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[climber159]

I would like to know if anyone has a definitive answer for the following type of situation. If someone quits their job prior to the end of the contract (without providing the school with the stipulated 60 days notice), how does that person go about exiting Korea so as to be able to return within the week?

A. Head to an immigration office on a weekday morning to cancel the visa and request an exit order.

B. Head to the airport with ticket in hand; while passing though immigration hand in ARC and make sure the visa is canceled.

C. Other?

I realize that upon returning to Korea the "runner" will enter on a tourist visa and will need to start the E-2 visa application procedure over from scratch. That's not really the issue at hand. It's the leaving (unethically) and returning within a couple of days.

Thanks in advance.

[Cerriowen]

I would think you'd just go to the airport and pass through immigration and hand in your visa.

I would like to point out that, ethics asside, you can be fined by your school for damages... airfare, visa, damage to the school from losing a teacher w/o notice...

Doesn't matter much if you aren't coming back, but can bite you in the arse if you try to ignore it.

[ttompatz]

If you are not worried about starting a new job in the immediate future:

Leave. Hand in your ARC on the way through passport control.
Return at your convenience on a B1/B2 tourist waiver stamp.

No worry.

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[climber159]

[blaseblasphemener]

Christ, it's ttompatz!!!

Are you back in the ROK, or just dipping your toes in the slew?

How's the Phil?