Korean Job Discussion Forums

Cohiba · Joined: 01 Feb 2005

I ditched my wife this year, so my cushy F-2-1/S-1 visa is
going to expire at the end of the 2006. And there is no way I will
ever teach English with an E-2 visa again!

Does anyone have an E-4 visa. This is a visa given to people
who provide special training to Korea public or private firms.
I currently work at a factory as a marketing manager. But I'm
not sure that will constitute specialty training. I could say that
I'm teaching my staff to market in Scotland using Gaelic. But
again, I'm not sure that will fly. My boss will sponsor(i.e. lie)
for any visa I apply for, but it has to be the correct kind.

Any suggestions?

Does anybody have an E-4?

bellum99 · Joined: 23 Jan 2003 Location: don't need to know

You will need an E2 visa.

Captain Corea · Joined: 28 Feb 2005 Location: Seoul

Any way you could swing an F5 before your F2 expires?

Cohiba · Joined: 01 Feb 2005

bellum99 · Joined: 23 Jan 2003 Location: don't need to know

Sorry. I guess I wasn't reading well......weird. Anyway I hope it works out for you. Is your job a job that a korean can't do? I would assume that with the boss saying he needs you it should be easy to get the visa to work in the factory. I would go to immigration and talk to them. They can tell you better than us what to do and it would be vey good if the boss could go with you (I know he is a busy).

DHC · Joined: 15 Jan 2003

Do you have a child born in Korea? If you do your F-2 remains valid.

Captain Corea · Joined: 28 Feb 2005 Location: Seoul

I'm thinkingthat your F2 might still be valid after. Was there not a lot of hubaba-baloo about Chinese wives being able to stay in the country after divorce?

Cheonmunka · Joined: 04 Jun 2004

"Chinese wives being able to stay in the country after divorce?"

Maybe they were allowed to stay because the government felt bad because their husbands "ditched" them.

jinju · Joined: 22 Jan 2006

Francis-Pax · Joined: 20 Nov 2005

caniff · Joined: 03 Feb 2004 Location: All over the map

What's an F-5?

(I'm too lazy to look. Can anyone explain? Just in case my wife ditches me.)

jinju · Joined: 22 Jan 2006

caniff · Joined: 03 Feb 2004 Location: All over the map

What's the f-5 process? (I'm paranoid, I guess, cuz she claims she loves me.) Maybe it's complex and/or dependent on the particular circumstances, but its always good to know where one stands.

Example, would it help if I became a Chinese woman?

(Seriously, would it?)

chronicpride · Joined: 16 Jan 2003

bellum99 · Joined: 23 Jan 2003 Location: don't need to know

Immigration consultant? This is Korea not America. I would seriously doubt there is even one immigration consultant that deals with immigration to Korea.
The only thing he can do is go and talk to immigration, and they will be stupid like they always are. I hate to say, but, why do you want to stay so much but not on a teaching visa. Your job sounds like it is teaching ( whatever language).....maybe you just need to think about what you hope to do here in Korea.