Paper trails

If you want to work in another country (legally), you're going to have a paper trail as long as the Trans-Canada highway.

I just found out that my visa issuance letter has to be sent to a Korean embassy/consulate (Toronto in my case) so that my E2 South Korean work visa can be put into my passport. I'm not exactly sure what needs to be sent with it, but I'm guessing that a notarized copy of my degree, my official transcripts, my passport, and a copy of my job contract are going to be included in this package. I'm going to talk to my recruiter on the phone tomorrow and get it all explained to me.

So far my paper trail has included:

1. Getting my passport.
2. Sending my job application package to a lot of places (ie. scanned passport, photos, resume, etc.).
3. Getting a notary public (ie. lawyer) to notarize a copy of my degree.
4. Sending my notarized copy of my degree to the Korean consulate in Toronto to be notarized by them (I had my lawyer notorize multiple copies).
5. Sending a package to South Korea (ie. notarized copy of degree, photos, copy of passport, job contract, etc.) in order to get a confirmation of visa issuance letter.
6. Sending that package, plus the visa issuance letter and job contract, to the consulate in Toronto in order to get my E2 visa.
7. Plane tickets.


Whew! That's a lot of stuff!