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petezjunior
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 Posted: Sun Mar 17, 2013 4:58 pm Post subject: Drug Testing for Korean Citizen |
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Trevor
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| Posted: Sun Mar 17, 2013 5:16 pm Post subject: Re: Drug Testing for Korean Citizen |
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Is your, ummm...friend...applying for a teaching position? If he is regarded as a foreign national applying for an E-2 EFL position, I think he will get tested in a medical exam before he is given his visa. Two weeks of clean living usually clears the system. That's my best advice. Smoke shops usually carry home testing gear and other useful apparatus for this type of concern. If he can't solve the problem by normal means, maybe he should think twice about Jonesing in Korea.
BTW, I have heard nightmares about dual-citizens getting nabbed at the airport to serve two years in the military.
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Hey guys, I am a dual citizen of Korea and the U.S. I am trying to travel abroad with my buddy from home who is also in the same exact position (holder of two passports like me).
Considering his terrible habit with smoking pot on a daily basis (I haven't smoked in a while), he is bugging out on the drug test that he will receive upon arrival in Korea. Since he is a Korean citizen, I tried to assure him that he might not even get tested because he holds a Korean passport, so he might not have to go through the same shit as E-2 visa holders. Should he be worried? Thanks. I've been looking on google for drug tests concerning KOREAN citizens but to no avail. |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Sun Mar 17, 2013 5:32 pm Post subject: Re: Drug Testing for Korean Citizen |
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| petezjunior wrote: |
Hey guys, I am a dual citizen of Korea and the U.S. I am trying to travel abroad with my buddy from home who is also in the same exact position (holder of two passports like me).
Considering his terrible habit with smoking pot on a daily basis (I haven't smoked in a while), he is bugging out on the drug test that he will receive upon arrival in Korea. Since he is a Korean citizen, I tried to assure him that he might not even get tested because he holds a Korean passport, so he might not have to go through the same shit as E-2 visa holders. Should he be worried? Thanks. I've been looking on google for drug tests concerning KOREAN citizens but to no avail. |
Best and worst of both worlds.
Enter as a Korean, get work as a Korean with a salary comparable to that of a Korean, flexibility of a Korean to do extra work and benefits that a Korean would get (but usually no airfare or housing). (you still need the degree with apostille, CBC with apostille and drug test for the MOE even though immigration doesn't care).
Enter as a foreigner, get work as a foreigner, put up with the document fuss that a foreigner has to put up and inflexibility of changing jobs but you get the benefits as well (air and house).
Don't get busted or reported for smoke while you are here. 1-3 years is no slap on the wrist and a pee test can convict you. They don't need to catch you in the act.
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CentralCali
Joined: 17 May 2007
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| Posted: Sun Mar 17, 2013 6:47 pm Post subject: |
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If your friend is a Korean citizen, regardless of his other nationality, he absolutely will not be treated as a foreign citizen when he gets caught doing drugs in Korea. He will be sentenced to a non-dual national Korean jail instead of the foreigner's ward, he will get the same time in jail that a Korean citizen will get. The Korean authorities may not even bother to inform his embassy of his arrest because, after all, he's a Korean citizen. And, if he's in Korea working as an English teacher at a hagweon or as a GET/NET in a public school, the headline will be "Native English Teacher Arrested for Drug Use."
Tell your druggie friend not to go to Korea. Heck, tell him not to go anywhere at all in Asia. Drug laws in Asia are much harsher than in the US. |
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faeriehazel
Joined: 04 Mar 2008
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| Whether he needs the drug test depends on where he works. I had to go through a drug test when I worked for CDI even though I have a Korean passport, but none of the places I worked at required me to take one. |
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petezjunior
Joined: 22 Sep 2012
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| Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2013 4:08 pm Post subject: |
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| What about the ng/ml? Are the tests intensive? My buddy stopped today and he has until June 1st. Thats like 50 days, but hes still worried. Are the tests crazy? |
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petezjunior
Joined: 22 Sep 2012
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| Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2013 4:08 pm Post subject: |
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| What about the ng/ml? Are the tests intensive? My buddy stopped today and he has until June 1st. Thats like 50 days, but hes still worried. Are the tests crazy? |
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Aine1979
Joined: 20 Jan 2013
Location: Incheon
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| Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2013 6:55 am Post subject: |
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| It's a urine test, so anything from a week to a month depending on how heavy the usage is. If he's been a daily smoker for a long time stopping now will give him enough time to pass the test, and hopfully kick the habit before coming out - if he can't there's no point in coming. |
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le-paul
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Location: dans la chambre
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| Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2013 9:27 pm Post subject: |
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| from my experience of having worked in drug and alcohol recovery and having 'friends' who smoked daily, id say your friend is probably dependent. If he is, he wont be able to function without getting caned everyday. If he comes here, he'll more than likely suffer anxiety and stress. The first thing he'll want to do is get buzzed. Like tomp said, you're in deep doodoo here if you get caught. Ive known a couple of people get banged up for consumption and a few more who have gotten out of jail sentences because they grassed their mates up. |
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meangradin
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| What about the ng/ml? Are the tests intensive? My buddy stopped today and he has until June 1st. Thats like 50 days, but hes still worried. Are the tests crazy? |
That is an interesting question. I suspect the levels they are testing for in Korea are much stricter than in the west. I read an article a while ago about people (Koreans and foreigners) who were caught using drugs in Korea. The article stated the police used hair tests on them, and actually convicted people based on trace findings from two years previous (obviously they used body hair, and not hair from the head). This struck me as an indication that they don't mess around. |
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acrane86
Joined: 04 Jul 2012
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| You have 90 days to turn your docs in to get your arc. Pot doesnt stay in your system for that long. It takes about a week to get your results back from the hospital. Ipso facto wait about 80 days then go get your medical check and you pass no problem. |
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Skippy
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
Location: Daejeon
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| acrane86 wrote: |
| You have 90 days to turn your docs in to get your arc. Pot doesnt stay in your system for that long. It takes about a week to get your results back from the hospital. Ipso facto wait about 80 days then go get your medical check and you pass no problem. |
Yes for regular E2 teachers this applies. For the OP's quote friend unquote NO. Yes the friend will need a health check with added drug test for Ministry of Education. As to when it has to be given, do not know. Some schools may not submit until MOE asks which could mean months. Or school might just ask for right away to submit to MOE. |
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