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rjrs0510 · Joined: 10 Feb 2006 Location: Seoul

Ok, this is long and complicated so please bear with me.

In August I got permission from my university to work a second job. I went to Daejon immigration office with all of the documentation and got the second job put on the back of my ID card. I went yesterday to renew the part-time job permission at immigration and they told me, "We made a mistake last time" They explained that I cannot work part-time at a hagwon. I can only work part-time at a public school or another university. I have tried, in vain, to get a straight answer from Seoul immigration office and I dont know exactly what the law is regarding this issue. Is Daejon immigration interpreting the law, or are they directly applying it?

Thus, if I cannot continue my current situation, can the hagwon become the primary sponsor of my visa and the uni job be put down as my secondary job? At the uni I will work 19 hours next semester, so if I have a hagwon contract of 24 hours, would this get me around my legal loophole?( i can make this situation happen, but would it be legal to work so many hours for the part-time job?) Is there anything else I need to consider?

I do not want to quit my uni job, but I will have too if I cannot resolve this. I need definitive answers by tomorrow as I have to let my employers know the situation.

Any help would be very welcome.

Thanks

ttompatz · Joined: 05 Sep 2005 Location: Kwangju, South Korea

Ya-ta Boy · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Location: Established in 1994

My suggestion is that you explain to your 2 employers what you were told and ask them to call Immi and straighten things out. Most likely, the uni would have the most pull with Immi.

It's VERY possible that the Immi clerk is hoping for an envelope full of cash from one of your employers. Koreans are much more sensitive to this kind of thing and know the 'right' answers'.