Hello, EPIK Spring 2025 Teachers! We're having more Visa Preparation Webinars in case you missed our last ones! Most of you have passed your interviews and many of you have also submitted your documents successfully! Wondering what to do next and what to expect when preparing/applying for your visa? Tune in to one of our [...]
Hello, EPIK Spring 2025 Teachers! Many of you have passed your interview and have also submitted your documents successfully! Wondering what to do next and what to expect when preparing/applying for your visa? Tune in to one of our Visa Preparation webinars and we'll discuss what to expect after submitting all of your final documents [...]
The following guide is for individuals trying to apply for their residence card (formerly known as Alien Registration Card or ARC) in Korea. This process should be done as soon as possible once you have arrived in Korea. What is a Residence Card? An Alien Registration Card (ARC) is now referred to as the Residence [...]
This guide is for teachers that are currently in the process of finishing a teaching contract in Korea and have already gotten permission to renew their contract with their current school. In order to renew their contract, renewing teachers in Korea will need to report their renewal to the Korean immigration office that has [...]
The following is a list of hospitals in the Gyeonggi-do province that conduct E2 Medical Examinations. Please check for the hospital in your area. List of E2 Medical Examinations : updated by February 29 2020 [List of E2 Medical Examinations in Gyeonggi Province: updated by August 26th, 2015] 지역 Area 의료기관명 Name 영문기관 Romanized Name [...]
Sometimes a contract can finish early leaving you little time to prepare for finding a new job. The D10 visa was created for this purpose. A D10 visa is nicknamed the “job-search visa” and it allows candidates exactly that: the ability to remain in the country while searching for new employment. D10 visas are valid [...]
Teachers that have finished a teaching contract in Korea and have already secured employment at a new school must transfer their E2 status in order to work at the new school. Luckily, those teachers won’t need to obtain new sets of the documents they already obtained before coming to South Korea. We have created the [...]
The E2 visa is the specific visa for individuals coming to Korea as an English Teacher. The E2 visa is sponsored by educational institutions such as public schools, private academies (hagwons), and at universities. The visa must have prior agreed upon sponsorship by one of those institutions in order to obtain. An E2 visa is [...]
The Fukuoka Korean Consulate recently announced that from April 2014, they have changed the time it takes to process re-entry visas otherwise known as “visa runs” for applicants changing from tourist status to E2-Visa (English Teacher) status. Teachers planning to go on a Fukuoka E2 Visa Run need to note the following. [...]
