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bobsbarricades
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 Posted: Wed May 20, 2009 8:51 am Post subject: American going from Australia to Korea to teach |
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I have a friend who is going to Australia, and her backup plan is to go to Korea to teach English if money runs out in Australia. Can you point me to where to find out the have to's on that? Would she still have to go the American Consulate to interview? I would imagine if she was already there in Korea she would be able to find a job easy under the 3 month tourist visa but I'm just curious.
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lifeinkorea
Joined: 24 Jan 2009
Location: somewhere in China
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| Posted: Wed May 20, 2009 2:43 pm Post subject: |
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| I understand that the tourist option is not possible for people who have never received an E2 visa. So, it seems like your friend will have to be in America for the interview before they can get an E2. |
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dragon777
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| Posted: Wed May 20, 2009 4:27 pm Post subject: |
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| Get your friend to email the Korean embassy in Australia and ask them if it would be possible to obtain an E-2 there. Don't just roll up and expect it. The official rule is that to obtain an E-2 in a different country from your passport held. You must of held an E-2 before. They may well be accomodating, you never know. |
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losing_touch
Joined: 26 Jun 2008
Location: Ulsan - I think!
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| Posted: Wed May 20, 2009 5:11 pm Post subject: |
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| dragon777 wrote: |
| The official rule is that to obtain an E-2 in a different country from your passport held. You must of held an E-2 before. They may well be accomodating, you never know. |
Actually, that isn't the official rule. The official rule is that you must have had an E-2 visa before or have your degree verified by KCUE. If one of those two things hasn't happened, then you must return to your home country to have the visa processed. I chose to have my degree verified, and I had my first E-2 visa issued in a third country. It was painless. All of this information is clearly mentioned on the immigration website; however, people around here keep insisting on giving bad information like this. |
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lifeinkorea
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| Posted: Wed May 20, 2009 5:39 pm Post subject: |
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| degree verified by KCUE |
What does that mean? If we provided our employer with the degree, was it sent to the right area to be verified? If not, where is a KCUE office located so we can get our degree verified? |
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losing_touch
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| degree verified by KCUE |
What does that mean? If we provided our employer with the degree, was it sent to the right area to be verified? If not, where is a KCUE office located so we can get our degree verified? |
This is the KCUE Site: http://www.kcue.or.kr/
It is not a process you can initiate yourself. You need to have your prospective employer handle it for you. They will make the arrangements and send your degree to the appropriate place. The process takes less than two weeks. When it is completed, embassies and consulates will be able to see that your degree has been verified by the relevant agency in Korea. Instructions for them to check are on the immigration website. This makes you exempt from the having to obtain your first E-2 in your home country. It is a painless process because your employer does it for you. You may need to educate them about this process, but they can verify it with one phone call. |
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