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oujibdelamere
Joined: 31 Aug 2011
Location: Belgium
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 Posted: Sun Sep 04, 2011 1:12 am Post subject: Please tell me I am eligible for an E-2 ! |
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After spending several days getting pumped about Korea, I find this on a random website ...
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| If you were born in a different country but then moved to one of the countries eligible for the visa, the general rule is that you must have completed your schooling in the visa-qualified country from middle school through high school and university and have spent a minimum of 10 years in that country. |
Well, I have dual citizenship, British and Belgian. Never lived in either place til I was 18 when I went back to England for three years of uni -- I grew up in various Asian countries and went to international schools in English with an American curriculum from preschool through twelfth grade. Was born in Belgium but my parents weren't even living there at the time -- hospitals weren't so great in Indonesia in the 80s! I'm not even bilingual, we spoke English at home.
Is this stuff going to make me officially non-British and non-native English in the eyes of The Man?? What do you think?? |
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jamesd
Joined: 15 Aug 2011
Location: Korea
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| Posted: Sun Sep 04, 2011 1:23 am Post subject: |
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| You have a British Passport and a degree from England. You are eligible. |
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litebear
Joined: 12 Sep 2009
Location: Holland
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| Posted: Sun Sep 04, 2011 3:14 am Post subject: |
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Yeah if you have the passport and degree from one of the 7 E2 countries you will be fine.
Don't mention any of the other stuff though when applying. They will never find out so just present yourself as a UK citizen applying as normally, going into details about growing up in Asia and dual nationalities will only make your life difficult |
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Son Deureo!
Joined: 30 Apr 2003
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| Posted: Sun Sep 04, 2011 3:55 am Post subject: |
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Two important questions:
Do you have a Bachelor's?
Do you have a clean criminal record?
If you can answer yes to both, then you should be fine. |
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oujibdelamere
Joined: 31 Aug 2011
Location: Belgium
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| Posted: Sun Sep 04, 2011 5:01 am Post subject: |
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Do you have a Bachelor's?
Do you have a clean criminal record? |
Indeed I do have both.
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| going into details about growing up in Asia and dual nationalities will only make your life difficult |
The dual citizenship thing is easily avoided, for sure. Place of birth is stated on my [British] passport, though.
As to life experiences, surely this will come up during interviewing? A lot of my experience comes from ESL summer camps which my high school did.
Urghghg I just don't want to go and get all the CBCs and notarisations and apostilles and then have some school/recruiter suddenly turn around and say, Oh, sorry, didn't you read the fine print? |
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northway
Joined: 05 Jul 2010
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| Posted: Sun Sep 04, 2011 5:56 am Post subject: |
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| It's a visa requirement, not a school requirement. Schools really won't care, immigration potentially will. That said, you don't have to provide any documentation of what high school you attended, and it's unlikely to come up in the interview unless you say you went to a school they might recognize (boarding schools, for example). I can't guarantee you're in the clear, but you're probably okay (though you may need to lie a little). |
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Juregen
Joined: 30 May 2006
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| Posted: Sun Sep 04, 2011 9:17 pm Post subject: Re: Please tell me I am eligible for an E-2 ! |
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| oujibdelamere wrote: |
After spending several days getting pumped about Korea, I find this on a random website ...
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| If you were born in a different country but then moved to one of the countries eligible for the visa, the general rule is that you must have completed your schooling in the visa-qualified country from middle school through high school and university and have spent a minimum of 10 years in that country. |
Well, I have dual citizenship, British and Belgian. Never lived in either place til I was 18 when I went back to England for three years of uni -- I grew up in various Asian countries and went to international schools in English with an American curriculum from preschool through twelfth grade. Was born in Belgium but my parents weren't even living there at the time -- hospitals weren't so great in Indonesia in the 80s! I'm not even bilingual, we spoke English at home.
Is this stuff going to make me officially non-British and non-native English in the eyes of The Man?? What do you think?? |
As a Half Belgian you could have spoken at least three languages 
If you have a British passport, you need to prove that you have at least finished a BA completely in English.
That is about it. |
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oujibdelamere
Joined: 31 Aug 2011
Location: Belgium
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| Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2011 12:29 am Post subject: |
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Thanks guys, I feel much reassured! Will plow ahead with the paperwork and I'm sure it will be fine  Just wanted to take the temperature, you know how it is -- sometimes these niggling technicalities have a way of coming back to bite you in the -.
Juregen, you are indeed correct. Real Belgians speak far too many languages, far too well  |
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hellofaniceguy
Joined: 10 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2011 9:54 am Post subject: |
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Never volunteer any more info then what is needed.
You'll just confuse the hell out of the immigration folks and slow up your process.
Verifable 4 year degree in anything...even basket weaving.
No arrest record.
Passport from one of the recoginized English speaking countries...
And a job offer..
you should be good to go. |
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