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[EmGen]

I recently broke my E-2 teaching contract to go back to the U.S. for several weeks, and I have returned to Korea on a tourist VISA and am staying with my friend.

One of my friends (who is Korean) has asked me to join a startup company they are about to start in Korea, and I was wondering if that company would be able to sponsor me.

The company has not been started fully, and the level of capital is still very low.

Would I be able to get a VISA for this, or a VISA that would allow me to work at a startup? I'm not sure which category it would fall under or how I would go about doing this.

Anyone have any ideas?

Thanks

[creeper1]

Your employer will have to proove that the job they are giving you couldn't be done by a Korean.

THere will have to be something unique or special that you bring to the table.

Have your employer talk with immigration about it.

[koreatimes]

Why would it be any different than a school that has at least one year in the business? Get documents, E2, and be ready to be paid very little until things hopefully pick up.

[TheUrbanMyth]

[EmGen]

No, it's not a teaching job.

[cincynate]

You can get an F-5 visa, but only if your friend can prove to immigration that the work cannot be done by a Korean.. Basically that means you'll have to do something with English.

[matthews_world]

To work with your friend you would need him to enquire to immigration about legally supporting you with an E-7.

Your chances of getting busted at a Korean company are less than in a hagwon so keep things on the hush hush until the contract has been signed. Keep in mind that you won't have health insurance until this happens.

[plchron]

cincynate wrote:

"You can get an F-5 visa, but only if your friend can prove to immigration that the work cannot be done by a Korean.. Basically that means you'll have to do something with English."

I always wondered why they had a 3% unemployment rate[/quote]

[ttompatz]

[PatrickGHBusan]

[EmGen]

Thanks for all the advice everyone