Korean Job Discussion Forums

[tom tom]

Hey,

Im a Canadian English teacher currently living in Korea. I recently quit

my one school after working there for three months. I want to start working

at a new school but I no longer have an E2 VISA. I have to get a degree

from my University and a criminal record check. To get a criminal

record check will take like a month or two. I would have to get my

passport notarized and sent to canada and then apply for a criminal

record check. The whole process will take extremely long and I dont have

the money to wait for it. Is there anything I can do at Immigration to get

an E2 VISA sooner? I dont know what to do? Any suggestions??

[Troglodyte]

Why do you have to get a degree from your university? Did you lose your original?

Anyway, you can't use an original degree now. You have to use a copy notarized and stamped by a Korean consulate. You could do that Korea but it's also time consuming.

I honestly don't think that you can get another E2 visa until the 6 months on the first one would have expired. I've heard of people doing it sooner, but I think it's the exception to the rule - the rare exception. Some people have to wait 9 months.

There is no way you can speed it up (that I know of, at least).

When you quit, did you let immigration know and get a 2 week extension on your ARC? If not, you could be overstaying your residence permit.

My suggestion - go somewhere else nearby in Asia. Vietnam for instance. Somewhere cheap where the salary isn't too bad and you don't need a visa to enter. Thailand also has a lot of work for English teachers but the salary is lower. Taiwan has a lot of work but I'm not sure on the situation there now. Check out the international forum on Dave's. Ask around to see what's the best choice for you. Work somewhere doing freelance for the next 3 months while a family member of friend back home gets you another set of docs for Korea.

[Justin Richard]

How can people come to Korea or abroad anywhere and be so clueless? People like this should not come to Korea to work/teach in the first place!
And whatever happened to people treating their job like it was their last one! Korea needs less of these people coming here and only working for less than a hockey season before quitting and then wondering what to do next.

This is one of the reasons why the immigration requirements have become stricter for E2 visas.

Good advice would be to go back to Canada and grow up.

[ttompatz]