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Fofazoju · Joined: 09 May 2006

Are there any problems with immigration if you get a new passport? I'm assuming it's easy just to inform them of your new passport once you get it. Am I wrong here?

Also, I was told 15 business days for a new Canadian passport (mine is expiring soon), and because I don't have a guarantor, it will be around $130. Is this true?

Anyone who has had this done recently I'd love to hear!

TexasPete · Joined: 24 May 2006 Location: Koreatown

New passport means new E2 Visa. So get ready to go through a bunch more crap.

Fofazoju · Joined: 09 May 2006

are u friggan kidding me???

UGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHh

So I have to get a NEW E2 visa?? Do you know the steps involved in that? Don't tell me I have to get all that criminal record check and all that stuff....

nomad-ish · Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 4:47 pm Post subject:

smurfetta · Joined: 03 Oct 2007

My husband and I replaced our Canadian passports last November. We had no problem transfering our E-2 visas over to our new passports. Just take your new passport in to the immigration office with the old one and they should be able to transfer it right then and there. I don't even think there was a charge. Just remember to remind them to transfer your multiple entry stamp over too if you have one.

Here is the Canadian embassy website in Seoul.

http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/world/embassies/korea/passportservices-en.asp

We used the photo studio that they suggested on their website. It was a pretty painless process overall.

I recommend getting the 48 pager if you plan on doing lots of traveling.

TexasPete · Joined: 24 May 2006 Location: Koreatown

My friend just got a new British passport and i seem to recall him having to go through a bunch of crap this year. Anyways i just texted him to see what he has to say about it. Nomadish could be right.

laogaiguk · Joined: 06 Dec 2005 Location: somewhere in Korea

You do not need another E2 visa. You just need to make sure you have a REENTRY PERMIT in your passport if you leave the country. You ARC is fine for everything else. Don't throw away the old passport though, and keep it with you just incase you ever need to show it (I never have, I have coming into and out of the country 10 times since). It is about 130 too, damn guarantor thing...

TexasPete, at least say when something is just your opinion. You said it as fact, and could cause someone a lot of trouble. If you don't know, don't post or post that it's just an opinion.

nomad-ish · Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 5:32 pm Post subject:

^ i don't know, hearing someone's panic besides my own was rather nice for a change Very Happy

pocariboy73 · Joined: 23 Jan 2003

No need to reapply for another visa. I got a new Canadian passport in Korea last year and all I had to do afterwards was visit Korean immigration to transfer my old visa. Don't worry about it...

Fofazoju · Joined: 09 May 2006

sweet, that's certainly good news, thanks Smile

TheChickenLover · Joined: 17 Dec 2007 Location: The Chicken Coop

Fofazoju · Joined: 09 May 2006

ONE more question,

If you need it in a hurry, can they do it quicker than the 3 weeks if you pay a fee?

If so, how much is the fee? And how fast can it be done?

TexasPete · Joined: 24 May 2006 Location: Koreatown

smurfetta · Joined: 03 Oct 2007

We got ours two weeks later by mail. We thought it would take three weeks. Maybe, we lucked out. Call or email them through their website and ask them if they will speed up the service for you.

nomad-ish · Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 7:12 pm Post subject:

didn't take more than 3 weeks for me either.