Getting the actual visa

I picked up my visa today from the Korean consulate.  So I guess I am all ready to go, I just need to get my plane ticket and then hurry up and wait.  

Once you get the paperwork from Korea getting the actual visa is not a problem.  You just go to the Korean consulate and give them your passport and the documents you need and they tell you to come pick it up on a certain date.  Mine took two days.  If you don't live near a Korean consulate I heard you can mail the stuff to them. 

Because I am working at a public school I did not need an interview.  When my friend got a job at a privately owned hakwon he had to have an interview at the consulate, but the interview seemed to be more of a formality.

I didn't know what the visa would look like.  It's a sticker that takes up a whole page in your passport.  It has your name, length of time the visa is valid, when you must enter Korea by, how many entries you can make, your employer, and some other info.  

It's a single entry visa, which means once you enter Korea, you cannot take a trip outside of Korea and come back with that same visa.  If you plan to travel outside of Korea during your contract you must get a multiple entry permit before leaving Korea.  (**EDIT**  I have heard all visas now allow multiple entries and it is no  longer necessary to get the multiple entry sticker.  I have only been told this by a friend, I have not verified it)

I think getting the visa was the easiest and most straight forward part of the process so far.