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[Mint]

Good afternoon all.

I taught in South Korea from 2008/10. I've been working here making more money, less vacation, etc. I also married a Korean woman here in Chicago. We both realize that money isn't what makes life meaningful, and I would prefer to spend my time teaching and interacting with students than what I'm doing now.

I am very seriously considering dropping my gig here and going back to teach. I however, can get an F2 visa this time around.

My plan is to land a public school job for a year and network, eventually moving most of my income to privates.

Does anybody have any experience getting a public school job with an F2? Or do most of you work the private angle? Do you think schools prefer E2s due to the higher bar through which we must jump [CBC, etc.] or will they view them equally?

Thanks in advance,

Mint

[viciousdinosaur]

It's F6 now. And I believe they are making people apply from outside the country now. I don't know. It's been a long time since I had to apply.

You can surely work for a public school, but you'll probably have the same problem myself and every other F6 person has. They just don't pay enough. They are the lowest paying job in Korea. Really a place for newbs.

[ttompatz]

And even on an F2/4/5/6 NOW you still need to jump though the same hoops if you want to be a teacher but for the MOE instead of immigration.

(degree with apostille, FBI check with apostille, medical with drug screen).

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[Mint]

Thanks for the updates.

Good to know I'll still need to gather those documents, I assume it still takes weeks to months to get the CBC from the FBI.

My wife is a naturalized American citizen, but she goes back and forth to and from Korea on her F2. I guess I'll have to talk to immi about how to get one for myself, perhaps have her parents sponsor mine.

It also looks like I'll have to have my F2 in hand before they will grant me an F6. I assume it can be upgraded to F6 when the F2 expires instead of just renewing an F2?

Cheers.

[Mint]

[john110375]

[quote="Mint"]Thanks for the updates.

Good to know I'll still need to gather those documents, I assume it still takes weeks to months to get the CBC from the FBI.

My wife is a naturalized American citizen, but she goes back and forth to and from Korea on her F2. I guess I'll have to talk to immi about how to get one for myself, perhaps have her parents sponsor mine.

It also looks like I'll have to have my F2 in hand before they will grant me an F6. I assume it can be upgraded to F6 when the F2 expires instead of just renewing an F2?

Cheers.[/quote]


If she was naturalized she most likely has an F-4 visa. She can't sponsor your F-6 on that visa. You'll get an F-1 but you can't work on that visa.

[viciousdinosaur]

I don't think this guy has any idea what he is talking about. I mean how could you have gotten an F2 when his wife is F4? And why would he get F2 before F6?

And finally, contrary to what you might think, people on E2 are the minority here. It's been a while since I looked at the statistics, but if you add up the F2/F4/F5/F6 visas they outnumber the E2 guys by a factor of 3:1. Most of the people I work with and see everyday are F6 or F4. If you work at a slave-won then yeah the only people you are going to see are E2, I suppose.

[alongway]

[Drew10]

Her parents can't sponsor your F visa either, unless you marry her mom or something.

[viciousdinosaur]

[alongway]

[viciousdinosaur]

Well I'm sure many of the F4s work as supervisors and managers at schools and recruiting offices. Does that count?

I'm willing to bet 99% of F4s and F6s work in the education field. But is there any data on that? No there isn't.

[alongway]

[Drew10]

I've never worked in the education field, whether here in Korea or back home.

[viciousdinosaur]