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Hi Ruth - I am! Enjoy your trip over. Incheon airport is great!

I'm in Korea as well - bundang.

It's so frikkin hot here! Loving everything so far.

SMOE have stated two things in the last week:

1. All applicants must now have a 100 hour TEFL course, and
2. Places are now being given on a first come first serve basic (On paperwork being sent...

Thanks for the number to the main switchboard - I called them but they don't have any information, they told me to call the legalisation department. When I told them they haven't answered the phone...

This paperwork is killing me. I sent off a degree confirmation letter (which was signed and noterised) to the Foreign and Commonwealth office early last week, and so far have heard NOTHING. I have...

I just asked my girlfriend who's Korean - she said that it depends on the plumbing for whatever type of place you'll be in. Many of the older buildings have smaller pipes so you're suppose to put...

I applied to GEPIK and SMOE initially, and GEPIK said they would return the cost of the flight whatever it was - just to get a direct economy flight. SMOE is a bit different, they said they'd refund...

Yeah exactly, Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education. SMOE give you 500,000 won a month housing allowance if you don't take the apartment, but of course Seoul is more expensive to rent an apartment...

I'd probably take the apartment, depending on its location from the school. Thinking of schools, do you people on EPIK know your school/location already? SMOE doesn't release that info until you're...

Who gave you a deadline, EPIK?

I'm with SMOE and the agency haven't given me a 'deadline' per se, just to get them in "as soon as possible".

Sounds unlucky man, at least you have the documents sorted, though. It's a bit of pressure all right, one wrong thing on one document could void your whole application.

Thanks for the advice. I went along to a solicitor and he notorised both my degree confirmation letter and transcript and only asked for a donation to a charity - very cool. I was worried it would...

Has anyone applied to SMOE through Koreaconnections? If so, what's your experience been like?

I'm having a fair bit of trouble getting my documents. Does anyone in the U.K. know how to get your...