In the last 2 to 3 years Korea has changed their immigration process for those who want to make the Japanese visa run. If you are applying for your E-2 visa in Canada this step is not necessary. If however, you are applying for your visa while inside Korea and intend to visit the Korean Consulate in Japan you must have an additional piece of paper. You need a background check done by Korean Education. These normally take 2-3 weeks to process.
When you are applying for your issuance number from Korean immigration if they know you are inside the country it is possible that they will flag the application. If they assume you are still in your home country you won’t find this out until you get to the Korean Consulate in Japan and they reject your visa.
I have never seen this on any of the websites that I’ve looked at. It was not on the Korean consulate website, nor did immigration offer up the information when we were getting the issuance number. Your school may or may not know about this detail, depends on how proactive they are.
Mr. & Mrs. Vandebilt + kids 
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