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[tefltefl2]

I'm just gonna put this out there: I have "chronic" hep B. Most adults develop an immunity and fight it off, but if you get it when you're a child, you're likely to develop a chronic infection. Despite some mixed information about health checks, I fear I may get there and then, depending on the hospital, be told my hep b antigen means I can't teach for the school I'm working with.

If my health check is denied (I'll have an F4 visa regardless), do I still have the option to apply to non-teaching jobs?

I have some fluency in Korean, and I have 3 years of business experience--I've heard corporate instructors, for example that a company would hire to teach their employees business english, aren't typically registered with the MOE?

Can tthompatz, others who know the system and are familiar with Korea explain my options to me? I'm not a bad person, and a bright business professional, I would just like to live in Korea for 1 - 2 years and be close to family, have some great new experiences, etc.

:/ I really hope the hospital/the school don't freak out... I swear it would be very hard to catch hep B from me unless we had sex.

EDIT: Also, I know that people with F-class visas sometimes string together private tutoring jobs, but I see that as sort of a last resort due to its instability... even though I know it can pay well and--obviously--your student's parents will not be asking you for a health check with a hepatic panel.

[ttompatz]

[tefltefl2]

Thank you so much... I've been having so much anxiety these past few days. I just called my dad about all this and he said not to worry--hep b is REALLY common in Korea (which I knew), and he said the same thing you did, which is that it won't affect my ability to get the visa at all.

Yeah, I hope the place I'm working looks past it--hey dad was like, "we'll all those kids parents have it."

I don't have HIV, TB, or do drugs so hopefully this all goes well. I'm applying for lots of DC jobs in marketing just in case...