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DanseurVertical
Joined: 24 Nov 2010
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 Posted: Sun Mar 03, 2013 9:11 pm Post subject: minimum hours for E2 visa? |
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My health has not been especially good for some time. Not in a way that would interfere with the health-check for ARC, but nonetheless, working 40 hours a week is out of the question for now.
I have a TEFL certificate and prior (public) school teaching experience in Korea. Now, I'm in Seoul, and I miss teaching.
What are the minimum weekly work hours needed for an E2? What kind of positions exist (for E2 visa holders) with work weeks under 40 hours? |
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Dog Soldier
Joined: 29 Sep 2010
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| Posted: Sun Mar 03, 2013 9:37 pm Post subject: |
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Public schools often have a 22 hour teaching week (though often less by all the desk warming posts on waygook) and most hagwon jobs are 30 hours a week by contract.
Universities are often in the 12-18 hour range per week.
Not sure about after school positions but I'd assume less than 30. |
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DanseurVertical
Joined: 24 Nov 2010
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| Posted: Sun Mar 03, 2013 11:52 pm Post subject: |
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| Dog Soldier wrote: |
| Public schools often have a 22 hour teaching week (though often less by all the desk warming posts on waygook) and most hagwon jobs are 30 hours a week by contract. |
Right, I used to teach in a middle school. I almost always taught 22 hours a week (sometimes more). True there was time to rest if I needed to, but the other 18 hours certainly weren't just spent resting. At a public school, the real work is often not the teaching itself. That's usually the easy part if you've prepared adequately. For me at least, the more difficult work is creating a lesson / materials that will keep a large class engaged whilst potentially learning something.
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| Universities are often in the 12-18 hour range per week. |
That's ideal, but I haven't got enough prior experience (or else a masters) to be a candidate for uni jobs.
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| Not sure about after school positions but I'd assume less than 30. |
I'll look into after school positions. The teaching hours are actually not very much, as far as I understand. Still, if you're starting with a blank slate, the total amount of work time is going to be much greater.
Anyhow, thanks for responding. |
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schwa
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
Location: Yap
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| Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2013 1:54 am Post subject: |
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Thread topic interests me too.
My mandatory retirement from the PS system is coming up in two years. I'm hale & love teaching but by then I think I'd like to go part-time. Money isnt my concern but I'm E-2, so visa sponsorship is.
Say I find an obliging hagwon owner. Anyone in the know about specific minimum immi requirements? |
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Weigookin74
Joined: 26 Oct 2009
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| Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2013 1:59 am Post subject: |
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| There's always China with many low hour jobs too. |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2013 2:32 am Post subject: |
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| schwa wrote: |
Thread topic interests me too.
My mandatory retirement from the PS system is coming up in two years. I'm hale & love teaching but by then I think I'd like to go part-time. Money isnt my concern but I'm E-2, so visa sponsorship is.
Say I find an obliging hagwon owner. Anyone in the know about specific minimum immi requirements? |
It is a bit of a grey area.
Under labor law 15 hours per week makes you NOT part-time.
Immigration only requires you to have a valid sponsor AND limits the "extra" work available to you (can't be more than your primary work).
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CP
Joined: 18 Jan 2007
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| Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2013 6:01 pm Post subject: Further information please... |
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Specifically?
In order to be able to give E-2 sponsorship to an employee does the employer have to provide a minimum number of working hours in the contract? |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2013 6:17 pm Post subject: Re: Further information please... |
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| CP wrote: |
Specifically?
In order to be able to give E-2 sponsorship to an employee does the employer have to provide a minimum number of working hours in the contract? |
As said earlier...
There is no "specific".
Labor law puts 15 hours as the border between part-time and full time.
(makes a difference for NPS and NHIC).
Immigration has no "limit" or minimum number of hours but does require "sponsorship" and that your "extra" places of work must be approved by immigration and added to your ARC. There are also limits on "extra" work.
Most uni jobs (for qualified "visiting professors" and "guest lecturers") usually fall in the 9-18 hour per week range with 3-6 "office hours" per week (so, in theory, a visiting professor could have full visa sponsorship on as few as 12 hours per week of contracted work time).
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