10questions_epd topik

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Faster & Easier

Re-entry forVoluntary Returnees !!

Employment Permit System

A policy that allows employers who have failed to employ Korean workers to legally hire

an adequate number of foreign workers.

www.eps.go.kr

Questions

on the SpecialEPS-TOPIK

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Ministry of Employmentand Labor


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Faster & Easier !!Special EPS-TOPIK gives you,

What is the Special EPS-TOPIK

Faster re-entry and employmentExemption rom job training beore arrival

Opportunity to return to previous workplace

Eligible Applicant :Workers (E-9) who were rehiredaer the initial 3-year employment term and voluntarilyreturned home within the re-employment period.

Required Documents : Application orm and a copy o thepassport used at the time o departure rom Korea

Participating Country : As o March 2012, there are ve

(5) countries planning to hold the test; Tailand, Vietnam,Indonesia, Uzbekistan and Pakistan (Further expansion isexpected)

Test Venue : EPS-TOPIK CBT centers in the sending country

Test Period : Once every quarter

Test Announcement : Newspapers and ocial website othe sending country

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Who is eligible or the SpecialEPS-TOPIK?EPS workers who were rehired aer workingin Korea or three (3) years and returned home

voluntarily within the re-employment period.

Te applicants are allowed to choose anyindustries that are permitted under the EPSregardless o their previous employment in Korea.However, those who apply or pre-arranged jobplacement must apply or their previous job andindustry.

Only applicable to those who voluntarily let

Korea ater January 1, 2010, and meet all eligibility

requirements or the regular EPS-TOPIK.

Are the applicants allowed toapply or industries that aredierent rom the previously

employed industry in Korea?

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Where and how oten does the

Special EPS-TOPIK take place?Te Special EPS-OPIK will be administeredonce every quarter at EPS-TOPIK CBT centersin the corresponding country.It will not be held in Korea.

In which countries does the testtake place?

Te test will take place in Tailand, Vietnam,Indonesia, Uzbekistan and Pakistan in the rstquarter o 2012.

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What is the diiculty leveland pass rate o the test?

Te diculty o the Special EPS-OPIKwill remain at more or less the same levelas the regular EPS-OPIK but its passrate will be relatively higher.

About 70% o the test will be made up o openly

available questions on the ocial EPS-TOPIK website

while the other 30% will be flled with new questions

rom unknown source (new questions will be introduced

more in the uture tests). Applicants can download the

questions at http://epstopik.hrdkorea.or.kr.

How much time is saved bypassing the test?

Exemptions rom job training beore arrival andaster CCVI issuance will enable most o thetest passers to re-enter as soon as their 6-monthre-entry restriction period ends.



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What will be the permittedemployment term or the testpassers?

Tey are initially given three (3) years to workupon arrival in Korea and allowed to extendit or less than two (2) years (1 year and 10months, to be specic), i rehired.

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+ What should employers do to rehire

their ormer employees who passed

the Special EPS-TOPIK?

No application is required prior to theemployees arrival in Korea.

Upon the employees roster registration,local job center in the district noties thecorresponding employer via text message orphone call.

Aer making eforts to hire Korean workers,the employer then applies or pre-arranged

job placement and employment permit.

(Applicable only to the employers o the employeeslast workplace beore departing rom Korea)


Initial3years

Additional2ye

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Where can I fnd inormation

about the Special EPS-TOPIK?Te test will be announced in the newspapersor on the ocial website o the correspondingsending agency and available on the EPS websiteat www.eps.go.kr.

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www.eps.go.kr

What are the dierences between theSpecial EPS-TOPIK and the re-entrysystem or committed workers whohave successully completed their

employment term in Korea?Te candidates or the re-entry system are those whoworked in industry or business such as agriculture & livestock,shery or small-sized manuacturing that is determined bythe Foreign Workorce Policy Committee, ully completedemployment and re-employment terms without changingworkplace, and have a contract that ends aer July 2, 2012.

Te re-entry system allows the candidates to re-enter three(3) months aer departing rom Korea and gives themexemptions rom job training beore and aer their arrival.

For urther inormation, please reer to page 15.

