Korean Job Discussion Forums

[bakather]

What are the chances I still get to go to Korea? I have been working on this since March. My fingerprints were rejected 3 times! I had issues with my 2nd round documents that delayed things even more. My original start date was in June, and it keeps getting moved out. I have a job with a public school in rural Korea, and they found a job for me at a high school. It was going to be October, but they found this last minute job after canceling my last job. Now no one can find my package. My tracking info on the package says it was delivered at 5:56 pm on Wednesday, and the delivery person says that she wasn't there that day, but that is odd because that is too late- they close at 4. The Korean consulate says they do not have it. I'm at a loss. I've been through a great deal through this process, and it seems like everything that could have gone wrong did. I so regret using USPS. Could they issue me a new NOA? Would they? I've contacted my recruiter, but I'm not likely to hear back from him until Monday. Sometimes he replies on Saturday, but usually late in the evening.

[YTMND]

[young_clinton]

The USPS should probably be gotten rid of entirely and mail completely privatized to remove the threat of people mistakenly believing their mail will be sent safely and securely. I'm sorry to hear that the US Mail messed up your life. It's best to spend extra money and always use FEDEX or DHL for important documents or UPS for important larger packages when you want to know your mail will reach the wanted destination.

[ttompatz]

[bakather]

Here's how it has gone with my OE. They offered me a job in October, then said we have you one in September. Then, they sent me my NOA. I got it, then two days later, my recruiter said "Wait, don't apply for your visa yet. They canceled your job, it will be October." Then a few days later he said "Go ahead and get it, they found you a high school job for September." They are currently hiring for a start day in October online. I can get a passport in one day if I drive to an issuing center, which I will. I'm not worried about the logistics of it being possible, just the possibility of them giving up on me and not sending another NOA. They do currently need teachers for October. My recruiter said he'd check with them on Monday. I really hope it works out.

[bakather]

Would receiving a NOA from a Office of Education that isn't EPIK or GEPIK (but separate for their province) bar me from getting work with EPIK or GEPIK, ttompatz?

[ttompatz]

[young_clinton]

I should have pointed this out earlier. Contact the FBI and tell them the Post Office lost your CBC. They will extradite one for you I guarantee it as long as you can get a statement from the post office or have a tracking number, something to prove it. Probably even without if they keep records of CBC's issued.

[bakather]

Ok. Thanks guys. If it comes to it, it would be awesome if I could request another copy of my FBI CBC. However, the one I have is in Korea, not lost in the mail. My NOA is what was lost in the mail.

[young_clinton]

Oh! well in that case.....

[bakather]

I think they are sending me a new one!

[tcatsninfank]

[bakather]

I submitted over twenty fingerprint cards to the FBI. I went to seven different police stations (in six different cities, 3 different states), got live scan and ink, did some myself, even had a US Marshall do them for me (which were rejected even though he said they use the same technology as the fbi and their machine accepted them.) The best set I got were from a station in FL while i was on vacation that does a lot of prints for immigrants. They were rejected because of low quality characteristics I think is what they said. The deltas of some of my fingers are basically nonexistent. They finally had a live technician examine them because the machine the fbi uses would not read them. This all took over 4 months.

[Wildbore]

[ttompatz]