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0916
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 Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 4:17 pm Post subject: Renewing with a public school for 6 months? Visa question... |
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| I'm thinking I might renew with mine but just for 6 months. If the Visa is 12 months long but the contract is 6 months long, do I need a letter of release to change employer after the contract expires? |
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Bibbitybop
Joined: 22 Feb 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 4:45 pm Post subject: |
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| Many PS organizations won't let you do a 6 month contract. SMOE is one of them. Even if the teachers and school is cool with it (why lose a good teacher, right?) SMOE won't allow it. So what happens? People sign a 12 month contract and just quit after 6 months. |
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Dukey77777
Joined: 28 Jun 2007
Location: Chungcheongbuk-do
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| Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 5:51 pm Post subject: |
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| I'm thinking of doing the same thing....but I didn't think it would be a problem. I can't just go to the immigration office and notify them that I changed jobs? Our visas are linked to only one job at a time? |
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Bibbitybop
Joined: 22 Feb 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 5:57 pm Post subject: |
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| Dukey77777 wrote: |
| I'm thinking of doing the same thing....but I didn't think it would be a problem. I can't just go to the immigration office and notify them that I changed jobs? Our visas are linked to only one job at a time? |
E-2 visas are. Unless you get a letter of release, you will have to leave the country and wait until the visa expires to get a new job. Many organizations, like SMOE, won't give letters of release. |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 7:32 pm Post subject: Re: Renewing with a public school for 6 months? Visa questio |
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| 0916 wrote: |
| I'm thinking I might renew with mine but just for 6 months. If the Visa is 12 months long but the contract is 6 months long, do I need a letter of release to change employer after the contract expires? |
Renewals do not have to be locked into a full year.
IMMIGRATION will issue an extension of your period of sojourn for any term between 1 day and 1 year. 6 months is fine with immigration.
The problem lies with your school. Many public schools will NOT grant an extension / renewal for any period other than 1 year because of funding restrictions at the provincial and federal levels.
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