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pumpkin
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 Posted: Thu Apr 01, 2004 12:20 pm Post subject: Visa Run to Korea for a Japanese work visa? |
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| I have read quite a lot about people going into Japan from Korea to obtain work visas to work in Korea, but I have not heard the reverse? Is it not possible to obtain a work visa in Korea to work in Japan? |
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Gordon
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| Posted: Thu Apr 01, 2004 12:36 pm Post subject: |
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| Yes, it's possible. Most of the visa runs you hear about in Korea are probably people on tourist visas. There are more people teaching illegally in Korea and they go to Japan every 3 or 6 months depending on where they are from. I do think some people have gotten work visas in Japan without having to first leave the country. It depends on immigration. |
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shmooj
Joined: 11 Sep 2003
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| Posted: Fri Apr 02, 2004 1:27 pm Post subject: |
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| Gordon wrote: |
| Yes, it's possible. Most of the visa runs you hear about in Korea are probably people on tourist visas. There are more people teaching illegally in Korea and they go to Japan every 3 or 6 months depending on where they are from. I do think some people have gotten work visas in Japan without having to first leave the country. It depends on immigration. |
Don't tar everyone with the same brush. We have someone here whose partner cannot get a spouse visa understandably but has no work. They are legally entitled to head out of the country to get their tourist visa on a regular basis.
Basically, to inform the OP, there is a steady stream of workers going both ways. The most popular destinations out of Seoul for visa runs are Osaka and Fukuoka. |
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Gordon
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| Posted: Fri Apr 02, 2004 10:41 pm Post subject: |
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| shmooj wrote: |
| Gordon wrote: |
| Yes, it's possible. Most of the visa runs you hear about in Korea are probably people on tourist visas. There are more people teaching illegally in Korea and they go to Japan every 3 or 6 months depending on where they are from. I do think some people have gotten work visas in Japan without having to first leave the country. It depends on immigration. |
Don't tar everyone with the same brush. We have someone here whose partner cannot get a spouse visa understandably but has no work. They are legally entitled to head out of the country to get their tourist visa on a regular basis.
Basically, to inform the OP, there is a steady stream of workers going both ways. The most popular destinations out of Seoul for visa runs are Osaka and Fukuoka. |
You don't think that most people on visa runs in Korea are teaching illegally on tourist visas? Maybe times have changed.
That's too bad your wife can't get a spousal or dependent visa. What are the requirements for that? Does she get a 3 or 6 month tourist visa? The cheapest way (but slowest visa run) is by boat from Pusan to Shiminoseki. |
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ironopolis
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| Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2004 1:04 am Post subject: |
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| Gordon wrote: |
You don't think that most people on visa runs in Korea are teaching illegally on tourist visas? Maybe times have changed.
That's too bad your wife can't get a spousal or dependent visa. What are the requirements for that? Does she get a 3 or 6 month tourist visa? The cheapest way (but slowest visa run) is by boat from Pusan to Shiminoseki. |
Maybe I'm wrong, but to me shmooj's post quite clearly referred to someone whose partner couldn't get a spouse visa (presumably because they're not married, same as most countries really). A married partner in Korea normally DOES get a spouse visa. I knew plenty of people who had one, and even asked at immigration about it myself, when I was there.
My experience of Korea also tells me that to say "most" on visa runs are illegals is a bit of a wild generalisation. I appreciate that a some expats there may have been in a situation where it seemed that way because of the people they personally came across. But what I've heard from Korean friends working in positions with relevant first hand experience in this is that there is indeed a fairly steady stream in BOTH directions and in quite a wide variety of circumstances.
Incidentally, the Pusan - Shimonoseki ferry probably used to be the cheapest way of doing it - in fact I used it myself to sort out a Japanese visa a few years ago, and the two other westerners also on the boat were doing exactly the same. These days, however, unless you're in Shimonoseki itself and are needing a Japanese visa from the consulate in Pusan, there are plenty of cheaper and better ways of doing it. |
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shmooj
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| Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2004 2:08 am Post subject: |
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| Gordon - read ironopolis for my response to yours. My wife is shortly due to get her spouse visa. As ironopolis said, I think your "most" is going a bit far. |
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Gordon
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| Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2004 6:06 am Post subject: |
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| I stand corrected. Perhaps "most" is a strong word. Most of the teachers I knew were "illegals" like myself and we did frequent visa runs. |
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shmooj
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| Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2004 2:02 pm Post subject: |
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| Gordon wrote: |
| I stand corrected. Perhaps "most" is a strong word. Most of the teachers I knew were "illegals" like myself and we did frequent visa runs. |
Did it take you long to get the tar out of your jacket after your time in Korea then Gordon  |
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chi-chi
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2004 6:31 am Post subject: |
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Illegals do not have to do visa runs, either, they can get it processed in country.
Not that I have a visa or even a job right now. I just know this through talking with people. |
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Gordon
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| Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2004 6:41 am Post subject: |
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Well you must have some kind of visa, work or tourist.
Can you renew visas in Korea without having to leave the country? That's new. |
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