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nene
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Location: Samcheok, Gangwon-do
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 Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2008 2:39 pm Post subject: Arrive a few weeks before job starts? |
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Is it possible to arrive a few weeks before one's job starts? Or can you not enter on a tourist visa or have an e-2 for a year and a few weeks?
Anyone on an e-2 able to arrive early and acclimatize before starting teaching? |
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nene
Joined: 11 Jun 2005
Location: Samcheok, Gangwon-do
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| Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2008 2:41 pm Post subject: |
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| Or can you come for a summer camp job on a C-4 visa and then move to an E-2? Or would that require returning to the home country? |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2008 2:49 pm Post subject: |
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| nene wrote: |
Is it possible to arrive a few weeks before one's job starts? Or can you not enter on a tourist visa or have an e-2 for a year and a few weeks?
Anyone on an e-2 able to arrive early and acclimatize before starting teaching? |
IF you arrive early - your visa gets stamped early and you will need to get an extension in order to complete your contract.
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| Or can you come for a summer camp job on a C-4 visa and then move to an E-2? Or would that require returning to the home country? |
You can only have 1 visa in your passport at 1 time. If you come on a C4 you will have to leave to get an E2 (and it may mean flying home).
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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994
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| Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2008 3:00 pm Post subject: |
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| Another complication is housing. Apts are rented/leased on one year contracts, too, so those would have to be extended. In addition, who would pay the rent for those extra weeks? You haven't worked, so are not entitled to housing. |
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jdog2050
Joined: 17 Dec 2006
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| Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2008 4:22 pm Post subject: Re: Arrive a few weeks before job starts? |
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| nene wrote: |
Is it possible to arrive a few weeks before one's job starts? Or can you not enter on a tourist visa or have an e-2 for a year and a few weeks?
Anyone on an e-2 able to arrive early and acclimatize before starting teaching? |
yeah, listen to ttompatz...be really really careful to remember exactly when you entered the country. I ran into a clusterfck because I arrived 6 days early. |
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