Immigration Issues in South Korea
Posted by: dhonehrr on: July 7, 2010
I stayed in South Korea for one year, and during my stay, I observed the some of the lives of migrant people – legal, illegal stayers, those who escaped from their husbands/wives, etc. With that, I came up with my own analysis regarding immigration issues in this country…
Comparison between legal & illegal migrants:
- legal workers have lower salary than illegal workers
- legal workers have more deductions in terms of income than illegal ones
- legal workers have their sojourn period while illegal workers can stay as long as they were not captured by authorities
- legal workers can move freely & independently, while illegal ones cannot as they are always seized by authorities
- legal workers can claim their benefits while illegal doesn’t have any benefit at all
- legal workers pay taxes, while illegal ones don’t pay necessary taxes
- in case of accident, legal workers are under the responsibility of the employers, while illegal ones are not
these are only some of the comparison between legal & illegal migrants….
Labor Behavior of Employers that both Legal & Illegal Migrants Usually Encounter:
- racial discrimination
- physical abuse
- verbal abuse
- psychological & emotional abuse
- sexual abuse to female migrants/workers
- forced labor, usually working in more than required working hour
- forced deportation if the employer doesn’t like his worker – they can easily report it to the authorities
- human exploitation just to meet the end goal of the company (production issue)
- doesn’t comply with the right salary rate
- forced sexual works to female entertainers
What does the Korean Government Do in Order to Address the Issue?
- massive crackdown of illegal stayer
- review of laws to implement related ones that will complement the foreign migrants
- strict implementation of labor laws
- dialogues with some organizations to address issues concerning migrant workers
Analysis Now,…
- as to the employers, as long as they are oriented of their culture – harsh and inhuman, and
not aware of human rights, any law that the Korean government will impose is USELESS
- Korean Government always see the both sides of their community, the fallback, the pros and cons, they are experts as law enforcers. Implementation of their law is according to their discretion, and as foreign migrants it is also our responsibility to follow their law.
- Korean Government should also take a look on the labor behavior of the employers towards their workers and take necessary actions on this. They should not only focus on the migrant workers, as the behavior of their constituents affect their economic stability.
- Legal and Illegal Migrant Workers have the same reason why they are working and sacrificing in other country – TO AUGMENT THE NEEDS OF THEIR FAMILY!
- With the intent increase of illegal migrants, Korean Government sees its fallback, especially in terms of revenue, as illegal migrants do not pay necessary taxes, yet they are covered and enjoy some of the implemented benefits by the government, e.g., subsidy fare in trains, buses, and others. They issue amnesty program for this group and in every country,
there is an existing law for illegal migrant and whether we like it or not, we have to FOLLOW
- Korean government should also take a look in Human Rights Law, especially in treating illegal migrants, they maybe illegal stayers, but they are still HUMAN and they should be treated as humans. They are also covered of Human Rights Law.
Every migrant worker, legal or illegal has their own reason in their own battlefield – but every battle and journey that we make is anchored with just responsibility. It is not after any law or any admonition, it is of being our own person. In the end, we are the ones responsible to our own crosses and trashes.
Life in Seoul…
Posted by: dhonehrr on: March 20, 2009
It’s been sometime since my last post here in my blog. I’ve been busy with other business and concerns. And I’ve been staying here in Seoul, South Korea with my husband and my future baby for six months.
My original plan was just to visit my husband working here in Seoul, South Korea. However, in my 4th week of stay here we found out that I was pregnant! So my husband decided that I should stay here in Seoul during my pregnancy period and up to the time I will give birth to our first baby. That’s the decision of the very excited daddy-to-be, he wants to monitor every development of my pregnancy.
