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[Douglas B]

Hello fellow teachers,

My visa expires on January 26. My contract expires on February 28. I will stay in Korea for another year after that.

My employer told me to get a visa extension at the US Embassy in Seoul, and not at Korean Immigration in Daegu (closest one).

Is this correct (intuitively it seems not to be), or do I need to go to an immigration office in Daegu?

Hours of research on this has revealed nothing to me....

thanks

Doug

[tanklor1]

Head to your local immigration office to extend the visa.
Head the the US embassy to get a new passport.

[Skippy]

Really hours of study and searching!

Ok right now I am going to the search page (here on Dave's which sucks) and using one word - extension - I found 6 out of about 50 links on the first page that I could say would answer your question just by looking at the thread title. Using the word renewal I found 7 links that would help.

Try harder!

Also do not listen to to your boss - he is wrong - you have to go to Korean Immigration to get a renewal (of the E-2). He will have to go with you but it can be done in a morning. You consulate is only useful concerning American visas and paperwork like passports.

Here is a a riddle ----

Who knows more about immigration
A) Your basic Korean
B) A Korean Hagwon owner or boss
C) Your Korean Co-Teacher
D) A waygook who has been here a year.

D) 95 percent of the time.

Thru renewal might be a bit difficult concerning paperwork because of recent changes.

[ttompatz]

[Douglas B]

Hey ttompatz, thanks a lot for your lucid explanation.

Please clarify:

You wrote:

1. Your visa expiry (the thing in your passport) is irrelevant.

2. When does your ARC expire? That is the date that matters.

Question:

In sentence 1: "irrelevant" to what?

Sentence 2: "ARC" expiry "matters" to what?

My ARC expires on February 21, 2011. My visa on January 26. So, what does that mean to you?

Question: The Two IFs

Those damned ifs. The diploma will be no problem. The FBI CRC check should be here in about 8 weeks (mailing tomorrow), let's hope.

Question: Apostille

1. By "apostille" do you mean FBI seal/stamp with signature alone, or US Dept of State apostille stamp of the document bearing the FBI seal/stamp and signature?

2. Have you heard that we can do a sworn affadavit at the embassy in lieu of a US Dept of State apostille stamp?

3. In Seoul, there is a comany that does US Dept of State apostille in 10 days for 160,000 won. Do we have to bite that bullet?


Thanks again for your help and clear writing without imbecilic comments included.

Doug

[ttompatz]

[Douglas B]

ttompatz,

you da man. thank you for your articulate clarification.

a final, final clarification.

you wrote:

The visa in your passport is meaningless at this point in time (unless you are planning a vacation abroad before Dec. 15 AND it is multi-entry).

Question:

I am going to China for one week. I depart from Seoul on December 17. My visa is multi-entry. I went to China once already in July, so this will be my second re-entry into Korea on my current E-2, multi-entry visa.

That should be fine, yes?

Cheers, bro. I appreciate your time and input.

Doug

[ttompatz]

[Douglas B]

yo, ttompatz,

cat on a tin roof,
dogs in a pile,
nothing left to do,
but smile, smile, smile,

Jerry Garcia and Robert Hunter

thanks, bro

Doug