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[guava]

Korea Immigration and Korea Department Of Justice promulgated an immigration amnesty program this year.
The program was scheduled to end on the last day of October.

I know a man who was overstaying his visa, and he attempted to avail of this program.
He is now a prisoner in an immigration holding area waiting to be deported.
I don't know if he was detained on his way out or on return to Korea from Hong Kong.

He confirmed with Korea Immigration that he could exit Korea without penalty or blacklist. He obtained a new passport from the British Embassy. He bought a ticket to Hong Kong for Friday the 29th of October. He has no legal issues besides the overstay. Korea Immigration detained him and intends to deport him and award him a penalty.

I am asking for any input that could help him. If you know of any organization that could help to represent him or if you have any useful information that could help his situation please let me know.

I remember when new E-2 regulations were announced, the discussion on this forum included a newspaper article in which an immigration official made a statement. This person is a lawyer for Korea Immigration Service.
If someone can find a link to that article please post it here. That immigration lawyer provided his email address in the article and I would like to get it.

This post is not an attempt at a funny story or a joke so theres no need to ask if it is.
As I said his current status is confinement to be deported. I will update his situation when I have news.

[Junior]

[guava]

I learned that he was detained upon reentry.
I am reading the published details of the program.

The Korean Ministry of Justice and Ministry of Labor has been jointly implementing the TEMPORARY DEPARTURE SUPPORT PROGRAM for all illegal foreigners to leave the country of Korea.
1. Who are covered by this program?
a. All illegal foreigners
b. Employers in Korea

2. Methods or types of departure from Korea
a. Voluntary departure of illegal workers or overstaying
Benefits or incentives:
1. Exemption of fines
2. Eligibility to re-entry or no ban in coming to Korea
3. Eligibility to take the Korean Language Test for EPS workers to
return to Korea lawfully
4. Korean Embassy will not impose any disadvantages in the
issuance of visa even if there is history of illegal stay in Korea.

b. Involuntary departure to exit from Korea or persons who are found
to be illegal workers or any illegal persons overstaying in Korea,
who are arrested by authority will suffer the following:
1. Payment of fines
2. Deportation
3. Prohibition or ban for re-entry to Korea

He turned hmself in to avail of the benefits of voluntary departure.

He is being treated as if he was caught, but he wasn't caught, he followed the progam as published by the Korean Department Of Justice.

Voluntary departure = no ban in coming to Korea

It is a fraud and a setup.

If anyone can do something to intervene in this situation or otherwise help, you can call me at 010 3342 9754
and you can try to call him at 010 5464 3144 before he is put on a flight. He is being treated as if he is a criminal and has not been allowed to go to his place to access any of his personal property.

Also if you have contact information for journalists please give.

[guava]

Im in the detention room now. Its 12:40am Tuessay morning Nov 2, 2010
Im no angel a its tru i overstayedy visa for some years. It was because I was hospitalised but didnt report it and after i recpvered a year or so later i just let it stay like that as i didnt want to be nlacklisted. I only heard aboit the amnesty last Sunday and asy passport had expired i had to get a temp one from the Britisj Embassy. I vollunteered to leave so i could become legal again as the Governmemts Nesty program promisses but when i re entered they accused me of all kinds of things and shunted me to tje detentiom center.
The wouldnt let me explain or finish sentences.they refused to give me their names or even tje name of thie supervisor, manager or the head of immifration here at the airport.
They had me fill out a detailed purpose of visit report that states ot would be studied an considered if i should be let in afain or mot but when i finiahes it he said they had ALREADY decided to deny me.
I told them that if i was gonna be illegal again i would mot have taken tje risk or spent the money to exit in the Amnesty period so it doesnt make sense that i would not stay only within my Visa allowed period. I told them that A: I dont jave a passport as my temp one was only valid for the Korea-HK/ HK - Korea round trip so i need to get in to apply for a passport so I can go back to the UK after sorting outy affairs and B: As i lived here some two years legally and a few illegally i had a lot of stuff at home that meeds packing but he said all those thousands of pounds worth of possetions have to be abandoned and i have to leave with only the small bag of stuff that I have with me.
It was clear from rhe atart that they have a quota to fill for the G20 and they are determined to fill it regardless of the promise of rhe government. Actually o get the feling the pressure is comming from the government to break its own promise not to restrict entry (albeit with twisty legal speak justification) to those who bollunteer to leave.
So im here in the detention center in the airport and rhey arnt even trying to send me baxk ro my own country. The want to dump me in China.
Im writing this on my iphone so sorry for rhe errors.
If anyone has any legal advice or advice jow to perauade them to at least five me a week to get another temp passport and back my belonginga then please calle on. 010-5464 3144. I dont know how long I have.
I know its my own fault. I was out of it when i got sick so lapswd my visa stay then but i could have reported it when i was well enough to travel. Anyway i hope it can work out.
Thanks to guava for giving me his pw ans letting me guest post from the detention area.

[tardisrider]

I think the only possible advice at this point is to get your embassy involved--they might be able to get you deported to your own country rather than to China.

[redaxe]

I call BS, there's no way Korean immigration would "dump you in China." This story is a total crock.

[guava]

They dont see it for the ouyrafe it is. The just blindly apply a policy of sending me back to my previous location which in my case is HK.

Not everyone on the internrt is attention seeking and sometimes wild stuff does happen.
The point here is that rhe Fovernmwnts so called Amnesty is little more than a sting opperation.

[PatrickGHBusan]

Wow each post after the OP becomes less readable.

Redaxe is right, this is BS.