In my stay here in Seoul, I cannot help myself but to compare the way of living between Filipinos & Koreans…
* in transportation, you don’t have to bring cash for your fare, as long as you have a t-money card that will just be swiped in the machine (it’s a re loadable pre-paid card), drivers and passengers are very disciplined, the bus and train have their travel time so passengers can estimate and calculate the travel time he will have;
*it is very safe to walk along even if you are alone in the middle of the night;
*1,000KW = 40php, in which the standard of living is very high
*Korean children are very independent, you can see them travelling alone as early as six years old;
*Korean elders are very active in sports and other outdoor activities. They are not dependent to their children when it comes to earnings as they do any odd jobs to sustain their life;
*Some Korean people are not good in English conversation that’s why they sought for English Education, wether formal, non-formal or through tutoring;
*Prostitution and abortion are legal;
*Most Korean women are highly fashionable and has a very keen sense when it comes to fashion. It is very ordinary to mingle with women who looks and stand like a celebrity. Make-up, jewelries, accessories, clothes, shoes, bags, etc. are very necessary for every woman, but they are very thrift when it comes to food 
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*”Monis” are very common in Korean culture. This is where Korean guy bought a foreign girl to be a bride. Sad to say, there are lots of Filipina who indulge in this affair, and ended up with a sad love story.
*It is not the business of Korean people to get involve with other people’s life, make stories out of others’ life. Life for them is busy and they don’t bother with the people they mingle with;
* Korean people can work any kind of jobs and not ashamed of it as long as it is moral and can sustain their life;
*Almost 49% of Koreans has no religious affiliations;
Generally speaking, I like the kind of life I have here in Seoul, though I have also a beautiful life in the Philippines, with beautiful family, friends, career, etc. And although there are lots of cultural differences, in my heart, I know I will still go home where I really belong – PHILIPPINES.
C-3 visa requirements to south korea
Posted by: dhonehrr on: September 23, 2008
i applied for c-3 visa to Korea Embassy last August 21, 2008 and after 7 days, i got my c-3 visa. woah! now, i can visit my husband in seoul and be with him. He’s one of the Filipino workers working in Seoul, South Korea. We got married last June, and after a week of marriage, he went back to Seoul for his work. Hush, it was so difficult to be separated from your husband. Thank God, He guided me in my c-3 visa application. And now, I want to share to everybody some information that might be of help for an application: (by the way c-3 means tourist visa)
A. Employed Applicants:
1. application form – can be secured at the Korean Embassy (don’t trust those down loadable at the Internet, it’s quite obsolete)
2. original copy of passport (valid within six months of application)
3. photocopy of first page of your passport
4. 1 pc. 2×2 colored picture
5. original copy of bank certificate, indicating your personal savings and amount
6. original copy of employment certificate stating your position & salary
7. photocopy of your latest ITR (income tax return)
8. notarized letter from the inviting person – if you have sponsor from korea or you are invited
B. Non-employed Applicants:
1. application form – can be secured at the Korean Embassy (don’t trust those down loadable at the Internet,
it’s quite obsolete)
2. original copy of passport (valid within six months of application)
3. photocopy of first page of your passport
4. 1 pc. 2×2 colored picture
5. original copy of bank certificate, indicating your personal savings and amount
6. business permit (indicating your business name)
7. photocopy of your latest ITR (income tax return)
8. notarized letter from the inviting person – if you have sponsor from korea or you are invited
Procedures:
1. Secure all the stated requirements and go to Korean Embassy located at 18th floor, Pacific Star Building corner Gil Puyat Ave., & Makati Ave., Makati City (in front of a gasoline station). Go there as early as 7:00 a.m. since there are always lots of applicants waiting outside the building.
2. Fall in line outside the building, the guard will open the door for applicants around 8:45 a.m. You will secure for a visitor’s pass, be ready with your ID to present in the reception desk. Then proceed to elevator. You will then again fall in line at the entrance of the embassy at 18th floor for the electronic number to be given.
3. If you are first-time applicant, tell the policewoman (she’s really nice) and she will give you number. You will transact your application at window 3.
4. Wait for your number to be flashed at the LCD display then proceed directly to window 3 to submit your papers.
5. Wait for your claim stub to be given. The lady in window 3 will immediately give you the claim stub which indicates the schedule for the release of your passport after verifying your documents.
