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[KoreanAmbition]

If a school says they are not able to issue an E-2 visa for the work they are offering, does that mean they are operating illegally?

[laogaiguk]

[Mi Yum mi]

Either they are illegal (not a paying taxes and what not) or they are too small to hire a foreigner legally. A school has to be a certain size (area as well as students) to hire a foreigner. At least that's the way it was a few years ago.

[anyangoldboy]

[quote="KoreanAmbition"]If a school says they are not able to issue an E-2 visa for the work they are offering, does that mean they are operating illegally?[/quote]

It means that they havent applied to immigration or someone to be able to hire an English teacher...It's basically a private.

[KoreanAmbition]

Thanks for the responses.

Actually, this was not in reference to a particular job.

I have seen a lot of jobs saying they offer E-2's and then others don't say (depends on the job site). Anyways, I want to get an E-2 for whatever work I'm doing, so I wanted to know if they are really lying when they make up the story about how they can't get me a visa for the contract. hehe

Thanks for the info.