wonderboy416
Active Member
Hey guys... After finally save enough to make a splash into the condo market I started thinking about where in the city I wanted to live... and the result was that I could not see myself doing my current job for the rest of my life and that I should go do something a little adventurous while I'm still young'ish (27), so I decided what better way to do that then to see another side of the world for a year or two and get paid to do it. So like many people you probably know I accepted a position teaching english in Seoul (Oksu-Dong area) and providing I can get my Visa in order (just awaiting my sealed transcripts from York...) I will be going October 24.
Has anyone ever been there or anywhere similar and have any advice to offer?
I am aware that I can only bring 240v electrical devices (and a few outlet converters which can be purchased for cheap in China town).
I've also learned that deodorant is hard to come by there and that I should stock up before I go.. I'm just wondering what else there might be...
The agency I dealt with to find the job is Korean so their English isn't particularly good or helpful...
One sidenote is that the Korean Consulate will not process your Visa for teaching unless you have a background check with vulnerable sector screening (to check for sexual offenses against minors etc..). Strangely the Toronto Police DO NOT offer this search to individuals, only to organizations who have registered with them... and then it takes 8+ weeks to do the check! None of the other police stations in the GTA do this check either. I ended up tracking down a paralegal firm in Richmond Hill who are using the police in Nova Scotia to do this for me and it took 3 days to do the check.... I found this incredibly annoying that our own police cannot provide such a basic check, and when they do they cannot do it in a timely fashion!
Has anyone ever been there or anywhere similar and have any advice to offer?
I am aware that I can only bring 240v electrical devices (and a few outlet converters which can be purchased for cheap in China town).
I've also learned that deodorant is hard to come by there and that I should stock up before I go.. I'm just wondering what else there might be...
The agency I dealt with to find the job is Korean so their English isn't particularly good or helpful...
One sidenote is that the Korean Consulate will not process your Visa for teaching unless you have a background check with vulnerable sector screening (to check for sexual offenses against minors etc..). Strangely the Toronto Police DO NOT offer this search to individuals, only to organizations who have registered with them... and then it takes 8+ weeks to do the check! None of the other police stations in the GTA do this check either. I ended up tracking down a paralegal firm in Richmond Hill who are using the police in Nova Scotia to do this for me and it took 3 days to do the check.... I found this incredibly annoying that our own police cannot provide such a basic check, and when they do they cannot do it in a timely fashion!