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[stvwrd]

I'm working for a Korean company on an E-7 visa. The company is a language education company (mostly through broadcasting, online, and publishing) with nearly 100 employees (I'm the only full time foreigner).

One of my company's major corporate clients asked my company to set up a private English class for some of its executives that would supplement the online program being designed for them. My company wants me to do it since I have written a lot of the materials for the course, and there's a healthy bonus in it for me.

However, after my company gave the client my resume and such, the client says they will not accept someone on an E7 visa because they don't want to get busted again for having an illegal English teacher.

The idea that I would be teaching illegally came totally out of left field for me. It's a job that my company got for me, supplementing materials my company produced and I contributed to.

Anybody know if its true that I would be teaching illegally? My company has no problem at all with the outside teaching and would give me permission (and any associated letters/certifications) to do it.

I had a problem buying a new cell phone a couple weeks ago because of the E-7 visa actually. They said they would only allow people with an E-2 visa to purchase a new phone in installments, even though the E-7 visa is good for up to two years while the E-2 is just good for one.

Thanks in advance if anyone can chip in some knowledge/experience. I'm finding the Korean immigration website frustratingly shallow in terms of info on what we can do once we already have the visa. I do have Koreans from the company making phone calls on my behalf but don't know when the answers will come. No one here has much experience with this either so I'm afraid they won't ask the right questions or push the right buttons.

[ttompatz]

[OiGirl]

I'm not sure if that's the right application...how about permission to engage in activities not covered by the status of sojourn?

[stvwrd]

Thanks for the info. I wish the website had information on these kinds of questions.

Right now it sounds like I'm not going to be able to do it because my over-worked co-workers don't know the right questions to ask. My current plan: Print off the forms myself and just take them around to be signed.

I'm kinda ticked off about the whole situation. I'm sure I'm not the first though.

[ttompatz]