Step 1. Apply: Submit an application online or download and send it by e-mail.
Step 2. Evaluation: OGE will review your application and contact you within a week.
While processing get the following documents ready for submission later in the process:
1 Hard Copy of the EPIK Application which includes:
- One passport size photo
- The Consent for Verification form
- The personal essay (minimum 300 words)
- The Personal medical assessment
※ The application form requires three signatures:
1) the main application form;
2) the personal medical assessment
3) the consent for verification of personal information.
1 Copy of Your Diploma (Apostilled)
※Original must be notarized in order to be Apostilled by the state government
2 Original Sealed Transcripts ※One is required for the EPIK application and another is required for the E2 visa.
1 Criminal Record Check (Apostilled)
※ Obtain from local police station and get it Apostilled by the state government
2 Recommendation Letter
※ From a professor or a former employer
3 Copies of passport photo page
※Applicants should duplicate Apostilled or verified copies of diploma and criminal record check as well as all other documents and retain them for personal records (The consulates/embassy in charge of E-2 visa issuance may request the applicant to show proof of these documents).
Optional Documents (For level 1, 2+, 2 GETs):
Copies of certification (Teacher's/TESOL/TEFL/CELTA (100+hours) certificate etc) ※ If the certificate does not clearly state the number of hours, you must submit the evidential documents for it (for example, website prints, and transcripts, except for CELTA). ※ Successful applicants must bring their original teaching-related certificates to the EPIK orientation.
Proof of teaching/work experience (for details, refer to FAQ)
Optional Documents (For ethnic Koreans)
Copy of citizenship or a copy of legal residence certificate (for Korean nationals)
If you are an ethnic Korean and do not have citizenship but legal residency in one of the seven designated English-speaking countries, you must be able to provide proof of English education beginning from the first year of junior high school level.
Step 3. EPIK Interview: The EPIK will conduct a phone interview from Korea.
Step 4. Applicants who have passed the EPIK interview should submit the required documents listed above to the following address:
Osee Global Education – EPIK documents
2534 Royal Lane Suite 206
Dallas, TX 75229
Step 5. Sign the Contract: Sign the contract provided by OGE.
Step 6. Visa Processing: The OGE will assist your visa processing.
$45 fee with the VISA application (click on Download Forms)
Step 7. Departure: Purchase airplane ticket and send all of the information to the OGE
Step 8. Orientation:Join EPIK training and orientation (10 days)
Step 9. Settlement: Get settled into your apartment and start teaching classes at school.
Step 10. Testimony: Be sure to log online at our website and share with rest of us your experience in Korea as a teacher and recommend to your friends and others around you.
