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URGENT-6 Years of overstay in Korea.
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ConquerYourself



Joined: 11 Jul 2007
PostPosted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 9:18 am    Post subject: URGENT-6 Years of overstay in Korea. Reply with quote
Please don't ask why or how, but a friend of mine has overstayed in Korea for 6 years after his visa had expiried. He's an American citizen who once held an F-1 visa.

He was out of town and found himself in a situation which required him to show his identification to local authorities. Since he didn't have any identification on him at the time, the authorities threatened to hand him over to immigrations and ,out of fear, he had a family member forge the visa period dates and then faxed a copy of his alien card to the authorities holding him.

He was released shortly there after, but will be summoned to court for some minor offense shortly. Obviously, he's in deep potty when they figure out that he's illegally in Korea and mislead local authorities by having his visa period forged and the inevitable deportation factor will come into play.

Yes, he's an idiot for overstaying and has made his bed to lay in.

My question is

1. Will they make him pay a fine. If so, how much?

2. He lied about his visa status being current, will he have to go through legalities for forgery or will they just give him the boot out of Korea?

3. He is considering every avenue to get out of this mess.
Including changing his citizenship to Korean, which I know isn't possible to get out of this mess his gotten himself into, but thought I add that to show how desperate he is.

Would appreciate some info on friend's fate.
Thanks!
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seoulshock



Joined: 12 Jul 2005
PostPosted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 9:24 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
is he a kyopo?
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ConquerYourself



Joined: 11 Jul 2007
PostPosted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 9:33 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
By ethnicity he's Korean and American, half and half.
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jajdude



Joined: 18 Jan 2003
PostPosted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 10:52 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
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tzechuk



Joined: 20 Dec 2004
PostPosted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 2:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
$$$$.

Chances are they will let him off with a hefty fine.

He is 1/2 a kyopo. They will be lenient.
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normalcyispasse



Joined: 27 Oct 2006
Location: Yeosu until the end of February WOOOOOOOO
PostPosted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 2:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
If he's half Han then he has a better chance of being let go with just a fine, but it may be a very stout one. Of course, I'm not a lawyer (Korean or otherwise), so don't take my opinion as gospel.

A six-year overstay. . . criminey. Doesn't Korea have pretty strict rules about not overstaying one's visa? Can your friend just jump ship and run?
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Young FRANKenstein



Joined: 02 Oct 2006
Location: Castle Frankenstein (that's FRONKensteen)
PostPosted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 3:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
ConquerYourself wrote:
By ethnicity he's Korean and American, half and half.

By punishment, the judge will order him into the Korean army to serve out his time.
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Beej



Joined: 05 Mar 2005
Location: Eungam Loop
PostPosted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 3:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
He should go back into hiding until the next amnesty period, If they still have amnesty periods. I knew a guy that overstayed two years, and just walked out scott free during an amnesty period. He was probably the only white guy doing so.
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ED209



Joined: 17 Oct 2006
PostPosted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 3:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
There hasn't been an amnesty period in years, doubt there will be one any time soon. Has he contacted the American Embassy? Is his passport up to date? Maybe chuck some Chinese cargo captain a few dollars and head for Shanghai (that's what many Korean businessmen do when they raid the company safe).
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spliff



Joined: 19 Jan 2004
Location: Khon Kaen, Thailand
PostPosted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 3:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I guessing his ARC is not current...I say he takes a boat back to the US. He'll probably have to pay a little, but that's life. Have the boat drop him near a beach in a dingy.
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SuperHero



Joined: 10 Dec 2003
Location: Superhero Hideout
PostPosted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 3:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
isn't the overstay fine 100,000 per day?
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CentralCali



Joined: 17 May 2007
PostPosted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 4:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Young FRANKenstein wrote:
ConquerYourself wrote:
By ethnicity he's Korean and American, half and half.

By punishment, the judge will order him into the Korean army to serve out his time.


If the "American" half isn't Asian, then he can't serve in the Korean military, even if he's considered to have Korean citizenship. The US passports for adults are valid for ten years so it's possible that his passport is