Comments on: Well, I Feel Welcomed Now http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/11/14/well-i-feel-welcomed-now/ Korea... in Blog Format Thu, 16 Oct 2008 03:06:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: tbonetylr http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/11/14/well-i-feel-welcomed-now/#comment-118946 tbonetylr Mon, 19 Nov 2007 06:18:38 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/11/14/well-i-feel-welcomed-now/#comment-118946 I wonder if Choo, Kyu-ho knows about the time when a foreigner teacher filed a complaint with the Labor Ministry and then was denied an E-2 visa/teaching visa simply for that reason. Later, an Immigration worker tried to negotiate with that same Foreign Teacher to drop the case/complaint against his/her Korean employer in exchange for an E-2 visa? The teacher thought about it, went back to Immigration the next day and asked the Immigration MAN to put that in writing, the Immigration MAN said..."You can trust me, I'm an official!" Or, what about the time when a foreign teacher was blacklisted by Immigration simply because a past employer called Immigration on the phone and told them that “Mr/Ms. xxxxx ran away and quit his/her job?" The truth was that the teacher was fired illegally. The statement the employer made was a lie and Immigration knew it, but it didn't stop them from blacklisting the teacher. Approximately 3 weeks after the employer called Immigration they went to the Labor Ministry to try to convince them that they fired the teacer legally. I wonder if Choo, Kyu-ho knows about the time when a foreigner teacher filed a complaint with the Labor Ministry and then was denied an E-2 visa/teaching visa simply for that reason. Later, an Immigration worker tried to negotiate with that same Foreign Teacher to drop the case/complaint against his/her Korean employer in exchange for an E-2 visa?

The teacher thought about it, went back to Immigration the next day and asked the Immigration MAN to put that in writing, the Immigration MAN said…”You can trust me, I’m an official!”

Or, what about the time when a foreign teacher was blacklisted by Immigration simply because a past employer called Immigration on the phone and told them that “Mr/Ms. xxxxx ran away and quit his/her job?” The truth was that the teacher was fired illegally. The statement the employer made was a lie and Immigration knew it, but it didn’t stop them from blacklisting the teacher. Approximately 3 weeks after the employer called Immigration they went to the Labor Ministry to try to convince them that they fired the teacer legally.

]]> By: dda http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/11/14/well-i-feel-welcomed-now/#comment-118777 dda Sat, 17 Nov 2007 16:05:50 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/11/14/well-i-feel-welcomed-now/#comment-118777 <blockquote>#7 Uri Onara Japan welcomes foreigners too. Which is why they will start fingerprinting, interviewing, and photographing all foreigners entering — and upon exiting the country, beginning Nov 20.</blockquote> <blockquote>SomeguyinKorea #7, They’ve been fingerprinting people for years.</blockquote> Well they've been fingerprinting residents, like in Korea, but from Nov 20 they are fingerprinting VISITORS, every single one of them...

#7 Uri Onara

Japan welcomes foreigners too. Which is why they will start fingerprinting, interviewing, and photographing all foreigners entering — and upon exiting the country, beginning Nov 20.

SomeguyinKorea

#7,

They’ve been fingerprinting people for years.

Well they’ve been fingerprinting residents, like in Korea, but from Nov 20 they are fingerprinting VISITORS, every single one of them…

]]> By: dda http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/11/14/well-i-feel-welcomed-now/#comment-118590 dda Fri, 16 Nov 2007 12:40:33 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/11/14/well-i-feel-welcomed-now/#comment-118590 <blockquote>remit money!?! You mean going to the backroom of the exotic lingerie shop in the ‘ville and [...]</blockquote>Close but no cigar. I'm French and have never been inside a US base or in their neighbourhoods -- except It'aewon, of course...

remit money!?! You mean going to the backroom of the exotic lingerie shop in the ‘ville and [...]

Close but no cigar. I’m French and have never been inside a US base or in their neighbourhoods — except It’aewon, of course…

]]> By: Wedge http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/11/14/well-i-feel-welcomed-now/#comment-118584 Wedge Fri, 16 Nov 2007 10:11:15 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/11/14/well-i-feel-welcomed-now/#comment-118584 I heard one from a guy that ran a summer English program in the States who would hide slightly less than $10,000 in each kid's luggage and then retrieve it at the camp in Oregon or wherever. A beautiful scheme on many levels. I heard one from a guy that ran a summer English program in the States who would hide slightly less than $10,000 in each kid’s luggage and then retrieve it at the camp in Oregon or wherever. A beautiful scheme on many levels.

]]> By: dogbertt http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/11/14/well-i-feel-welcomed-now/#comment-118582 dogbertt Fri, 16 Nov 2007 09:52:24 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/11/14/well-i-feel-welcomed-now/#comment-118582 I remember being told here in 1993 that instead of changing my KRW to USD and taking it back with me, I should be patriotic and spend it here in Korea to support the local economy. I remember being told here in 1993 that instead of changing my KRW to USD and taking it back with me, I should be patriotic and spend it here in Korea to support the local economy.

]]> By: Sperwer http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/11/14/well-i-feel-welcomed-now/#comment-118577 Sperwer Fri, 16 Nov 2007 09:26:20 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/11/14/well-i-feel-welcomed-now/#comment-118577 remit money!?! You mean going to the backroom of the exotic lingerie shop in the 'ville and changing won for greenbacks that you could carry out in a moneybelt on your next trip to the World. remit money!?! You mean going to the backroom of the exotic lingerie shop in the ‘ville and changing won for greenbacks that you could carry out in a moneybelt on your next trip to the World.

]]> By: dda http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/11/14/well-i-feel-welcomed-now/#comment-118575 dda Fri, 16 Nov 2007 09:05:04 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/11/14/well-i-feel-welcomed-now/#comment-118575 Ever tried to remit money overseas from Korea in the early 90s? Ever tried to remit money overseas from Korea in the early 90s?

]]> By: snow http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/11/14/well-i-feel-welcomed-now/#comment-118573 snow Fri, 16 Nov 2007 08:59:07 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/11/14/well-i-feel-welcomed-now/#comment-118573 Someguy, actually, I was here at the time and I know it was worse than now. Someguy, actually, I was here at the time and I know it was worse than now.

]]> By: SomeguyinKorea http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/11/14/well-i-feel-welcomed-now/#comment-118529 SomeguyinKorea Fri, 16 Nov 2007 05:15:39 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/11/14/well-i-feel-welcomed-now/#comment-118529 #18, You should have been here in late 1997, early 1998. #18,

You should have been here in late 1997, early 1998.

]]> By: snow http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/11/14/well-i-feel-welcomed-now/#comment-118476 snow Fri, 16 Nov 2007 02:36:50 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/11/14/well-i-feel-welcomed-now/#comment-118476 Very irritating is the idea that us ferinners are here to drain away the 'national wealth'. So what we give in return is not worth anything or that Koreans just want it on the cheap? Very irritating is the idea that us ferinners are here to drain away the ‘national wealth’. So what we give in return is not worth anything or that Koreans just want it on the cheap?

]]>