E-2 Working Visa

Visa Requirements – The requirements for each applicant as set
out by Korean Immigration in order to be issued with an E-2 working
visa for Korea are as follows:

1. Be a native English speaker from
   any of the following seven countries: Ireland, United Kingdom, USA,
   Canada, New Zealand, Australia, South Africa.
2. Hold a BA / BBS / BSc
   degree from a recognised University in any discipline, the University
   must be located one of the above English speaking countries.
3. Have a clear criminal background - Any cautionings or convictions will lead to automatic refusal by Korean immigration. 
4. Pass a health and drug test within 3 months of your arrival in Korea.

Visa Documents – The documents that are required by Korean Immigration are as follows:

1. 4 Passport sized pictures.
2. Original signed and dated Contract – you will recevie this after you have  being accepted by one of our schools.
3. A photocopy of your passport – the picture page.
4. Original degree certificate/scroll (Degree copies or graduation letters are  no longer being accepted
5. Health Statement form – a doctor’s signature is not required. We will email this to you after your profile/application has being approved. 
6. Transcript of University results**
7. Police Background Check / Police Certificate*** and Apostille*

*An Apostille is required in all cases to authenticate your
police background check / police certificate. Another apostille is
required if you are sending a notarised copy of your degree
certificate.

• The
  apostille is used to authenticate documents that will be used outside
  of the country they were issued in. It is the Dept. of Foreign Affairs
  / Foreign and Commonwealth Office / State Department or their
  representatives that will issue this letter for citizens of Ire, UK,
  US, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa.
  
• UK teachers (only) must have their Basic Disclosure/Criminal Background Check  notarized before having an Apostille stamp applied by the Legislation Office.
• Canada
  is not signed up to this international agreement so Canadian citizens
  must have their police check and notarised degree (if applicable)
  stamped by their nearest Korean Embassy or Consulate.

**Transcript of University Results is issued by your university and must detail the results from all years of your degree. Teachers for Canada and United States will need 3 copies of their Transcripts (only 1 copy is sent to our Korean office at initial Visa stage). 

• The transcript
  of results must be put in an envelope by your university. An
  administrator in the university must then put the university stamp
  along the seal to show it hasn’t been tampered with. Finally the
  administrator must sign his/her name across the seal of the envelope as
  a final security measure.
• Note:
  If your transcripts are not done correctly they will not be accepted by
  Immigration so please take special care with this item. Often it is the
  university administrators that forget to stamp or sign the sealed
  envelope. Just make them aware of what you need them to do before they
  send it to you.

*** Police Background Check / Police Certificate
is available from your local Police station depending on your home
country the title of the document may be different. The document is
needed for a visa application and not your new employer.

• Korean Immigration officials will not make exceptions if there is an error with either your application form or documentation. Please ensure you have followed all the instructions carefully as job offers by schools may be withdrawn if you are unlikely to makeyour start date, due to incomplete paperwork. Contact one of our team if you're unsure. 

Tiger English will alsemail you a document specific to your country of origin outlining where to go and what to do in relation to gathering your E2 visa documents.