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michi gnome · Joined: 15 Feb 2006 Location: Dokdo

I left on a midnight run a few months back, with very good reason. A family member was dying--and I don't regret leaving for the time I was able to spend with them. I know immigration may charge a fine or whatever, no problem. The info I'm looking for is this--will it be possible to return when the date of my previous contract expires and get a job. I heard something about having to wait a few years. Does anyone know what the fine to immigration might be? Appreciate your help.

laogaiguk · Joined: 06 Dec 2005 Location: somewhere in Korea

I have never heard of the "extra years" thing unless you were charged with some sort of crime and banned from Korea for an amount of time. You would know it if you were, so after that one year I see no reason why you aren't free.

polonius · Joined: 05 Jun 2004

There should be no problem getting back in the country, unless your school called immigration and black-listed you. Then they will not allow an E2 visa to be processed until that school calls immigration to remove you.

The easiest way to find out, is to go through the process, and once you get your E2 confirmation #, you will know that you are safe.

Junior · Joined: 18 Nov 2005 Location: the eye

polonius · Joined: 05 Jun 2004

how can your school blacklist you???? please.

I hired some teachers s few months ago. They accepted a contract with another school. Once they arrived in Korea, the school informed them that there was actually no position for them. Their recruiter tried to find them another job. It was taking a fair amount of time. So, they decided to look through another recruiter. That is when they came to us. We offered them a position, offered the other school that they were working with to pay for their plane tickets. We started processing the Visa, and we were told by immigration that their origianl recruiter had contacted immigration and said that there was money owing to the recruiting agency.

Immigration would not process the visas until the recruiter called immigration saying that the problem had been resolved.

I thought it was not possible either until this happened.[/quote]

butlerian · Joined: 04 Sep 2006 Location: Korea

Generally, however, there's not a problem - whether your original visa has expired or not. Just leave the country and tell them to cancel your visa, and when u return on a tourist visa you can get a new E-2 visa even if your original visa was not completed.

Ya-ta Boy · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Location: Established in 1994

DCJames · Joined: 27 Jul 2006

Dan The Chainsawman · Joined: 05 May 2005

You may want to do a test run and have a recruiter run your paper work through immigration for you before you leave your home country. If there is a problem they will know rather quickly.

Speakerz · Joined: 17 Jul 2006

Once you leave the country, can your owner claim anything that would affect you while you are in your own country? Have there been any cases where a teacher has been brought back to stand trial for something or is it all just threats and action if the teacher returns?

DCJames · Joined: 27 Jul 2006

Homer · Guest

DCJames...immi does not have to "keep track of teachers" they have our passeport numbers in the visa file as does the school.

All the school needs to do to blacklist a teacher is file a complaint with immigration and flag the passeport number. The next time the teacher enters Korea or applies for a visa his p-number will raise a flag...voila...as easy as 1,2,3....

dimnd · Joined: 19 May 2005 Location: Western USA

maybe that will work

Ya-ta Boy · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Location: Established in 1994

michi gnome · Joined: 15 Feb 2006 Location: Dokdo

Thanks for the advice. Appreciate everyone's input. I'll apply in the next few months and see how it goes.