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Mikejelai
Joined: 01 Nov 2009
Location: Seoul
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 Posted: Fri Nov 12, 2010 10:35 pm Post subject: First Indian teacher in Korea article |
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| Story in the Thursday paper here about an Indian English teacher being hired by one of the public schools down in the provinces somewhere south of Seoul. So how did he get around the E-2 visa rule regarding nationality? Anyone know how? |
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Smee
Joined: 24 Dec 2004
Location: Jeollanam-do
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| Posted: Fri Nov 12, 2010 10:42 pm Post subject: |
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This news came out in June, when EPIK announced it was going to hire 12 Indians:
EPIK to hire 12 Indian English Teachers for Fall 2010
No details about nationality. As an aside, the E-2 visa isn't just for English teachers, but for foreign teachers of foreign languages. |
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Carla
Joined: 21 Nov 2008
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| Posted: Fri Nov 12, 2010 11:07 pm Post subject: |
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| Smee wrote: |
| As an aside, the E-2 visa isn't just for English teachers, but for foreign teachers of foreign languages. |
Right, the E-2 visa is for native speakers of any language, as long as they have both citizenship and a degree from a country of that language.
So a French speaker from France who has a defree from a French university could get an E-2 here to teach French only, but a French speaker from France who has a degree from England couldn't get an E-2 here to teach any language.
I would assume they are considering expanding the list of 7 countries considering that one of India's official languages is English. Perhaps this is a trial run? Maybe they are considering opening the English visa to Indians? I don't know, I'm just guessing. |
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Smee
Joined: 24 Dec 2004
Location: Jeollanam-do
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| Posted: Fri Nov 12, 2010 11:17 pm Post subject: |
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| Carla wrote: |
| Smee wrote: |
| As an aside, the E-2 visa isn't just for English teachers, but for foreign teachers of foreign languages. |
Right, the E-2 visa is for native speakers of any language, as long as they have both citizenship and a degree from a country of that language.
So a French speaker from France who has a defree from a French university could get an E-2 here to teach French only, but a French speaker from France who has a degree from England couldn't get an E-2 here to teach any language.
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Yes, that's an important distinction. |
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Mikejelai
Joined: 01 Nov 2009
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Sat Nov 13, 2010 12:19 am Post subject: |
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| Yes, but I called Seoul immigration after reading the article and was told that there is currently no allowance made for hiring anyone other than from the 6 (or is it 7?) countries. Of course, another person answering the phone at immigration might have given me a different answer..................... |
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Louis VI
Joined: 05 Jul 2010
Location: In my Kingdom
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| Posted: Sat Nov 13, 2010 12:34 am Post subject: |
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I'd like to be invited to his home for dinner.  |
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stoned
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| Posted: Sat Nov 13, 2010 6:30 am Post subject: |
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| I'd like to be invited to his home for dinner. |
why? |
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wylies99
Joined: 13 May 2006
Location: I'm one cool cat!
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| Posted: Sat Nov 13, 2010 6:21 pm Post subject: |
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| Smee wrote: |
This news came out in June, when EPIK announced it was going to hire 12 Indians:
EPIK to hire 12 Indian English Teachers for Fall 2010
No details about nationality. As an aside, the E-2 visa isn't just for English teachers, but for foreign teachers of foreign languages. |
The first group will be well taken care of, because there's lots of money at stake. Adding even one more country to the pool of available foreign teachers is one way to keep salaries down for everyone. |
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Chris.Quigley
Joined: 20 Apr 2009
Location: Belfast. N Ireland
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| Posted: Sat Nov 13, 2010 8:53 pm Post subject: |
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| I don't see this catching on... |
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Poker
Joined: 16 Jan 2010
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| Posted: Sat Nov 13, 2010 9:59 pm Post subject: |
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| The good news about this is that it will start destroying the perception among Koreans that one needs a white face to teach English. The downside is that we will all feel the increased competition in the job market over the coming years and wages will remain stagnant. |
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PigeonFart
Joined: 27 Apr 2006
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| Posted: Sun Nov 14, 2010 2:28 am Post subject: |
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Yes, i agree that it's good for the hangooks to be exposed to non-white faces. I think that's very important.
Obviously it leads to more competition for me. Overall though, it's still a good thing. |
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