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swedster
Joined: 26 Jan 2007
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 Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2007 7:39 pm Post subject: Wire transfer gone bad |
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I have just wired home some cash to Europe, I have done this before. However, this time the bank stamped my passport and wrote down the amount I wired. I am just here on a tourist visa - so it might be a problem when I leave Korea...
Any suggestions what might occur when I leave? |
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kigolo1881
Joined: 30 Jul 2006
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| Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2007 8:32 pm Post subject: |
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What's the problem?
Second of all, no bank is ever going to amend or scribble into my passport, only a gov't entity such as Immigration is allowed to do that.
Last, are you implying that you are an illegal teacher?
Your post leaves out vital info. |
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Drew345
Joined: 24 May 2005
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| Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2007 8:38 pm Post subject: |
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It doesn't sound like a bad thing, it may have even be for a good reason. Usually there is a limit as to how much money a foreigner can take OUT of Korea (one months salary only). But with that note in your passport, you can prove that you brought the money in from abroad, and maybe be able to transfer it out again if need be. That is one possible reason why they might have put that in your passport. A stamp by the bank though? That does sound a bit weird.
This is just a guess. |
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kigolo1881
Joined: 30 Jul 2006
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| Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2007 8:41 pm Post subject: |
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| bah humbug, there's no Law that stipulates the export of currency out of Korea. |
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bosintang
Joined: 01 Dec 2003
Location: In the pot with the rest of the mutts
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| Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2007 8:43 pm Post subject: |
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| You're allowed to send up to $10,000 without having to show your earnings, and they stamp your passport to make sure you don't go over that limit. |
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