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Otus
Joined: 09 Feb 2006
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 Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2015 6:21 pm Post subject: |
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| To legally teach a company class an E2 isn't valid and a person would need to add E7 status to their E2 visa, which could be difficult. |
In that case immigration used to break their own laws. At one uni where I worked a company address was added to some teachers' E2 visas so that they could legally teach there. It was the immigration office, not the university of course, that granted this extension. |
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PRagic
Joined: 24 Feb 2006
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| Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2015 1:53 am Post subject: |
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Unless something has changed, that's all E2 visa holders need to do. They need written permission to teach somewhere else from the company or school sponsoring their visa, a written statement from the secondary employer, and then the immigration stamp. A separate E7? Since when?
Quite a pain for a side gig, which is why most teachers unfortunately choose to roll the dice and work under the table. There are still voice acting agents doing the same middle man job as the corporate gig company that got popped. They farm out people on tourist visas and E2s, then take a monster cut of the hourly or per project fee charged. Total crock, but many people have no choice but to use them if they want to gain experience. |
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big_fella1
Joined: 08 Dec 2005
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| Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2015 10:10 pm Post subject: |
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| PRagic wrote: |
| Unless something has changed, that's all E2 visa holders need to do. They need written permission to teach somewhere else from the company or school sponsoring their visa, a written statement from the secondary employer, and then the immigration stamp. A separate E7? Since when? |
Nothing has changed. E2 visas are only valid for teaching in Hagwons, or registered learning centres. Chaebols may have them for example Samsung and LG have them at Yongin but the average company does not set aside 100 pyong of space for registered classrooms meaning E2s cannot teach most company gigs. Immigration may sometimes add a non-compliant address however that may not protect the E2 if things blow up as seems tobe the situation for some in Busan.
With regard to voice acting for most jobs a permision to do E6 activities would be required.
My old uni could not sponsor E2s as they didn't have a registered language centre, meaning E1s only.
Nothing is set in stone with immigration and some companies have managed to add non-compliant addresses to E2s but this is not legal and the E2 is usuallly the first casualty if it goes wrong. |
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