6. You may go home now, and come back for the result based from the schedule given to you. Keep the claim stub with you as will present it when you get the result.
7. Interview is not required for applicants, however, if your papers is quiet questionable, you will then be subjected for an interview by the Consul. Be sure also that your requirements are complete, otherwise it will not be entertained.
8. Take note that the application is only done in the morning, so be early, otherwise you will come back on the next day if your number will not be called. Release of the result is done only every afternoon, around 2:00-4:00.
9. You can go directly to the Embassy and apply by your own, or you may seek for an agency assistance. However, having an agency is not an assurance for the approval of your application, its additional expense on your part, since you will pay them big amount. The procedure is the same, even if you will seek for the assistance of an agency, you will still go to the embassy to personally apply. Approval of your application depends on the authenticity of your documents, your presentations, your sincerity, your self-confidence, and of course, prayers.
i’m going to korea
Posted by: dhonehrr on: September 15, 2008
i cannot help but i’m really so excited! four days from now, i’ll be travelling to seoul, south korea. i’ll gonna visit my husband there. been three months after our marriage, i miss him so much. i grab the opportunity when my c-3 visa was approved! actually, we just tried to apply for a c-3 visa, and thank God it was approved! now, i can spend more time with my husband. my friends were right, this is now the right time to be a wife to my husband, so i give up my work here in the philippines (temporarily) to spend quality time with my husband. i’m so excited hayyy!!! i miss my husband so much… next time i’ll post the process in acquiring c-3 visa so i can be of help to you guys if you want to visit seoul.. aja!
here i come, seoul!
ho chi minh city, vietnam
Posted by: dhonehrr on: September 15, 2008
my cylo (sik'loh) experience!
i travelled to ho chi minh city, vietnam last april 2008. the tour was sponsored in relation to the CONSAL Congress on April 2009 which will be held in Hanoi, Vietnam. ’twas a five-day trip with my fellow information specialist from all different schools in the philippines. though it was my first time to met these people, the experience was totally awesome. we were like children then enjoying the hot (as in super hot) summer in ho chi minh. we visited different museums, libraries, schools,.. this maybe quiet boring to others, but huh! we gained so much knowledge on the culture of vietnam people. i got then teary-eyed when i saw pictures and memorabilia of war in the Remnant Museum, that even American tourists gave comments on how pity those people way back then. And of course, how can we surpass every woman’s vice? SHOPPING!!! hahaha!. We went to different malls in ho chi minh, attacked the tiangge’s and of course the ever-famouse Benh Tanh Market. Benh Tanh Market is like Divisoria in Manila. There’s variety of goodies and souvenirs there! We also went to night market, (actually, we were there every night), we even waited for the opening of the night market so that we can have bargains as we will be the first customers hahahah!. I had friends there who were very naughty, that we bought her gown half the price! ’twas because we were the first customer, we cannot understand the language, but I think the vietnamese lady were mocking us because of our naughty acts hahahaha!… We stayed at Vien Dong Hotel for 5 days. Though the hotel is just a 3-star, I can say that it can be compared to a 5-star hotel in the Philippines. The services were awesome, the facilities were great! And the food, yummy!.. We also attended a party at Rex Hotel, sponsored by the host organization. Actually, we escaped from the party after we attacked the sumptous foods served hahaahha!!!. This experience was great as aside from I met new friends, I gained more knowledge on the improvement of my profession, & of course, I learned to understand the culture of other races.
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- dhonehrr: hi mr. adrian... i am so sorry, it's almost one year before i got to open this account. regarding c-3 visa application, did your wife get her visa now
- dhonehrr: hi jeremiah.. sorry, only now i got to read your comment.. as for the ITR, there's no appropriate amount to indicate, as long as it is valid and true.
- dhonehrr: hi iah... how's your stay here in Seoul? i hope you had a great time... really cold, isn't it? hihihi.. just enjoy and spend quality time with your hu
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