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uscbohemian
Joined: 04 Jun 2006
Location: United States en route to South Korea
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 Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2007 5:57 am Post subject: Volunteer, Do Good, and Have a Good Time! |
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Hey, everyone. My wife and I have been in Korea for a year, living and teaching in Ilsan (near the end of the orange metro line) and we're starting to put together a network of expat teachers who are looking for (or have ideas about) ways to volunteer in our adopted land. We're calling it the ExPAT project, Exploring Positive Action for Teachers.
Please check out our blog http://theexpatproject.blogspot.com,
or our myspace www.myspace.com/theexpatproject, or email us at [email protected].
We're just getting this thing off the ground, and can use all the help/creativity/moral support we can get.
We've also got a party coming up this Saturday, April 14th, in Ilsan (directions and info on our blog). 10,000 Won cover, every cent of which goes to UNICEF.
Let's do some good and have a good time. |
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mehamrick
Joined: 28 Aug 2006
Location: South Korea
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| Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2007 6:06 am Post subject: |
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| Good luck with your project.. just be sure to get your appropriate visa or you will find yourself getting deported from your adopted land rather quickly.. I am definitely not meaning this in a negative way.. but such is the life of immigration in Korea.... again good luck.. |
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huffdaddy
Joined: 25 Nov 2005
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| Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2007 6:10 am Post subject: |
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| mehamrick wrote: |
| Good luck with your project.. just be sure to get your appropriate visa or you will find yourself getting deported from your adopted land rather quickly.. |
As long as they aren't making fun of immigration officers, they should be fine. *knock* *knock*.
Anyways, good luck to the OP. |
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Bibbitybop
Joined: 22 Feb 2006
Location: Seoul
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2007 6:16 am Post subject: Re: Volunteer, Do Good, and Have a Good Time! |
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| uscbohemian wrote: |
| Hey, everyone. My wife and I have been in Korea for a year, living and teaching in Ilsan (near the end of the orange metro line) and we're starting to put together a network of expat teachers who are looking for (or have ideas about) ways to volunteer in our adopted land. We're calling it the ExPAT project, Exploring Positive Action for Teachers. |
You do realize that under your status of sojourn (assuming you are E1/E2) it is ILLEGAL for you to volunteer to do anything in Korea?
If you want to do volunteer work you need to pay the 60k won application fee and apply for permission from the immigration department for EACH location you wish to volunteer at.
http://www.immigration.go.kr/HP/IMM80/imm_04/imm_0404/sm9.jsp
Failure to do so can get you deported. |
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mehamrick
Joined: 28 Aug 2006
Location: South Korea
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| Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2007 6:19 am Post subject: |
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| huffdaddy wrote: |
| mehamrick wrote: |
| Good luck with your project.. just be sure to get your appropriate visa or you will find yourself getting deported from your adopted land rather quickly.. |
As long as they aren't making fun of immigration officers, they should be fine. *knock* *knock*.
Anyways, good luck to the OP. |
Not to hijack anything but whatever became of that??? |
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Yu_Bum_suk
Joined: 25 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2007 5:32 pm Post subject: Re: Volunteer, Do Good, and Have a Good Time! |
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| ttompatz wrote: |
| uscbohemian wrote: |
| Hey, everyone. My wife and I have been in Korea for a year, living and teaching in Ilsan (near the end of the orange metro line) and we're starting to put together a network of expat teachers who are looking for (or have ideas about) ways to volunteer in our adopted land. We're calling it the ExPAT project, Exploring Positive Action for Teachers. |
You do realize that under your status of sojourn (assuming you are E1/E2) it is ILLEGAL for you to volunteer to do anything in Korea?
If you want to do volunteer work you need to pay the 60k won application fee and apply for permission from the immigration department for EACH location you wish to volunteer at.
http://www.immigration.go.kr/HP/IMM80/imm_04/imm_0404/sm9.jsp
Failure to do so can get you deported. |
The site states:
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If you want to engage in the activities beyond the current visa status, you are required to apply for a permission to a local or district Immigration office ※ It is punishable that you engage in the activities beyond your current visa status without the permission
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No where does it specify what 'activities beyond the current visa status' are, as this would be impossible. As with everything in Korean law, it comes down to selective inforcement and interpretation of the law on a case-by-case basis. |
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twg
Joined: 02 Nov 2006
Location: Getting some fresh air...
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| Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2007 5:41 pm Post subject: Re: Volunteer, Do Good, and Have a Good Time! |
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| Yu_Bum_suk wrote: |
| As with everything in Korean law, it comes down to selective inforcement and interpretation of the law on a case-by-case basis. |
...and how nice of a time the immigration officer had at the room salon the night before.... |
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