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jgrant85
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 Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2010 2:11 am Post subject: Visa For My Fiancee |
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I'm an American teacher here in Korea, and my fiancee is from the Philippines. She's having some problems with her teaching visa which is up for renewal next month, so we were thinking of getting married earlier than she planned but still not early enough for next month.
Is there any kind of visa where she could stay under my E-2 visa since we're engaged? I heard there was something like that as long as you're married within 3 months. I emailed both the American and Philippines embassy and they were of little help. Any information would be greatly appreciated.  |
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ytuque
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| Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2010 3:49 am Post subject: Re: Visa For My Fiancee |
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| jgrant85 wrote: |
I'm an American teacher here in Korea, and my fiancee is from the Philippines. She's having some problems with her teaching visa which is up for renewal next month, so we were thinking of getting married earlier than she planned but still not early enough for next month.
Is there any kind of visa where she could stay under my E-2 visa since we're engaged? I heard there was something like that as long as you're married within 3 months. I emailed both the American and Philippines embassy and they were of little help. Any information would be greatly appreciated. |
I sponsored my fiancee's visitor's visa (90 days) while teaching on an E visa. Got married at the Korean ward office 5 minutes from the embassy after getting a document from the embassy. Getting married took less than 1-1/2 hours from start to finish. A few days later, I went with my wife and a good Korean friend to the local immigration office to get her F visa. The F visa took a little less than 1 hour.
There is information posted on the US embassy website. As much as I complain about all things US, I found the embassy's customer service quite good. FYI, I went through this just over a year ago. |
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crossmr
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Location: Hwayangdong, Seoul
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| Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2010 3:51 am Post subject: |
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| There is no fiancee visa for Koreans let along foreigners. After you're married you can apply for an non-working F3 for her. A few posters have mentioned issues getting it recently, including one with a spouse from the Philippines. |
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jgrant85
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| Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2010 6:54 am Post subject: |
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| crossmr wrote: |
| A few posters have mentioned issues getting it recently, including one with a spouse from the Philippines. |
Could you post the link to those posts, so I can read their experiences? |
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crossmr
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jgrant85
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| Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2010 7:03 am Post subject: |
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Thanks for the links!
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| After you're married you can apply for an non-working F3 for her. |
She actually wants to teach. Is there a visa she could get that would allow her to teach. Since she will marry me that would allow her to become a US citizen, although she wouldn't officially become one right away so therefore couldn't apply for the E-2 visa herself. |
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crossmr
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| Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2010 7:06 am Post subject: |
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| jgrant85 wrote: |
Thanks for the links!
| crossmr wrote: |
| After you're married you can apply for an non-working F3 for her. |
She actually wants to teach. Is there a visa she could get that would allow her to teach. Since she will marry me that would allow her to become a US citizen, although she wouldn't officially become one right away so therefore couldn't apply for the E-2 visa herself. |
No visa that she couldn't get without being married to you. Until she gets her citizenship. Even with citizenship unless she went to university in one of the big 7 she still can't get an E2. |
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jgrant85
Joined: 31 May 2009
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| Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2010 7:21 am Post subject: |
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| crossmr wrote: |
| No visa that she couldn't get without being married to you. Until she gets her citizenship. Even with citizenship unless she went to university in one of the big 7 she still can't get an E2. |
She graduated in 2004 from the University of the Philippines in Los Ba�os. Is that one of the big 7? We plan to travel together to the Philippines for the actual wedding (legal and ceremonial), so if I go into the embassy with her to get an E-2 would that help her chances since they will see she really is married to me and not part of the "entertainment" industry? |
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crossmr
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| Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2010 7:28 am Post subject: |
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| crossmr wrote: |
| No visa that she couldn't get without being married to you. Until she gets her citizenship. Even with citizenship unless she went to university in one of the big 7 she still can't get an E2. |
She graduated in 2004 from the University of the Philippines in Los Ba�os. Is that one of the big 7? We plan to travel together to the Philippines for the actual wedding (legal and ceremonial), so if I go into the embassy with her to get an E-2 would that help her chances since they will see she really is married to me and not part of the "entertainment" industry? |
No. The big 7 for E2s are: US, Canada, Ireland, UK, South Africa Australia and New Zealand. Someone has to be a citizen of one of those countries and have their degree from one of those countries to qualify for an E2.
