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drogon
Joined: 07 Sep 2007
Location: Spain
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 Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2007 8:53 pm Post subject: Korean law regarding employment of F4 visa holders? |
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Greetings
I am a bit puzzled as I just received an email from a friend working in Seoul.
(I am myself about to go work in Korea)
He stated that an F4 visa holder (who does not have a passport issued in an English speaking country) is not allowed to work as an English instructor..........
Does anyone have links or more info about this or could confirm it?
I did a search on the Korean immigration's website but found nothing about this issue. (I know that as an F4 I am not allowed to work the "3D")
I just got hired by a company (not a school) as a language instructor
(French-English and spanish) thus I am looking for any info about this issue (or maybe the Korean authorities do not care about your job as long as it is not a manual job?)
By the way, if this is the case I wonder how the filipinos, russians etc...
manage to teach there (and they are not all teaching as illegals)
Thanks for the answers |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2007 9:30 pm Post subject: Re: Korean law regarding employment of F4 visa holders? |
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| drogon wrote: |
Greetings
I am a bit puzzled as I just received an email from a friend working in Seoul.
(I am myself about to go work in Korea)
He stated that an F4 visa holder (who does not have a passport issued in an English speaking country) is not allowed to work as an English instructor..........
Does anyone have links or more info about this or could confirm it?
I did a search on the Korean immigration's website but found nothing about this issue. (I know that as an F4 I am not allowed to work the "3D")
I just got hired by a company (not a school) as a language instructor
(French-English and spanish) thus I am looking for any info about this issue (or maybe the Korean authorities do not care about your job as long as it is not a manual job?)
By the way, if this is the case I wonder how the filipinos, russians etc...
manage to teach there (and they are not all teaching as illegals)
Thanks for the answers |
Immigration does not care about employment of F4s. The issue about teaching comes into play from the offices of education (who do have jurisdiction over who is allowed to teach in a "school" (private or public) setting.
In a corporate position, it doesn't matter.
In regards to Filipinos, English IS an official language in the Philippines (they still need a degree to be a teacher AND an F2/F5 visa). I don't know of any LEGAL Russian English teachers. |
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