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bakather
Joined: 11 Jul 2013
Location: USA
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 Posted: Fri Sep 13, 2013 9:27 pm Post subject: No health check?? |
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I've been here about two weeks, and no one has told me to get a health check. I asked my co-teacher about a health check, and she thought I meant I wanted to see a doctor for a check-up and started telling me about the best doctors. I clarified that it is in my contract, and she said it wasn't required. I then told her my recruiter said I had to have one, and she came back and said I could get a check up after I got my ARC. I think she is still talking about a check-up for me personally, and not the health check for the E2. What gives? I thought this was required by immi. I'm in a public school with an EPIK contract.
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bakather
Joined: 11 Jul 2013
Location: USA
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| Posted: Fri Sep 13, 2013 9:28 pm Post subject: |
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| I'm in public school, too. Not a hagwon. |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Fri Sep 13, 2013 11:10 pm Post subject: |
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It is required and your co-teacher is uninformed.
Contact your EPIK liaison.
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bakather
Joined: 11 Jul 2013
Location: USA
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| Posted: Sat Sep 14, 2013 2:22 am Post subject: |
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Ok. Thanks. I'll do that. If I have to do it, I want to get it over with.
I was under the impression that the medical check was required by immi for the ARC. They didn't need a health check to issue my ARC. They already did that without it. Is the health check for insurance purposes, or is it needed by immigration for something? |
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beentheredonethat777
Joined: 27 Jul 2013
Location: AsiaHaven
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| Posted: Sat Sep 14, 2013 4:38 am Post subject: |
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[quote="bakather"]Ok. Thanks. I'll do that. If I have to do it, I want to get it over with.
I was under the impression that the medical check was required by immi for the ARC.
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| They didn't need a health check to issue my ARC. They already did that without it. |
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ReallY? Wow. I'm
very surprised by this? Do you actually have the ARC in hand? |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Sat Sep 14, 2013 4:41 am Post subject: |
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The health check and digital fingerprints are required by immi before your ARC is processed.
You must apply for your ARC in person. It can't be "done for you" by another person.
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12ax7
Joined: 07 Nov 2009
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| Posted: Sat Sep 14, 2013 4:50 am Post subject: |
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| ttompatz wrote: |
The health check and digital fingerprints are required by immi before your ARC is processed.
You must apply for your ARC in person. It can't be "done for you" by another person.
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Ironically, about 10 years ago the local media and politicians were calling Japan all kinds of nasty names for requiring the same of Koreans who were residing in the country. |
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bakather
Joined: 11 Jul 2013
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| Posted: Sat Sep 14, 2013 4:57 am Post subject: |
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| That's strange. I did apply in person. |
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beentheredonethat777
Joined: 27 Jul 2013
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| Posted: Sat Sep 14, 2013 5:16 am Post subject: |
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| bakather wrote: |
| That's strange. I did apply in person. |
Please answer. Do you actually have the ARC in your hand or did you only apply for it?
I'm really curious about this since the degree ,background check, and health check are vital for employment in this country.
If you only applied, chances are they will flag it as incomplete or reject it all together.
Please respond bakather. Thank. |
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bakather
Joined: 11 Jul 2013
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| Posted: Sat Sep 14, 2013 5:26 am Post subject: |
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Oh. No, I don't have it in hand. My co-teacher went with me to apply, and all I did was fill out a form, and they scanned my passport. This was in Daejeon two weeks ago. My co-teacher told me the ARC would arrive at the school this upcoming week. I thought it was too easy. I'm confused as to how they wouldn't know the process. It isn't like I'm the first native teacher the school had to go through this process with. And why in the world would Daejeon immi not get everything they needed from me? Ugh....
Edit: They took my fingerprints, also, but no health check. |
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beentheredonethat777
Joined: 27 Jul 2013
Location: AsiaHaven
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| Posted: Sat Sep 14, 2013 6:21 am Post subject: |
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| bakather wrote: |
Oh. No, I don't have it in hand. My co-teacher went with me to apply, and all I did was fill out a form, and they scanned my passport. This was in Daejeon two weeks ago. My co-teacher told me the ARC would arrive at the school this upcoming week. I thought it was too easy. I'm confused as to how they wouldn't know the process. It isn't like I'm the first native teacher the school had to go through this process with. And why in the world would Daejeon immi not get everything they needed from me? Ugh....
Edit: They took my fingerprints, also, but no health check. |
Okay, thanks for clarifying that for me. Please post here when/if your ARC arrives at your school.
It is very possible that your co- teacher was right.
I checked around and found a teacher who got the ARC and then the health check. She said her public school told her she needed to get one within 30 days because the Department of Education definitely requires one. Usually they check your paper work within a month and then notify the principal if anything is missing. The principal tells your co-teacher, your co-teacher tells you.
BTW: There are specific hospitals that are APPROVED to do the health check.Usually you have to go and do this on your own. It cost between 70,0000-100,000 won.
To answer your question about immigrations:
There is no one set of rules that are adhered to religiously here by immigrations. It just all depends on the days, the worker, how you look, etc. as to what they will tell you. I have used several offices over the years and every person interpreted the rules in their own way. |
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bakather
Joined: 11 Jul 2013
Location: USA
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| Posted: Tue Sep 24, 2013 5:12 pm Post subject: |
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| Got my ARC with no health check, and my co-teacher still doesn't seem to think I have to get one at all. I assume that the office of education will say something eventually. The other foreign teachers I talked to did have to get the health check this year. |
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beentheredonethat777
Joined: 27 Jul 2013
Location: AsiaHaven
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| Posted: Wed Sep 25, 2013 5:21 am Post subject: |
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Congratulations!
You're the fourth person (that I know) ,amongst the new teachers, who have been given the ARC without a health check. I wonder if a new law has gone into effect /been changed that some immigration officers know about(, and others don't)or is someone just not doing their job? This is so amazing to me. I have been here for years and when I had my fourth health check done a couple of months ago, both Korean Immigration, and the Department of Education , acted like it was COMPULSORY TOP SECRET, CSI, MILITARY CODE, TOP SECRET ,you get the idea, CRITERIA just to transfer my visa to my new school. Now, people are going without them, period. What gives? |
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drcrazy
Joined: 19 Feb 2003
Location: Pusan. Yes, that's right. Pusan NOT Busan. I ain't never been to no place called Busan
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| Posted: Fri Sep 27, 2013 1:21 am Post subject: |
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| beentheredonethat777 wrote: |
Congratulations!
You're the fourth person (that I know) ,amongst the new teachers, who have been given the ARC without a health check. I wonder if a new law has gone into effect /been changed that some immigration officers know about(, and others don't)or is someone just not doing their job? This is so amazing to me. I have been here for years and when I had my fourth health check done a couple of months ago, both Korean Immigration, and the Department of Education , acted like it was COMPULSORY TOP SECRET, CSI, MILITARY CODE, TOP SECRET ,you get the idea, CRITERIA just to transfer my visa to my new school. Now, people are going without them, period. What gives? |
I have been here in Korea 15 years and never had to have one for anything except insurance a few times. |
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beentheredonethat777
Joined: 27 Jul 2013
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| Posted: Sat Sep 28, 2013 10:08 pm Post subject: |
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I have been here in Korea 15 years and never had to have one for anything except insurance a few times.[/quote]
@drcrazy:
Are/were you a public school teacher? Have/ Did you travel to other third world countries since your arrival? Have you been out of the country for a consecutive 89 days? Are you married to a Korean? Do you have an E-2?
I think ALL of these questions factor into the equation. Please reply. I'm curious. |
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