South African Getting an E2 Teaching Visa in South Africa

Please follow these instructions for South African to get visas to teach in South Korea.

• STEP 1 - Documents Collection, Notarisation and or Apostille Authentication
  • You can start this process BEFORE you get a job offer.
    1. Original University Degree
       • degree must be from a 4 year university
       • degree must be from an accredited university
       • must be the original degree (not a photocopy)
       • if you do not wish to send your original degree you can get a notarised copy
         • make a photocopy
         • have the copy notarised by a notary public or the commissioner of oath
         • send or take the notarised copy to the apostille in South Africa or you can take it to the nearest Korean Embassy and have them notarise it.
    2. Three Sealed University Transcripts
       • this means you need to contact your university registrar and ask them to give you your university grades in a SEALED (that's unopened) envelope from your university with a stamp or signature over the seal.
         • you'll have to order 3 sets of sealed transcripts
         • 2 will be sent to your school in Korea
         • one will be sent to the Korean Consulate only once your reservation number has been issued - this is explained in Step 2
         • REMEMBER - do not open them
    3. Police Clearance Certificate (apostille authenticated)
       • http://www.dfa.gov.za/consular/policeclear.htm
       • R59.00 (either a South African cheque, banker's draft or money order, made payable to the South African Police Service, is acceptable).
       • the record check must be less than six months old
       • ensure you request a sex-offender registry check (some police departments do not specify that a sex-offender check is done - do your best to have this indicated on the report.
       • their website indicates that this could take 28 working days to issue a certificate
       • have the results sent to YOU
       • if they ask tell them it is for Footprints Recruiting and provide our address: 500-55 Water Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada, V6B 1A1
       • this report must then be notarised by a local notary public or lawyer
       • once notarised, send it to the send the locally notarised record check results to the South Africa apostille office for an Apostille Certification/Authentication
         Apostille is a French word for authentication or legalization. According to the "Hague Treaty" of 1961, this is the agreed upon method to ensure the international validity of public documents.
       • find your state Apostille office contact info here: www.footprintsrecruiting.com/apostilles-south-africa.php
       • NOTE - if you are abroad please contact the nearest South African Embassy or Consulate
       • IN-PERSON DROP OFF - not sure if this can actually be done…
       • MAIL IN - if you mail in your application be sure to include a RETURN ENVELOPE with postage and address back to you.
       • indicate that the document is bound for South Korea
       • do NOT send it to the Korean Consulate/Embassy. Send only to the state office for the Apostille Authentication
       • You will receive an Apostille certificate that accompanies your record check [see an example here].
       • Footprints will be conducting its own national database search through an independent agency once you are hired by a school and the results will be attached to your profile which is sent to the school.
    4. Health Statement
       this is a simple questionnaire form from the Korean government where you personally answer the questions. Once you arrive in Korea, a full blood test and physical exam will be administered.
       • the test will include testing for narcotics, TB, HIV, and other communicable diseases. The government suggests that they are not testing for THC or marijuana but please note that smoking marijuana in Korea is a criminal offense and is NOT handled lightly. Foreigners are not exempt and are in fact targeted. DO NOT BRING or DO ANY DRUGS TO KOREA.
       • if you do not pass the health exam in Korea you will likely have your visa revoked and will not have a job or health insurance
       • Click here for a PDF of the Health Statement
    5. A Passport Photocopy
       no this is not a photocopy of the cover of your passport. We have had that a lot...
       • photocopy the information page of your passport
       • make sure you have at least 6 months on your passport before it expires
       • make sure there is at least 1 completely empty page in your passport
    6. Resume
       print a copy of your resume
    7. Signed Copy of the School Contract
       the contract will be provided to you by email once you agree to the contract and the school accepts you as their teacher
    8. 4 Passport Sized Photos
       • standard passport photos - the same that you would need for a new passport
       • photos must not be older than 6 months