Korean Job Discussion Forums

[dbee]

I'm wondering what exactly would happen to a teacher who gets caught by immigration working on a tourist visa while their visa being processed and before they get the chance to do the visa run ..

[Wangja]

You have one guess .....

[spliff]

Probably nothing...as your visa is being processed. I mean, img is there in one respect to help Korean employers, why would they stab them in the back?

[Wangja]

Letter to

US Immigration Service

Dear Sirs

I am a Brit in your country on a tourist visa although I have applied for a work visa.

If I start work before you issue the working visa, and you do not find out, is that OK?

Is the answer different if you do find out?

A prompt response would oblige.

Very truly yours .... etc etc

[dbee]

No, not me personally ... but I was just wondering anyway if this had happened to someone ...

[Yu_Bum_suk]

If you don't have a visa in your passport and you're working here you could get fined and deported. Your visa isn't 'being processed' until it's at an embassy outside Korea. Don't work without one unless you're prepared to face serious risks.[/i]

[sadsac]

Being processed means that you are working illegally.

[Bunnymonster]

Go to Incheon airport, do not pass you apartment to collect your things, do collect a large fine.

Thanks for playing....

[hellofaniceguy]

I'm not high and mighty...but...why would anyone want to break the law in a country that is not "theirs?" I'm confused.
If one is caught...chances are very good that they'll get deported.

[Homer]

Fined, deported.

Unless your boss pleads your case and you get a friendly immigration officer.

[Angelus]

The hagwon owners are sneaky little bastards. They'll just claim you were/are undergoing training or bribe immigration. Problem solved.

[rhur001]

It happened to me. I was caught by immigration while my working visa was being processed. I was blacklisted from Korea for three years and fined 500,000 won, which my director paid.

[buymybook]