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[Mountain Mama]

If I want to transfer my visa to another school, how long does the process take?

I know what documents I need. Assuming that I get a letter of release, when I submit all the documents at the immigration office, how long will it take until the transfer is approved or denied?

Who actually submits the documents for the transfer? Me? My new employer? Both of us together? What if it's in a different area than where I currently work? Do I go there in person with the new school to submit? Or can I just send them by registered post.

Thanks in advance for any info or experiences you guys can share with a noob like me.

[ttompatz]

[InDaGu]

Yeah, I had mine done same day, but it all depends on whether the other people involved don't dick-around.

[furtakk]

I transfered my visa this past summer after completing a contract, but it's the same process so long as you've been at your current school for more than 6 months.

Anyhow, the length of the process depends on which immigration office you go to. You are supposed to go the immigration office closest to your new job. So if your new job is in Seoul, you need to go to Seoul immi. Call the immi office ahead of time and ask how long it should take. They should give you a ballpark figure. For the most part, you should be able to get it done same day or next day. The Seoul office is a little busier and they will quote you up to 10 days. I got mine done there and they said it would take a week, but it actually only took 2 days.

You can go yourself so long as you have all of the necessary docs.

You need:
-a letter of release (even if you are finished your contract)
-ARC
-passport
-business registration of new school
-original and a copy of the new contract
-application form

I think that's it. The process may have changed slightly because of the new immi rules, but i'm not sure.

[Mr Lee's Monkey]

In Busan, you can't walk into immigration with all of the paperwork and have your visa transferred in 15 minutes. I've had mine transferred twice in the last 7 weeks and both times it took 10 days to get my arc and passport back. and 60,000 won each time

[Baron]

wo wo wo wo. You mean I don't need my degree (and all this apostilled degree) bullshit to do a visa transfer? That was only thing holding me back. I can get letter of release, I have new job, that's great news. I thought it would be a lot more complicated. Im here over 7 months now. In practice, do many visa transfers get rejected?