Korean Job Discussion Forums

[michi gnome]

I was recently denied a Visa to teach in Korea.

Reasons cited were that 1) I didn't complete a contract. (That is true, but I left after informing the director I would be leaving, and giving him more than a months' notice).
2) They claimed I accepted a position and never showed up. This is completely false. Don't know where they got this mis-information, but there's nothing I can do about it.

I have taken the rejection as an opportunity to teach in other lands. However, I'm a bit bummed if it means I would never be able to teach and live in Korea again.

Can anyone help me out here? If you are denied a Visa--does this mean you are banned for life from getting another Visa? Or is there simply a waiting period (perhaps several years?) before you can re-apply for teaching positions?

Thanks in advance for your help.

[michi gnome]

I should add I am kind of stunned really, since I know people who have done a midnight run, only to return a year or so later with no problems in getting a new contract.

I suppose it's due to the stricter hiring standards at the moment...

[ttompatz]

I don't think your visa was rejected (at least not by immigration for the stated reasons).

YOU may have been rejected by the recruiter / school in question for those reasons.

IF there was a problem (person with re-entry permit leaving but not handing in their ARC - thus having a valid visa outstanding) then the wait would just be until the end of the current visa period.

.

[kingasiatic88]

I'm curious - would immigration tell his prospective employer that he had not completed a contract in the past?

[Howler Monkey]

I highly doubt it.

[michi gnome]

Thank you for your replies. The school I was applying to didn't know that I had left a contract after 6 months. Once again, I was up front about everything, and gave a notice well over a month.

I had sent in all the documents, and the school heard back from customs about 10 days later. It was then the guy working for the school (not an outside recruiter) emailed me, asking 'why didn't you tell us you had left another school? Now there is nothing we can do.'

In his email he cited the two reasons for why the visa was denied. I have no idea where they got the 2nd reason, not showing up after accepting a job, because it never happened.

I'm wondering if there is a way I can check with the consulate, to see if I still can work in Korea in the future.

Thanks again. I appreciate the help.

[kingasiatic88]

it's pretty hard to keep track of all this - you hear there is no immi blacklist except if you committ some heinous crime and then you hear stories like yours. it sort of makes me think there is a blacklist floating around between recruiters and hagwons or something.

well i hope it works out for you somehow~

[Skippy]

Make sure this not the classic BS baffles brains. School says they are going to hire you. Start the process, then find a better or cheaper teacher. Rather then doing the honorable thing maybe they just decide to lie and place the blame on you.

What about the other job that you applied for and did not honor. Could it have been some recruiter that signed your name.

[wiganer]

Wait until this recession is over - and I am being serious.

[michi gnome]

Anyone else ever been denied a Visa, only to re-apply successfully at a later time?

[ontheway]

[ChilgokBlackHole]

[ontheway]