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R-Seoul
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 Posted: Fri May 02, 2008 1:34 am Post subject: Didn't hand in my ARC upon leaving Korea & now I'm retur |
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I finished my (non-teaching) contract last December and left the country with my ARC and didn't inform Immigration at the airport that I was leaving for good. (Though I assume my company must have informed them).
I now live in Thailand and am returning to Korea next week on business.
Question is: Will I get any hassle at Immigration upon my return?
Any possible fine etc? I don't want to give them my ARC as it's a nice memento of my time in Korea plus as a Brit I don't have any ID so show my ARC when asked, for getting into clubs & the like in Bangkok... |
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spliff
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Location: Khon Kaen, Thailand
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| Posted: Fri May 02, 2008 1:59 am Post subject: |
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That's a good one! How would anyone here know. this is not the Korean immigration site. What kind of bizzness are you in that you ask clueless questions?  |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Fri May 02, 2008 2:07 am Post subject: Re: Didn't hand in my ARC upon leaving Korea & now I'm r |
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| R-Seoul wrote: |
I finished my (non-teaching) contract last December and left the country with my ARC and didn't inform Immigration at the airport that I was leaving for good. (Though I assume my company must have informed them).
I now live in Thailand and am returning to Korea next week on business.
Question is: Will I get any hassle at Immigration upon my return?
Any possible fine etc? I don't want to give them my ARC as it's a nice memento of my time in Korea plus as a Brit I don't have any ID so show my ARC when asked, for getting into clubs & the like in Bangkok... |
No fine and no consequences as long as it is expired. |
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R-Seoul
Joined: 23 Aug 2006
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| Posted: Fri May 02, 2008 2:41 am Post subject: |
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| Will I get any hassle at Immigration upon my return? |
That's a good one! How would anyone here know. this is not the Korean immigration site. What kind of bizzness are you in that you ask clueless questions? |
The oracle that is ttompatz that's who, nice one mate. |
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spliff
Joined: 19 Jan 2004
Location: Khon Kaen, Thailand
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| Posted: Fri May 02, 2008 2:47 am Post subject: |
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| R-Seoul wrote: |
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| Will I get any hassle at Immigration upon my return? |
That's a good one! How would anyone here know. this is not the Korean immigration site. What kind of bizzness are you in that you ask clueless questions? |
The oracle that is ttompatz that's who, nice one mate. |
Of course there wouldn't be any fine or consequences....you stated in your Op that your visa was finished... I was just wondering how a "businessperson" could be so clueless. |
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Mr. Pink
Joined: 21 Oct 2003
Location: China
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| Posted: Fri May 02, 2008 4:35 am Post subject: Re: Didn't hand in my ARC upon leaving Korea & now I'm r |
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| R-Seoul wrote: |
I finished my (non-teaching) contract last December and left the country with my ARC and didn't inform Immigration at the airport that I was leaving for good. (Though I assume my company must have informed them).
I now live in Thailand and am returning to Korea next week on business.
Question is: Will I get any hassle at Immigration upon my return?
Any possible fine etc? I don't want to give them my ARC as it's a nice memento of my time in Korea plus as a Brit I don't have any ID so show my ARC when asked, for getting into clubs & the like in Bangkok... |
It is a crap shoot. I left but didn't return my ARC. I came back a month after my F2 had expired. In their system it said I was still under F2 visa. I had to tell the guy I wanted to come in under a tourist visa as they should have canceled the F2 when it expired. |
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hugekebab
Joined: 05 Jan 2008
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| Posted: Fri May 02, 2008 7:20 am Post subject: Re: Didn't hand in my ARC upon leaving Korea & now I'm r |
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| Mr. Pink wrote: |
| R-Seoul wrote: |
I finished my (non-teaching) contract last December and left the country with my ARC and didn't inform Immigration at the airport that I was leaving for good. (Though I assume my company must have informed them).
I now live in Thailand and am returning to Korea next week on business.
Question is: Will I get any hassle at Immigration upon my return?
Any possible fine etc? I don't want to give them my ARC as it's a nice memento of my time in Korea plus as a Brit I don't have any ID so show my ARC when asked, for getting into clubs & the like in Bangkok... |
It is a crap shoot. I left but didn't return my ARC. I came back a month after my F2 had expired. In their system it said I was still under F2 visa. I had to tell the guy I wanted to come in under a tourist visa as they should have canceled the F2 when it expired. |
i want to keep mine when i leave too, theres something really Orwellian about the ARC. |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Fri May 02, 2008 7:37 am Post subject: Re: Didn't hand in my ARC upon leaving Korea & now I'm r |
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| hugekebab wrote: |
| Mr. Pink wrote: |
| R-Seoul wrote: |
I finished my (non-teaching) contract last December and left the country with my ARC and didn't inform Immigration at the airport that I was leaving for good. (Though I assume my company must have informed them).
I now live in Thailand and am returning to Korea next week on business.
Question is: Will I get any hassle at Immigration upon my return?
Any possible fine etc? I don't want to give them my ARC as it's a nice memento of my time in Korea plus as a Brit I don't have any ID so show my ARC when asked, for getting into clubs & the like in Bangkok... |
It is a crap shoot. I left but didn't return my ARC. I came back a month after my F2 had expired. In their system it said I was still under F2 visa. I had to tell the guy I wanted to come in under a tourist visa as they should have canceled the F2 when it expired. |
i want to keep mine when i leave too, theres something really Orwellian about the ARC. |
Mail it home, pop into the immigration office, report it lost and get a replacement.
Unless you leave before your time is up AND you have a valid re-entry permit (or multi-entry visa) they will ask for it back when you leave.
If they ask for it back AND you do not turn one in they will fine you 100k won.
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MollyBloom
Joined: 21 Jul 2006
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Wouldn't it be easy if we could just keep it then when we return, we have to get info changed on the back?
I didn't turn in mine when I left in December(!), so I hope I don't have to deal with it when I come back in August. But Ttompatz gave me info on it a while ago so I think I will be okay. |
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R-Seoul
Joined: 23 Aug 2006
Location: your place
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| Posted: Fri May 02, 2008 8:02 pm Post subject: |
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| spliff wrote: |
| R-Seoul wrote: |
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| Will I get any hassle at Immigration upon my return? |
That's a good one! How would anyone here know. this is not the Korean immigration site. What kind of bizzness are you in that you ask clueless questions? |
The oracle that is ttompatz that's who, nice one mate. |
Of course there wouldn't be any fine or consequences....you stated in your Op that your visa was finished... I was just wondering how a "businessperson" could be so clueless. |
Businessman does not equal expert in korean immigration laws.
Anyway aren't you the (clued-up) horses-arse that started numerous threads about how to buy a mobile phone despite living here for years? |
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