Korean Job Discussion Forums

corroonb · Joined: 04 Aug 2006

I was recently offered a job writing scripts for video clips which was well paid.
Everything is done over the net by email and I don't know how the money is sent to me but cash or a cheque might be an option. Is this illegal? And if I am caught will the punishment be a severe as for privates? BTW I'm not in Korea yet but when I get there this company asked me to contact them. The pay is between 48,000 and 50,000 per hour.

dimnd · Joined: 19 May 2005 Location: Western USA

still need a work visa to work for a company when in Korea if you plan on contacting them there...contact Korean immigration...they open at 9.. I know because I just called them from the states to ask about a one-way ticket on a 90-day visa...I have a son I can stay with..so it is a little different because I will put his address down when I am arriving...and on my visa...

lastat06513 · Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2006 3:38 pm Post subject:

Most monetary transactions are done by bank transfers- very easy and almost no paper trail to prove that any money ever changed hands...

As long as the details are agreed upon discreetly, you won't have any problems.

But the legal way would be for you to get a contract from your part-time boss and also notify your full-time boss
(and please keep in mind that many bosses wouldn't let you do any kind of part time work for what they say would be a "conflict of interest" [the truth is they wouldn't agree to anything that will cut them out of any money being exchanged])
But lets say, your boss does agree to let you do it, you then take the contract to the local immigration office and then pay a minimal fee (60,000won) and they are supposed to stamp your ARC with an amendment that would allow you to do that extra job.

This is to make sure you pay the necessary taxes for doing that job since the other company is suppose to register you as one of their workers.

Or you can do it in lieu of your regular job as long as you have the time and energy to do both jobs at the same time....

PRagic · Joined: 24 Feb 2006

You shouldn't have any problem at all. You should know, however, that writing material like that usually pays a far sight better than 50 an hour.

Why bother coming to Korea? If they are keeping you busy, and you can work from where you are over the net, why not just keep banking where you are.

Even if you have a full time job here, continuing that work should not be a problem. Insist on cash to keep it simple, and never provide you registration number or real name. Sounds innocent enough.

corroonb · Joined: 04 Aug 2006

They say they can't pay people outside of Korea so I can't get the job until I'm over there.I would intend to use this to supplement my full-time income.
Thanks for the responses.

PRagic · Joined: 24 Feb 2006

Why can't they? It is quite easy and relatively inexpensive to wire money, and bank drafts are even cheaper! Still, give it a go once you get over here is that's the way you want to go. Just don't take an institue job with split shifts!!!!