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taobenli
Joined: 26 Apr 2004
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 Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2009 1:57 am Post subject: changing TO a tourist visa |
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I know many folks on this board are trying to go the other way, but I am looking to change from a student visa (D-4) to a tourist visa for a short time (just three months, the amount of time such a visa would be good for). I'm from the U.S. Now, when I've gone to Korea for short visits before I've just gotten a 3-month stamp in my passport upon entering Korea- no visa (ever since the did away with the C-3 tourist visa in the US).
Is there a way to change from a D-4 visa to a tourist visa while staying in Korea? If not, if I go to Taiwan or something and surrender my alien card, is it as easy a simply going and hopping on a plane back and getting the stamp? Or will I need to apply in another country?
I'll need to do this before the end of this month. Sorry, I looked for info online but just didn't find it. |
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VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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| Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2009 2:02 am Post subject: Re: changing TO a tourist visa |
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| taobenli wrote: |
| Is there a way to change from a D-4 visa to a tourist visa while staying in Korea? |
Maybe student visas are an exception but leaving the country is mandatory in converting E-2 visas to tourist visas.
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| If not, if I go to Taiwan or something and surrender my alien card, is it as easy a simply going and hopping on a plane back and getting the stamp? |
Absolutely! Never heard of anyone having trouble getting a tourist visa automatically upon arrival.
Choose Guam. Get 48 hours of white sand, baby blue sea and hot temperatures, eat some Jamaican food, enjoy the ambience of being within an English speaking country (it's in the US of A). |
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PeteJB
Joined: 06 Jul 2007
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| Nope. Book a flight to Japan (I chose Fukuoka) and drop your card off at immigration, be sure to return after it expires. You'll be issued with a stamp upon return. However, on departure in Korea and Japan you'll be queried about your travel plans, so you may need to explain what you are doing. |
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