Visas Required For Teaching In South Korea

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Any individual wanting to teach English in South Korea, or anyplace else in the world, will need a functioning visa. I'll briefly outline some of the distinctive visa types that are needed to to function as an ESL teacher in South Korea, at the same time as http://i2visa.co.uk give some insight as to what they definitely mean.

Firstly, you will discover quite a few distinctive forms of visas that South Korea challenges. They've an E2 visa (probably the most common visa for foreign teachers) an F3 visa (a visa allocated for the spouse of an E2 visa holder - please note which you can not teach should you hold an F3 visa), and an F5 visa (an F5 visa is often a F3 visa using the added situation that the visa holder may possibly teach English).

A tourist, or guests visa, can also be issued to these that are only within the country for non-work purposes. Many men and women have already been able to travel to South Korea, enter the country on a visitors visa, look for and safe a job as an ESL teacher after which get their E2 visa application began though they're nevertheless in Korea. It will have to nonetheless be noted that these visitors visas are for either 30 days, or 60 days lengthy (based in your nation of nationality). A single can not essentially get an E2 visa in South Korea, and can need to travel to an additional country to obtain the visa. I got my E2 visa when in South Africa, but some visa applicants travel from South Korea to Japan to finalize the visa method.

Currently, I hold an E2 visa, and my wife has an F5 visa. Each visas are valid for one particular year from the date of situation, unless they are lengthened by Korean Immigration. As soon as the visa expires you are offered a period of a single month to leave the country, and lots of teachers use this time to tour Korea for a final time. Concerning my wife's visa, she had an F3 visa (also known as a spouse visa) and when she got a position as an English teacher in Gyeongju her school director assisted in amending her visa to an F5.

Please note that you're not allowed to teach English with out the appropriate visa. It is actually illegal and if you are identified to become in violation of your law you'll be fined at the least, or possibly deported. The immigration officials in South Korea are rather tough, and should really not be taken lightly. Fines generally variety from 500,000 Korean Won to 1,000,000 Korean Won (for the teacher), and from 1,000,000 Korean Won to 2,000,000 Korean Won for the college. Even though your school director insists that it is okay for you to begin teaching, please be aware that with out the correct documentation in place you face the risk of deportation.

After you have your E2 or F5 visa and you are in Korea, you'll need to take a health-related test in order to get your official identification card (or "alien registration card"). The health-related test is pretty a process and was surely an experience for me. Your school director should be assisting you in every single stage with the visa course of action, so you do not must be concerned too much about the way to in fact go about all of this. Following Korean immigration has all your documentation, you ought to be capable of collect your alien card. The alien card is very important since it is your key form of identification in South Korea, and is applied for opening bank accounts and finding any variety of contract.

I've written a lot more articles which go in to further detail on the medical test, the visa application procedure and the alien registration card. You are able to either visit my blog which has added information and facts about South Korea on it, or you may alternatively browse the other articles I have written.