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SpedEd
Joined: 03 Feb 2006
Location: ROK
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 Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2007 6:15 am Post subject: Jumping the boat from China to Korea |
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Hello people：
I�m newly arrived to China and I admittedly don�t like it here， at least where I�m situated in Jiangyin。 However， I don�t have much going for me monetarily so I may need to stay longer than I would like， which means working， which in turn means having the Z visa to do so。
Since I cut my teeth in Korea and I strongly prefer to be there compared to here， would I face problems applying for the E2 while in China with an unexpired Z visa in my passport？ |
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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994
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| Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2007 11:42 am Post subject: |
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| Why would Koreans care if you are working in China? |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2007 2:01 pm Post subject: Re: Jumping the boat from China to Korea |
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| SpedEd wrote: |
Hello people：
I�m newly arrived to China and I admittedly don�t like it here， at least where I�m situated in Jiangyin。 However， I don�t have much going for me monetarily so I may need to stay longer than I would like， which means working， which in turn means having the Z visa to do so。
Since I cut my teeth in Korea and I strongly prefer to be there compared to here， would I face problems applying for the E2 while in China with an unexpired Z visa in my passport？ |
There would be no problem getting an E2 while you are still on a "Z" visa.
They won't even look at it. |
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Snowkr
Joined: 03 Jun 2005
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| Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2007 5:10 pm Post subject: |
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What's so bad about China?
If you're unhappy there, I'd venture to say that Korea might not make you much happier. Sure the money is better but as soon as you have that E-2 visa, you're owned.
I had way more freedom in China than I do here. Then again, things may have changed with the Z visa since I worked there. |
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SpedEd
Joined: 03 Feb 2006
Location: ROK
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| Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 12:54 am Post subject: |
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| Snowkr wrote: |
What's so bad about China?
If you're unhappy there, I'd venture to say that Korea might not make you much happier. Sure the money is better but as soon as you have that E-2 visa, you're owned.
I had way more freedom in China than I do here. Then again, things may have changed with the Z visa since I worked there. |
snowkr:
I can see where you're coming from with the Korea factor but I've spent about a year and a half there and came to enjoy the place. Sure, it was tough initially but the payoff was, well, the payoff. The money is pretty good there unlike China.
During my job search in Korea (from home) I became aware of the sicko who was wanted by Interpol and was informed that this was becoming a problem for male teachers trying to secure a job in Korea, so I settled on China rather than heading back to the parents' place. I dealt with a really slippery character based in Shanghai who did the switch and bait leaving me in a terrible school two hours away from Shanghai. I didn't have high expectations for China to begin with, but so far I must have been too optimistic because the school and city I'm at suck hard.
The staff here is so unhelpful (yes, worse than any Korean hagwon I've been) and the foreign coworkers have backgrounds ranging from a filandering methhead with no academic background to a filandering alcoholic with no purpose in life. All in all, I'm floored by what I've seen and have been told. So, yeah, I want to get out of here and feel normal again. |
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pugwall
Joined: 22 Oct 2006
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| SpedEd wrote: |
| Snowkr wrote: |
What's so bad about China?
If you're unhappy there, I'd venture to say that Korea might not make you much happier. Sure the money is better but as soon as you have that E-2 visa, you're owned.
I had way more freedom in China than I do here. Then again, things may have changed with the Z visa since I worked there. |
snowkr:
I can see where you're coming from with the Korea factor but I've spent about a year and a half there and came to enjoy the place. Sure, it was tough initially but the payoff was, well, the payoff. The money is pretty good there unlike China.
During my job search in Korea (from home) I became aware of the sicko who was wanted by Interpol and was informed that this was becoming a problem for male teachers trying to secure a job in Korea, so I settled on China rather than heading back to the parents' place. I dealt with a really slippery character based in Shanghai who did the switch and bait leaving me in a terrible school two hours away from Shanghai. I didn't have high expectations for China to begin with, but so far I must have been too optimistic because the school and city I'm at suck hard.
The staff here is so unhelpful (yes, worse than any Korean hagwon I've been) and the foreign coworkers have backgrounds ranging from a filandering methhead with no academic background to a filandering alcoholic with no purpose in life. All in all, I'm floored by what I've seen and have been told. So, yeah, I want to get out of here and feel normal again. |
Living in a bad city in china is the pits but a good city is great. Try anf find a public school or uni job in a province capital or famous city like Qingdao or Dalian |
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