Korean Job Discussion Forums

[tourist]

I accepted a teaching position last week from my own country, didn't sign the contract til I arrived and checked out the job first. All was ok so I gave my documents to the boss to take to Immigration. 2 days later I got a call from the recruiter saying my visa application was rejected. Naturally I was shocked. Last year I had a dispute at my old school that resulted in me getting fired, unfairly as it turned out. We came to an out of court financial settlement eventually. This is the only thing I can think of why my application was rejected. My new school obtained my Korean work history from Immigration, and decided against hiring me and then the visa wasn't issued by Immigration. Does this mean I won't be able to obtain a visa again? And has anyone heard of a similar situation before? Any information or advice would be very helpful.

[valkerie]

I have been on the soju so I may be missing summat but it sounds like the school are the ones who decided against you, right??? So u should be able to get another job...presuming the smae thing doesn't happen.

BUT...and this is only my opinion... I reckon immi are unlikely to have said anything... TBH I find it hard to believe an employer would let you fly out amd then decide to sign a contratc. If this really happened then it likely made them think you are (rightly) concerned not to be ripped off but in their eyes = potential headache in the future.

Hope you get sorted.

[ttompatz]

[ontheway]

Immigration does reject applications. When they do, they have a specific reason or reasons for the rejection - problem with the background check, transcripts not signed, sealed or opened in advance, an unqualified university etc. They always state what the reason is. So, if you were rejected by Immigration, your would-have-been employer should be able to tell you the reason for the rejection.

Perhaps if you contact Immigration, they can tell you the reason.

[guava]

[tourist]

Firstly, thanks for the feedback. I went to Immigration today anyway to get to the bottom of the situation. There I spoke to a nice girl who didn't have the standard of English you would expect from someone working in an Immigration Office. She told me that it wasn't Immigration that rejected my application but the school decided not to go ahead with hiring me after they heard about my situation last year, so Immigration couldn't issue a visa. I have managed to get another position but will have to go through this again, maybe I'd be better coming clean with my new boss but I don't know what information Immigration give to any employer when they are applying for a teachers visa insurance number. Immigration wouldn't tell me this.

The biggest hassle of all is that Immigartion won't give back my documents so I have to get in touch with home and get documents sent out here again. Luckily I have some backup transcripts with me, but the police check will have to be obtained again. Immigration won't give back my police check even though I intended giving it straight back to them next week with my new application. Sometimes you'd feel like losing your cool but there's no point really.

Should I come clean with my new boss though else I could risk the whole situation happening again?

[Senior]

[AsiaESLbound]

Wow, that's retarded immigration won't return you your docs. I would ask, "Being that you have them already, would I have to re-submit upon applying for an E-2?" And then explain those are the only set of docs since those are the originals which mean a lot to you as they are very important. Tell them it's OK to keep them, but that they need to use them in your actual visa application.

[ontheway]