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renzobenzo1
Joined: 08 Sep 2007
Location: Suji, Yongin
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 Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2008 8:08 pm Post subject: Can a girlfriend enter Korea on your visa or get their own? |
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If I am teaching there and she wants to live with me.
Situation 1: She is from the Philippines
Situation 2: She is from another Asian country
Situation 3: She is from New Zealand
(Note: I only have 1 gf! the question applies mostly to situation 1 but I am curious for all).
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2008 8:39 pm Post subject: Re: Can a girlfriend enter Korea on your visa or get their o |
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| renzobenzo1 wrote: |
If I am teaching there and she wants to live with me.
Situation 1: She is from the Philippines
Situation 2: She is from another Asian country
Situation 3: She is from New Zealand
(Note: I only have 1 gf! the question applies mostly to situation 1 but I am curious for all).
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In all cases they need their own visa to be here.
1) NO entry without a visa. As a GF she is unlikely to get one. Marry here and the process is easy.
2) Some countries can enter for short periods without a visa (14-30 days).
A few can get visa waiver stamps for up to 90 days. The rest need a visa. Most cannot get an extension. Long term visas (as your GF) are not possible.
3) 90 day visa waiver. She will have to make a trip out of the country every 90 days to re-enter again on a waiver stamp.
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CentralCali
Joined: 17 May 2007
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| Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2008 8:41 pm Post subject: |
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| Under what category do you expect a girlfriend or boyfriend to be included on your visa? |
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renzobenzo1
Joined: 08 Sep 2007
Location: Suji, Yongin
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| Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2008 11:16 pm Post subject: |
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| CentralCali wrote: |
| Under what category do you expect a girlfriend or boyfriend to be included on your visa? |
Well if you think about it, in some situations marriage and a serious relationship are no different. It's just a legal process missing.
I see no reason why one shouldn't be able to live with their partner in a foreign country when one of them is working there.
The accommodation is adequate. The pay is enough to cover it.
And how about people who are engaged but haven't officially tied the knot. They just live an ormal life and have a few visits now and then? Hardly a great lead-up to married life. |
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Atavistic
Joined: 22 May 2006
Location: How totally stupid that Korean doesn't show in this area.
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| Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2008 11:18 pm Post subject: |
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| renzobenzo1 wrote: |
| CentralCali wrote: |
| Under what category do you expect a girlfriend or boyfriend to be included on your visa? |
Well if you think about it, in some situations marriage and a serious relationship are no different. It's just a legal process missing.
I see no reason why one shouldn't be able to live with their partner in a foreign country when one of them is working there.
The accommodation is adequate. The pay is enough to cover it.
And how about people who are engaged but haven't officially tied the knot. They just live an ormal life and have a few visits now and then? Hardly a great lead-up to married life. |
Then get married. If it's just a legal process missing, then what's the big deal? If you're already engaged, just get married.
(Gay rights are a whole 'nother issue, of course.) |
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CentralCali
Joined: 17 May 2007
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| Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2008 11:30 pm Post subject: |
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| renzobenzo1 wrote: |
| CentralCali wrote: |
| Under what category do you expect a girlfriend or boyfriend to be included on your visa? |
Well if you think about it, in some situations marriage and a serious relationship are no different. It's just a legal process missing. |
Actually, if you think about it, you will realize this is not the case.
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| I see no reason why one shouldn't be able to live with their partner in a foreign country when one of them is working there. |
No reason? Visa laws seem to constitute a reason.
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| The accommodation is adequate. The pay is enough to cover it. |
Again, a foreigner is permitted entry into another country for a particular purpose. "To live as a common-law spouse in a country that does not have common-law marriage" evidently does not qualify as a purpose for a long-term visa to Korea.
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| And how about people who are engaged but haven't officially tied the knot. They just live an ormal life and have a few visits now and then? Hardly a great lead-up to married life. |
What? |
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renzobenzo1
Joined: 08 Sep 2007
Location: Suji, Yongin
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| Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2008 11:40 pm Post subject: |
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I don't want to marry this person, not for the forseeable future anyway.
