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Woosong Timelines
Woosong's hiring process has two major steps:
- From Contact to Contract
- From Contract to Visa
Many bureaucratic factors are involved in the process of securing
a position overseas. The following timelines are included so that
potential applicants can appreciate how much time they might need
to allow for each step in the process. Things might happen faster,
but you shouldn't count on it.
As our current peak hiring times correspond with arrival dates
during the last two weeks in February and the first
weeks of August, many applicants will find that
submitting applications in either October or March
will be most effective. Please read this information on the two
major steps in the hiring process very carefully and
e-mail the ELC Cordinator if you have any questions. See FAQS
for related details. |
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| From Contact to Contract
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| Start |
You send: resume; scans of passport, transcript(s), degree(s)/
diploma(s) and certificate(s). |
| 2nd Week |
You send other support documents (as applicable).
If you're shortlisted, the ELC Coordinator arranges and conducts
interview. If you're not in Korea, this will be a recorded phone
interview. |
| 3rd-4th Week |
The International
Office e-mails you with an offer/rejection. |
| 5th-6th Week |
If you get and accept an
offer, Woosong draws up the actual contract. The contract and
support documents will then be sent to you via express mail.
You should now start the visa application process if you haven't
already. See "As Soon As Possible"
in the table below.
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| 7th-9th Week |
You return the signed contract to Woosong.
Next you need to prepare photocopies of your degree(s)/
diploma(s) and to get a Certification of Authenticity
stamp for each. See "As Soon As Possible"
in the table below.
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From Contract to Visa
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As
Soon As Possible |
Ask your nearest Korean
Consulate for a work visa (called an
"E-1") application form and information
about the work visa application process. You will also need
to take/send your original degree(s)/diploma(s) and photocopies
of them to the nearest Korean Consulate so the photocopies can
be stamped with a Certification of Authenticity.
Woosong cannot provide this certification, and cannot proceed
without it. Notarized documents will not be accepted by the
Korean Immigration Department...we must receive photocopies
of your degree(s)/diploma(s), each with a stamp issued by the
Korean Consulate in your home country, before we can obtain
and send your Certificate of Visa Issuance!
There is an alternative: You may send Woosong
your original degree(s)/diploma(s), but you do so at your own
risk. |
| 10th-12th Week |
You send either the stamped
photocopies of your degree(s)/diploma(s) -- or the originals
-- to Woosong. Woosong goes to the local Korean Immigration
Department office and obtains your Certificate of Visa Issuance. |
13th-15th
Week |
Woosong sends your Certificate
of Visa Issuance. Take/send the visa application
form to the nearest Korean Consulate in your home country
with: your original signed contract, support documents, passport
and Certificate of Visa Issuance. A processing fee must also
be paid. If it's possible in your country, it is advised that
you pay extra for a multiple-entry visa versus a single-entry
visa. Your Consulate will explain all this to you.
Notes: It is vital that you obtain
your work (E-1) entry visa before arriving in Korea.
Otherwise, you must leave for another country (usually Japan)
to obtain the visa. Woosong will accept no financial responsibility
in this regard. Also, do not pay for your plane ticket
until you have a valid work entry visa stamped in your passport.
Woosong cannot accept responsibility for airline cancellation
fees.
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16th-17th
Week |
You e-mail the ELC Department's ELC Assistant (mkkwoosong@yahoo.co.kr)
to confirm: that you have a valid visa; the date and time of
your arrival. |
| Finally |
Just before you leave, please also e-mail the ELC Assistant
once more to remind her of your imminent arrival. |
| It is important
to understand (and more particularly if you are hired from
overseas) that from first contact to visa issuance can take
between 15 and 17 weeks depending on document travel times
and variation between different Korean Consulate processing
demands.
Using express mail may save two or more weeks but it's more
expensive.
It's a good idea to keep providing the ELC Coordinator/ELC
Assistant with updates of your progress. If we don't hear
from you for three consecutive weeks and/or you stop responding
to our e-mail messages, we will assume you have lost interest
and interview another candidate.
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