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ssulja
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 Posted: Sat Aug 07, 2010 3:19 pm Post subject: "Visa run" without the visa |
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Pretty much is, I'm Canadian and I'm thinking of living in Seoul and possibly starting a life here. My GF is Korean, and it's getting pretty serious, but I'm don't want to teach English just to stay here.
Cause I can stay here for 6 months w/o a visa, and I'm not really working here (I might take some Korean language classes... but that's about it really...), could I make a "visa" run and come back to renew the 6 months? |
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isisaredead
Joined: 18 May 2010
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| Posted: Sat Aug 07, 2010 6:30 pm Post subject: |
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yes.
i have some dodgey friends who work illegally here and all they do is go into immigration every three months and extend their tourist visa. so as long as you have a ticket out of the country for some point in the future, i think you can extend it quite often with no real problems. |
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Yaya
Joined: 25 Feb 2003
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Sat Aug 07, 2010 10:12 pm Post subject: Re: "Visa run" without the visa |
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| ssulja wrote: |
Pretty much is, I'm Canadian and I'm thinking of living in Seoul and possibly starting a life here. My GF is Korean, and it's getting pretty serious, but I'm don't want to teach English just to stay here.
Cause I can stay here for 6 months w/o a visa, and I'm not really working here (I might take some Korean language classes... but that's about it really...), could I make a "visa" run and come back to renew the 6 months? |
That's if you can handle the constant questioning from immigration officials about why you keep going in and out of the country every six months.
You could get a student visa and still work but that means paying tuition at a university language school. |
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isisaredead
Joined: 18 May 2010
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| Posted: Sun Aug 08, 2010 1:52 am Post subject: Re: "Visa run" without the visa |
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| Yaya wrote: |
| ssulja wrote: |
Pretty much is, I'm Canadian and I'm thinking of living in Seoul and possibly starting a life here. My GF is Korean, and it's getting pretty serious, but I'm don't want to teach English just to stay here.
Cause I can stay here for 6 months w/o a visa, and I'm not really working here (I might take some Korean language classes... but that's about it really...), could I make a "visa" run and come back to renew the 6 months? |
That's if you can handle the constant questioning from immigration officials about why you keep going in and out of the country every six months. |
yeah, i've often wondered about that. i have no idea how my friends do it. |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Sun Aug 08, 2010 8:56 am Post subject: Re: "Visa run" without the visa |
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| isisaredead wrote: |
| Yaya wrote: |
| ssulja wrote: |
Pretty much is, I'm Canadian and I'm thinking of living in Seoul and possibly starting a life here. My GF is Korean, and it's getting pretty serious, but I'm don't want to teach English just to stay here.
Cause I can stay here for 6 months w/o a visa, and I'm not really working here (I might take some Korean language classes... but that's about it really...), could I make a "visa" run and come back to renew the 6 months? |
That's if you can handle the constant questioning from immigration officials about why you keep going in and out of the country every six months. |
yeah, i've often wondered about that. i have no idea how my friends do it. |
As long as you can show a place to live (with your G/F) and means of support that does not require working illegally (living with your G/F is acceptable) then you have no problems with immigration and repeat entries into Korea.
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ssulja
Joined: 01 Sep 2009
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| Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2010 12:05 am Post subject: Re: "Visa run" without the visa |
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| ttompatz wrote: |
| isisaredead wrote: |
| Yaya wrote: |
| ssulja wrote: |
Pretty much is, I'm Canadian and I'm thinking of living in Seoul and possibly starting a life here. My GF is Korean, and it's getting pretty serious, but I'm don't want to teach English just to stay here.
Cause I can stay here for 6 months w/o a visa, and I'm not really working here (I might take some Korean language classes... but that's about it really...), could I make a "visa" run and come back to renew the 6 months? |
That's if you can handle the constant questioning from immigration officials about why you keep going in and out of the country every six months. |
yeah, i've often wondered about that. i have no idea how my friends do it. |
As long as you can show a place to live (with your G/F) and means of support that does not require working illegally (living with your G/F is acceptable) then you have no problems with immigration and repeat entries into Korea.
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Can I just show them my bank statement? I'm making enough in American that doesn't require me to be there. I just really enjoy living here lol |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2010 12:15 am Post subject: Re: "Visa run" without the visa |
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| Can I just show them my bank statement? I'm making enough in American that doesn't require me to be there. I just really enjoy living here lol |
If it is an American bank statement that shows sufficient income or assets then yes; you can stay for years as a tourist.
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