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butlerian
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 Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2008 6:20 am Post subject: Notarising an Invitation Letter |
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| How do I go about getting an invitation letter for a girlfriend from the Philippines to come to Korea notarised? |
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ttompatz
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Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2008 7:06 am Post subject: Re: Notarising an Invitation Letter |
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| butlerian wrote: |
| How do I go about getting an invitation letter for a girlfriend from the Philippines to come to Korea notarised? |
Why does it need to be notarized (not a rhetorical question)?
The easiest thing is for you to go to immigration here in Korea and apply for a visa confirmation number for her.
If she applies there (in Manila) without the visa confirmation number the chance of denial is about 100%.
If she has the visa confirmation number the problems decrease to just about 0.
You will need your ARC, passport, certificate of employment, application form, copy of HER passport and your invitation letter. Since you are doing it in person here there shouldn't be any need for you to have it notarized - you can sign in in their presence. There is NO FEE for a visa confirmation application. It typically takes about a week to process.
She gets the visa confirmation number from you via chat or e-mail.
She goes to the embassy in Manila.
She fills in the visa application, provides the visa confirmation number, attaches a photo and pays the fee.
4 days later she picks up her passport and goes to get her plane ticket.
She flies here and you kiss her.
IF they really do need it notarized for your application here then any embassy can do it for you. Your own embassy is probably easiest but maybe not the cheapest.
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butlerian
Joined: 04 Sep 2006
Location: Korea
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| Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2008 8:04 am Post subject: Re: Notarising an Invitation Letter |
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| ttompatz wrote: |
| butlerian wrote: |
| How do I go about getting an invitation letter for a girlfriend from the Philippines to come to Korea notarised? |
Why does it need to be notarized (not a rhetorical question)?
The easiest thing is for you to go to immigration here in Korea and apply for a visa confirmation number for her.
If she applies there (in Manila) without the visa confirmation number the chance of denial is about 100%.
If she has the visa confirmation number the problems decrease to just about 0.
You will need your ARC, passport, certificate of employment, application form, copy of HER passport and your invitation letter. Since you are doing it in person here there shouldn't be any need for you to have it notarized - you can sign in in their presence. There is NO FEE for a visa confirmation application. It typically takes about a week to process.
She gets the visa confirmation number from you via chat or e-mail.
She goes to the embassy in Manila.
She fills in the visa application, provides the visa confirmation number, attaches a photo and pays the fee.
4 days later she picks up her passport and goes to get her plane ticket.
She flies here and you kiss her.
IF they really do need it notarized for your application here then any embassy can do it for you. Your own embassy is probably easiest but maybe not the cheapest.
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Wow, that easy? I had no idea about all this. Previous posts indicated it was almost impossible to get a tourist visa for a girlfriend from the Philippines. Thanks ttompatz, you're a star. |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2008 3:27 pm Post subject: Re: Notarising an Invitation Letter |
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| butlerian wrote: |
| Wow, that easy? I had no idea about all this. Previous posts indicated it was almost impossible to get a tourist visa for a girlfriend from the Philippines. Thanks ttompatz, you're a star. |
Whoa..... Take off the rose colored glasses.... it is not that easy and the chance of success (since you are not married) is still low.
From my first reply:
If she applies there (in Manila) without the visa confirmation number the chance of denial is about 100%.
If she has the visa confirmation number the problems decrease to just about 0.
They (local immigration) will still take a long hard look at you (as the sponsor) and her as a potential runner and illegal migrant.
Since there is NO familial relationship there is still a very high chance of NOT having the visa confirmation number granted (you, as a foreigner, not being allowed to sponsor her).
Side note: IF you were married, getting her an F3 is a walk in the park and is virtually 100% guaranteed.
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fromtheuk
Joined: 31 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2008 3:44 pm Post subject: |
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Thank you Tom. This makes things clearer. I was trying to ask a similar thing in the pm I sent.
If I get a new job for the next contract in Korea and go on a visa run to get it. If my wife has to return to Iraq during that time, how long would it take for her to return to Korea by way of invitation? |
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spliff
Joined: 19 Jan 2004
Location: Khon Kaen, Thailand
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| Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2008 3:46 pm Post subject: |
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You are different, u r married. Ur wife can go w/ u on the visa run and yu can apply for her F3 at the same time. Just don't forget to have the pertinent paperwork at hand.  |
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fromtheuk
Joined: 31 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2008 6:34 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks. I know citizens of some countries can't enter Korea on a tourist visa, I believe Iraq is one of them. To be able to get a new visa with my wife, without her needing to return to Iraq, to then re-enter Korea later, would be marvellous.    |
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ttompatz
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| Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2008 8:00 pm Post subject: |
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| Thanks. I know citizens of some countries can't enter Korea on a tourist visa, I believe Iraq is one of them. To be able to get a new visa with my wife, without her needing to return to Iraq, to then re-enter Korea later, would be marvellous. |
If you are changing jobs.... she can go with you on your visa run or if there is some overlap ... she can just stay here and then extend her status when you get back with your shiny new visa.
Just pop into immigration - she shouldn't need a new visa... She is not changing her status or sponsor.
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fromtheuk
Joined: 31 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2008 8:14 pm Post subject: |
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Thank you. The thing is I've checked Thai immigration, my wife would need a visa to even go there. From my understanding if I got a new visa and the current one expired, I'd have to go on a visa run and both myself and my wife would have exit orders up to 30 days maximum.
Which begs the question, will my wife have to return to Iraq, because my understanding is she has to leave the country when the exit order expires.
Unlike my first year, my arc and visa expire on the same day my contract ends, which gives me and my wife no extra time. Confusion city   |
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butlerian
Joined: 04 Sep 2006
Location: Korea
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| Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2008 2:14 am Post subject: Re: Notarising an Invitation Letter |
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| ttompatz wrote: |
Whoa..... Take off the rose colored glasses.... it is not that easy and the chance of success (since you are not married) is still low.
From my first reply:
If she applies there (in Manila) without the visa confirmation number the chance of denial is about 100%.
If she has the visa confirmation number the problems decrease to just about 0.
They (local immigration) will still take a long hard look at you (as the sponsor) and her as a potential runner and illegal migrant.
Since there is NO familial relationship there is still a very high chance of NOT having the visa confirmation number granted (you, as a foreigner, not being allowed to sponsor her).
Side note: IF you were married, getting her an F3 is a walk in the park and is virtually 100% guaranteed.
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Thanks for clearing that up, ttompatz. I just looked at the Korean Immigration website, however, and it seems that a C-3 application must be made by the applicant, not someone else: http://www.hikorea.go.kr/pt/InfoDetailR_en.pt |
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butlerian
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| Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2008 8:56 pm Post subject: |
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| I went to the immigration office today and I was told that, as we're not married, it isn't possible for me to apply for the visa on her behalf - it has to be done at the embassy in Manila. |
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