GETTING DEPORTED
k...now i've been Canada for a week now. Bet you're all wondering what went wrong in Korea and why am i home. Well, it's a very long story that i'll try to make as short as possible. I'm publishing this story here because honestly i am getting sick of telling it...so here it goes....
It started about nine days ago when my notarized copy of my degree was finally mailed from Canada and arrived in Korea. It landed on my recruiters desk and he then proceeded to take the steps to get me a working visa -- something that i had been without since i started this journey in Korea. Anyways, the school called immigration to apply for my visa and a big red flag came up on immigrations computer. The computer said that i was an illegal immigrant in the country from Australia! Immigration believed that i had entered the country illegally on an Australian Passport and was wanted by the government. Of course, my school freaked on me and kept questioning me. I insisted that i wasn't Australian and that i had never even been to australia! BLah blah blah nobody at immigration would believe me because they're all so stupid and programmed to believe everything they read on a computer screen. I went down to the Canadian Embassy to plead my case and then to the immigration office with all my documents. While i was trying to sort this little problem out, the Immigration office also noticed that i already had an application for a visa pending. My previous employer from Masan had applied for a working visa for myself but didn't cancel it once i left. Both immigration and Pagoda (my school) were on the phone with Mr Park in Masan trying to get him to cancel the visa application. He was being a complete asshole about it and refused. In the end the immigration officer i was dealing with said that he could no longer help me because the rest of his office new that i had already been previously employed and that i'd broken Korean law. He also told me that i should leave the country as soon as possible before he has to physically come and arrest me. The immigration officer could not help me with my "australian" problem and told me that they could only remedy the problem at the immigration office at Incheon airport. Does this sound a little ridiculous to you? It sure did for me...let me clarify....i was been forced to flee the country to escape Immigration from arresting me but, the only way i could get out of the country would be to go to the immigration office at the airport. Needless to say i was kinda worried about going to the place that was looking for me. oh well, i got out without being "officially" deported and fined so i guess i'm happy.
All this happened within two days....it was nuts....i don't think that korea and i were meant for each other...but...i have been on the phone to Japan and i think that i will be in Osaka before the end of the month...at least i hope....n e ways, until next time.
k...now i've been Canada for a week now. Bet you're all wondering what went wrong in Korea and why am i home. Well, it's a very long story that i'll try to make as short as possible. I'm publishing this story here because honestly i am getting sick of telling it...so here it goes....
It started about nine days ago when my notarized copy of my degree was finally mailed from Canada and arrived in Korea. It landed on my recruiters desk and he then proceeded to take the steps to get me a working visa -- something that i had been without since i started this journey in Korea. Anyways, the school called immigration to apply for my visa and a big red flag came up on immigrations computer. The computer said that i was an illegal immigrant in the country from Australia! Immigration believed that i had entered the country illegally on an Australian Passport and was wanted by the government. Of course, my school freaked on me and kept questioning me. I insisted that i wasn't Australian and that i had never even been to australia! BLah blah blah nobody at immigration would believe me because they're all so stupid and programmed to believe everything they read on a computer screen. I went down to the Canadian Embassy to plead my case and then to the immigration office with all my documents. While i was trying to sort this little problem out, the Immigration office also noticed that i already had an application for a visa pending. My previous employer from Masan had applied for a working visa for myself but didn't cancel it once i left. Both immigration and Pagoda (my school) were on the phone with Mr Park in Masan trying to get him to cancel the visa application. He was being a complete asshole about it and refused. In the end the immigration officer i was dealing with said that he could no longer help me because the rest of his office new that i had already been previously employed and that i'd broken Korean law. He also told me that i should leave the country as soon as possible before he has to physically come and arrest me. The immigration officer could not help me with my "australian" problem and told me that they could only remedy the problem at the immigration office at Incheon airport. Does this sound a little ridiculous to you? It sure did for me...let me clarify....i was been forced to flee the country to escape Immigration from arresting me but, the only way i could get out of the country would be to go to the immigration office at the airport. Needless to say i was kinda worried about going to the place that was looking for me. oh well, i got out without being "officially" deported and fined so i guess i'm happy.
All this happened within two days....it was nuts....i don't think that korea and i were meant for each other...but...i have been on the phone to Japan and i think that i will be in Osaka before the end of the month...at least i hope....n e ways, until next time.
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