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mta7388
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 Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2011 6:20 pm Post subject: Ways to get Letter of Release before 6 months into contract? |
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Basically, I want out of my hagwon but don't want to leave Korea. I know that to switch jobs, especially since I'm only a few months in, I need the letter of release.
So what could I saw to my boss to get her to give me said letter? Wouldn't be against lying if that would work. |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2011 8:45 pm Post subject: Re: Ways to get Letter of Release before 6 months into contr |
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| mta7388 wrote: |
Basically, I want out of my hagwon but don't want to leave Korea. I know that to switch jobs, especially since I'm only a few months in, I need the letter of release.
So what could I saw to my boss to get her to give me said letter? Wouldn't be against lying if that would work. |
Anything you want.
She is under no obligation to give one regardless of what you say, threaten or attempt to coerce her with.
IF you trust her, give proper notice and you may not get burned too badly.
I strongly suggest that you order new documents now.
If things go south on you then do a quick exit to cancel your status when you have them, return and begin again.
Just remember that the grass always LOOKS greener on the other side of the fence but in reality it is just the same.
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mta7388
Joined: 05 Sep 2011
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| Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2011 9:32 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks for the response.
Just to clarify, if I did actually get the letter of release from her, that means I do not need a new set of documents, just a new employer to sponsor my visa? |
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thebektionary
Joined: 11 May 2011
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| Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2011 9:53 pm Post subject: |
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| mta7388 wrote: |
Thanks for the response.
Just to clarify, if I did actually get the letter of release from her, that means I do not need a new set of documents, just a new employer to sponsor my visa? |
Yes. This happened to me and my new school just called immigration and took care of it. |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2011 10:33 pm Post subject: |
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| mta7388 wrote: |
Thanks for the response.
Just to clarify, if I did actually get the letter of release from her, that means I do not need a new set of documents, just a new employer to sponsor my visa? |
Correct.
With a LOR you can transfer to a new employer or switch to a D10 while you are looking for new work then back to an E2 when you get a job without the need for new documents.
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mta7388
Joined: 05 Sep 2011
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| Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2011 12:43 am Post subject: |
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It seems then my problem is just getting my boss to give it to me.
What if I lied and said I had to go home for a few month or an emergency, but wanted to come back and look for a new job so therefore she needed to give me a letter of release? But instead of going home I would just switch to my new job immediately. Would my old employer find out?
Maybe that's totally far fetched. |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2011 5:52 am Post subject: |
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| mta7388 wrote: |
It seems then my problem is just getting my boss to give it to me.
What if I lied and said I had to go home for a few month or an emergency, but wanted to come back and look for a new job so therefore she needed to give me a letter of release? But instead of going home I would just switch to my new job immediately. Would my old employer find out?
Maybe that's totally far fetched. |
If you are going home you don't need a LOR. Your status would be canceled when you hand in your ARC freeing you to apply for a new visa and new documents are easy to obtain unless you are American (in which case you are screwed) -
... thanks to the Feds who are so useless at supplying services like background checks and apostilles (all of which are on a cost recovery basis so don't even come out of tax dollars) in an efficient manner but are so good at arresting cupcakes with icing trying to board a flight home after XMAS.
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mta7388
Joined: 05 Sep 2011
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| Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2011 7:49 am Post subject: |
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| Yes, I'm an American, and the process of getting my CBC again seems to daunting and time consuming (2.5-3 months to get it while within Korea?) that it wouldn't be worth it. Hence why I'm exploring ways to get an LoR, though it seems unlikely. |
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bluethree
Joined: 20 May 2009
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| Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2011 1:26 pm Post subject: |
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| If you've already submitted your CBC, you don't need to get a new one unless you've left Korea for more than three months. You may need a new apostilled diploma though (That's what happened to me when I got a new visa recently). |
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BananaBan
Joined: 16 Nov 2011
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| Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2011 10:57 pm Post subject: |
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| If you've already submitted your CBC, you don't need to get a new one unless you've left Korea for more than three months. You may need a new apostilled diploma though (That's what happened to me when I got a new visa recently). |
Should a future teacher plan to bring their original university diploma with them to Korea in case a situation like this, where the teacher wants to leave, arises?
Is notarizing your documents in Korea as legit as if they were to be done so back home (i.e. USA, Canada, UK etc) |
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koreatimes
Joined: 07 Jun 2011
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| Hence why I'm exploring ways to get an LoR, though it seems unlikely. |
If you move a distance from the school, it is doable. My ex-girlfriend lived in a different part of Korea, and that was a good enough excuse for 2 school changes. She told me she wanted to move to Seoul, so I got a job in Seoul. Then, she decided she didn't. So, I moved again  |
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