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 Tuesday January 22 2008

English Education Major denied visa

Hat tip to the Marmot.

meet Mark Thomas, a Briton who next month will graduate from the English education department of Hanguk University of Foreign Studies. The Hankyoreh reports that Thomas — who has completed his practicals and will become the first foreigner to graduate from a Korean teaching program — spotted an ad on the Seoul Department of Education homepage last December looking for native speaking English teachers. He applied, even taking an interview.

For Christmas, he returned to Britain full of hope. Then came the news. Seoul Department of Education told him he fulfilled the requirements to become a teacher, but — sit down for this — the Immigration Bureau would NOT give him a visa.

Why, you ask?

Because current E-2 regulations state that you must have graduated from a university in an English-speaking nation to be eligible for a visa. Poor Mr. Thomas, however, attended university in Korea.

So you can teach in Korea with a degree in basket weaving provided it’s from one of the recognized native speaker countries, but if you graduate with a degree in English Education from a Korean university it’s worthless. Sparkling, very sparkling Korea.



Sean. inscribed these words of wisdom on Tuesday Jan 22, 2008 at 10:42 AM
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