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| How many people here have an F type of VISA? |
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Harpeau
Joined: 01 Feb 2003
Location: Coquitlam, BC
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 Posted: Fri Aug 06, 2010 5:08 am Post subject: How many people here have an F type of VISA? |
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john110375
Joined: 30 Jul 2007
Location: seoul
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| Posted: Fri Aug 06, 2010 5:33 am Post subject: |
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F-5 to be exact  |
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T-J
Joined: 10 Oct 2008
Location: Seoul EunpyungGu Yeonsinnae
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| Posted: Fri Aug 06, 2010 6:52 am Post subject: |
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| F visa until I go for dual citizenship next year... |
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Hyeon Een
Joined: 24 Jun 2005
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| Posted: Fri Aug 06, 2010 9:05 am Post subject: |
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| T-J wrote: |
| F visa until I go for dual citizenship next year... |
Will you brandish the passport and make everyone refer to you as Korean? =) |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Fri Aug 06, 2010 9:16 am Post subject: |
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Not me - I was denied because I was not married to a Korean and was told outright by an immigration officer that it would never happen (unless I did marry a Korean).
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PRagic
Joined: 24 Feb 2006
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| Posted: Fri Aug 06, 2010 7:13 pm Post subject: |
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brier
Joined: 14 Dec 2009
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| Posted: Sat Aug 07, 2010 4:45 pm Post subject: |
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E-2 for fourteen years. Married to an ethnic Korean woman from China, but her visa status is depended on my employment so she has an F-3. My son is also on an F-3.
Wish I could get an F-visa for my family and me. |
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edwardcatflap
Joined: 22 Mar 2009
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| Posted: Sat Aug 07, 2010 5:11 pm Post subject: |
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| What are the advantages of an F visa (the type you get when you marry a Korean) apart from work opportunities? |
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Richard Krainium
Joined: 12 Jan 2006
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| Posted: Sat Aug 07, 2010 5:22 pm Post subject: |
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| edwardcatflap wrote: |
| What are the advantages of an F visa (the type you get when you marry a Korean) apart from work opportunities? |
F-5 = Permanent Resident = No more visa renewals = No more trips to immigration.
Also, with the F-5, you are your own sponsor. If you were to get divorced or your spouse dies, you still keep the F-5, unlike the F-2, which is dependant on your marriage.
With an F-5, you are eligible to vote in local elections.
Those are just off the top of my head. There are probably others. |
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edwardcatflap
Joined: 22 Mar 2009
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| Posted: Sat Aug 07, 2010 5:30 pm Post subject: |
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| So are there any advantages to getting an F2 apart from work reasons? |
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robot
Joined: 07 Mar 2006
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| Posted: Sat Aug 07, 2010 5:31 pm Post subject: |
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| F5 |
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Louis VI
Joined: 05 Jul 2010
Location: In my Kingdom
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| Posted: Sat Aug 07, 2010 5:34 pm Post subject: |
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So many these days!
Gyopos and the wedded.
(It explains the apologist tone of Dave's in recent years.) |
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supernick
Joined: 24 Jan 2003
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Sat Aug 07, 2010 5:59 pm Post subject: |
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| Also, with the F-5, you are your own sponsor. If you were to get divorced or your spouse dies, you still keep the F-5, unlike the F-2, which is dependant on your marriage. |
Only true when you don't have children. On a F-2, once you have children born in Korea, you can divorce and still have the F-2. Don't you think it would be wrong to deport a parent simply because of a divorce? From what immigration told me, once I have a child born here, my wife no longer has to sponsor me, my F-2 is issued or should I say renewed because I am a father of a Korean born child. |
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Mr. Pink
Joined: 21 Oct 2003
Location: China
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| Posted: Sun Aug 08, 2010 5:11 am Post subject: |
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| Richard Krainium wrote: |
| edwardcatflap wrote: |
| What are the advantages of an F visa (the type you get when you marry a Korean) apart from work opportunities? |
F-5 = Permanent Resident = No more visa renewals = No more trips to immigration.
Also, with the F-5, you are your own sponsor. If you were to get divorced or your spouse dies, you still keep the F-5, unlike the F-2, which is dependant on your marriage.
With an F-5, you are eligible to vote in local elections.
Those are just off the top of my head. There are probably others. |
If my wife died, staying in Korea wouldn't be at the top of my list. I can work in any other country, the limiting factor is my wife can't (YET)...so I still haven't been sold on the F-5 besides not having to go back every couple years to renew.
Point is, it doesn't matter what visa you have, if you aren't Korean you still face discrimination. The F-visa might might it easier to get contracts, but the amount of times one has to argue against someone's ignorance is annoying to say the least. |
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edwardcatflap
Joined: 22 Mar 2009
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| Posted: Sun Aug 08, 2010 2:58 pm Post subject: |
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| So are there any advantages to getting an F2 apart from work reasons? |
So there aren't any apparantly. In that case I'll stick with my E2 |
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