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communicationbreakdown
Joined: 05 Feb 2007
Location: Bundang
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 Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2007 12:33 am Post subject: Overstaying my visa by three days |
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What sort of penalty could I expect for overstaying my visa by three or four days?
Brief-as-possible background: My E-2 visa expires on Jan 25. My contract lasts until graduation day: Feb 28. My director called immigration this morning. Even with the new regulations, apparently I can extend my visa painlessly over the Internet for one month. But only for exactly one month. Legally, I have to leave the country a mere three days before my little kindergarten kids graduate and move on to elementary school.
It tears me up that I've been with them for a year but because of bureaucracy won't get to be at their graduation. If the penalty for overstaying is minor, I'm willing to do it. But if it's a major fine and a mark on my passport, then it's not worth it. If I show up at Incheon with an ARC card three or four days out of date, what should I expect to happen?
Alternatively, does anyone know a way to extend my visa for slightly more than a month without leaving the country? I know everyone's confused by all these new visa regulations, but I'd appreciate any information that could shed some light on this.
(If any of this information is already posted on another thread, please direct me. My search didn't turn up anything obvious.) |
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Juregen
Joined: 30 May 2006
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| Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2007 2:16 am Post subject: |
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Try to go down to an Immi office and explain the situation.
you pbbly can get till 28th or 29th |
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moosehead
Joined: 05 May 2007
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| Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2007 3:17 am Post subject: Re: Overstaying my visa by three days |
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| communicationbreakdown wrote: |
What sort of penalty could I expect for overstaying my visa by three or four days?
Brief-as-possible background: My E-2 visa expires on Jan 25. My contract lasts until graduation day: Feb 28. My director called immigration this morning. Even with the new regulations, apparently I can extend my visa painlessly over the Internet for one month. But only for exactly one month. Legally, I have to leave the country a mere three days before my little kindergarten kids graduate and move on to elementary school.
It tears me up that I've been with them for a year but because of bureaucracy won't get to be at their graduation. If the penalty for overstaying is minor, I'm willing to do it. But if it's a major fine and a mark on my passport, then it's not worth it. If I show up at Incheon with an ARC card three or four days out of date, what should I expect to happen?
Alternatively, does anyone know a way to extend my visa for slightly more than a month without leaving the country? I know everyone's confused by all these new visa regulations, but I'd appreciate any information that could shed some light on this.
(If any of this information is already posted on another thread, please direct me. My search didn't turn up anything obvious.) |
if your contract doesn't expire until feb 28 you can get a visa extension until the end of the contract - feb 28 - and THEN go in with a flight tkt out of korea (or boat tkt, doesn't really matter where you go as long as you're out of here) - and they'll grant you another 30 days - seems that should pretty much do the trick, huh?
btw, why would you want to leave before your contract is up? don't you receive severance? oh yeah, that's right - the same director who told you immi said you could only stay 30 more days also promised he'd send it to you!!
you're welcome  |
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Voyeur
Joined: 19 Jun 2003
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| Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2007 6:24 am Post subject: |
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DON'T do it.
Check out the garduation on Youtube.
As far as Immigration is concerned, 3 minutes overdue is the same as 3 years. You get the full weight. |
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PGF
Joined: 27 Nov 2006
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| Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2007 6:49 am Post subject: |
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| Voyeur wrote: |
DON'T do it.
Check out the garduation on Youtube.
As far as Immigration is concerned, 3 minutes overdue is the same as 3 years. You get the full weight. |
what's the penalty? |
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garykasparov
Joined: 27 May 2007
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| Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2007 6:57 am Post subject: Re: Overstaying my visa by three days |
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| communicationbreakdown wrote: |
What sort of penalty could I expect for overstaying my visa by three or four days?
Brief-as-possible background: My E-2 visa expires on Jan 25. My contract lasts until graduation day: Feb 28. My director called immigration this morning. Even with the new regulations, apparently I can extend my visa painlessly over the Internet for one month. But only for exactly one month. Legally, I have to leave the country a mere three days before my little kindergarten kids graduate and move on to elementary school.
