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ldonevan
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 Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2010 4:56 pm Post subject: Coming back to Korea |
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So I'm finishing up my first year in Korea and am thinking about coming back after a few months/weeks home ( still not 100% sure if/when) I plan on coming back most likely to a different city/school.
I was wondering how the Visa process works for coming back, if there is anything I should get ready well in Korea and if I will have to go through
the whole long process again.
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2010 5:27 pm Post subject: Re: Coming back to Korea |
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| ldonevan wrote: |
So I'm finishing up my first year in Korea and am thinking about coming back after a few months/weeks home ( still not 100% sure if/when) I plan on coming back most likely to a different city/school.
I was wondering how the Visa process works for coming back, if there is anything I should get ready well in Korea and if I will have to go through
the whole long process again.
Thanks! |
Same as the original visa with the exception of the interview.
The interview is waived as long as there are no black marks in your immigration file (caught doing privates, working as tourist, overstay, etc.)
One thing to note however is that some changes have occured in the document requirements: you need a national background check not a local/state one; they no longer accept the original degree (K-consulate certified copies are required).
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ldonevan
Joined: 14 May 2009
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| Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2010 6:42 pm Post subject: |
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how would you go about getting these documents,
the background check and notarization ready so that should I feel like coming back I can leave within a relatively short time span? |
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isisaredead
Joined: 18 May 2010
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| Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2010 7:34 pm Post subject: |
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i ordered my background check and had it delivered to me in korea just before i left. then, i got it apostilled in my home country, and sent back to korea with the rest of my documents as soon as i got off the plane.
this worked for me, but remember the CBC is only valid for three months once you get it in your hot little hands. |
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ldonevan
Joined: 14 May 2009
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| Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2010 8:45 pm Post subject: |
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hey isisaredead, how did you order your cbc from korea?
also my recruiter mentioned having to get a criminal check from a korean police office, what is the deal with this? |
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isisaredead
Joined: 18 May 2010
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| Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2010 10:00 pm Post subject: |
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i went to the website, printed off the form, posted it, waited about two weeks, then received it here. then i took it back home with me.
i've heard similar things re: korean national police check, but certainly nothing in stone. realistically, as i hadn't been back home in three years, i should have been asked to submit to a korean national police check, as opposed to a police check in a country i could not possibly have committed a crime in. i have a feeling this is going to be new legislation. i hope so, anyway. |
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murmanjake
Joined: 21 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Sat Aug 07, 2010 3:39 pm Post subject: Re: Coming back to Korea |
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| ttompatz wrote: |
| ldonevan wrote: |
So I'm finishing up my first year in Korea and am thinking about coming back after a few months/weeks home ( still not 100% sure if/when) I plan on coming back most likely to a different city/school.
I was wondering how the Visa process works for coming back, if there is anything I should get ready well in Korea and if I will have to go through
the whole long process again.
Thanks! |
Same as the original visa with the exception of the interview.
The interview is waived as long as there are no black marks in your immigration file (caught doing privates, working as tourist, overstay, etc.)
One thing to note however is that some changes have occured in the document requirements: you need a national background check not a local/state one; they no longer accept the original degree (K-consulate certified copies are required).
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The interview is waived?
I thought the difference was you no longer were limited to a consulate in your home country, hence visa runs to Japan? |
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isisaredead
Joined: 18 May 2010
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| Posted: Sat Aug 07, 2010 6:27 pm Post subject: |
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| yeah, pretty much. i did a visa run last year after working here for eighteen months straight. |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Sun Aug 08, 2010 12:03 am Post subject: Re: Coming back to Korea |
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| murmanjake wrote: |
The interview is waived?
I thought the difference was you no longer were limited to a consulate in your home country, hence visa runs to Japan? |
Ya, the interview is waived - so you can get your visa in any Korean consulate instead of the one in your home country but you still need to do a visa run to apply for the new visa at a Korean consulate.
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