On the other hand, the eligible applicants or the Special EPS-TOPIK

are those who were rehired ater the initial employment term

o three (3) years and voluntarily returned home within the

expiration o their re-employment period (please reer to Q1).


Meanwhile, the Special EPS-TOPIK applicants must comply with

the 6-months re-entry restriction period and receive job training

ater arrival (please reer to Q6).


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Special EPS-TOPIK vs. Re-entry System orCommitted Workers

Item Special EPS-TOPIK

Eligibleapplicant

Rehired voluntary returnees departed from Korea

after January 1, 2010

Rehired workers whose extended employment

period ends after July 2, 2012;

Worked for industry or business determined by

the Foreign Workforce Policy Committee; and

have no record of workplace change

Industry /business

No restriction

Restricted to industries or size of businesses

(incl. agriculture & livestock, fishery, small-sizedmanufacturing) decided upon by the Foreign

Workforce Policy Committee

Koreanlanguage test

Required to pass the Special EPS-TOPIK which

is held once every quarterExempted

Job training Exempted from job training before arrivalExempted from job training before and after arrival

in Korea

Re-entryrestrictionperiod

Six (6) months from departure date Three (3) months from departure date

Requirementsto return tothe previousworkplace

Permitted to return to the last workplace if worked

there for more than one (1) year prior to departure

from Korea

Permitted only under the condition of going back

to the last workplace

Prior applicationby employer

Not required Required

Efforts to hire

Korean WorkersRequired Not required

Eligible country

Countries agreed to hold the test at their EPS-

TOPIK CBT centers

* The test will take place in Thailand, Vietnam,

Indonesia, Uzbekistan and Pakistan in the first

quarter of 2012

No restriction

Enforcementdate

- Thailand and Vietnam in Dec. 2011

- Thailand, Vietnam, Uzbekistan, Pakistan and

Indonesia in the first quarter of 2012

- Others will be included when equipped with

CBT centers

July 2, 2012

Receiving Process o the Special EPS-TOPIK Applicants(Eligible or pre-arranged job placement)

Receiving Process


Receiving EPS-TOPIKApplication

Veriy the applicantsqualifcations over the EPS website.

Set test questions with more than 30% o new questions.

Inorm about the possible annulment o the test uponthe discovery o the applicants unlawul stay in Korea.

Confrm medical checkup results.

Prioritize approval ater veriying the applicantsqualifcations.

Forward SMS automatically via EPS websiteContact the candidates by phone or SMS. I error

found in SMS auto forwarding system, send manually.

Issue an employment permit ater pre-arranging jobplacement within 25 days o the application submission.

Sign a contract on behal o the workers through consignment

pursuant to Article 9 o Act on Foreign WorkersEmployment etc.

* Reund the cost, i the contract is cancelled ater the issuance othe employment permit.

Issue CCVI to the contracted workers regardless o theexpiration o their 6-month re-entry restriction period.

Adjust entry schedules in accordance with the expiry

date o their re-entry restriction period (6 months), inecessary

Workers who enter Korea on the scheduled date will betranserred to job training centers.

[Ministry o Employment and Labor] OOO (name othe re-entering worker) is eligible to apply or pre-arrangement job placement until OO/OO (month/day).Please contact your local job center.

Announcement oTest Passers

Receiving JobApplication

Verifcation o JobApplication

Issuance oemployment permit

Arranging entryschedule

Entry supports

Signing o contract

Issuance o CCVI

SendingAgency

HRD Korea,SendingAgency

SendingAgency

HRD Korea

EPS website,Job center

Job center

HRD Korea

HRD Korea

Ministry oJustice

HRD Korea,SendingAgency

HRD Korea

Notifcation ocandidates or

pre-arranged jobplacement

Test Administration

AdministrativeAgency

ResponsibilityRe-entry System forCommitted Workers


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For better tomorrowBrighten your day with the Ministry of

Employment and Labor

Bldg. #3, Goverment Complex 47 Gwanmunro, Gwacheon-si, Gyeonggi-do,

427-718 Korea

For inormation : Call 1350

http://www.moel.go.kr