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eaglenovan
Joined: 02 Feb 2003
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Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2003 11:03 pm Post subject: E-2 overstay |
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Harvard Material
Joined: 25 Feb 2003 Location: Seoul
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Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2003 11:54 pm Post subject: E-2 expiry date. |
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Hey birdman...I believe we are given 14 days. You must be out of the country before the 14th day. You must not be in Korea when that day arrives. Maybe 15 days?? Contact Immigration and get the facts for yourself. Sorry I can not be 100% accurate right now...only 99%!
Don't mess around. Either-or. Do not go past the time allowed. Leave after 13 days to be on the safe side. Hell; leave immediately if possible, but no more than 13 days, or you face a huge fine and probably a lock up until the fine is paid for. |
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justagirl
Joined: 17 Jan 2003 Location: Cheonan/Portland
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Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2003 6:19 am Post subject: |
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Okay I can answer this one. I was 4 days overdue on my E-2 visa and had to go to the Immigration office at Incheon. She was quite firm with me and kept asking why I was doing illegal things in Korea by overstaying my visa. The officer kept asking my why I hadn't extended my visa and why I would be a "bad foreigner" (my words).
She did let me leave Korea but she said if I ever do it again, I'll get to pay a hefty fine.
The easiest thing to do is to go to the immigration office and have it extended so you don't have to face the people at the airport. It really would be less hassle, because you run from check in counter (after waiting in line) to the immigration office, back to the check in counter...it's just not worth it. You want to have all that mess taken care of in advance so you can just breeze through everything and be on the plane.
So, yes you can overstay a few days and probably get away with it as you leave Incheon. However, it really would save some stress and potential problems on the day of your departure if you'd just run to your immigration office in your part of Korea beforehand.
justagirl
ps--I'd heard on this board that you could overstay your E-2 by 14 days as well...that's why I chanced it. Never again. |
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meatball
Joined: 15 Jan 2003 Location: Daegu
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Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2003 4:00 am Post subject: |
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I agree!
I overstayed by 2 days. I had been told my Mokdong immigration on 2 different days that I had 14 days....they lied! I didn't. I was treated like I had just raped someone's mom BLAH BLAH Canada saram BLAH BLAH overstay...Anyhow, I told them that Mokdong gave me the bad information. No fine but the photocopied my info...it was a warning. I was more annoyed than anything. I told them that they are theives taking money when their own people lie...better safe than sorry ALWAYS. |
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OiGirl
Joined: 23 Jan 2003 Location: Hoke-y-gun
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Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2003 4:11 am Post subject: |
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It's free and not too difficult to get a short visa extension at your local immigration office BEFORE your visa expires. It may be helpful to have air tickets in hand, but is not always necessary. |
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