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nomad-ish
Joined: 08 Oct 2007
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 Posted: Tue Dec 25, 2007 4:15 pm Post subject: Pay slips? |
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i've only received 2 or 3 pay stubs (i'm not even sure if they're official...they don't look it), will that make filing my taxes (canada) hard?
edit: or rather, would just need my contract with the stated salary be alright, or would i need official pay slips, signed by my school? |
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tob55
Joined: 29 Apr 2007
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| Posted: Tue Dec 25, 2007 5:43 pm Post subject: Pay Stubs |
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| Not 100% sure, but I would think that pay stubs are not generally given in Korea for their own workers as they are using direct deposit for most people and this serves as their pay stub. I receive a pay stub each month that comes from a Excel program, and you are right it isn't that official looking. They generally list the things that have been taken out in Korean which is okay as my Korean reading skills are getting better anyway. |
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KYC
Joined: 11 May 2006
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| Posted: Tue Dec 25, 2007 6:16 pm Post subject: |
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| I have to ask for a pay stub each time as well. I agree..it looks like someone made it on MS word. I could have made a better one actually... |
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CentralCali
Joined: 17 May 2007
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| Posted: Tue Dec 25, 2007 6:29 pm Post subject: |
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| You're supposed to get a monthly pay statement from your employer. I got exactly one for the year I worked in a hagweon. And one every month for my time working in a public school. |
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OiGirl
Joined: 23 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Tue Dec 25, 2007 7:57 pm Post subject: |
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| I always got one, hand-written, kind of unofficial looking, when I worked at hagwons. From the university I had to download it myself. |
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CentralCali
Joined: 17 May 2007
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| Posted: Tue Dec 25, 2007 8:08 pm Post subject: |
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| I forgot to mention that no matter how the thing looks, it's an official document once it has the school tojang stamped onto it. Without that, even if it's the most professional looking thing on the planet, it's just a worthless piece of paper. |
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nomad-ish
Joined: 08 Oct 2007
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| Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2007 3:53 am Post subject: |
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thanks for everyone's help, it looks like i'm going to have to annoy the hell out of my school for those pay stubs. i went to KEB today and they've insisted that if i ever want to send more than $1000 home i have to present them with my official pay slips at the same time....
apparently they're worried that i'm an illegal teacher  is this normal or has the madness just begun? |
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CentralCali
Joined: 17 May 2007
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| Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2007 4:10 am Post subject: |
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You don't have to present the pay slips. Just show up with your bank book and, of course, your ARC and passport. Nobody's supposed to write in those so insist that the people at the bank don't if they begin to. The bank book will have your direct deposit payments in it and your school name will be automatically listed in the depositor's column.
Go to your school's finance officer (if you're at a public school) and inform him or her that you must have the monthly pay statement. Tell them not to worry that it's only in Korean. If you're working at a hagweon, tell your manager the same thing. |
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nomad-ish
Joined: 08 Oct 2007
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| Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2007 4:19 am Post subject: |
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| CentralCali wrote: |
You don't have to present the pay slips. Just show up with your bank book and, of course, your ARC and passport. Nobody's supposed to write in those so insist that the people at the bank don't if they begin to. The bank book will have your direct deposit payments in it and your school name will be automatically listed in the depositor's column.
Go to your school's finance officer (if you're at a public school) and inform him or her that you must have the monthly pay statement. Tell them not to worry that it's only in Korean. If you're working at a hagweon, tell your manager the same thing. |
i sat there for 30min debating with 3 different tellers at the bank, and they all insisted that i must bring in the pay slips, even though i pointed out that the deposit info is in my bank book, my school almost never issues them to me (only 3 times), and that they can call my school. and yes, they wrote in my passport. at that point i was so frustrated, i just wanted out of there. 
is the law concerning only immi and your embassy writing in your passport definitely applicable to canadians as well? i wasn't sure about this... i think i may write to the embassy to get clarification or some sort of notice that i can show the bank next time. i hate the fact that they are keeping track and restricting the transfer of MY money. insane. |
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CentralCali
Joined: 17 May 2007
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| Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2007 4:40 am Post subject: |
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| nomad-ish wrote: |
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You don't have to present the pay slips. Just show up with your bank book and, of course, your ARC and passport. Nobody's supposed to write in those so insist that the people at the bank don't if they begin to. The bank book will have your direct deposit payments in it and your school name will be automatically listed in the depositor's column.
Go to your school's finance officer (if you're at a public school) and inform him or her that you must have the monthly pay statement. Tell them not to worry that it's only in Korean. If you're working at a hagweon, tell your manager the same thing. |
i sat there for 30min debating with 3 different tellers at the bank, and they all insisted that i must bring in the pay slips, even though i pointed out that the deposit info is in my bank book, my school almost never issues them to me (only 3 times), and that they can call my school. and yes, they wrote in my passport. at that point i was so frustrated, i just wanted out of there. |
Debate nothing with the front-line troops. Go to the NCO (supervisor) or CO (branch manager). The supervisor is the man or woman sitting at the desk behind the tellers. The branch manager is the man or woman with an actual office to the side.
Your school, if it's a public school, can get in serious trouble for not issuing you the pay slip. The finance office is a very important part of the periodic inspections and that's one of the things looked for.
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| is the law concerning only immi and your embassy writing in your passport definitely applicable to canadians as well? i wasn't sure about this... i think i may write to the embassy to get clarification or some sort of notice that i can show the bank next time. |
Yep. It's applicable to everyone. All passports should have a statement similar to this one for US passports:
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| ALTERATION OR MUTILATION OF PASSPORT. This passport must not be altered or mutilated in any way. Alteration may make it INVALID, and, if willful, may subject you to prosecution (Title 18, U.S. Code, Section 1543). Only authorized officials of the United States or of foreign countries, in connection with official matters, may place stamps or make statements, notations, or additions in this passport. You may amend or update personal information for your convenience on page 5. |
Of course, the statement will have the appropriate country's name and law stipulated. Unless the bank teller can prove that he or she is an Immigration Officer, then there had better be no writing on his or her part.
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| i hate the fact that they are keeping track and restricting the transfer of MY money. insane. |
Many countries have a limit on how much money may be transferred overseas. It doesn't bug me that the bank reports the transaction to their government. Even my own government (US) requires US banks to report transactions above a certain amount. |
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smwood
Joined: 28 Mar 2006
Location: Over Here.
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| Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2007 3:29 pm Post subject: |
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Go to Hana Bank. I got so mad at KB Bank for pulling the same stunts that I couldn't go there anymore without getting furious. Hana just need your passport, which they won't stamp.
~ smw |
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