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Alas.... - ESL in Korea
By:Jamie Cobham
In Response To: non-native speakers - ESL in Korea (efi)

I'd love to say yes, but the answer is an emphatic no. The government has a list of 'approved countries' as follows: US, UK, Ireland, Aus, NZ, Canada and South Africa. That's it. Even if you do have a passport from one of these countries, you are likely to be quickly sussed (and fired) by your employer who will simply cite it as 'deception'. I know of a similar case in Seoul where a Dutch guy with a UK passport (I met him briefly, and his English seemed almost perfect to me) was fired after three weeks when a parent told the school's boss that he sounded German.

I have a Master's myself, but this is important only to the government folk who issue the E visa. The employers only care about native speaking ability. Sorry.






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non-native speakers - ESL in Korea -- efi
Alas.... - ESL in Korea -- Jamie Cobham
depends -- Frank

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