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[OnTheOtherSide]

[PhD]

http://www.hikorea.go.kr/pt/InfoDetailR_en.pt?categoryId=2&parentId=382&catSeq=385&showMenuId=374&visaId=E2

Has a very clear and long description of the requirements for E-2 visa.

http://www.immigration.go.kr/HP/IMM80/index.do#

In the middle of the page are a set of boxes. The first box is called "Immigration guide"

click on that tab

At the top you will see E-application, reserve visit, information, etc.

Click on information. then click on information guide.

A chart will appear.

in the Work "row" click on the view button under the column "more than 91 days"

It will take you to a new chart. Click on the button in the second column "qualification" in the row for E-2 visa holders.

[Ut videam]

Nicely done, PhD! I haven't been able to deep-link to that site. I've cited it before, but always have to post the instructions to get there from the homepage. Thanks!

[truthfulchat]

[PhD]

If you go to the sight listed above, you will find a button named extension of stay. It lists the requirements.

Immigration has all the new rules posted on thier website. Here's the link.

http://www.immigration.go.kr/HP/IMM80/index.do

Click on the Immigration Guide button in the middle of the page.

At the top of the page, click on Information and then click on the Immigration guide tab. This will take you to the main page for immigration.

http://www.hikorea.go.kr/pt/InfoDetailR_en.pt?categoryId=2

In the row marked "Work" click on the "view" button in the second column. (More than 91 days)

That will take you to this page.

http://www.hikorea.go.kr/pt/InfoDetailR_en.pt?categoryId=2&parentId=328&catSeq=538&showMenuId=14

[traxxe]

So March 15th is here and gone...

So now everyone regardless of renewal at the same school or transfer will need the apostilled CRC, degree, and Medical?

I wonder if the numbers of renewals/changing job applicants will have dropped internally within the country significantly from this point on.

[I-am-me]

Have immigration policies changed? Another poster stated that if you re-sign you do not need the CRC and forced HIV checks.

[I-am-me]

Have immigration policies changed? Another poster stated that if you re-sign you do not need the CRC and forced HIV checks.

[EFLTeacher]

I was in Korea just before the laws changed, but I left. While in the States I changed my residence to another state. I've only been a resident here for about 2 months now. Do you think it matters how long you've been a resident in a state where you get a CRC? Also, can I use the CRC from the FBI instead of the one for my state? The one for the FBI is much cheaper. Possibly that's only for people who are over seas right now. Thanks in advance.

[Ut videam]

Immigration has recently updated their web site with this new information.

Teachers re-signing for the first time at public schools do not need to provide a criminal background check when they extend their stay at Immigration. Also, they do not need a full recruitment health exam, just the HIV and drug tests.

From the Immigration Guide at the HiKorea website:

[Ut videam]

Immigration has updated the E-2 regulations on their website to reflect the fact that applicants already in Korea can get their background checks authenticated with an affidavit/declaration at their embassy INSTEAD OF an apostille.

From the Immigration Guide at the HiKorea web site:

[PhD]

[Ut videam]

Try reading what I wrote, PhD.

I didn't say the embassy would authenticate a background check.

I said they would notarize an affidavit that you execute declaring the background check to be authentic.

Immigration will accept such an affidavit, attached to the background check, as suitable authentication.

One example of a successful visa application utilizing this method: http://forums.eslcafe.com/korea/viewtopic.php?t=115755

[PhD]

I did read what you wrote and what you said was:

[Ut videam]

I see you're back to your customary modus operandi, PhD: pontificating inaccurately.

1. The rules for new visas were already in effect pre-March 15th. The grace period that expired March 15th only applied to E-2 holders who were extending their stay on their current visa, not obtaining a new visa. The OP cited obtained a new visa. Peruse the post a few more times, as reading comprehension doesn't seem to be your strong suit.

2. The Canadian Embassy is telling their citizens to authenticate their background checks by means of a statutory declaration notarized at the embassy (see http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/world/embassies/korea/menu-en.asp, "Korea tightens visa rules for foreign instructors"). The Canadian Embassy, like the U.S. Embassy, will not directly notarize the background checks. But they will notarize the statutory declaration. It was determined by the Canadian Embassy in consultation with Korean Immigration that such a declaration constituted acceptable authentication (see http://forums.eslcafe.com/korea/viewtopic.php?p=1470383). The reason they'll accept the statutory declaration is because it makes the affiant liable under perjury statutes of their home country if the check was falsified.

The equivalent of a statutory declaration under U.S. law is an affidavit. Swearing a false affidavit would make one liable to prosecution for perjury under U.S. law. Thus, the effect is the same as the Canadian statutory declaration, which has been deemed acceptable by KImmi to authenticate the background check.

It's not a matter of fooling immigration officers, you supercilious twit. It's a matter of getting the embassy to notarize something that Immi will accept as suitable authentication. I've amply demonstrated the fact that a statutory declaration/affidavit succeeds on both counts.