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michi gnome
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Location: Dokdo
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 Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2007 10:44 am Post subject: Are you locked into accepting a job before E2 is finalized? |
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A question here. Can you apply for a 2nd job before finalizing your E2 visa? i've applied for one job, sent documents, and this school will be sending me the visa number, but i haven't gone to the Korean consulate yet for the E2. In the last few days, I've been offered another job which I think will be a better situation for me. Am I locked into getting the E2 for the first job, since they have already issued me a visa number? Or can I tell them I'm no longer interested, and apply for the other job? Just not sure that once you're issued a visa number, if you are locked into the situation, or is it only once you complete the process of obtaining the E2? When I apply for the 2nd job, does immigration tell them that this person has already been issued a visa number?
If anyone can shed some light on this for me, it would be much appreciated. Thanks. |
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Matman
Joined: 02 Jun 2006
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| Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2007 12:11 pm Post subject: |
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I think as long as the new job is in an area covered by a different immigration authority you should be fine.
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Juregen
Joined: 30 May 2006
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| Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2007 12:55 pm Post subject: |
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| But you will have to go thru another E2 visa application |
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prairieboy
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| Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2007 1:41 pm Post subject: |
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If your visa issuance number has been issued then you cannot apply for a new visa until the other application has been cancelled. Immigration will only issue one number and if you apply for another the second will be denied.
If you want the second job then you need to contact the first place and tell them to cancel the process and send you your documents back. I would avoid telling them it's to take a different job since you'll just make them angrier.
Either way, you will probably not have an easy time with this situation. |
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MarionG
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| Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2007 3:35 pm Post subject: Did you sign a contract? |
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| If the answer is yes, then of course you're locked in...at least ethically and morally. |
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MarionG
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| Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2007 3:36 pm Post subject: |
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| Should have read "Have you signed a contract?" Then of course etc... |
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michi gnome
Joined: 15 Feb 2006
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| Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2007 6:31 pm Post subject: |
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Ethically & morally? Don�t think I�d agree with such a high-handed take on the situation.
On the great list of horrible ethical/moral behavior, I�m not so sure this situation would rank all that high.
After all, if I choose to work things through by speaking to the recruiter/hagwon, how is that unethical?
Chances are I still might work there. But I haven�t even applied for the E2.
Last I checked we are not indentured servants. Yet�
Thanks to the previous posters for your advice
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Juregen
Joined: 30 May 2006
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| Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2007 6:35 pm Post subject: |
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| MarionG wrote: |
| Should have read "Have you signed a contract?" Then of course etc... |
The contract becomes void if the E2 connected to the contract is inexistent.
So by canceling the E2 Visa you are canceling your contract.
Once the E2 is issued, he will need a LOR from his employer to cancel the existing VISA, and be able to obtain a new one. |
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icicle
Joined: 09 Feb 2007
Location: Gyeonggi do Korea
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| Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2007 10:17 pm Post subject: |
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| michi gnome wrote: |
to the recruiter/hagwon, how is that unethical?
Chances are I still might work there. But I haven�t even applied for the E2.
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You are actually not correct in saying that you have not applied for the E2 visa ... If you have started the process to getting the Visa Issuance Number by sending the necessary documents etc to Korea then you have actually applied for it ... The process in applying for an E2 visa from overseas is in 2 parts ... Part 1 is the process which finishes in you getting the visa issuance number ... This means that your E2 visa has been approved ... The second stage is getting the visa put into your passport ... But in many ways that is just a formality ... Getting the visa issuance number is what says that your visa has been approved ...
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