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legalquestions
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 Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2007 5:48 am Post subject: Can my Filipina wife, with BA, teach legally in Korea? |
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I'm an American teaching at a university in Korea and recently married a young Filipina, recently graduated from university back in her country. Her English is as good as many/most ESL/EFL teachers I know, and I'd like to bring her over to teach English here.
Can she get a work visa in Korea? She is interested in teaching kids. Normal (white) salary and benefits, or the usual discrimination because she is Asian?
What do you think about her chances? Anybody know of any Filipinas teaching (legally) here? |
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pdxsteve
Joined: 29 Sep 2004
Location: Bundang
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| Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2007 5:55 am Post subject: Re: Can my Filipina wife, with BA, teach legally in Korea? |
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| legalquestions wrote: |
I'm an American teaching at a university in Korea and recently married a young Filipina, recently graduated from university back in her country. Her English is as good as many/most ESL/EFL teachers I know, and I'd like to bring her over to teach English here.
Can she get a work visa in Korea? She is interested in teaching kids. Normal (white) salary and benefits, or the usual discrimination because she is Asian?
What do you think about her chances? Anybody know of any Filipinas teaching (legally) here? |
Legally, no. She wouldn't qualify. |
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valkyrian2
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Joined: 15 May 2007
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| Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2007 6:24 am Post subject: Re: Can my Filipina wife, with BA, teach legally in Korea? |
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| legalquestions wrote: |
I'm an American teaching at a university in Korea and recently married a young Filipina, recently graduated from university back in her country. Her English is as good as many/most ESL/EFL teachers I know, and I'd like to bring her over to teach English here.
Can she get a work visa in Korea? She is interested in teaching kids. Normal (white) salary and benefits, or the usual discrimination because she is Asian?
What do you think about her chances? Anybody know of any Filipinas teaching (legally) here? |
Since you are married you can bring her here on an F3 (dependant family) visa but she cannot LEGALLY work as a teacher of English.
She will have the same off-the-record opportunities as the next English speaker.
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Pyongshin Sangja
Joined: 20 Apr 2003
Location: I love baby!
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| Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2007 8:16 am Post subject: |
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| She needs a passport and a degree from US, CAN, UK, NZ, AUS, SA or IRE to get an E-2. |
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therooster
Joined: 11 May 2007
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| Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2007 11:20 am Post subject: |
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They even let Australians teach there ?
Wow...that's like letting monkeys conduct orchestra's . They will be suggesting Australians are able to play rugby next ! |
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Bigs
Joined: 15 Oct 2006
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| Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2007 3:40 pm Post subject: |
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Australian's are monkeys?
Then I'm more than qualified to teach here!  |
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spliff
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Location: Khon Kaen, Thailand
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| Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2007 3:42 pm Post subject: |
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| She will have the same off-the-record opportunities as the next English speaker. |
Will she now...she's not white!  |
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Smee
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| Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2007 3:48 pm Post subject: |
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Hmm, that's interesting, because at a few of my elementary schools they have Fillipina (sp?) teachers teaching English. I'd assume they are married to Koreans, so does that mean they have become Korean citizens?
edit: and oh, down here there are lots of opportunities for Fillipina and Fillipino---no time to use a dictionary, sorry---to work as tutors. There just aren't enough English speakers. It may be a different story if you live in a bigger city, as there is obviously more selection. One draw, though, to the Fillipina teachers here is that, as they are married to Koreans, they have pretty good Korean language skills, meaning they can communicate with young children in their native language. Doubt that applies in your wife's case. |
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Young FRANKenstein
Joined: 02 Oct 2006
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| Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2007 5:23 pm Post subject: |
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| Smee wrote: |
| I'd assume they are married to Koreans, so does that mean they have become Korean citizens? |
No, just have an F2 visa.
EFL-Law guy says people from the Phillipines and India can get teaching visas, but ONLY if they have their degrees in English or Education. Not sure if there any other hoops to jump through, but there is an Indian prof at my uni (not married to a Korean, so it's not an F2 visa). |
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ttompatz
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Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2007 8:00 pm Post subject: |
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| Young FRANKenstein wrote: |
| Smee wrote: |
| I'd assume they are married to Koreans, so does that mean they have become Korean citizens? |
No, just have an F2 visa.
EFL-Law guy says people from the Phillipines and India can get teaching visas, but ONLY if they have their degrees in English or Education. Not sure if there any other hoops to jump through, but there is an Indian prof at my uni (not married to a Korean, so it's not an F2 visa). |
Professors are E1 (visiting professor) and not E2 (teacher of a foreign language - English). Different rules apply.
Filipinas (and other nationalities) CAN teach if they have a degree AND an F2 visa.
They cannot teach on an F3 and they cannot obtain an E2 for English.
To the poster who commented about them getting off the record opportunities and not white.... yes, they certainly do get off the record opportunities - many of them. Whether or not they take them is a different matter. |
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I-am-me
Joined: 21 Feb 2006
Location: Hermit Kingdom
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| Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 8:07 am Post subject: |
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| I am married to a filipina with a teaching degree. She cannot work here legally. If you live outside of big metropolitan cities, she might be able to find a job at a hagwon. You just have to be careful with immi. |
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hellofaniceguy
Joined: 10 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 12:45 pm Post subject: |
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You are asking the wrong people....you need to be asking immigration.
Even then, you will get a different answer. But count on getting a no. |
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poet13
Joined: 22 Jan 2006
Location: Just over there....throwing lemons.
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| Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 6:18 pm Post subject: |
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[i]"EFL-Law guy says people from the Phillipines and India can get teaching visas, but ONLY if they have their degrees in English or Education."[/i]
I'm curious about this. My wife is currently in university studying to be ateacher, and she's majoring in English. I'm guessing that Korea will eventually succumb to the economics of cheaper Filipino labor, but that maybe some years yet.... |
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spliff
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| Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 8:44 pm Post subject: |
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| Hey Poet long time no see! |
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poet13
Joined: 22 Jan 2006
Location: Just over there....throwing lemons.
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| Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 8:57 pm Post subject: |
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Just layin' low for a while, really busy with school, but didn't realize it had been so long...  |
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