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howie2424 · Joined: 09 Jan 2003

I searched around last month for a post that explained this process in explicit detail but no luck, so hopefully this will help someone in the future.

If you are looking for permission to work at a second school the following is the procedure (or at least this is the procedure at Uijeongbu Immigration).

Attend at the immigration office with the following documents.

1. Your contract with the second school.
2. The second school's business registration certificate.
3. The second school's Ministry of Education certificate.
4. A copy of the schedule you will be working at your second school (don't ask me why they need this).
5. A letter from your first school's owner granting you permission to work at the second school.
6.Your university degree, immigration will take a copy (God knows why, they already have it on file from your original E-2 application).

Complete the immigration form entitled "Permission for Alteration or Addition of Employment Place", present it with the above documentation and pay the fee which, as of today, was 60,000 won. Assuming all is in order they will put a stamp in your passport granting permission to work at the new school and make a notation on the back of your ARC to reflect the second location of employment. It is very helpful to have a Korean friend tag along with you if possible. Hope this is useful in the future for somebody. Cheers.

ladyandthetramp · Joined: 21 Nov 2003

This should be in the FAQ if it isn't.

In answer to number 4: you are not allowed to work more hours at your second school than at your first school. Doesn't fully explain why the hours listed in the contract aren't sufficient, though.

dulouz · Joined: 04 Feb 2003 Location: Uranus

The list is good, Thats what I have.

pecan · Joined: 01 Jul 2004

What about if the second job is not at a hagwon? In the case of editing for a company, for example, what would I substitute for a copy of the school's MOE certificate?

And regarding the schedule at the second place of employment, who provides that? The second place of employment, or can I?

For #5, is this letter of permission anything generic the school can cook up, or is it something standard like a letter of release? My school has no idea...

For anyone who's gotten a legal addition for editing on an E-2, please let me know if anything is different.

Thanks,
Nut

howie2424 · Joined: 09 Jan 2003

Son Deureo! · Joined: 30 Apr 2003

Nice work.

andrew · Joined: 30 Jan 2003

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BigBlackEquus · Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2005 11:31 pm Post subject:

It is standard policy for immigration officials in Seoul to tell you that this is impossible, however, according to what I've heard, you can do it.

I think they try to discourage it for a variety of reasons, but you can indeed do it (although it's situationally dependent).

Just ask any immigration officer at a window in Omokgyo, and they will tell you you're not allowed to work at two locations, or come up with some weird exclusionary thing like you can't work at a second job if your first job is a hagwon.

Just try it, though. I think the people downstairs don't know what they're talking about. Just fill out the paperwork and try.