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jmbran11
Joined: 19 Jan 2006
Location: U.S.
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 Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 9:41 pm Post subject: Do Bundang people use the immi. office near Omokyo? |
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| I have directions to the office near Omokyo and the website says Seongnam residents should go to the Seoul Immigration Office. Is that the right one? |
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xCustomx
Joined: 06 Jan 2006
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| Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 9:59 pm Post subject: |
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| Yes, you have to go out to Omogyo. I went last Wednesday to Suwon and they refused to help me. The best thing to do is either get there right when it opens at 9:00 or make an appointment on their website. I believe it's www.immigration.co.kr I went last Friday and probably would've waited about 2 hours if I hadn't made a reservation. After waiting a short time, I was done with everything in just 20 minutes |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 10:01 pm Post subject: Re: Do Bundang people use the immi. office near Omokyo? |
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| jmbran11 wrote: |
| I have directions to the office near Omokyo and the website says Seongnam residents should go to the Seoul Immigration Office. Is that the right one? |
One and the same.
Omokyo is the MAIN immigration office in Seoul.
side note here: immigration officials come to Seongnam city hall one a month for your convenience. (2nd Thursday maybe?? - but I am NOT sure of the day and I am too busy to check). |
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rothkowitz
Joined: 27 Apr 2006
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| Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 10:11 pm Post subject: Re: Do Bundang people use the immi. office near Omokyo? |
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| ttompatz wrote: |
| jmbran11 wrote: |
| I have directions to the office near Omokyo and the website says Seongnam residents should go to the Seoul Immigration Office. Is that the right one? |
One and the same.
Omokyo is the MAIN immigration office in Seoul.
side note here: immigration officials come to Seongnam city hall one a month for your convenience. (2nd Thursday maybe?? - but I am NOT sure of the day and I am too busy to check). |
Every second Thursday I believe.Don't know how much you can actually get done there though.
Permits,renewals perhaps.Actual visa-dunno. |
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celticjay
Joined: 27 Aug 2005
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| Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 1:57 am Post subject: |
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| It's every second thursday and you can get everything done there that you would at Omokyo, but you don't have to wait. Last time I went there it took 5 minutes.. How good is that... |
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skconqueror
Joined: 31 Jul 2005
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| Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 2:03 am Post subject: |
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| I have always gone to Suwon, my wife called Seoul branch last year and they said that Bundang was in Gyunggido so we much go to the branch in Suwon. |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 2:32 am Post subject: |
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| skconqueror wrote: |
| I have always gone to Suwon, my wife called Seoul branch last year and they said that Bundang was in Gyunggido so we much go to the branch in Suwon. |
I can state for a fact that Bundang-gu, Seohyun-dong is under the jurisdiction of the Seoul Main branch (Omokyo station).
It is possible that places south of here are under the jurisdiction of the Suwon office.
My place of employment is under the Suwon office but foreigners register based on your place of residence not your place of employment. |
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xCustomx
Joined: 06 Jan 2006
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| Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 3:36 pm Post subject: |
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| skconqueror wrote: |
| I have always gone to Suwon, my wife called Seoul branch last year and they said that Bundang was in Gyunggido so we much go to the branch in Suwon. |
As I said, I went to Suwon 2 weeks ago and they refused to help me since I live in Seongnam. The only way that they would help me was if I changed my home address to Suwon, Yong-in, or somewhere else (can't remember). They didn't care that I am working in Yongin, they only cared about where I lived. I advise NOT going to Suwon, unless you want to take the chance of them not assisting you. |
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Gwangjuboy
Joined: 08 Jul 2003
Location: England
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| Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 5:07 pm Post subject: |
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| Changes have been made fairly recently where some of the adminitrative regions have been allocated to different immigration offices. Those who live in Hanam city for example used to have to go to Suwon but since the changes they have to go to Mokdong. The allocation of the administrative regions has been rather foolish too. For example, those living in Gangdong-gu must go to Mokdong despite the office in Jongro being much closer. If you live south of the river you must go to Mokdong. If you live north of the river you must go to Jongro. |
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jmbran11
Joined: 19 Jan 2006
Location: U.S.
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| Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 11:14 pm Post subject: |
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| Thanks to everyone. My husband went to the Omokyo Office and they extended his visa. He went to extend his F-3 visa, but they refused to do it without me present, although he had all my documents. (Just in case anyone else is searching for F-3 info). |
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