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[michi gnome]

Was denied a visa a few months back, and am thinking about re-applying.
Have also considered working in other countries, but funds are a little too tight to afford airfare at the moment.

The reason stated for why they denied my visa application:
I left one job before the contract was over, and I'm guessing, the dates on my resume were wrong and stated I was in Korea for 1 year during a certain time period, when it was actually only 6 months. I completed a full year at a different hagwon a few years earlier as well.

Everything else in my record is clean, as far as background check, good health etc.

Seems crazy to be denied a visa simply for leaving a job mid-contract.

Has anyone experienced a similar situation, and had luck re-applying?

I'm willing to work anywhere in the country, and might try applying at hard-to-fill jobs in small towns/villages.

Thanks for any advice.

[lifeinkorea]

Who told you that you were denied? From my experience, immigration doesn't evaluate visas in this manner.

In fact, in March (or shortly before) there was supposed to be a new rule in effect which would allow teachers to transfer a current visa over to a new school after 6 months.

You should definitely be able to get all your documents and submit them through a new recruiter without any problems. Other issues will have to be dealt with, but as far as I know immigration is not going to care if you taught 12 months or 1 day and left the country.

The worst is you would have to wait till your visa period finished. I would assume for now that is not a concern and go ahead, apply through recruiters.

Good luck.

[michi gnome]

thanks for the reply.

i will definitely try again, as i seem to be the only one this has happened to.

the recruiter works directly for a school. maybe they found someone else they preferred to hire, and decided to just tell me the visa was declined?

the school is an English village near Seoul...

I've wondered though, will Korean immigration have a record that I was once declined for a visa? and will they take that into consideration when they see a new application.

this all happened probably back in April...and my previous 1 year visa expired over a year and a half ago

[nomad-ish]

i've left a job mid-contract before (~9 months) and didn't have a problem getting another visa. if the dates on your resume were wrong, maybe they contacted your old school and then they badmouthed you. it's a possibility. i'd try again, leaving mid-contract shouldn't be a problem.