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justin moffatt
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 Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2007 5:56 pm Post subject: MORE F2 Visa Questions |
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The previous thread on this topic digressed to discussion on F5 visas. Therefore, if anyone would be so kind in helping by answering these questions, it would be much appreciated.
1) Does immigration hold your passport while you are waiting for your F2 visa to process?
2) Are you legally able to teach privates on a F2 visa?
3) An expat informed me that you have to go to the city where you initially registered your previous work visa. In other words, if you are living in Daegu and had previously registered your work visa in Seoul. You must go to Seoul to register your new F2 visa, even if you live in Daegu. Is this true?
4) What is the longest time it can take to process an F2?
5) If you live in one city and your partner lives in another, where do you process the F2 visa?
Thanks again and I look forward to your helpful comments.  |
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kprrok
Joined: 06 Apr 2004
Location: KC
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| Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2007 6:44 pm Post subject: Re: MORE F2 Visa Questions |
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| justin moffatt wrote: |
The previous thread on this topic digressed to discussion on F5 visas. Therefore, if anyone would be so kind in helping by answering these questions, it would be much appreciated.
1) Does immigration hold your passport while you are waiting for your F2 visa to process?
2) Are you legally able to teach privates on a F2 visa?
3) An expat informed me that you have to go to the city where you initially registered your previous work visa. In other words, if you are living in Daegu and had previously registered your work visa in Seoul. You must go to Seoul to register your new F2 visa, even if you live in Daegu. Is this true?
4) What is the longest time it can take to process an F2?
5) If you live in one city and your partner lives in another, where do you process the F2 visa?
Thanks again and I look forward to your helpful comments. |
From my knowledge, which may be off, here are the answers...
1.) Yes.
2.) Yes, but you need to get a tutor's license from the MoE and pay taxes on the income or you are guilty of tax evasion.
3.) Don't know, but you should get it processed in the city where your address is registered with immi and the gov't.
4.) Mine took about 2 weeks. If there are no problems, figure on 10 - 14 working days.
5.) You must be registered at the same address to get an F-2. You should both be living together at the address that is recorded on her Ho-jeok. You would then register at the immi office responsible for that area.
Any more questions, I'll try to answer. I'm coming up for renewal soon, so I have to start getting the paperwork together myself.
Cheers
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jinju
Joined: 22 Jan 2006
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| Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2007 6:56 pm Post subject: |
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| If you live in different cities how is it a marriage? |
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SuperFly
Joined: 09 Jul 2003
Location: In the doghouse
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| Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2007 7:00 pm Post subject: |
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| 2.) Yes, but you need to get a tutor's license from the MoE and pay taxes on the income or you are guilty of tax evasion. |
How many MOE's in Seoul? Anyone know? I need to do this asap... |
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that guy
Joined: 29 Feb 2004
Location: long gone
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| Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2007 7:18 pm Post subject: |
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| SuperFly wrote: |
| How many MOE's in Seoul? Anyone know? I need to do this asap... |
There should be a different MOE for each gu in Seoul, and you need to have a tutor's licence for a sepcific gu.
I tried to get one done for my area, Kangseo-gu, last year. They told me that I am legally entitled to apply for one but that they don't know how to do it for a foreigner so I can't have one. My wife and I gave up after a couple of months of arguing with them. |
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Milwaukiedave
Joined: 02 Oct 2004
Location: Goseong
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| Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 4:28 pm Post subject: |
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I agree with KPRROk. In terms of your wife's address, that maybe the only problem. I'm not sure how (or if) you can get around that.
When you go to renew your F-2 visa it's quite a bit easier and I had to wait a bit in the office while they updated the dates my card. |
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skdragon
Joined: 28 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 4:59 pm Post subject: |
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| jinju wrote: |
| If you live in different cities how is it a marriage? |
My wife and I are registered as living in different cities in Korea. How don't we have a marriage? |
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jinju
Joined: 22 Jan 2006
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| Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 6:05 pm Post subject: |
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| jinju wrote: |
| If you live in different cities how is it a marriage? |
My wife and I are registered as living in different cities in Korea. How don't we have a marriage? |
Not talking about being registered. The OP says he and his wife LIVE in different cities. Sorry, I cant grasp how its a marriage if the husband and wife dont live together. |
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bellum99
Joined: 23 Jan 2003
Location: don't need to know
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| Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 6:17 pm Post subject: |
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| They may own property in two different cities. You need to keep your address at the same apartment to be able to sell it later for less tax. Perhaps it could be something like that.. |
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jinju
Joined: 22 Jan 2006
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| They may own property in two different cities. You need to keep your address at the same apartment to be able to sell it later for less tax. Perhaps it could be something like that.. |
Sure, thats why they can be registerd in different places but live together. The thing is we are talking NOT about registration but about physically living together. I just dont see how its a marriage otherwise. |
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DHC
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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| You can teach once you are registered locally as a private tutor. You apply where your spouse is legally registered. You can own property all over Korea but you have only one legal registered address. Once you have your F-2 you can work anywhere in Korea and the Immigration office where your spouse is legally registered is the office with jurisdiction over your visa. |
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justin moffatt
Joined: 29 Aug 2006
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| Does anyone have any experiences with the immigration office in Pusan? Is it less stringent than Seoul? |
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