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bendyas · Joined: 16 May 2007

If your alien registration card suggests a visa finishes at the end of July, do you have to leave by the 31st or do you have a grace period.

I have a friend in this situation who wants to travel and see friends etc before she leaves but is scared what will happen when she rocks up at the airport a month later.

What advice can you give so i can pass it on.

Cheers.

Wangja · Joined: 17 May 2004 Location: Seoul, Yongsan

Dear Homeland Security

I am working in US on an E-1 visa that expires on 31 July.

How long after that can I stay?

Regards

A M Oron

bendyas · Joined: 16 May 2007

sojourner1 · Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 3:35 am Post subject:

Your ARC should specify a date and you have to be out by Midnight on that date or face a fine and a black mark on your record which matters if you're coming back to Korea.

ED209 · Joined: 17 Oct 2006

You have to leave on the date specified on your alien card. If you overstay by only a day you risk fines, and having to visit home for an interview every time you need a visa. You can extend your stay by going into immigration and applying for an extension with a ticket showing your exit date(this is around 30days)

Alternately they could just get on a ferry to Japan have some fun there for a few days and return on a tourist visa.

Wangja · Joined: 17 May 2004 Location: Seoul, Yongsan

billybrobby · Joined: 09 Dec 2004

There's no grace period, but you can get short extensions. She should definitely go to immigration beforehand rather than just show up at the airport and say "oops".

matthews_world · Joined: 15 Feb 2003

goo_stewart · Joined: 08 Oct 2007

Free for 30 days. You need to take along your ticket for leaving Korea to get the extension. I have just done it. Simple and free.

bendyas · Joined: 16 May 2007

Can you just rock up or would she need an appointment?

Cheers.

rhinocharge64 · Joined: 20 Sep 2006

My mate did it and just showed up.

bendyas · Joined: 16 May 2007

esetters21 · Joined: 30 Apr 2006 Location: Seoul

Skippy · Joined: 18 Jan 2003 Location: Daejeon

Options for staying past visa

One go to immigration show plane ticket or ferry ticket when you are going. They look, they extend your visa. You are not allowed to work on this visa. I think they will extended for about max of thrity days.

Two - Short trip to a close by country - Japan, China, Guam - come back since you are likely Canadian, American, Australian, Irish, or English you are eligible for Visa Waiver so you can stay from 30 days to 6 months depending on country.

Three - just stay past but expect to pay fine and blackmark which could affect future employment.

Four - extend with you school

ed4444 · Joined: 12 Oct 2004

I had a bad experience with that one.

I wanted to stay on for 30 days so I went to the immigration office in Busan with my plane ticket and details.

They asked me what I was planning to do for the 30 days and I said I was planning to travel around Korea and see all the things that I couldn't see while working because I was too busy.

The immigration wench told me there wasn't enough things in Korea that would warrent a 30 day extension so she would only give me a 15 day one and that would allow me to see everything interesting. So I had to go and pay a surcharge to change my airplane ticket to an earlier date.

Very Annoying.

Also a friend of mine overstayed her visa and she said that the fine rises by the day. It becomes expensive very quickly.