I don't know if the same country restrictions apply to E1 (professor visas) or E7 visas (sometimes used at english villages). |
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jgrant85
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| Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2010 7:40 am Post subject: |
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| crossmr wrote: |
| No. The big 7 for E2s are: US, Canada, Ireland, UK, South Africa Australia and New Zealand. |
Oh... I thought you meant 7 cities in the Philippines where she would have had to attend college to be eligible for an E-2 visa. I must be tired to have missed that, lol. That stinks though. |
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Konglishman
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Location: Nanjing
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| Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2010 8:02 am Post subject: |
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| crossmr wrote: |
| jgrant85 wrote: |
| crossmr wrote: |
| No visa that she couldn't get without being married to you. Until she gets her citizenship. Even with citizenship unless she went to university in one of the big 7 she still can't get an E2. |
She graduated in 2004 from the University of the Philippines in Los Ba�os. Is that one of the big 7? We plan to travel together to the Philippines for the actual wedding (legal and ceremonial), so if I go into the embassy with her to get an E-2 would that help her chances since they will see she really is married to me and not part of the "entertainment" industry? |
No. The big 7 for E2s are: US, Canada, Ireland, UK, South Africa Australia and New Zealand. Someone has to be a citizen of one of those countries and have their degree from one of those countries to qualify for an E2.
I don't know if the same country restrictions apply to E1 (professor visas) or E7 visas (sometimes used at english villages). |
Those restrictions do not exist for the E1 visa. In fact, I know of at least two Indian professors at the university where I am about to start work at. |
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crossmr
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| Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2010 8:23 am Post subject: |
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| Konglishman wrote: |
| crossmr wrote: |
| jgrant85 wrote: |
| crossmr wrote: |
| No visa that she couldn't get without being married to you. Until she gets her citizenship. Even with citizenship unless she went to university in one of the big 7 she still can't get an E2. |
She graduated in 2004 from the University of the Philippines in Los Ba�os. Is that one of the big 7? We plan to travel together to the Philippines for the actual wedding (legal and ceremonial), so if I go into the embassy with her to get an E-2 would that help her chances since they will see she really is married to me and not part of the "entertainment" industry? |
No. The big 7 for E2s are: US, Canada, Ireland, UK, South Africa Australia and New Zealand. Someone has to be a citizen of one of those countries and have their degree from one of those countries to qualify for an E2.
I don't know if the same country restrictions apply to E1 (professor visas) or E7 visas (sometimes used at english villages). |
Those restrictions do not exist for the E1 visa. In fact, I know of at least two Indian professors at the university where I am about to start work at. |
Yeah I think they don't apply to the E7 visas either. I had a korean friend who worked out at Paju who said they had a romanian girl or something working there on an E7. So she'd be fine to try either an english village or university. |
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Konglishman
Joined: 14 Sep 2007
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| Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2010 8:28 am Post subject: |
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| crossmr wrote: |
| Konglishman wrote: |
| crossmr wrote: |
| jgrant85 wrote: |
| crossmr wrote: |
| No visa that she couldn't get without being married to you. Until she gets her citizenship. Even with citizenship unless she went to university in one of the big 7 she still can't get an E2. |
She graduated in 2004 from the University of the Philippines in Los Ba�os. Is that one of the big 7? We plan to travel together to the Philippines for the actual wedding (legal and ceremonial), so if I go into the embassy with her to get an E-2 would that help her chances since they will see she really is married to me and not part of the "entertainment" industry? |
No. The big 7 for E2s are: US, Canada, Ireland, UK, South Africa Australia and New Zealand. Someone has to be a citizen of one of those countries and have their degree from one of those countries to qualify for an E2.
I don't know if the same country restrictions apply to E1 (professor visas) or E7 visas (sometimes used at english villages). |
Those restrictions do not exist for the E1 visa. In fact, I know of at least two Indian professors at the university where I am about to start work at. |
Yeah I think they don't apply to the E7 visas either. I had a korean friend who worked out at Paju who said they had a romanian girl or something working there on an E7. So she'd be fine to try either an english village or university. |
This is correct. Also, if she has the proper qualifications, then she could conceivably get a job at an international school on an E7 visa. |
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