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twd
Joined: 23 Feb 2011
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 Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 10:37 am Post subject: dependent working in Seoul |
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Dear all
I am going to work and teach in a uni in Seoul. My wife will go together with me. As she is going to hold a dependent visa, can she work in Seoul once she arrives? She is a fashion designer and she can also work as a child play worker. Does anyone know if she can work when she is in Seoul? She can speak fluent English but not a native English speaker. I do not think she can teach in ele. school.
If she really can work, does she need to leave Seoul and then come back before she gets a work permit?
Please advise and many thanks. |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 3:15 pm Post subject: Re: dependent working in Seoul |
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| twd wrote: |
Dear all
I am going to work and teach in a uni in Seoul. My wife will go together with me. As she is going to hold a dependent visa, can she work in Seoul once she arrives? She is a fashion designer and she can also work as a child play worker. Does anyone know if she can work when she is in Seoul? She can speak fluent English but not a native English speaker. I do not think she can teach in ele. school.
If she really can work, does she need to leave Seoul and then come back before she gets a work permit?
Please advise and many thanks. |
She cannot legally work as a teacher - full stop. (that includes daycare, kindergarten, language academy, etc.).
She will be able to find part time (illegal) work as a language teacher or teaching private lessons. There is SOME (minimal) risk involved should she be caught (fines and/or exit order).
If she can find other work (not teaching or child care related) she can apply for permission to add/change her status of sojourn at immigration. They will sometimes allow F3 dependents to work. This is especially true in her chosen field of expertise (in her case - fashion design).
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Yellowstone_1872
Joined: 12 Nov 2010
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| Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 4:58 pm Post subject: |
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ttompatz,
I'm trying to get a position in April with EPIK, and originally my wife was planning to come over and teach English in late summer or September. But my recruiter is telling me that it might be tough to get a position with a school if they know that sort of staggering is going to exist (2 12-month contracts with different start/end months might be trouble). I totally understand that concern, even though we aren't the type to be runners, but they don't know that.
My question is: she's a pilates/yoga instructor. Could she get visa clearance to teach in Korea? Who knows if there's even a market for it, but she's got the skills and can definitely make money stateside doing work in that field, but we want to come to Korea to try something different out. Do you know if it's possible to get visa alterations for things like that? |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 5:04 pm Post subject: |
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| Yellowstone_1872 wrote: |
ttompatz,
I'm trying to get a position in April with EPIK, and originally my wife was planning to come over and teach English in late summer or September. But my recruiter is telling me that it might be tough to get a position with a school if they know that sort of staggering is going to exist (2 12-month contracts with different start/end months might be trouble). I totally understand that concern, even though we aren't the type to be runners, but they don't know that.
My question is: she's a pilates/yoga instructor. Could she get visa clearance to teach in Korea? Who knows if there's even a market for it, but she's got the skills and can definitely make money stateside doing work in that field, but we want to come to Korea to try something different out. Do you know if it's possible to get visa alterations for things like that? |
If she can document that she is qualified then yes, there is work and yes, she can get permission from k-immi.
Finding work will mean pounding the pavement to find the yoga hagwans in your area and then finding an employer willing to hire a foreigner but it is do-able.
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Yellowstone_1872
Joined: 12 Nov 2010
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| Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 5:05 pm Post subject: |
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| ttompatz wrote: |
| Yellowstone_1872 wrote: |
ttompatz,
I'm trying to get a position in April with EPIK, and originally my wife was planning to come over and teach English in late summer or September. But my recruiter is telling me that it might be tough to get a position with a school if they know that sort of staggering is going to exist (2 12-month contracts with different start/end months might be trouble). I totally understand that concern, even though we aren't the type to be runners, but they don't know that.
My question is: she's a pilates/yoga instructor. Could she get visa clearance to teach in Korea? Who knows if there's even a market for it, but she's got the skills and can definitely make money stateside doing work in that field, but we want to come to Korea to try something different out. Do you know if it's possible to get visa alterations for things like that? |
If she can document that she is qualified then yes, there is work and yes, she can get permission from k-immi.
Finding work will mean pounding the pavement to find the yoga hagwans in your area and then finding an employer willing to hire a foreigner but it is do-able.
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Thank you. We'll look into it further, then.  |
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