Korean Job Discussion Forums

charlie_choppers · Joined: 23 Jan 2003

Japan is the place where most people get their work visas; however, I have friends in China so I'd like to get my visa at the Korean Embassy in Beijing. Has anyone managed to do this successfully? I phoned the embassy but they couldn't give me a strait answer ("If your embassy says we can, then we will look into it"??). The few people I know who travelled to Beijing to get their visas told me they got the run-around and ended up travelling to Japan anyway.

Any information or suggestions on this subject would be greatly appreciated.

CC

Infoseeker · Joined: 06 Feb 2003 Location: Lurking somewhere near Seoul

I needed a tempory visa to work at a winter camp in Korea. I was in China and I got mine done in Beijing. I had no problem whatsoever.

Zyzyfer · Posted: Sat Feb 15, 2003 2:21 am Post subject:

Infoseeker says it's possible...I say it's far more expensive. I think you have to get a VISA to even go to China to get a VISA...a little redundant?

charlie_choppers · Joined: 23 Jan 2003

Different type of visa Zyayfer... but you're correct about the expense. As I mentioned, I'd like to go to Beijing to visit friends, and if I can get my work visa at the same time it will be cheaper in the long run than visiting my friends then having to travel to Japan to get the visa.

To anyone else out there reading this thread, I'd just like to comment that I think Infoseeker was one of the lucky ones who managed to get a work visa without a hitch (s/he was kind enough to give me further info offline -- thanks again!). I've spoken to many people since who've encountered nothing but hassles getting their visas in Beijing. Can anyone corroborate this?