Korean Job Discussion Forums

eirrehs · Joined: 04 Sep 2007 Location: korea

what is the process for attaining permission to work multiple jobs?

jiyull · Joined: 21 Mar 2008 Location: Seoul

Majority of the contracts for English teachers say that you cannot work another job, if that isn't indicated in your contract...you can get another job, if you wish.

saw6436 · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Location: Daejeon, ROK

If your on an E-2 you need permission from your employer and from immigration. You can get a form from immigration, have your current employer sign off on it, then file it with immigration. It will cost around W60,000.

If your F-2 or F-5 you don't need permission.

Juregen · Joined: 30 May 2006

eirrehs · Joined: 04 Sep 2007 Location: korea

i'm an epik teacher and my contract says i can't work other jobs.
are there any teachers out there who have found a way around this legally?

jellobean · Joined: 14 Mar 2006

Make nice with your principle. And since you are public school it's not likely he will let you unless it is another public school or adults. Sometimes if you are very lucky they will let you take a hagwon position that is far from your home school, but sometimes immigration will refuse hagwon additions for public school teachers. Remember the contract is only a suggestion if they like you and want to be nice.

eirrehs · Joined: 04 Sep 2007 Location: korea

so its my principal who would sign the application and not a representative from the board of education? my principal really likes me and would probably say yes. when applying for this at immigration is a copy of my contract needed?

FMPJ · Joined: 03 Jun 2008

yingwenlaoshi · Joined: 12 Feb 2007 Location: ... location, location!

I've heard or been told that you can't add another employer if you're on an E2 working at a hagwon. Anyone know anything about this? Hearing that, I'm thinking that they're using the law to allow public school teachers to work at multiple public schools, as some do.

tomato · Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2008 3:37 am Post subject:

My current employer has sent me out part-time to schols in other communities.
He said that it was perfectly legal, since the schools were in other communities.

saw6436 · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Location: Daejeon, ROK

I've taught at public schools and other places concurrently on an F-2. Right now I am on an F-5 and work at a Public Elementary School, a Hagwon and several of my own gigs. None of it hidden. Immigration didn't care when I was on a F-2 and only required boss to sign-off on it when I was on an E-2. Nobody cares now that I am F-5.

Course if your contract states that you can't work at other places that is an issue between you and your employer.

howie2424 · Joined: 09 Jan 2003

I believe the process is still the same, but here is how you did it a few years back;

http://forums.eslcafe.com/korea/viewtopic.php?t=23466&highlight=

Michael_75 · Joined: 13 Oct 2008

I'm a GEPIK teacher and I work two jobs legally. One is my original job in Elementary school during th day and then I go to the High School next door for two hours in the evenings. The HS actually asked my principal to ask me if I wanted the job.

I had to sign a new contract with HS, and take this contract along with some other docs (if you're public school your co-teacher should have a handbook which explains how to do these types of things) to Immigration. You need to fill in the form for addition of employment and pay 60,000 for a stamp. Takes about 5 minutes once you get to speak to an adviser and they make you a new ARC there and then with the extra employment on the back.