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Dnosnshnaim
Joined: 18 May 2010
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 Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2010 7:51 am Post subject: Cancel E2 Visa by handing in your card. |
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I am trying to leave my company due to their unethical and morally corrupt practice of taking advantage of everyone. I already know they will never go with me to immigration to cancel my visa. Is it true I can leave the country, simply hand in my certificate of registration card (this supposedly cancels my visa if I ask) and come back with a tourist visa? Seems to easy to be true. Any advice is appreciated.
I love this country and its people but public seems like the only way to go. |
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Sector7G
Joined: 24 May 2008
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| Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2010 8:39 am Post subject: Re: Cancel E2 Visa by handing in your card. |
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| Dnosnshnaim wrote: |
| Is it true I can leave the country, simply hand in my certificate of registration card (this supposedly cancels my visa if I ask) and come back with a tourist visa? |
Yes, it is true. But you can't legally work again until you get another work visa -I was going to say E2 visa but that would be assuming you are in the same category as me. |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2010 4:07 pm Post subject: Re: Cancel E2 Visa by handing in your card. |
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| Dnosnshnaim wrote: |
I am trying to leave my company due to their unethical and morally corrupt practice of taking advantage of everyone. I already know they will never go with me to immigration to cancel my visa. Is it true I can leave the country, simply hand in my certificate of registration card (this supposedly cancels my visa if I ask) and come back with a tourist visa? Seems to easy to be true. Any advice is appreciated.
I love this country and its people but public seems like the only way to go. |
Yes, the act of leaving the country and turning in your ARC effectively cancels your visa and residence privileges.
You may return as a tourist at your convenience (the same day even).
Do be aware that often a carrier (airline) will NOT let you board as a tourist (entry on arrival waiver stamp - not a real visa) without proof of funds and/or onward passage out of Korea again.
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m3erds
Joined: 22 Feb 2010
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| Posted: Sat Dec 04, 2010 9:14 pm Post subject: |
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| I'm in a similar situation. I want to leave and come back with a new E2. If I do not go to immigration with my employer, but only hand in my ARC at the airport, is there a chance that I cannot get a new visa until my old one runs out? |
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Son Deureo!
Joined: 30 Apr 2003
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| Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2010 2:43 am Post subject: |
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| Is there a chance that I cannot get a new visa until my old one runs out? |
Immigration is not known for its consistency in much of anything, so there is a risk.
However, I, for one, have done this successfully. |
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Troglodyte
Joined: 06 Dec 2009
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Call the immigration office and ask. They speak English.
They'll definitely cancel your visa when you hand in your ARC at the airport. Whether or not they'll give you a new E2 right away is another question. I haven't heard of anyone being refused recently, but they used to have a rule (official rule? unofficial guideline?) that they wouldn't give you a new visa until at least 6 months of the original would have been expired anyway (used to be 9 months, and before that the whole 12 months). I don't mean to discourage you because I'd never recommend to anyone to stay at a bad job, but just keep it in mind. But first, call the immigration office to see what someone THERE thinks. |
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naturegirl321
Joined: 18 Jul 2006
Location: Home sweet home
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| Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2010 5:15 am Post subject: Re: Cancel E2 Visa by handing in your card. |
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| ttompatz wrote: |
| Do be aware that often a carrier (airline) will NOT let you board as a tourist (entry on arrival waiver stamp - not a real visa) without proof of funds and/or onward passage out of Korea again.. |
And sometimes they don't even care. My husband had his outbound flight ready to show if they asked, but they never did and he's not from a first world country either. |
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