Korea can be a lonely place if you don't have company, which is why I want to take my gf with me as I don't want to be apart from her.
There may be no visa law for a partner-which sucks, that's why I asked the question.
It shouldn't just be done on marital or family ties.
I mean what if you were the guardian of a child who was basically your own. BUT you didn't have the same surname as them-what happens then-you leave your kid at home or you can't take them to Korea. Double blow.
Central Cali-try and explain your statement properly so they make sense next time please. |
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mrsquirrel
Joined: 13 Dec 2006
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| Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2008 11:45 pm Post subject: |
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| renzobenzo1 wrote: |
I don't want to marry this person, not for the forseeable future anyway.
Korea can be a lonely place if you don't have company, which is why I want to take my gf with me as I don't want to be apart from her.
There may be no visa law for a partner-which sucks, that's why I asked the question.
It shouldn't just be done on marital or family ties.
I mean what if you were the guardian of a child who was basically your own. BUT you didn't have the same surname as them-what happens then-you leave your kid at home or you can't take them to Korea. Double blow.
Central Cali-try and explain your statement properly so they make sense next time please. |
So you want to bring your girlfriend here because you will be lonely. What about here when you are at work all day?
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Atavistic
Joined: 22 May 2006
Location: How totally stupid that Korean doesn't show in this area.
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| Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 12:05 am Post subject: |
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| renzobenzo1 wrote: |
| I don't want to marry this person, not for the forseeable future anyway. |
Then you yourself just contradicted this:
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Well if you think about it, in some situations marriage and a serious relationship are no different. |
People who are married have decided that they want to be together in a COMMITTED relationship. You don't want to commit to her.
Thus, no visa for her. |
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CentralCali
Joined: 17 May 2007
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| Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 12:16 am Post subject: |
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| renzobenzo1 wrote: |
| I don't want to marry this person, not for the forseeable future anyway. |
Ah, the "I'm committed but I'm not committed" rationale. Lovely.
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| Korea can be a lonely place if you don't have company, which is why I want to take my gf with me as I don't want to be apart from her. |
So, you either marry the woman or you don't. You could try to find someone else to be your girlfriend/"almost wife." It is possible to not be lonely in another country. You might want to work on your manners some before you decide to build a new relationship, though.
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| There may be no visa law for a partner-which sucks, that's why I asked the question. |
There is a visa law for you to bring a partner--your spouse--here.
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| It shouldn't just be done on marital or family ties. |
Really? Evidently the people of the Republic of Korea, as represented by their National Assembly, have decided that it should be.
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| I mean what if you were the guardian of a child who was basically your own. BUT you didn't have the same surname as them-what happens then-you leave your kid at home or you can't take them to Korea. Double blow. |
If I had a court order designating me as the child's guardian, then I would obtain a visa for my ward, provided, of course, that said court order grants me permission to remove the child from the court's jurisdiciton. But you're not talking about bringing your ward over here.
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| Central Cali-try and explain your statement properly so they make sense next time please. |
What part of "Under what category do you expect a girlfriend or boyfriend to be included on your visa?" did you not understand? |
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saw6436
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Daejeon, ROK
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| Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 7:28 am Post subject: |
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| I used to work with an Australian guy who brought his girlfriend with him. She didn't work but was pursuing an MA on-line. Have no idea of her visa status but she was here the whole year with no problem. |
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CentralCali
Joined: 17 May 2007
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| Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 7:33 am Post subject: |
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| Then she sought a visa for herself, most likely a tourist visa. She was not sponsored in by her boyfriend. |
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Suwoner10
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| Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 3:44 pm Post subject: |
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| Marriage is for homos. |
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CentralCali
Joined: 17 May 2007
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| Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 5:43 pm Post subject: |
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| OP: You still haven't answered my question. |
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anyangoldboy
Joined: 28 Sep 2007
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| Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 8:17 pm Post subject: |
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| Get her to come with you on a tourist visa and find a school that is willing to hire her illegally... |
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