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[greedy_bones]

Forgive me if this sounds a little stupid or has been asked already, but here goes.

When I got my first Visa in the US, it was multiple entry because the US visas all are. I plan on getting my next Visa from a Korean embassy in Thailand rather than the US this time around. Is a visa for someone the same regardless of where you get the stamp or does the visa change depending on where you get it from? More simply, will a visa for an American citizen issued in Thailand be a multiple entry visa?

[Trevor]

Yes it will. If they don't give you one, calmly but firmly explain to the clerk that there is a 'treaty' between the U.S. and Korea which obligates them to give you a multiple entry visa, stamped with 'M'.
You should have no problems.

[greedy_bones]

cool, thanks.

[schwa]

I dont think Trevor's response is correct.

Americans customarily get a multi-entry visa with their first E2 only. Subsequent visas are single entry & they need to purchase a re-entry permit separately.

Thats how its gone for all my American friends working here.

[OiGirl]

A completely new E2 (which it what it sounded like the OP was talking about) should be multiple entry. (In my case it was.) An extension or renewal would be single entry.

[schwa]

I stand corrected. I was thinking of renewals.

[dogshed]

When I got mine renewed I had to specifically ask for a multiple entry and pay a fee.

[Drew345]

I got an E-2 from Thailand 3 years ago with a US passport and it was multiple entry.
I hate to reopen all the new rule confusion, but I thought there was something about only getting E-2 visas in the home country after an interview at the Korean embassy. Forgive me if I am behind the times on that issue, but might be good to call the Bangkok Korean embassy. I called them before from Korea and they did answer the phone and spoke English.

[ttompatz]