Korvia office will be closed from Tuesday, September 13th to Friday, September 16th (9/13-9/16) in observance of the Chuseok holiday (Korean Thanksgiving). Please note that during this time recruiters will not be able to respond to emails, messages, or phone calls. Our office will resume operations on Monday, September 19th. We wish everyone to have [...]
A Residency Certificate or Residence Certificate is a document that proves a person is a primary resident of a certain country. In the case of living and working in South Korea, a Residency Certificate can exempt individuals from being double taxed while teaching at a public school in Korea. Which [...]
An "Apostille" is a verification seal or page that is attached to a document to certify it for international use. Only state or federal governmental entities can issue apostilles. Apostilles are required in order to submit various documents to teach English in Korea. Apostilles do not have an expiration date. [...]
Korvia is excited to welcome you and all of our other EPIK recruits to Korea! EPIK has announced that for the Spring 2019 intake there will be different arrival days. Your placement location will dictate which team you a part of. Please check the list below to find out which team you are part of [...]
Korvia is now accepting applications for public schools, private schools, private academies as well as public language institutions for the Fall 2016 semester. While the majority of placements will occur in the month of September, Korvia will also have positions available from August all the way to December. The following programs and positions are now [...]
Help! I’ve never taught ESL before and I have no idea how I should prepare! Can you give me some recommendations? Often when trying to obtain a teaching position with a public school program in Korea like EPIK, GEPIK, or GOE, applicants are required to submit a sample lesson plan with their application. Some programs will even [...]
Every year in March, expat communities in Korea go ablaze with countless English teachers from the US seeking tax advice on how to file their taxes. Both good information and false information gets circulated and while a good number of teachers file their taxes correctly. However a good other portion does not, and another portion often does [...]
For the first time in Korvia Consulting’s 10-year history, we are proud to announce that we will be working with the TaLK Program (Teach and Learn in Korea) to help place teachers for the 2016 term. The program aims to let students take a break from college to learn firsthand about Korean culture while getting [...]
Korvia was one of only three agencies in the country to be awarded 'Distinguished Partner' of the Gyeonggi English program in Korea (GEPIK) last Friday, December 4th. This marks the 7th consecutive year that Korvia has been an official partner of the GEPIK program and holds the most distinguished partner recognitions out of any other [...]
The end of the year is approaching which means that your current contract completion date may be coming up soon. This means It is time for you to make another decision about the upcoming year. You may decide to leave Korea and begin a new future in your home country or in another, or you [...]