It tears me up that I've been with them for a year but because of bureaucracy won't get to be at their graduation. If the penalty for overstaying is minor, I'm willing to do it. But if it's a major fine and a mark on my passport, then it's not worth it. If I show up at Incheon with an ARC card three or four days out of date, what should I expect to happen?
Alternatively, does anyone know a way to extend my visa for slightly more than a month without leaving the country? I know everyone's confused by all these new visa regulations, but I'd appreciate any information that could shed some light on this.
(If any of this information is already posted on another thread, please direct me. My search didn't turn up anything obvious.) |
Q: Did you sign a labor contract without dates of employment written in it? |
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Zyzyfer
Joined: 29 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2007 8:19 am Post subject: |
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Go to immigration like a week or so before your contract expires with an outbound ticket and the contract. They'll grant the extra days on your stay here until you're due to fly out.
As long as that rule hasn't changed as well.  |
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Young FRANKenstein
Joined: 02 Oct 2006
Location: Castle Frankenstein (that's FRONKensteen)
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| Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2007 5:25 pm Post subject: |
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| PGF wrote: |
| Voyeur wrote: |
| As far as Immigration is concerned, 3 minutes overdue is the same as 3 years. You get the full weight. |
what's the penalty? |
Unless things have changed since 2005, the first month of overstay is a flat 100,000. After that, the penalty increases exponentially and easily supasses the previous 100,000/day penalty they used to have. |
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PGF
Joined: 27 Nov 2006
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| Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2007 6:26 pm Post subject: |
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| Young FRANKenstein wrote: |
| PGF wrote: |
| Voyeur wrote: |
| As far as Immigration is concerned, 3 minutes overdue is the same as 3 years. You get the full weight. |
what's the penalty? |
Unless things have changed since 2005, the first month of overstay is a flat 100,000. After that, the penalty increases exponentially and easily supasses the previous 100,000/day penalty they used to have. |
Ok. No problem. Just a fine.
Thanks |
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Norith
Joined: 02 Nov 2007
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| Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2007 8:31 pm Post subject: |
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Um, there are two different issues on the plate here.
1.) What is the penalty for overstaying your visa?
Answer: a fine
2.) What is the penalty for working after your visa has expired?
Answer: You'd be working illegally...without a visa; if immigration figured this out, they'd probably throw the book at you (considering that they are tightening the regulations, I'd have to assume that they are also enforcing the current, more relaxed regulations). Thus, if they found you out, I'm pretty sure you'd be deported and banned for two years from getting another E-2. Plus, any 'illegal act' allows your boss to fire you without paying your serverance and flight ticket home...it's not beyond some schools to ask you to work illegally, and then *beep* on you for 'breaking the law.'
Solution: Go to immigration with your contract and see if they'll extend your E-2 for the month+3 days instead of just the month. |
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Voyeur
Joined: 19 Jun 2003
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| Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2007 8:50 pm Post subject: |
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Who knows - I guess things changed. When I wanted to overstay my VISA by 3 hours they told me I faced the possibility of being blacklisted from the country for over a year.
If it is a fine only then cool. But it is so scary 'cause one immigration guy rarely says the same as another. |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2007 12:19 am Post subject: |
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| Voyeur wrote: |
Who knows - I guess things changed. When I wanted to overstay my VISA by 3 hours they told me I faced the possibility of being blacklisted from the country for over a year.
If it is a fine only then cool. But it is so scary 'cause one immigration guy rarely says the same as another. |
The overstay will result in a black mark in your immigration file. You will be flagged EVERY time you apply for a new visa in future. |
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yingwenlaoshi
Joined: 12 Feb 2007
Location: ... location, location!
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| Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2007 12:32 am Post subject: |
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I overstayed my visa in Taiwan. One year and a half. But I knew someone. I can go back anytime I want.
Korea is fkred that way, though. |
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