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[drcrazy]

Of course I would welcome information from anyone who might know the answer, and especially if some have had this experience and it turned out good.

This is about an old friend of mine who came here 3 years ago to teach. (And in all of that time never took the time to become a member . So, I am asking for him.

He is now into his third year at his same university. Has an E-1 Visa. He was just offered a great position at another university in Korea that only gives E-1. So I figured a visa transfer to the new school would not be a problem and told him that.

Here is his biggest concern. His contract, as I think all year to year university contracts are, is for one year so it expires the last day of February.

The new university wants him to start there January 15.
His current university loves him and he imagines they would do the LOR for him. His responsibilities will all be over after he finished the final grades.

Now we have the background here are the questions.


1. With that much time left, would he have to do a letter of resignation to get the LOR?

2. If he does resign, will this cancel his Visa and he would have to get a new one?

3. Would this cause any immigration problems?

Thank you all who might have and give information about this situation.

[YTMND]

Depends on how the school is willing to help. He should talk with the school and simply tell them he wants to work at a new school, with no negative reasons with the current school.

[Troglodyte]

He should NOT resign. That would cancel his visa and then he would need new documents to get a new visa.

If the university gives him a LOR, then there will be no problem with immigration. He simply submits a few documents and forms and a processing fee and his visa will be transferred to the new university.

When you get a LOR, the school basically allows you to finish the contract early. It does not require your friend to officially resign (although in essence that IS what he's doing).

[ttompatz]

1) Would he need a LOR to leave 1 month early in spite of the fact that he is on vacation during that period = probably not but a LOR is not a bad idea.

2) Resigning WON'T cancel his visa. It will allow him 30 days to leave Korea or transfer to a new visa sponsor. Transferring may require a LOR.

3) There may be some fussing until the end of Feb but then he would be free to transfer to a new sponsor or change to an E1 anyway.

4) Go on vacation at the end of term and transfer at his convenience during his vacation period. Immigration is unlikely to fuss much about a proper E1 changing from one uni to another after the end of term since there is no impact on the employer or students.

5) Do be aware that his first university WON'T be responsible to pay him for the month of Feb since he will technically no longer be employed with them.

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[Troglodyte]

[YTMND]