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Crockpot2001
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 Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 4:33 pm Post subject: Legal part time work? |
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Is there any way to legally work part time as an English teacher in South Korea? Not every native English speaker in Korea is here due to a teaching job. I have been asked several times to take small local jobs that go unfilled in my area as they cannot get someone to come out here for 2-3 hours. I have some free time as a house husband and would like to take a part time job but we don't want to risk my wife's job for a small one for me. My medical license does not reciprocate with Korea and I do not speak Korean so no work for me to this point.
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crossmr
Joined: 22 Nov 2008
Location: Hwayangdong, Seoul
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| Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 5:27 pm Post subject: |
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What kind of visa are you on? If you're wife is working and you're on her visa, then I assume you must be on..hmm... F3 or something like that?
I think in order to be legal you might have to go through all the work of changing your visa.
Now if they've been unable to find a teacher for a long time you might consider encouraging them to talk to the government about being allowed to hire someone on an E7 visa instead of an E2. E7s are easier and sometimes the government uses those to hire english speakers for various things. I know they use them at the english villages, and sometimes I've heard about a foreigner being hired to teach on that visa instead of an E2. |
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Crockpot2001
Joined: 01 Jul 2007
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| Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 6:29 pm Post subject: |
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| crossmr wrote: |
What kind of visa are you on? If you're wife is working and you're on her visa, then I assume you must be on..hmm... F3 or something like that?
I think in order to be legal you might have to go through all the work of changing your visa.
Now if they've been unable to find a teacher for a long time you might consider encouraging them to talk to the government about being allowed to hire someone on an E7 visa instead of an E2. E7s are easier and sometimes the government uses those to hire english speakers for various things. I know they use them at the english villages, and sometimes I've heard about a foreigner being hired to teach on that visa instead of an E2. |
Correct, I am on a F3, my wife is on a D something or other. I am under the impression that it takes a full time position to secure sponsorship and thus change my visa. If this can be changed that would be good for me and quite a few other folks that are here with spouses yet can't work outside of a full time staff position. Hell, I would not so much mind a FT position but she cannot always get away for vacation and the purpose is that we are here together to grow her career and see Asia.
Excuss me, I gotta kill myself. The asshat with the Bongo truck and loudspeaker is coming. |
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crossmr
Joined: 22 Nov 2008
Location: Hwayangdong, Seoul
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| Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 6:47 pm Post subject: |
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| Try to convince them to find out if its possible to hire you on an E7. I know that some people working on an E7 are also working part time and not full-time. |
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Crockpot2001
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| Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 6:49 pm Post subject: |
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| crossmr wrote: |
| Try to convince them to find out if its possible to hire you on an E7. I know that some people working on an E7 are also working part time and not full-time. |
Many thanks! |
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seoulsucker
Joined: 05 Mar 2006
Location: The Land of the Hesitant Cutoff
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I was able to get an amendment to my E-2 visa that allows me to work part-time for a broadcasting company. I had to get permission from my school, some documents from the company, and proof of some special training/education that qualified me for the position.
It took a lot of legwork, but once all the paperwork was in I got it without a problem. |
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Crockpot2001
Joined: 01 Jul 2007
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| Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2009 4:20 am Post subject: |
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| seoulsucker wrote: |
I was able to get an amendment to my E-2 visa that allows me to work part-time for a broadcasting company. I had to get permission from my school, some documents from the company, and proof of some special training/education that qualified me for the position.
It took a lot of legwork, but once all the paperwork was in I got it without a problem. |
The difference for me is that I am not already working at a school. I am an unemployed spouce of someone already working in Korea. |
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