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Suwon23 · Joined: 24 Jan 2008

I work at a large hagwon in Seoul that shall remain nameless. Everyone there, even high ranking teaching staff, teach private lessons and state it openly. They have repeatedly told me that it's legal with an E-2 visa according to some recent change in the law. Please tell me they are full of it.

modernseoul · Joined: 11 Sep 2011 Location: Seoul

If they do it in conjunction with your school, so therefore their students pay the school and the school pay them its OK.

If they (your co-teachers) are paid in cash and the school is unaware of it, it is illegal mainly because of tax reasons. And if they are caught there could be at best fined and at worst fined, fired and deported.

Simply put private lessons for E2's are possible but most of the time done illegally. I don't have a link to back this up but if you decide to do anything outside of your school your taking a gamble and your co-teacher are probably doing so.

Adventurer · Joined: 28 Jan 2006

PatrickGHBusan

Skippy · Joined: 18 Jan 2003 Location: Daejeon

The only really way to teach privately is if your school is out sourcing you. That means getting permission from immigration, adding work places to your record and checking with proper taxes. To clarify this mean TEACHING AT ANOTHER SCHOOL/BUSINESS. One on one private lesson NOT AT a school or legitimate business is ILLEGAL.

What is likely happening is the school is turning a blind eye to what teachers are doing. Or affectively participating as it can get them money and networking.

Permission from school does not mean it is legal.

This can so blow up. School says it is fine, teacher does it, gets caught and school will go "really he was teaching a private, I did not know". They fire you and avoid a fine. So in the end you will be the one fined and possibly deported.

If the school is truly evil, they would keep said info in back pocket and keep it for that rainy day on day 15 month 10 of contract. "Sorry Mr. Smith, you broke the contract that says you would not teach without permission - strike one, and strike two you broke a law of Korea, and number three you "something made up", you are being let go. Here is your notice" Oh please go to the labour board, we will go to immigration.

Suwon23 · Joined: 24 Jan 2008

I would very much like to convince my coworkers that this is the case, since they are all 100% convinced that the law recently changed to allow private lessons. Is there a statute in English I can show them to prove that private lessons are illegal?

Kwangjuchicken · Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 5:55 pm Post subject:

ThingsComeAround · Joined: 07 Nov 2008

broken76 · Joined: 27 Jan 2008

It is illegal to teach private lessons under an E2 Visa. You can be outsourced to other schools with permission from your sponsor (school) as well as immigration. Teaching private lessons outside of a school are illegal for anyone including Koreans unless they are licensed tutors and file for the appropriate paperwork with the local district office as well as the local ministry of education.

Suwon23 · Joined: 24 Jan 2008

My co-workers are all foreigners, and they insist that the law recently changed. I need an actual law to show them. Even if it's in Korean, I can translate it well enough. But I don't know the law. Can anyone help me identify the relevant statute in the legal code? I'd be very grateful.

Skippy · Joined: 18 Jan 2003 Location: Daejeon

hogwonguy1979 · Joined: 22 Dec 2003 Location: the racoon den

either there are a bunch of trolls around or a bunch of morons between the drug testing questions and this.

Skippy · Joined: 18 Jan 2003 Location: Daejeon

There is the f-ing work for you. The rest is yours to read and figure out
Download the PDF it is not that long.

http://www.hikorea.go.kr/pt/NtcCotnDetailR_en.pt?pageSpec=&targetRow=&lafjOrderBy=&sRange=&sKeyWord=&bbsGbCd=BS10&bbsSeq=2&ntccttSeq=34&pageCode=list&langCd=EN&bbsNm=Notice

� E-2 : A copy of registration certificate of establishment and operation
of private institutions (학원설립�운영등록증) and registration certificate
of lifelong educational institutions (평생교육시설등록증)

Looking at the words I am guessing a private (paid) tutor session in a cafe or private home would not classify as a private institute or lifelong education institution.

PatrickGHBusan · Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2012 5:44 am Post subject:

bbud656 · Joined: 15 Jun 2010

Its not legal. However, it is common for E2s to teach privately, in my opinion. I think its kind of dumb to let the school in on it even if they are seemingly cool with it. You dont ever want them to have anything on you. All the people who can teach legally on here try freak people out so no one cuts into their profits. Can't blame them for it though.