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azjen · Joined: 29 May 2004 Location: Youngtong, Suwon

What is it? Why is my director demanding I go with her to immigration to obtain one? Do I have to?

I tried searching, but found no definite answers to my questions.

My boss is insisting that I go with her a few days before my contract is up to obtain one. Is it a ploy for her to try to weasel out of the airfare she owes me?

Thanks for the advise! You guys have been great.

the eye · Joined: 29 Jan 2004

it is issued by immigration when a teacher is released from his/her contract.
you must leave the country within 14 days of the issue date on the order.
it is standard procedure if you leave a jiob before the end of your contract.

you shouldn't need one if your contract is up, however. check the date on your ARC...that is the date you must leave by.

azjen · Joined: 29 May 2004 Location: Youngtong, Suwon

but I am leaving at the completion of my contract and my boss is trying to weasel out of return airfare that is in my contract

This is confusing

the eye · Joined: 29 Jan 2004

yeah, that's right, if you are completing your contract, you should not agree to getting an exit order.
i doubt it is a ploy.
your director may simply be confused.

check the date on your ARC. you do not want to be in the country past that date, or you will be subject to fines.

that is all you need to worry about.

*edit*
i just remembered something.

didn't you post a 'resignation' letter here that you gave to your boss? i understod that your director was trying to get you to stay past your contract year...and you gave her a letter to explain you cannot stay longer than the year.

correct?

well, as i remember, that letter had very difficult vocabulary in it (for a korean). i wonder if your boss took it as a simple resignation letter and therefore thinks you are quitting.
even though you are staying the full year, your boss may be confused by that letter.

jay-shi · Joined: 09 May 2004 Location: On tour

the eye · Joined: 29 Jan 2004

azjen · Joined: 29 May 2004 Location: Youngtong, Suwon

Thanks loads guys. The boss lived in the US for nearly 2 decades. She is capable of understanding the document I gave her, otherwise I would have either translated it into Korean or simply made the letter easier to read.

I will let her know that immigration should be reminding me to leave the country mid-June.

Thanks again!

FUBAR · Joined: 21 Oct 2003 Location: The Y.C.

jay-shi · Joined: 09 May 2004 Location: On tour

nrvs · Joined: 30 Jun 2004 Location: standing upright on a curve

hellofaniceguy · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Location: On your computer screen!

If your visa expires before the contract date...and you have not worked a full 12 months...and if you work for a low down dirty scum bag hakwon ower..... it could be a way for him/her to not pay you your severance.
Your school needs to file paper work with immigration requesting an extension for a few more weeks, etc..
It should cost you nothing...it's the schools responsibility.
If however..you are one of the very very very few fortunate ones to work for a decent human being of a hakwon owner...then you'll get your severance, etc...
How many decent hakwon owners are there?
Yeah...I have a thing for hakwon owners and most korean business owners....I have seen the majority of teachers and DDD workers cheated by koreans.

the eye · Joined: 29 Jan 2004

FUBAR · Joined: 21 Oct 2003 Location: The Y.C.

To extend your visa for a month is really easy. This is what you need to do.

You need to bring your passport, arc and a copy of your passport. Along with proof of documentation of your airline tickets stating your exit date of the country. Then fill out the form at immigration. They will write on the back of your ARC or Passport (your extension date). Last month, I received a 1 month extension two days before my visa was set to expire at the Busan office.

the eye · Joined: 29 Jan 2004

NRVS:

the date you must leave korea is NOT on your E2 stamp in your passport..... it is on your ARC.

so if you are leavign before the date on your ARC, there isno need for an extension.

nrvs · Joined: 30 Jun 2004 Location: standing upright on a curve

Thanks for the responses!

I just checked my ARC, visa, and contract. Here are the expiry dates of each:

ARC: 10/26/2005
Visa: 10/26/2005
Contract: 10/31/2005

I'm not too worried about my hogwan screwing me (I know, I know, famous last words...) because I've seen 3 foreign teachers leave at the end of their contracts without any difficulty. Two others left midway through their contracts to go home to Canada and they were paid for their last month without a hint of shadiness.

I went on my Osaka visa run on 10/26/2005 (Tuesday). I worked the next three days (Wednesday to Friday) before my contract officially started on Monday the 1st of November. It was a favor to the hogwan, and I got paid on the 10th of November for those three days. I'm not sure if I was illegal at this point. I had a visa, but I was outside my contract. In any case, it's water under the bridge now.

Is this mystery documentation from my hogwan necessary for the extension? It seems there's a conflicting opinion on this point.