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lief
Joined: 13 Sep 2004
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 Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2006 10:04 pm Post subject: Pros and cons of a summer camp on a tourist visa |
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| I got offered a summer camp position minus a visa. I'm not sure what to make of this and was hoping someone might have some advice or personal experience to offer. Anything would be appreciated. |
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prairieboy
Joined: 14 Sep 2003
Location: The batcave.
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| Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2006 10:12 pm Post subject: |
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Your on a tourist visa? It's illegal. If immigration finds out and tracks down the camp, you'll be the one who receives the lion's share of the punishment.
Tell them to stuff it. |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2006 10:13 pm Post subject: Re: Pros and cons of a summer camp on a tourist visa |
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| lief wrote: |
| I got offered a summer camp position minus a visa. I'm not sure what to make of this and was hoping someone might have some advice or personal experience to offer. Anything would be appreciated. |
Sounds like they will get a teacher for most of the camp (almost for free)... then when you get busted you get a stay in the immigration detention area until your deportation and the they save the cost of your wages.
Good deal for them... kinda sucks for you. The fine they pay is less than your wages and you will be in no position to fight for your lost / illegal wages.
Summer camps get raided on a regular basis by immigration looking for people doing just what you have been offered.
Best advice is don't. You have about a 75% chance to spend your vacation in lock-up.
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canuckistan
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Joined: 17 Jun 2003
Location: Training future GS competitors.....
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| Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2006 10:15 pm Post subject: |
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Pro: actually getting paid for your work.
Con: getting busted by immigration. |
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lief
Joined: 13 Sep 2004
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| Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2006 10:16 pm Post subject: |
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| lol ok thanks. OK thanks very much for replying. |
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nikkijsullivan
Joined: 27 Nov 2005
Location: New Zealand
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| Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2006 2:33 am Post subject: |
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Hey,
I went to korea on a tourist visa last year for a winter camp- C4 visa and it is legal to work. Unfortunately you get taxed about 25% as we later found out so youd be wanting the pay to be a bit higher than normal - or if money isnt an issue...its a really great experience for just a month! Good Luck! |
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BigBuds
Joined: 15 Sep 2005
Location: Changwon
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| Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2006 3:56 am Post subject: |
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| nikkijsullivan wrote: |
Hey,
I went to korea on a tourist visa last year for a winter camp- C4 visa and it is legal to work. |
So which visa was it, a tourist visa or a C-4 visa becuse they are not the same thing.
A C-4 visa is basically a short term work visa for summer and winter camps, not a tourist visa. If you had a C-4 visa then yes it ws legal but if you were on a tourist visa then it was illegal. |
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ScottyG
Joined: 09 Jun 2006
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| Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2006 12:21 pm Post subject: |
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| i think it depends on where the camp is more than anything. Yong-In area might be high heat. But way off in backwater kangwando you might be safe. someone said the odds of you getting caught is 75%. I think it's the other way around. But does that make it a risk worth taking? Most of the big established camps wouldnt offer this, so I'm thinking yours is a smaller one. i wonder about these camps that want to borrow teachers already on a visa. i've heard that this is illegit as well, and I wonder who these teachers are actually are in korea on these visas and not stuck in camp. EPIK teachers judging by the contracts dont get the summer off. |
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Grotto
Joined: 21 Mar 2004
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| Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2006 12:26 pm Post subject: |
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Hey,
I went to korea on a tourist visa last year for a winter camp- C4 visa and it is legal to work. Unfortunately you get taxed about 25% as we later found out so youd be wanting the pay to be a bit higher than normal - or if money isnt an issue...its a really great experience for just a month! Good Luck! |
Hey guess what! You got ripped off big time tax wise!  |
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nikkijsullivan
Joined: 27 Nov 2005
Location: New Zealand
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| Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2006 4:54 pm Post subject: |
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Yeah sorry it was a short term working visa..
Got ripped of?? No shit! |
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