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[eunjeong]

I recently broke up with my ex boyfriend (the beginning of August). He is planning to become a police officer and he is korean.
The reason we broke up is because he always asked me for money, even when I was in Canada and was unable to see my family for two years. I have been in Korea for the past four years and have done some privates (yes I know it's illegal). Anyways since I didn't have a visa I used his bank account and my phone and apartment are all in his name. As I'm dating someone else now everything has been moved but he used all of my old phone records and reported me to immigration. I'm just curious as to what may happen from now on. Any advice will be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance.

Ah and I also forgot to add that I am currently on a D2 visa.

[chrisinkorea2011]

well a number of things could happen, but most importantly fines or deportation are on the horizon for you. Most likely fines to be honest but ya never know. On top of that youre on a D2 visa so tread lightly and burn any old connections to anything illegal you have done.

[Lucas]

[eunjeong]

Yes and the horrible thing is my ex lied to immigration and said that my current boyfriend ordered me to do the illegal tutoring. Which doesnt make sense because I dated my ex for 4 years and didn't even know my new boyfriend then. =_=;

One important fact that I forgot to add: My boyfriend's uncle is the head prosecutor for the city. He also has an uncle who is a high profile lawyer and they all have connections in the immigration office. Is it possible for them to remove this from my file?

[Lucas]

[Scorpion]

Goodbye and good riddance. Maybe your new boyfriend (boy, that was fast) can drive you to the airport. If the rest of us have to get a university degree, so do you. If the rest of us have to go through all the immigration headaches (aids tests, criminal record checks, apostilles, etc.) then so do you. If you choose to skip all that, and go the illegal route, you know the score. I don't think you'll get a lot of sympathy from legally employed persons on this forum.

It was also unwise of you to leave a paper trail with your boyfriend. Koreans can be very bitter exes (been there, experienced that) and have no scruples about using any information they have on you to get you deported from Korea. I'd guess that a high percentage of people deported for teaching privates get picked up by immigration this way. Still, you made your own bed, and now you have to sleep in it.

Go home, get a university degree, jump through all the hoops that others have to, then consider returning. If you're allowed, that is.

Consider it a lesson learned.

[young_clinton]

This kind of thread always turns into a a trollfest.

[young_clinton]

Can your ex-boyfriend find people that are willing to corroborate his story? Otherwise it's his wicked word against yours. You might go to the people that you taught and ask them if they are going to assist your lousy ex. This is difficult because my experience with Koreans is they will tell you one thing and turn around and stab you in the back.

[eunjeong]

most likely he can't. i have lawyers and that prosecutor talking to immigration now so i guess ill have to wait and see what happens.

[Weigookin74]

Everything was in his name. Admit nothing. Honestly people, get some common sense. He can't do jackshit. Deny, deny, deny. Nothing was in your name and nothing was recorded. This means no proof linking to you. Tell immigration, he's a crazy ex. Sometimes Koreans do that shit because of crazy emotionalism and spite. Why do you think North Korea's always frieking out about something and throwing a temper tantrum? Just ignore it. I don't do anything illegal myself in Korea. But, this is what I would assume someone would do in this situation.

So, in case, it isn't clear, no proof and a denial means nothing can happen to you. Just don't be stupid about it. Stand your ground even with phycological good cop bad cop questioning. Repeat the same thing over and over and over. You'll be fine. Then turn around and sue the effer for Libel. Check into Korea's Libel laws.

Ok, carry on....

[Weigookin74]

[eunjeong]

I don't have a fake diploma =_=;
I'm here as a student

[Joe Boxer]

pm sent

[augustine]

What did you tell her in the PM?

[coralreefer_1]

I'm gonna have to agree with Weigookin. If the accounts were in his name, there is no way to prove that you did anything, as the payments were made to HIS account

The only way I could imagine you could get hemmed up is..if upon informing immigration, they found the people who transferred money to his (for you) account (if cash was not traded) and interviewed those people and somehow got them to say they hired an illegal teacher. That is an unlikely scenario considering you are a student, and we are not talking HUGE money.

But, I will tell you something I learned today (I am a student also)

The laws have changed , and while it used to be that to renew a student visa (D2) one needed only 1 million won in an account....that is now a whopping 12 million! Seems so crazy to me, but anyway, if a student does not have 12 million either themselves/by a sponsor, they must show some documents about how they are supporting themselves, which will mean either a bank statement showing transactions (deposits) to your account, or otherwise a statement of income from a registered job that you have filed for and have permission from immigration to work.

If you find yourself in a position coming up where you will need to renew your visa, keep this in mind.