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[Troll_Bait]

http://joongangdaily.joins.com/article/view.asp?aid=2900646

Edit:

http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2009/02/117_38955.html

[Bibbitybop]

The 2nd link failed to mention the need to test E-7 visa holders, that's the visa CPN was on (even though he would've passed a CBC).

[jdog2050]

[cdninkorea]

ATEK is alive! I wonder if there's anything others can do to help this excellent idea they have; does anyone have contact information?

[dharma bum]

he was on an E-1 (doing a summer/winter camp?) if i remember correctly - E-7s aren't for teaching work and are already pretty hard to come by...

[Milwaukiedave]

wonderful....

*sarcasm*

[jdog2050]

[IncognitoHFX]

[Otherside]

"ATEK - making life harder for expats since 2008."

So now F2's are gonna have to go home every year to get a new CBC, awesome work guys!

[pocariboy73]

Been on an F2-1 for almost two years. With ATEK's hard work, I guess I can look forward to doing a criminal records check and drug test as well. Thanks guys. Keep up the great work!

[steroidmaximus]

I know too many E2's who just relish the idea of forcing F-2's and F-5's to go through the same rigamorole they have to. Instead of challenging the rule itself which is discriminatory, they'd rather see everyone suffer. Then they complain about Klogic when they themselves show none.

Anyone who is here for more than one year should only have to submit documents once. Due to the idiocy of bureaucracy, they have to submit every year. Ok that sucks. What if I've been here 10 years? Thanks to these morons I may have to spend money to go home and deal with the same crap. YOU'RE DOING IT WRONG TOOLIOS

For one thing you need to get it through your head that an F2 and F5 visa is not an employment visa, its a residency visa; two different things all together. With this visa I can engage in whatever work I want. I have gladly submitted any documents that a Korean has had to, and if need be will submit one criminal record check from my own country.

They just don't seem to get the amount of baloney so many of us have to go through: how despite being here for eons and supporting a family, I still face the same crap they do when I get a job, go to the bank, try to receive services from businesses etc etc et al. Those who make their approach to this problem that all waygooks should go through this process need a good slap up side the head, since they obviously cannot begin to understand how their situation doesn't resemble mine in the least.

[tzechuk]

What about those on F5s?

I've been here for close to 9 years.. this is the only place that considers me a permanent resident.

My mum asked our family lawyer what I would need to do IF they want a CRC from me and my lawyer basically said that I won't be able to get one cos home (UK) doesn't consider me a permanent resident or something like that...

Am I going to get kicked out if I can't supply a CRC???

[bluelake]

I'm an F-5 who has been in Korea for a long time. Personally, I've said from the very start, all foreigners (any visa type) who have legally lived in Korea for some period of time (2 years, 5 years, etc.), with no criminal record here, should be exempt from any kind of background check. I have several E-2 friends (and several F-visa friends) who have been here, and abided by the laws, for more than a decade.

[Otus]

[diver]