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PK
Joined: 25 Nov 2008
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 Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2009 6:08 am Post subject: Finding a New Job While in Seoul |
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I am currently working in an uncomfortable Hagwon environment. I am grateful to be employed, and to be here in Seoul, but I am beginning to wonder if staying at my present job would be more stressful than taking the risk of quitting, and looking for a brand new job / going through the visa process all over again. I have copies of everything needed to obtain a new visa. Original diploma, sealed transcripts, CBC etc. If my employer allows me to resign and I am given a 'release letter';
How could I go about landing a new job without having to leave Seoul?
Has anyone been through a similar experience that can share some tips / advice? |
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lifeinkorea
Joined: 24 Jan 2009
Location: somewhere in China
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| Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2009 6:16 am Post subject: |
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Not much you can do. You will have to get a letter of release from your current school. You WILL also have to leave the country, maybe to Japan for a visa run.
If you wait 9 months, which doesn't sound like something you would want to do, you could transfer locations and then extend that visa. That is the only way I know that would allow you to stay in the country. |
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PK
Joined: 25 Nov 2008
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| Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2009 6:31 am Post subject: |
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| I don't understand the 'changing locations after 9 months' idea. Could you please explain this further? |
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michaelambling
Joined: 31 Dec 2008
Location: Paradise
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| Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2009 3:56 pm Post subject: |
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| lifeinkorea wrote: |
Not much you can do. You will have to get a letter of release from your current school. You WILL also have to leave the country, maybe to Japan for a visa run.
If you wait 9 months, which doesn't sound like something you would want to do, you could transfer locations and then extend that visa. That is the only way I know that would allow you to stay in the country. |
This isn't true. If you get a LOR, you can stay in Korea and don't need to apply for a new visa--your old one merely gets transferred.
Without an LOR, you or you and your school have to cancel your visa, you have to go to Japan, come back as a tourist (or stay in Japan), apply for a second visa starting from scratch.
Lifeinkorea, this isn't the first time you've posted misinformation. Please stop. |
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