Post subject: |
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| pangaea wrote: |
| I know it will be harder to find a job when I have a child, but I know people have done it in the past. I would just like to find out what their experience was like. An F-3 visa is not possible at this time because my fiance and I aren't married. You can blame the staff at the Cameroon consulate for that. My fiance is a student and will be finishing his PH.D. in Korea. I am just looking for a way for us to be together in the near future. |
So you get an E2, your child gets a F3 and he gets what whatever visa is given to his nationality based on the reciprocal agreement his country has with Korea. From your post I assume he is not an American citizen.
If he is, then he can come on a tourist visa of 90 days and renew that tourist visa by leaving Korea every 90 days.
Tom may know this better but the F3 would not work for your fiancee....could be wrong however!
As for the job, you can find one but it will take you longer to secure one, plan ahead! |
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Skippy
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Location: Daejeon
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| Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2011 8:41 am Post subject: |
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| Her fianc�e is from Cameroon. Cameroon does not a visa/tourist visa arrangement with Korea so he has to apply for a Visa. But reading her post I think he already has a Student visa here. My advice is get married. Still I stand by my original statement. It can be done but it will be difficult. |
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koreatimes
Joined: 07 Jun 2011
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| Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2011 3:35 pm Post subject: |
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| Seems like a lot of footwork. If the fiance is finishing their PhD, wouldn't they already have a student visa? They wouldn't need a tourist visa. |
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CentralCali
Joined: 17 May 2007
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| It seems to me that there may be some procedural or legal bar to the OP and her intended getting married in Cameroon. If so, then the Cameroon Embassy or Consulate will not issue any documentation to assist them in getting married overseas. |
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koreatimes
Joined: 07 Jun 2011
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| Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2011 4:45 pm Post subject: |
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| It seems to me that there may be some procedural or legal bar to the OP and her intended getting married in Cameroon. If so, then the Cameroon Embassy or Consulate will not issue any documentation to assist them in getting married overseas. |
Maybe she should put more fiber into her diet.
Kidding aside, I don't understand why we are addressing things which we cannot change and don't directly relate to the OP's problem.
Problem: She wants to be with her fiance. There is nothing mentioned she wants to marry in Korea.
If she has to marry in Cameroon, then the logical thing would be to go to Korea on a tourist visa until the fiance finishes studying. Then, go to Cameroon and get married.
She mentioned working instead (by talking about an E2), so the only issue here is her child coming along also and her chances of getting a job. |
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Quack Addict
Joined: 31 Mar 2008
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2011 5:17 pm Post subject: |
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| I have a wife and a kid. The school hiring me didn't need to know that. I told them but when I got to Korea I did the paperwork at Imme for them. If you think being an unmarried mother would hinder your job search...don't tell them. Korea's version of "if they don't ask, don't tell." Best of luck. |
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pangaea
Joined: 20 Dec 2007
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| Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2011 5:25 pm Post subject: |
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We tried to get married in Korea. The staff at the Cameroon consulate had no idea what we needed and one staff member even told me that there is no procedure in Korea for foreigners to get married.  Once they found out what we needed, they refused to give my fiance the paper he needed for us to get married. We were told we had to have a ceremony first, show them pictures and an invitation, then he would be given the paper he needed. The same paper it took me 45 minutes to get at the US Embassy. We had no time to have a ceremony and didn't want one in Korea, besides the fact that a ceremony is legally unnecessary and they had absolutely no right to require us to have one to get married under Korean law.
My fiance is still in Korea as a student. I left when my visa expired because I thought it would be better to be home for medical care and to prepare a home for us. I am now beginning to regret ever leaving and wish I had just stayed with my fiance. Our separation has already been longer than I thought it would be and I am beginning to get very depressed. However, as we could not get married I could not stay with him on an F-3. I could have tried to get a new teaching contract, but I knew that I was pregnant and would have to take maternity leave, possibly causing big problems resulting in me being fired and losing my visa at an extremely bad time.
We are currently working on getting the paperwork together for his fiance visa to the US. I still have to find a co-sponsor for him since I don't make enough, which could be problematic. Another option is for me to move back to Korea after the baby is born. As I can't get an F-3 at this time, the only way for me to be able to stay and work is to get an E-2 visa.
So, no I don't need more fiber in my diet. I need my fiance. If anyone has any useful advice or knows someone who found a job and got an E-2 with a child or did so themselves, it would be very helpful. |
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CentralCali
Joined: 17 May 2007
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| Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2011 12:33 am Post subject: |
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| They have every right under the laws of Cameroon. When you're asking for the assistance of the government of Cameroon, don't be surprised when they act per their laws. |
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PatrickGHBusan
Joined: 24 Jun 2008
Location: Busan (1997-2008) Canada 2008 -
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| Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2011 3:14 am Post subject: |
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| They have every right under the laws of Cameroon. When you're asking for the assistance of the government of Cameroon, don't be surprised when they act per their laws. |
Indeed.
OP, you went to the Cameroon consulate and therefore work with their rules. Its unfortunate it was complicated like that.
Hope it works out for all of you. |
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