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ella · Joined: 17 Apr 2006

I tried to go to the immigration office to extend my tourist visa today. Their web site says they're at the Government Complex on line 4 but when I got there, the women at the information desk said to go to the Omokgyo stop on line 5. That's all they said, no information about where to go from the subway station once I get there. Has anyone been to the immigration office at Omokgyo? Where is it from the subway station?

JongnoGuru · Joined: 25 May 2004 Location: peeing on your doorstep

ella · Joined: 17 Apr 2006

Where is it? This is the only location given on immigration's web site, I didn't know there were other offices:

http://www.immigration.go.kr/indeximmeng.html

JongnoGuru · Joined: 25 May 2004 Location: peeing on your doorstep

Seoul Immigration Office Sejongno Branch Office
SK Hub Bldg. 2F, 89-4,
Gyeongundong, Jongno-gu, Seoul

Tel: 82-2-732-6214
(That phone number is typically busy for hours on end, and it's the only one they publish.)

There is nothing to distinguish the SK Hub Bldg. from any other largish office building in Seoul. It's very near Exit 6 of Anguk Station on the Orange (No. 3) Line. Here's the building AS IT APPEARS AS YOU EMERGE FROM THE SUBWAY STATION (i.e., the side view, i.e., NOT as it appears from the street as you fly by in a cab at the speed of sound).

And a map with absolutely no English on it. Very Happy

ella · Joined: 17 Apr 2006

Wow, a photo, even! Thanks, that's where I'll be tomorrow morning. Smile

maryb · Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2007 2:11 am Post subject:

It's next to the police station.

They will only accept you if your from the northern gus of Seoul.

JongnoGuru · Joined: 25 May 2004 Location: peeing on your doorstep

maryb · Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2007 2:53 am Post subject:

very true. You can at any office. I missed the part about the "tourist visa" .

My mistake. Embarassed

ella · Joined: 17 Apr 2006

I went this morning. Took about 20 minutes, 2 month extension, cost 30,000 won.

maryb · Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2007 9:42 pm Post subject:

where are you from? I've been there a couple of times to extend and they always give me the evil eye when I want to extend for a week let alone 2 months!!!!

ella · Joined: 17 Apr 2006

I'm from the U.S. I went in four days before my 30-day tourist visa expired. I asked for less than two months but they gave me two months, anyway- not that I'm complaining. No one gave me the evil eye, they were pretty fast and efficient.

How are you dressed when you go in there? I went in in a business suit, hair up, jewelry, briefcase. Pay attention to your posture, too: stand tall and sit up straight sort of towards the edge of your chair, feet flat on the floor. Image means a lot here. A few "anyong hasseyos" and "kamsa hamidas" with a little bow certainly don't hurt, either.