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poet13
Joined: 22 Jan 2006
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 Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 12:50 am Post subject: Does date on the ARC ALWAYS match the date in the passport? |
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Just looked at my ARC for the first time in quite a while. The marker showing the extension expiration date on tehe back of my ARC has worn off. My passport says Oct 15. Will the ARC ALWAYS have the same date? I know the contract date sometimes differs.
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schwa
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
Location: Yap
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| Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 1:15 am Post subject: |
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The ARC expiry date will almost certainly be different.
I'd check with immigration pronto. |
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poet13
Joined: 22 Jan 2006
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| Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 2:31 am Post subject: |
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| Cool, thank you. |
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Draz
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| Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 3:03 am Post subject: |
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| Unless you got your ARC the same day you came into the country, it's going to be different. |
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shifty
Joined: 21 Jun 2004
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| Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 3:34 am Post subject: |
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It will be different in yr case as you presumably came in before the new regs kicked in.
Nowadays they are the same. |
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icicle
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| Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 9:36 am Post subject: |
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| shifty wrote: |
It will be different in yr case as you presumably came in before the new regs kicked in.
Nowadays they are the same. |
This is NOT correct. There has been no change in the fact that the ARC usually does not equal the passport date with the new regulations.
The new regulations did not change this. I first came before the new regulations and then again this year after the new regulations and this worked the same in both situations. |
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yingwenlaoshi
Joined: 12 Feb 2007
Location: ... location, location!
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| Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 10:35 am Post subject: Re: Does date on the ARC ALWAYS match the date in the passpo |
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| poet13 wrote: |
Just looked at my ARC for the first time in quite a while. The marker showing the extension expiration date on tehe back of my ARC has worn off. My passport says Oct 15. Will the ARC ALWAYS have the same date? I know the contract date sometimes differs.
thanks. |
Your ARC should expire exactly a year after your date of entry on a working visa. I think you're talking about your extension though. Seems to me that you got it extended to October 15. Your ARC should expire at the same time. That's the way it's been with all the extensions I've had in Korea.
Not to worry though, you can check with immigration and they could just initial your allien card again. They have it on file.
The contract date can differ mostly when you fly in on a working visa arriving before the contract starts. That would mean that your alien card would expire before the contract ends. In your case though, you got an extension where I would have to assume that you didn't have to leave the country and come back again (of course). So it's only common sense that immi would initial the same date as what's in your passport (the square stamp, right?).
That's it, that's all. |
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yingwenlaoshi
Joined: 12 Feb 2007
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| Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 10:38 am Post subject: |
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| schwa wrote: |
The ARC expiry date will almost certainly be different.
I'd check with immigration pronto. |
No. |
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yingwenlaoshi
Joined: 12 Feb 2007
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| Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 10:39 am Post subject: |
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| Draz wrote: |
| Unless you got your ARC the same day you came into the country, it's going to be different. |
Doesn't matter when he got his ARC. The date initialled on the back is the same as the one on the extension stamp. |
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yingwenlaoshi
Joined: 12 Feb 2007
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| Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 10:42 am Post subject: |
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| shifty wrote: |
It will be different in yr case as you presumably came in before the new regs kicked in.
Nowadays they are the same. |
New regulations have nothing to do with what's initialled for an extension on the back of an alien card. His extension is just that: his extension. That's the date his current sojourn expires. There's nothing magical that changes that such as new regulations. Doesn't matter.
But you're right in a sense. The dates are the same. |
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yingwenlaoshi
Joined: 12 Feb 2007
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| Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 10:45 am Post subject: |
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| icicle wrote: |
| shifty wrote: |
It will be different in yr case as you presumably came in before the new regs kicked in.
Nowadays they are the same. |
This is NOT correct. There has been no change in the fact that the ARC usually does not equal the passport date with the new regulations.
The new regulations did not change this. I first came before the new regulations and then again this year after the new regulations and this worked the same in both situations. |
Again, no. The extension stamp date and the extension date initial on the back of your alien card are the same. |
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sojukettle
Joined: 23 Aug 2005
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| Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 2:43 pm Post subject: |
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My contract end date , passport stamp and extension dates (done twice) are three different dates - varying by over a week.
passport : 28/12
ARC : 31/12
Contract: 5/1
...so, check with immi for your specific data.
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shifty
Joined: 21 Jun 2004
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| Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 3:32 pm Post subject: |
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I had overlooked the OP writing that an extension is invplved.
The expiry date on my ARC coincides exactly with that of my passport entry, the first time that's happened. Previously, the dates were always at wide variance.
Irrelevant to what the OP is asking, right? I mention it only in passing and to clarify my post. |
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poet13
Joined: 22 Jan 2006
Location: Just over there....throwing lemons.
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| Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 3:47 pm Post subject: |
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Ah, so it sounds like it should be the same as my passport. Either way, it will be within a few days I think. I only needed to figure out because my co-teacher/handler asked about it.
I'll call and ask. I can't just go there because it's an hour plus away. |
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