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[mack the knife]

if you have an F-2 visa, you will have to pay a re-entry fee everytime you leave the country (30,000)...unless you go to your local immigration office and pay for a multiple re-entry stamp (good for one year/costs 50,000). you cannot get the multiple re-entry stamp at the airport.

[PootyTang]

Thanks Mack, I appreciate the info.

[Dr. Buck]

Good work Mack. That's exactly the good quality, techical lowdown kind of information that this board needs more of.

And one more quick question about the F-2:

Scenario: You have a fat and long summer break at your school. During this time you want to teach at a summer camp for some extra cash. You have a F-2. What is the protocol/procedure for swinging this plan? Or is there any? Just do it? No permission from the current employer is needed, right? Also, there is the standard ESL contract clause that you cannot accept any other outside employment. However, since I am "empowered" by the F-2, this point suddenly becomes negotiable.
Preferably, I'd like to just quietly go about my business this summer without the current employer knowing of my summer plans, since it's none of their business, if only to maintain that critical workplace harmony, and to avoid any sort of dispute (the Korean method--avoid confrontation). Any comments?

[Ryst Helmut]

Dr. B,

Well, I was told that if I wanted additional employment, all I had to do was inform immigration...as my F2 is my primary visa. I don't need permission from my uni., however, I am unsure to what papers are needed for such added employment. Also, the officer told me that I would have to pay the 30,000 won for the additional visa stamp.

I'll find out for sure, as I am in the same situation.

Shoosh,

Ryst

[Dr. Buck]

Anyone know the answer to the situation that Ryst Helmut and I are in? The clock is ticking. Any leads would be appreciated.

[Cedar]

As I have always understood it... sorry, your Alien Reg card has the name of your school on it. Your E2 is tied to the school. The school must give permission to work anywhere else.

With camps, some camps pay under the table, in which case you don't need permission, but some camps have been raided, too. So, many require school permission. Esp. the ones where the pay is sweet and the learning serious.

[Canuck]

As I understand it, if your primary visa is the E2 you need permission.In that case your school is your sponsor. Your owner in effect. With the F-2-1 your E2 is a secondary visa, and it only means that you can teach for a living. Sponsorship is tied to your F-2-1. Your spouse. So you dont need permission from your school.

[dutchman]

I don't think immigration themselves have figured out the protocol yet. I was told that if I want a second job I would still have to get permission from the 1st employer. It seems ridiculous but that's what I was told. Then again they have three or four answers for every question. Maybe if I asked again I'd get a better answer.
Anyone want to chip in and get a lawyer to find out what the real law is?

[The Bobster]

Thread moved from General Discussion Forum to Job-Related ... don't mind me, just tidying up the place a little.

[Joo Rip Gwa Rhhee]

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[jamesH]

I read a lot of amazing wrong truths here. It is almost to the point where if anyone want the wrong answer come here! The fact is simple. If your first contract prohibits a second job, the F2 does not negate your contract. (it supplements it) If you do a second job, the 1st employer can sack you for breach of contract. So you need his permission. Just ask at your local labor office how many teachers have been sacked recntly because they didn't get permission - = 4 in Seoul any way) How would you feel if you were the Primary employer and your employee started working at (maybe an opposition school) It would be - 'see you later joe'

[dutchman]

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