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plato's republic
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 Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 6:49 am Post subject: Opening a language cafe in Korea-Possible? |
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Does anyone know if it's possible to open an English Language Cafe in Korea? By that I mean a place that sells food and drink and offers English communication classes for students who just want to chat in English for an hour. It's pretty much like a regular cafe except that most of the cafe's users will have the opportunity to communicate with each other in English. Would a foreigner be able to do such a thing? What kind of working visa would be needed? If anyone can inform me how to go about such an activity, I'd be more than pleased to hear what you've got to say on the subject. Feel free to PM me if you'd prefer. I know of such a place existing in another country and was just wondering if it would be feasible here.
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 7:48 am Post subject: Re: Opening a language cafe in Korea-Possible? |
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| plato's republic wrote: |
Does anyone know if it's possible to open an English Language Cafe in Korea? By that I mean a place that sells food and drink and offers English communication classes for students who just want to chat in English for an hour. It's pretty much like a regular cafe except that most of the cafe's users will have the opportunity to communicate with each other in English. Would a foreigner be able to do such a thing? What kind of working visa would be needed? If anyone can inform me how to go about such an activity, I'd be more than pleased to hear what you've got to say on the subject. Feel free to PM me if you'd prefer. I know of such a place existing in another country and was just wondering if it would be feasible here.
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You would need a minimum investment of 50 million won to qualify for the D-8 investors visa.
Beyond that, do up a proper business plan to verify your feasability.
If you are good to that point, then you can start it and run with it. |
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Novernae
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| Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 5:07 pm Post subject: |
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| Send a PM to choterang. He did just that. His place is called Chapter 11. |
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Wangja
Joined: 17 May 2004
Location: Seoul, Yongsan
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| Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 5:09 pm Post subject: |
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| Was that the one in Carey Street? |
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itaewonguy
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| Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 8:01 pm Post subject: |
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plato's republic
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| Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 11:06 pm Post subject: |
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Manho??
Anyway, a friend of mine did just a thing in Japan fairly recently but he didn't have to put down 50million won to qualify for a special business visa. Seems like a lot of trouble to set up a simple little business... |
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ttompatz
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| Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 11:21 pm Post subject: |
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| plato's republic wrote: |
Manho??
Anyway, a friend of mine did just a thing in Japan fairly recently but he didn't have to put down 50million won to qualify for a special business visa. Seems like a lot of trouble to set up a simple little business... |
The other option is have a Korean partner but then you can't work there unless you are F2 / F4 / F5. It is not covered under your status of sojourn if you are E1 / E2 / E7.
50 million or an F-class visa....
Rules for direct foreign investment in Korea. Same thing if a foreigner wants to set up at home... residence visa / green card or big cash for investors visa. |
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Wangja
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| Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2006 6:31 am Post subject: |
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| One million US (plus immediate creation of 10 jobs) for an investor visa in USA. |
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Julius
Joined: 27 Jul 2006
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| Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2006 7:34 am Post subject: |
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| Novernae wrote: |
| Send a PM to choterang. He did just that. His place is called Chapter 11. |
I saw a review of that place in the herald.
hows he doing i wonder. Business booming?
Seems like a sound business idea. |
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Novernae
Joined: 02 Mar 2005
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| Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2006 5:34 pm Post subject: |
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| Julius wrote: |
| Novernae wrote: |
| Send a PM to choterang. He did just that. His place is called Chapter 11. |
I saw a review of that place in the herald.
hows he doing i wonder. Business booming?
Seems like a sound business idea. |
We haven't talked to him in over a month, but he was doing well then. We (my bf actually) built him a coffee roaster, developed him an espresso blend, and roasted him coffee for a few months when he first opened. Last I heard though people were more into the winebar part of his business. I think the English book/conversation part fell through at the beginning. It's still there, but not the focus if I understood correctly.
Wangja, I can'tremember exactly where it is beyond being near one of the universities on the orange line... |
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mindmetoo
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| Posted: Sat Aug 26, 2006 5:50 am Post subject: |
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There's also the Watts on Tap place. I've never been there.
In terms of a coffee shop, there was some Canadian run place in Bundang that tried exactly that and went belly up. |
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plato's republic
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| Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2006 4:28 am Post subject: |
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| My friend in Japan is doing great business with his little place at the moment. A TV crew even went round to interview him and his business partner a few weeks ago to air on local TV. It seems like a good idea but I'm not sure whether that kind of thing would take off over here. |
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