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Konglishman
Joined: 14 Sep 2007
Location: Nanjing
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 Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2013 3:41 am Post subject: Re: PSA: New immigration policy |
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| NYC_Gal 2.0 wrote: |
As of January of this year, if you leave your contract early without getting a letter of release, you can't get a new visa for the remainder of the contract. Visa runs no longer apply.
The only time this does not apply is if you have actual proof that your boss wasn't paying you or something similar. Then it's on a case-by-case basis. |
Was it ever any different? I mean I thought that the letter of release was always required in such a situation. That was one of several reasons why I went to Thailand for a few months in 2009 due to having a 1 semester gap of time between contracts (with the next university job contract starting in Spring 2010). It was my assumption then that if I had taken temporary job contract in Korea during the prior semester, the temporary employer (whomever he would have been) would have had the power to prevent from starting the university job. |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2013 4:09 am Post subject: |
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In the past few years, the simple act of leaving Korea without re-entry privileges (turning in your ARC since 2010) is enough to cancel your status of sojourn.
At that point it had been possible to begin the visa process again from scratch (apply for a new visa confirmation number) then leave again on a visa run to secure a new visa.
Since XMAS, Busan has been denying new visa confirmation applications from those with unfinished contracts even if their status of sojourn was canceled or terminated.
That said, it has ALWAYS been the prerogative of the immigration officer at the time of the application to review and approve/deny the visa confirmation application based on their opinion of the circumstances at the time of the application.
There never was a guarantee of a new application being approved if the previous contract was unfulfilled.
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NYC_Gal 2.0
Joined: 10 Dec 2010
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| Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2013 4:58 am Post subject: |
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Okay, so Busan has been doing it since December 25th, and Incheon and Seoul have been doing it since January 1st. There is a difference of 1 week in policy.
The fact remains that visa runs no longer apply for people ending contracts, even if following the contract in giving notice. You may luck out and get an immigration officer who does not know or care, but the odds are against you, so have a contingency plan. |
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Gnawbert
Joined: 23 Oct 2007
Location: The Internet
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| Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2013 8:58 am Post subject: |
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| It's a terrible policy as it puts far too much control in the hands of an employer, and gives shady bosses one less reason to grant the all mighty Letter of Release. |
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EZE
Joined: 05 May 2012
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| Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2013 7:16 am Post subject: |
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| One result will be an increase in the number of E-2 teachers bouncing back and forth between China and Korea. |
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