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oldtrafford · Joined: 12 Jan 2011

Urban, you're never wrong fella!!! Shocked

Carbon · Joined: 28 Jan 2011

CRCs are not wrong or otherwise infringement upon anyone's rights, resident or visitor. Being so against it really can't help but make you look bad, not the request. Working with kids, it is reasonable.

I think you neglected to read the pat where I said that the checks should be across the board. If not, then yes, there is something amiss. Otherwise, it's about time Korea started doing this.

I am being very real. You are the one in a fantasy of denial/disgust/disbelief/(fear?)...

TheUrbanMyth · Joined: 28 Jan 2003 Location: Retired

jeronimoski · Joined: 11 Apr 2011

Again, some lifer on daves esl has again hijacked this thread.

There has been rumors of F-2 and F-5 people having to jump through the hoops, but I still haven't seen anywhere where this has been verified. Calls to the MOE were directed to individual Education offices for each gu because they have their own rules. Calls to some of these places produced varied and vague answers. So as of now, there is nothing set down. Maybe if Urban Myth tells me that there's gold at the end of the rainbow, I might be inclined to believe him.

I wonder how many long-term people are going to be unable to teach because they don't have spotless records. I guess it depends on what the MOE thinks is criminal, but who knows.

litebear · Joined: 12 Sep 2009 Location: Holland

Personally when looking at the hard facts I don't think anyone can reasonably argue against introducing this. What I think would be the big problem is if they ask for a new home country check every year even if you haven't been home.

TheUrbanMyth · Joined: 28 Jan 2003 Location: Retired

TheUrbanMyth · Joined: 28 Jan 2003 Location: Retired

jeronimoski · Joined: 11 Apr 2011

Since you seemed to have missed what I was saying, I will make it much clearer for you.

I called the MOE and they didn't know exactly what was going on. They told me that it depends on what gu someone lives in. So, I called a bunch of education offices from different districts and got different answers. No one seems to know exacdtly what is going on yet, so this obviously is not set down yet.

This is a current event, so I can post here if I want to. You have a problem with that? Should be follow your judgement as to what thread is 'dormant' or not?

And yes, I was making fun of you since you seem to be rambling on about which koeran teacher got fired and which one did this and bla bla bla. I'm sure we can all pull some story out of our butt and say that it represents a valid arugment to saying this should be this way or that. But that doesn't answer the original poster's question, does it?

litebear · Joined: 12 Sep 2009 Location: Holland

NohopeSeriously · Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2011 11:55 pm Post subject:

Nobody wouldn't complain about the CRC if the time of processing had been shortened in the first place.

litebear · Joined: 12 Sep 2009 Location: Holland

Swampfox10mm · Joined: 24 Mar 2011

First of all, everyone needs to calm down and realize that EVERY time Korea comes up with some new law... and I mean EVERY time, it lacks any sort of pre-planning. Some letter comes down demanding that everyone do something (like get a CRC) by a certain date. Then the schools sit on their ass and don't actually read the letter, or notice it, until 1 week before classes. Then they call the local education offices, immigration, or whomever, all at once to raise hell. It's not long before the government gives everyone a 6-month grace period and better-defines the law.

So calm down. This is just how Korean gov't works. It's inefficient. It's stupid. It's ridiculous. But that's the way it goes. Seen this kind of thing happen for years.

Who's Your Daddy? · Joined: 30 May 2010 Location: Victoria, Canada.

This thread is about F-5 visa holders. They hold permanent residency that never expires. But they are still being treated as foreigners. That might make E-2 holders happy but imagine this:

A Korean moves to the U.S. or U.K. and gets permanent residency. But every year he's required a background check from Korea to work there.

That's ridiculous. At some point he shouldn't be treated by laws as a foreigner. And that point should be the permanent residency. He should only be required a Korean police check (like Korean teachers), and immigration already checked his home country police check to issue the F-5.

And it's not like there are a lot of jobs for foreigners besides education.