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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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 Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 7:51 pm Post subject: Re: E2 |
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| Allanon wrote: |
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But the Visa runs are so common...
once the Visa issuance has been completed then it's a matter of going to Japan to the Korean Embassy for the E2, isn't it?
Am I missing something.
I thought this was pretty standard practise. This will be my 3rd trip to Korea but have always come with the E2 in the past.
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Agreed, visa runs certainly are common. And yes, it does seem to be fairly standard practice. I'm not so sure that that is a good thing though. My problem with the visa run is with the rather good possibility of working BEFORE obtaining the visa in my passport. Say if I arrive and they want me to start working the following day? They might say,"You can go to Japan at the end of the week" ,or something along those lines.I refuse to work one iota without a visa in my passport.By the fact that they are in such a hurry for me to be there, leads me to believe that this (teaching prior to visa) may occur. What happened to the former instructor? When asked,they wouldn't let me contact him/her via email!They claimed they were gone. My spidey sense is tingling. |
If a hakwon WON"T or can't give you a reference from a current/past teacher then simply say NO and move on. A year of hell is not worth it and an established / good school will ALWAYS be able to provide a reference from one of their previous foreign teachers.
Your Spidey sense should indeed be tingling. |
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denverdeath
Joined: 21 May 2005
Location: Boo-sahn
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| Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 7:55 pm Post subject: |
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http://pusanweb.com/faqs/index.htm
Click on "Transportation - How can I get there?" and scroll down to the visa run section for some good links to info on Fukuoka...some of the links are dead now, but a couple provide some great info. Last time I did a run, I flew to Osaka...great city. I can't say anything about Fukuoka as I've never been. |
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cmr
Joined: 22 Mar 2006
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| Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2006 11:58 pm Post subject: Fukuoka / Osaka ... Visa! |
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About Fukuoka or Osaka...
A few years ago I had to go to Fukuoa for my visa, but I had to stay there overnight. I didn't mind, I enjoyed being a "tourist" there.
A few weeks later, a friend of mine working at a different place flew to Osaka, got his visa, and came back to Korea all within the same day.
Was he lucky? Was I unlucky? |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Tue Jul 04, 2006 12:24 am Post subject: Re: Fukuoka / Osaka ... Visa! |
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| cmr wrote: |
About Fukuoka or Osaka...
A few years ago I had to go to Fukuoa for my visa, but I had to stay there overnight. I didn't mind, I enjoyed being a "tourist" there.
A few weeks later, a friend of mine working at a different place flew to Osaka, got his visa, and came back to Korea all within the same day.
Was he lucky? Was I unlucky? |
Up until August of last year you could do your visa run in one day at the Osaka consulate. Now it is an overnight affair. No more 1 day service. |
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