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Dutchboy12
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 Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 4:15 am Post subject: multiple entry visa |
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I have a valid one year visa but will be going on a trip home, does anyone know if traveling outside Korea on a single entry visa okay, or is it better to have a multiple entry visa. Is it mandatory by the Korean Government? Or can you pay on reentry to Korea a one time entry fee?
Note: Some coworkers have said I must have a multiple as customs will assume I am not returning and will confiscate my alien registration card upon departure. Not sure if that's true.
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 5:19 am Post subject: Re: multiple entry visa |
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| Dutchboy12 wrote: |
I have a valid one year visa but will be going on a trip home, does anyone know if traveling outside Korea on a single entry visa okay, or is it better to have a multiple entry visa. Is it mandatory by the Korean Government? Or can you pay on reentry to Korea a one time entry fee?
Note: Some coworkers have said I must have a multiple as customs will assume I am not returning and will confiscate my alien registration card upon departure. Not sure if that's true.
Thanks! |
You are required to have a re-entry permit stamped into your passport from Korean immigration BEFORE you leave the country or your E2 visa will be invalidated.
You can get a multiple re-entry stamp (allowing multiple trips in and out of the country) at your local immigration office. The cost is 50k won.
You can get a single re-entry permit at the airport immigration office BEFORE you go through security and passport control. It is in the hallway behind check-in counter "F". The cost is 35k won. |
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NeonRain
Joined: 30 Jan 2007
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| Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 8:17 pm Post subject: |
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Question: do I need to fill anything in at immigration for this re-entry permit or do I just take a ticket and and wait for my turn?
I'm reluctant to get a multiple re-entry permit since I only have two months left on my contract and I am unlikely to be making any more trips out of Korea between now and the end. Should I just get the single re-entry permit at the airport on my way out next week? |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 8:20 pm Post subject: |
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| NeonRain wrote: |
Question: do I need to fill anything in at immigration for this re-entry permit or do I just take a ticket and and wait for my turn?
I'm reluctant to get a multiple re-entry permit since I only have two months left on my contract and I am unlikely to be making any more trips out of Korea between now and the end. Should I just get the single re-entry permit at the airport on my way out next week? |
Get the single at the airport immigration office.
Take your ARC, Passport, and 30k won.
You will need to fill in a application at the counter. |
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NeonRain
Joined: 30 Jan 2007
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| Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 8:24 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks a bunch for all of your help, one last paranoid question. I'll be getting to the airport at about 7:30-8:00am, the counter where I will get my re-entry stamp will be open then right?
Thank you once again for indulging my paranoia, I'm not a very confident traveller. |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 8:28 pm Post subject: |
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| NeonRain wrote: |
Thanks a bunch for all of your help, one last paranoid question. I'll be getting to the airport at about 7:30-8:00am, the counter where I will get my re-entry stamp will be open then right?
Thank you once again for indulging my paranoia, I'm not a very confident traveller. |
The immigration office is located in a small hallway along the back wall of the departures area (before you go through security) - behind check-in row "F".
They are open from 6:30am until 10:00pm. It can take 15-60 minutes depending on the lineup in front of you. |
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