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robotco
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 Posted: Sun Jan 23, 2011 10:22 pm Post subject: EPIK teacher marrying a korean girl |
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hi all. well, as the thread says, i'm an EPIK teacher, and i've proposed to my lovely lady of 2 years. pending parents' approval everything should be good to go.
what i'm wondering is if anyone else is in this situation and what i might have to be ready for. i ready something in the EPIK manual about not being able to qualify for a visa if i'm married (!?!), but if anyone has advice or can point me to some websites that have advice, it's appreciated.
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oldfatfarang
Joined: 19 May 2005
Location: On the road to somewhere.
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| Posted: Sun Jan 23, 2011 10:36 pm Post subject: |
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Grandmother's advice: "Marry in haste, repent at leisure."
Good luck. |
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ttompatz
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Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2011 12:22 am Post subject: Re: EPIK teacher marrying a korean girl |
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| robotco wrote: |
hi all. well, as the thread says, i'm an EPIK teacher, and i've proposed to my lovely lady of 2 years. pending parents' approval everything should be good to go.
what i'm wondering is if anyone else is in this situation and what i might have to be ready for. i ready something in the EPIK manual about not being able to qualify for a visa if i'm married (!?!), but if anyone has advice or can point me to some websites that have advice, it's appreciated.
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Getting married, in and of itself, won't change your visa status nor will it change your status at your school as far as continued employment is concerned.
It will change your status a little in terms of relating to your co-workers (married is not single - you move up a step).
AFTER you are married you can jump through the hoops to get an F2 visa (rather than your E2) and that will make your life with immigration a lot easier (no more E2 hoops to worry about after this).
You will be able to add your wife to your NHIC medical as well (no addition to the premium) and your taxes will drop (with the addition of a dependent).
Good luck with the parents.
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Devil's Harvest
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Location: House of Knives
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| Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2011 4:09 am Post subject: Re: EPIK teacher marrying a korean girl |
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| ttompatz wrote: |
You will be able to add your wife to your NHIC medical as well (no addition to the premium) and your taxes will drop (with the addition of a dependent).
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IF your wife is a dependent, you get a tax break. If she has annual income of as little as 1.5 million she won't qualify as a dependent. Is your fiance planning on quitting her job the week before the wedding and living a life of luxury on your bottomless EPIK salary? 
Good luck with the wedding! Got married to my long-time girl last year, loving life.  |
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jrwhite82
Joined: 22 May 2010
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| Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2011 4:21 am Post subject: |
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At first I thought this was a wedding announcement for the poster with the handle, "EPIKteacher". Which was shocking to me.
But after reading it, congrats!
You'll definitely want to get that F2 before your E2 expires. No more visa runs etc...
Additionally, you'll want to register your marriage at your embassy. This requires some translated documents. There should be a translator service near your embassy that can do everything within a few minutes. |
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PEIGUY
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T-J
Joined: 10 Oct 2008
Location: Seoul EunpyungGu Yeonsinnae
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| Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2011 9:15 am Post subject: |
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Don't do it man! Stay single! OMFG Don't do it!
Kidding, best wishes and good luck!
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brier
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| Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2011 4:50 am Post subject: |
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| oldfatfarang wrote: |
Grandmother's advice: "Marry in haste, repent at leisure."
Good luck. |
May I add that marriage isn't word, it's a sentence. |
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Junior
Joined: 18 Nov 2005
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| Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2011 5:10 am Post subject: Re: EPIK teacher marrying a korean girl |
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| ttompatz wrote: |
| married is not single - you move up a step |
Generally people pressure you to get married so that you become as miserable as they are. |
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hondaicivic
Joined: 01 Jul 2010
Location: Daegu, South Korea
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| Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2011 5:48 am Post subject: Re: EPIK teacher marrying a korean girl |
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| Junior wrote: |
| ttompatz wrote: |
| married is not single - you move up a step |
Generally people pressure you to get married so that you become as miserable as they are. |
Marriage is overrated. I rather be like the scandinavians and have kids out of wedlock and live with my partner. It's really common over there these days. |
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redaxe
Joined: 01 Dec 2008
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| Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2011 12:47 pm Post subject: Re: EPIK teacher marrying a korean girl |
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| hondaicivic wrote: |
| Junior wrote: |
| ttompatz wrote: |
| married is not single - you move up a step |
Generally people pressure you to get married so that you become as miserable as they are. |
Marriage is overrated. I rather be like the scandinavians and have kids out of wedlock and live with my partner. It's really common over there these days. |
Keep in mind that after seven years of that (at least in the U.S.) you get married automatically by common law.
And in the seven years until that happens, you're missing out on some big tax breaks and also some important rights, especially in the case of any kind of medical emergency happening to your partner. I guess the pro is that during that time you can decide to break up and move out and not have to pay any alimony. |
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oldfatfarang
Joined: 19 May 2005
Location: On the road to somewhere.
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| Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2011 3:59 pm Post subject: Re: EPIK teacher marrying a korean girl |
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| redaxe wrote: |
| hondaicivic wrote: |
| Junior wrote: |
| ttompatz wrote: |
| married is not single - you move up a step |
Generally people pressure you to get married so that you become as miserable as they are. |
Marriage is overrated. I rather be like the scandinavians and have kids out of wedlock and live with my partner. It's really common over there these days. |
Keep in mind that after seven years of that (at least in the U.S.) you get married automatically by common law.
And in the seven years until that happens, you're missing out on some big tax breaks and also some important rights, especially in the case of any kind of medical emergency happening to your partner. I guess the pro is that during that time you can decide to break up and move out and not have to pay any alimony. |
NZ couples living together have common law marriage rights etc after 2 years. |
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hondaicivic
Joined: 01 Jul 2010
Location: Daegu, South Korea
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| Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2011 5:59 pm Post subject: Re: EPIK teacher marrying a korean girl |
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| Quack Addict wrote: |
| hondaicivic wrote: |
| Junior wrote: |
| ttompatz wrote: |
| married is not single - you move up a step |
Generally people pressure you to get married so that you become as miserable as they are. |
Marriage is overrated. I rather be like the scandinavians and have kids out of wedlock and live with my partner. It's really common over there these days. |
Enjoy the herpes coming your way! |
I wasn't talking about Americans, I was referring to the Scandinavians.  |
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oldfatfarang
Joined: 19 May 2005
Location: On the road to somewhere.
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OP, I hope you're still there (and single). I couldn't resist this:
"By all means marry; if you get a good wife, you'll be happy; if you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher" (Socrates).
Good luck. |
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robotco
Joined: 12 Apr 2010
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| Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2011 1:24 am Post subject: |
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thanks for the replies and well wishes everyone. it looks like i don't have much to worry about.
on a related topic (though maybe this deserves it's own thread), anyone know how long an EPIK teacher can stay at the same school? is the same 4 years the Koreans get? or is it indefinite? just curious if anyone knows. |
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