Hello,
I am an English and French bi-national bi-lingual female born and raised in France who just graduated from a French university with a BA in English and Education. As I have been learning Korean on my own for the past 6 years, I would like to go settle in Busan as an English Teacher. Having been studying Korean for so long, I made contacts thanks to which I might find a job, but the problem is the visa.
I have -of course- looked up the conditions under which people could apply for the E2 visa, as it seems to be the one I would need. However, although I am a fully-fledged British citizen(by descent), as my degree is degree is French I am apparently not considered a native of English, and thence cannot apply for an E2 visa. My question is, how strict are those rules?
I have heard about this or that friend who -being a white female- passed for a native and taught English illegally, but I just can't see myself try and do that. Would my application even be considered -as I did major in English on top of being English- or would they outright discard it because of my university? The immigration office apparently only answers inquiries regarding visas in person, and I can't possibly see myself fly all the way there to have an answer which -even if positive- would have me go back to France or England to apply for the E2 visa..
Has anybody heard of similar cases? Does anybody know how the immigration office works?