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[bucheon bum]

You have been contacted by recruiters already right? And hogwons? So you'll have contacts when you get here.

If you don't care where you work, I bet you could get a job w/in 5 days. If you want a specific location, such as Seoul, it might take 10 days.

It took me nearly 2 weeks, but I wanted a specific area (western seoul or bucheon). A friend found me an apartment for a pretty good price (150,000 won for 20 days) so I was lucky in that dept. Transportation adds up since you're going everywhere to check out hogwons and meet recruiters.

Food isn't bad; if you're desperate you can get by just eating ramyeon for under 1,000. Restaurant food will cost 2,500-6,000 won.

I think your budget is ok. I think another 250 bucks would be ideal (1,000). I spent around a million won when I did it, and that included a one-way ticket SF-Seoul for 425 bucks.

[CustomX]

Mithridates-you said that i have 3 months before the travel visa expires, i thought its only 30 days before you have to get it renewed in japan. I've read from several people on this board that if you dont have an exit within 30 days immigration might not let you into the country until you either buy a ticket back or get one of those ferry tickets to japan. I would prefer to get a one-way ticket because they're a lot cheaper and I don't see why I wouldnt be able to get a job within a month or so, provided I have saved enough $ to live on.

[chronicpride]

[jajdude]

I know the original poster has not yet been to Korea but I would recommend the "goshiwon" just to be safe on the money. The room is only the size of a big bed, which may be a bummer, but 10,000/night is better than 30-40.

Thanks to mithridates for pointing out the MAX near Yonsei in the past. That was fine with me at 10,000 per day, and the TV was good too. (One thing however, my new shoes got ripped off when I left them on the stairs. But the guy working there was good enough to give me an old left behind pair.)